A resolution expressing the concern of the Congress about gross violations of human rights in Guatemala, and calling upon the President of the United States to take certain actions.
Expresses the grave concern of the House of Representatives at the repression of the Guatemalan people by the Guatemalan Government. Calls upon the President to: (1) recall the U.S. representative; (2) order continued application to Guatemala of statutes limiting access to bilateral and multilateral aid to gross violators of human rights; (3) prohibit the granting of any Export-Import Bank credits or loan guarantees or the granting of export licenses; (4) instruct U.S. Executive Directors on specified international agencies to vote against grants and loans to Guatemala and to urge other governments to implement similar policies within these institutions; (5) actively work within the Organization of American States and the United Nations to pressure the Guatemalan government to cease its violence against the Guatemalan people; and (6) demand that the regime cease its repression and restore to the police and security forces their proper peacekeeping role.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State.
- Domestic and International Monetary Policy Subcommittee
- Financial Services Committee
- Foreign Affairs Committee
- Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee
- International Development Institutions and Finance Subcommittee
- International Economic Policy and Trade Subcommittee
- Western Hemisphere Subcommittee