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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Monday, September 18, 1995 (116), Para 116.10 People of Mongolia]
[Page 1365]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.116.10  people of mongolia

  Mr. BEREUTER moved to suspend the rules and agree to the following 
resolution (H. Res. 158); as amended: 

       Whereas in 1990 Mongolia ended nearly 7 decades of Soviet 
     domination and single party Communist rule;
       Whereas the 1992 Mongolian constitution established 
     Mongolia as an independent and sovereign republic and 
     guaranteed fundamental human rights;
       Whereas the people of Mongolia enjoyed their first 
     multiparty democratic elections on July 29, 1990, and their 
     first direct presidential election on June 6, 1993;
       Whereas the Department of State's 1994 Country Report on 
     Human Rights practices commended Mongolia for ``steady--if 
     sometimes uneven--progress in its transition from a highly 
     centralized Communist-led state toward a full-fledged 
     multiparty democracy'';
       Whereas Mongolia continues its efforts to develop a market 
     economy;
       Whereas the United States has sought to assist Mongolia's 
     movement toward democracy and market-oriented reforms by 
     granting most-favored-nation status and providing insurance 
     by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, supporting 
     Mongolia in international assistance organizations, and 
     providing $35,000,000 in bilateral assistance; and
       Whereas United States-funded programs of nongovernment 
     organizations, such as the National Endowment for Democracy 
     and the Asia Foundation, have helped build democracy in 
     Mongolia: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
       (1) commends Mongolia for courageous efforts to transform 
     itself from a single-party state to a multiparty state and 
     from a controlled to a free market economy;
       (2) congratulates Mongolia for the swift and peaceful 
     changes that have taken place since the appearance of the 
     internal reform movement in December 1989;
       (3) cites for particular praise Mongolia's first multiparty 
     democratic elections on July 29, 1990, and first direct 
     presidential election on June 6, 1993;
       (4) urges the Government of Mongolia to continue to 
     strengthen and deepen democratic reform and human rights, 
     including the full protection of religious freedom and other 
     civil liberties, in order to enhance representative and 
     accountable government;
       (5) commends the parallel movement in Mongolia toward a 
     free market economy through economic reforms;
       (6) notes that the best hope for accelerated economic 
     growth is to attract more foreign investment by further 
     liberalizing the economy and expanding trade with 
     nontraditional partners, including the United States; and
       (7) pledges its continued support for democracy, human 
     rights, and the development of a free market in Mongolia.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. CLINGER, recognized Mr. BEREUTER and Mr. 
SCOTT, each for 20 minutes.
  After debate,
  The question being put, viva voce,
  Will the House suspend the rules and agree to said resolution, as 
amended?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. CLINGER, announced that two-thirds of the 
Members present had voted in the affirmative.
  So, two-thirds of the Members present having voted in favor thereof, 
the rules were suspended and said resolution, as amended, was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the rules were suspended and 
said resolution, as amended, was agreed to was, by unanimous consent, 
laid on the table.
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