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 CIS NO: 91-H381-58
 TITLE: Human Rights in South Asia.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+150 p.
 DATE: July 18, 1990
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 101-2             SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:H88/59
 ITEM NO: 1017-A; 1017-B
 LC CARD NO: 91-600831               MC ENTRY NO: 91-24630

 Hearing before the Subcom on Human Rights and International Organizations
 and the Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs to review human rights
 conditions in South Asia.
   Includes transcript (p. 69-77) of Subcoms markup session on H. Res. 398
 (text, p. 70-72), to urge U.S. ratification of the Convention for the
 Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific
 Region. Amended bill was favorably reported.
   Supplementary material (p. 83-150) includes witnesses' written responses
 to Subcom questions.
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Asia human rights conditions review
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC
     AFFAIRS. HOUSE (South Asia human rights conditions review; South
     Pacific marine pollution prevention intl convention and protocols
     ratification, Congressional resolution); SUBCOM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND
     INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. HOUSE (South Asia human rights conditions
     review; South Pacific marine pollution prevention intl convention and
     protocols ratification, Congressional resolution); SOUTH ASIA (Human
     rights conditions review); CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL
     RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC REGION (Ratification,
     Congressional resolution); TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS (South Pacific
     marine pollution prevention intl convention and protocols ratification,
     Congressional resolution); MARINE POLLUTION (South Pacific marine
     pollution prevention intl convention and protocols ratification,
     Congressional resolution);
     INTERNATIONAL.COOPERATION.IN.ENVIRONMENTAL.AFFAIRS (South Pacific
     marine pollution prevention intl convention and protocols ratification,
     Congressional resolution); ENVIRONMENTAL.REGULATION (South Pacific
     marine pollution prevention intl convention and protocols ratification,
     Congressional resolution); PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (South Pacific marine
     pollution prevention intl convention and protocols ratification,
     Congressional resolution); CONGRESSIONAL.COMMITTEE.MARKUP.SESSIONS
     (South Pacific marine pollution prevention intl convention and protocols
     ratification, Congressional resolution); KASHMIR; INDIA; HUMAN RIGHTS
 BILLS: 101 H.Res.398

 91-H381-58 TESTIMONY NO: 1         July 18, 1990 p. 2-15
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HERGER, WALLY (Rep, R-Calif)
     FALEOMAVAEGA, ENI F. H. (Del, D-Amer Samoa)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Description of human rights violations in
     India, focusing on the Kashmir Province.
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Asia human rights conditions review

 91-H381-58 TESTIMONY NO: 2         July 18, 1990 p. 21-41, 55-69, 78-150
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     GILDER, JOSHUA R. (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
        Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State)
     SCHAFFER, TERESITA C. (Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near
        Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Overview of human rights conditions in various
     South Asian countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,
     Pakistan, and Sri Lanka; description of human rights abuses in the
     Punjab and Kashmir provinces of India.
       Summary of Indian government initiatives to improve human rights
     conditions in Kashmir and Punjab; review of U.S. foreign policy issues
     relating to various South Asian countries.
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Asia human rights conditions review
 DESCRIPTORS: FOREIGN.RELATIONS; PUNJAB, INDIA; DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE;
     AFGHANISTAN; BANGLADESH; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; SRI LANKA

 91-H381-58 TESTIMONY NO: 3         July 18, 1990 p. 42-53
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BURTON, DAN (Rep, R-Ind)
 STATEMENT: Concerns about human rights conditions in India.
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Asia human rights conditions review