Calls for the U.S. Government to: (1) press for the release of Wei Jingsheng and other political prisoners by the Government of the People's Republic of China; (2) urge the Chinese Government to respect the wishes of the Tibetan people by supporting the selection of the new Panchen Lama by the Dalai Lama; (3) work to ensure the safety of the new Panchen Lama; and (4) sponsor and push for the passage of a resolution regarding the human rights situation in China at the annual meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva scheduled for March 1996.
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and an amended preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and an amended preamble. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 266.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S18575-18579)
Passed Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S18575-18579)
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Held at the desk.
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