torical boundaries of the Greek province of Mac-
edonia. 
(2) The FYROM continues to utilize materials 
that violate provisions of the United Nations-bro-
kered Interim Agreement between the FYROM and 
Greece regarding incendiary rallies, rhetoric, or 
propaganda, and United Nations-led negotiations be-
tween the FYROM and Greece have so far failed to 
achieve the longstanding goals of the United States 
and the United Nations to find a mutually accept-
able, new official name for the FYROM. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that all United States assistance to the FYROM 
should be conditioned on the FYROM’s willingness to en-
gage in meaningful discussions with Greece in accordance 
with United Nations Security Council Resolution 817. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of State may not 
use funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act 
for programs and activities that directly or indirectly pro-
mote incendiary rallies, rhetoric, or propaganda by state- 
controlled agencies of the FYROM or encourage acts by 
private entities likely to incite violence, hatred, or hostility, 
including support for printing and publishing of textbooks, 
maps, and teaching aids that may include inaccurate in-
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formation on the histories and geographies of Greece and 
FYROM. 
SEC. 808. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING THE ECU-
MENICAL PATRIARCHATE. 
The United States calls on the Republic of Turkey 
to— 
(1) based on the goals specified in the draft of 
the European Union Constitution, eliminate all 
forms of discrimination, particularly those forms 
based on race or religion, and immediately— 
(A) grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate ap-
propriate international recognition and eccle-
siastic succession; 
(B) grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate the 
right to train clergy of all nationalities, not just 
Turkish nationals; and 
(C) respect the human rights and property 
rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate; 
(2) pledge to uphold and safeguard religious 
and human rights without compromise; and 
(3) continue the achievement of processes and 
programs to modernize and democratize its society. 
SEC. 809. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RESTRICTIONS ON RELI-
GIOUS FREEDOM IN VIETNAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Secretary of State, under the Inter-
national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 
6401 et seq.) and authority delegated by the Presi-
dent, designates nations found guilty of ‘‘particularly 
severe violations of religious freedom’’ as ‘‘Countries 
of Particular Concern’’ (‘‘CPC’’). 
(2) In November 2006, the Secretary of State 
announced that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
was no longer designated as a ‘‘Country of Par-
ticular Concern’’. 
(3) The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam 
(UBCV), the Hoa Hao Buddhists, and the Cao Dai 
groups continue to face unwarranted abuses because 
of their attempts to organize independently of the 
Government of Vietnam, including the detention and 
imprisonment of individual members of these reli-
gious communities. 
(4) In September 2009, Vietnamese police 
cordoned off a Lang Mai Buddhist monastery, and 
monks were beaten, degraded, and sexually assaulted 
by undercover policemen and civilians. 
(5) Protestants continue to face beatings and 
other ill-treatment, harassment, fines, threats, and 
forced renunciations of faith. 
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(6) According to Human Rights Watch, 355 
Montagnard Protestants remain in prison, arrested 
after 2001 and 2004 demonstrations for land rights 
and religious freedom in the Central Highlands. 
(7) According to the United States Commission 
on International Religious Freedom, there are re-
ports that some Montagnard Protestants were im-
prisoned because of their religious affiliation or ac-
tivities or because religious leaders failed to inform 
on members of their religious community who alleg-
edly participated in demonstrations. 
(8) Ksor Tino, a Degar Christian, died on Sep-
tember 6, 2009, after being detained in a Plei Ku 
city prison and being tortured repeatedly with elec-
tric prods and severe physical punishment for refus-
ing to join a government sanctioned religion. 
(9) On November 11, 2010, hundreds of Viet-
namese police violently attacked a Catholic prayer 
service in the Gia Lai Provence, leaving 9 of the 
beaten unconscious from strokes to the head. 
(10) According to the United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom 2010 An-
nual Report, religious freedom advocates and human 
rights defenders Nguyen Van Dai, Le Thi Cong 
Nhan, and Fr. Thaddeus Nguyen Van Ly are in 
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prison under Article 88 of the Criminal Code and 
Fr. Phan Van Loi is being held without official de-
tention orders under house arrest. 
(11) At least 15 individuals are being detained 
in long term house arrest for reasons related to their 
faith, including the most venerable Thich Quang Do 
and most of the leadership of the UBCV. 
(12) UBCV monks and youth groups leaders 
are harassed and detained and charitable activities 
are denied, Vietnamese officials discriminate against 
ethnic minority Protestants by denying medical, 
housing, and educational benefits to children and 
families, an ethnic minority Protestant was beaten 
to death for refusing to recant his faith, over 600 
Hmong Protestant churches are refused legal rec-
ognition or affiliation, leading to harassment, deten-
tions, and home destructions, and a government 
handbook on religion instructs government officials 
to control existing religious practice, halt ‘‘enemy 
forces’’ from ‘‘abusing religion’’ to undermine the 
Vietnamese Government, and ‘‘overcome the extraor-
dinary growth of Protestantism.’’ 
(13) Since August 2008, the Vietnamese Gov-
ernment has arrested and sentenced at least eight 
individuals and beaten, tear-gassed, harassed, pub-
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licly slandered, and threatened Catholics engaged in 
peaceful activities seeking the return of Catholic 
Church properties confiscated by the Vietnamese 
Government after 1954 in Hanoi, including in the 
Thai Ha parish. 
(14) Local police and mobile ‘‘anti-riot’’ police 
attacked a funeral procession in the Con Dau parish 
on May 4, 2010, shooting tear gas and rubber bul-
lets, beating residents with batons and electric rods, 
injuring 100, and killing at least one. 
(15) The United States Commission on Inter-
national Religious Freedom, prominent nongovern-
mental organizations, and representative associations 
of Vietnamese-American, Montagnard-American, and 
Khmer-American organizations have called for the 
redesignation of Vietnam as a CPC. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Secretary of State should place Vietnam 
on the list of ‘‘Countries of Particular Concern’’ for 
particularly severe violations of religious freedom; 
and 
(2) the Government of Vietnam should lift re-
strictions on religious freedom and implement nec-
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essary legal and political reforms to protect religious 
freedom. 
SEC. 810. STATE SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM BY ERI-
TREA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) given the growing security threat from al 
Shabaab, a United States-designated foreign ter-
rorist organization, every effort should be made to 
tackle its outside sources of support; 
(2) Eritrea’s ongoing and well-documented sup-
port for armed insurgents in Somalia, including al 
Shabaab, poses a significant threat to the national 
security interests of the United States and East Af-
rican countries; and 
(3) the Secretary of State should designate Eri-
trea as a state sponsor of terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, 
section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, and sec-
tion 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
SEC. 811. RIGHTS OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN EGYPT. 
(a) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress is con-
cerned about the state of religious freedom in Egypt and 
the plight of religious minorities in the country, including 
Coptic Christians. 
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(b) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—The Office of Inter-
national Religious Freedom and the Bureau of Democ-
racy, Human Rights and Labor at the Department of 
State should dedicate all appropriate resources to pro-
moting the rights of religious minorities in Egypt. 
SEC. 812. THE REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN AND THE REPUB-
LIC OF SOUTH SUDAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States was a witness to the 
2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which 
marked the end of more than two decades of civil 
war between North and South Sudan that resulted 
in the deaths of more than 2,000,000 people. 
(2) The CPA provided the framework for a his-
toric referendum to determine the future status of 
South Sudan held between January 9, 2011, and 
January 15, 2011. 
(3) On February 7, 2011, the Southern Sudan 
Referendum Commission announced that the people 
of South Sudan voted in favor of succession from 
the Republic of the Sudan by a margin of 98.8 per-
cent in a credible and transparent vote. 
(4) The mandate for the United Nations Mis-
sion in Sudan (UNMIS), which was established by 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1590 on 
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March 24, 2005, and was instrumental in sup-
porting the implementation of the CPA, expired on 
July 9, 2011, with the completion of the CPA In-
terim Period. 
(5) The mandate for the United Nations Mis-
sion in South Sudan (UNMISS), as established by 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1996 
(2011), commenced on July 9, 2011. 
(6) Several outstanding issues relating to CPA 
implementation and potential points of conflict re-
main unresolved between North and South Sudan, 
including the final status of the contested area of 
Abyei, ongoing violence in Southern Kordofan and 
Blue Nile, disputed border areas, citizenship rights 
and nationality, division of oil resources and profits, 
currency, international debt and assets, the libera-
tion of slaves from South Sudan still held in Sudan, 
and other matters. 
(7) Lasting peace and stability for the region 
cannot be realized until all outstanding elements of 
the CPA are dealt with in a fair and peaceful man-
ner and a comprehensive peace is secured in Darfur. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(1) the independence of the Republic of South 
Sudan represents an historic opportunity for peace 
in the region and the people of South Sudan should 
be commended for freely and peacefully expressing 
their desire for independence through a credible and 
transparent referendum; 
(2) the people and leaders of South Sudan 
should be commended for their efforts to reach this 
historic milestone; 
(3) all parties should continue to work to re-
solve outstanding matters relating to implementation 
of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan, 
including the final status of Abyei, disputed border 
areas, the completion of popular consultations and 
security arrangements in Southern Kordofan and 
Blue Nile, citizenship and nationality, division of oil 
resources and profits, currency, international debt 
and assets, the liberation of slaves from South 
Sudan still held in Sudan, and other matters in 
order to ensure a smooth transition to two states 
and to mitigate points of conflict; 
(4) all parties should fully implement their 
June 20, 2011, agreement on temporary arrange-
ments for the contested Abyei area and swiftly es-
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