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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2047

Concerning the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 17, 1995

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN,

Mr. WOLF, Mr. KING, and Mr. SALMON) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

A BILL

Concerning the Fourth World Conference on Women in

Beijing.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. CONDITIONS ON EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR

4 TRAVEL TO THE FOURTH WORLD CON5 FERENCE ON WOMEN.

6 No funds shall be expended for travel by any United

7 States official or delegate to the Fourth World Conference

8 on Women, to be held in Beijing, August and September

9 1995, unless the Secretary of State certifies to Congress

10 that—
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1 (1) the process of accrediting nongovernmental

2 organizations for the conference was conducted fair3 ly, according to clear criteria, with full opportunity

4 for substantive appeal of denials of accreditation;

5 (2) no nongovernmental organization seeking

6 accreditation to such a conference was denied such

7 accreditation by the conference organizers on the

8 basis of that organization’s actual or supposed politi9 cal orientation, or its affiliation with a particular

10 ethnic or religious group;

11 (3) accreditation was granted to—

12 (A) at least one group representing the

13 people of Taiwan; and

14 (B) at least one group representing the

15 people of Tibet;

16 (4) all representatives of nongovernmental orga17 nizations whose names were submitted to conference

18 officials in a timely fashion were granted visas by

19 the People’s Republic of China;

20 (5) arrangements were made by the People’s

21 Republic of China to provide the accredited non22 governmental organizations with access to the main

23 conference site that is substantially equivalent in

24 manner and degree to access afforded at previous

25 major United Nations conferences;
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1 (6) assurances have been received that the Gov2 ernment of the People’s Republic of China will re3 spect the internationally recognized human rights of

4 delegates to the conference and representatives of

5 accredited nongovernmental organizations, including

6 but not limited to freedom of religion, freedom of

7 speech, and freedom of the press; and

8 (7) the Government of the People’s Republic of

9 China has released unharmed United States citizen

10 Peter H. Wu, known as Harry Wu, and has allowed

11 him to return to the United States.

12 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROMOTION OF WOMEN’S

13 RIGHTS BY THE UNITED STATES DELEGA14 TION.

15 It is the sense of the Congress that—

16 (1) the Fourth World Conference on Women in

17 Beijing, China, should promote an authentic wom18 en’s perspective on issues of equality, peace, and de19 velopment; and

20 (2) if the United States sends a delegation to

21 the Conference, the delegation should—

22 (A) in accordance with the United Nations

23 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ensure

24 that ‘‘motherhood [is] entitled to special care

25 and assistance.’’;
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1 (B) in accordance with the Universal Dec2 laration of Human Rights, uphold the family as

3 ‘‘the natural and fundamental group unit of so4 ciety’’ and therefore ‘‘entitled to protection by

5 society and the state’’;

6 (C) in accordance with the commonly used

7 and generally accepted usage of the word, make

8 clear that gender refers to woman and man as

9 the two sexes of the human being;

10 (D) in accordance with the United Nations

11 Declaration of Human Rights uphold ‘‘the free12 dom of conscience and religion [and the] mani13 festation [of] one’s religion or belief in prac14 tice’’ with particular regard to those who pro15 vide health care services; and

16 (E) oppose abortion and infanticide in17 flicted on account of the sex of the child, as well

18 as forced abortion, forced sterilization, and

19 other coercive population control measures, and

20 refrain from promoting the recognition or es21 tablishment of an internationally protected

22 right to abortion.

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