Date sent: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 19:34:51 -0500 Send reply to: Tribunal Watch List From: Tom Warrick Subject: Dole Sanctions Bill To: Multiple recipients of list TWATCH-L This was introduced by Senator Dole to the Foreign Ops bill. Tom Warrick ---------- DOLE (AND D'AMATO) AMENDMENTS NOS. 2763-2764 (Senate - September 21, 1995) [Page: S14095] Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Dole for himself and Mr. D'Amato) proposed two amendments to the bill H.R. 1868, supra, as follows: Amendment No. 2763 Before the period at the end of the heading entitled `international disaster assistance', insert the following: `: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, $40,000,000 should be available only for emergency humanitarian assistance to the former Yugoslavia , of which amount not less than $6,000,000 shall be available only for humanitarian assistance to Kosova'. Amendment No. 2764 At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following new section: SEC. XX. SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES HARBORING WAR CRIMINALS. (a) Bilateral Assistance: Assistance may not be provided in any fiscal year under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act for any country described in subsection (c). (b) Multilateral Assistance: The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive directors of the international financial institutions each fiscal year to work in opposition to, and vote against, any extension by such institutions of financing or financial or technical assistance to any country described in subsection (c). (c) Sanctioned Countries: A country described in this subsection is a country the government of which permits entry into or presence in the territory of such country to any person-- (1) who has been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda , or any other international tribunal with similar standing under international law, or (2) who has been indicted for war crimes or crimes against humanity committed during the period beginning March 23, 1933 and ending on May 8, 1945 under the direction of, or in association with-- (A) the Nazi government of Germany ; (B) any government in any area occupied by the military forces of the Nazi government of Germany ; (C) any government which was established with the assistance or cooperation of the Nazi government of Germany ; or (D) any government which was an ally of the Nazi government of Germany . (d) Definitions: As used in this section-- (1) the term `international financial institutions' includes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Monetary Fund, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, and the Asian Development Bank; and (2) the term `war crime' includes any offense which is-- (A) a grave breach of any of the four Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims of August 12, 1949; (B) a violation of the Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land of October 18, 1907, or the Regulations annexed thereto; (C) a violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of December 9, 1948; or (D) a violation of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal of August 8, 1945. ---