A resolution relating to restoration of democracy in Haiti.

Summary

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the highest priority of U.S. policy toward Haiti should be to restore democratic government. Urges the President to: (1) join with the Senate in expressing the outrage of the American people over the Haitian regime's attempt to deny democracy to its people; (2) review the compliance of U.S. persons and corporations with the Organization of American States (OAS)-sponsored embargo of Haiti; (3) implement measures necessary to ensure maximum compliance with the embargo; (4) give special priority to preventing oil from evading the embargo; (5) request that the United Nations (UN) Security Council join with the OAS in sponsoring an embargo against the Haitian regime; (6) assist the UN in expanding the number of its human rights observers in Haiti from 40 to 500; (7) establish as U.S. policy that Haitian refugees be granted the same protection afforded to those fleeing other oppressive regimes; (8) urge other Caribbean nations to share the burden of sheltering and accepting Haitian refugees; (9) offer humanitarian assistance to the Haitian people; and (10) develop a long-term U.S. policy toward Haiti which places a priority on building and supporting democratic institutions.

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 1 April 1993

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