IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 83 
Urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the 61st session 
of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce a 
resolution calling upon the Government of the People’s Republic of China 
to end its human rights violations in China, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2005 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. PENCE, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. BUR-
TON of Indiana, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of 
Virginia, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. 
HARRIS, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. KIRK, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. AKIN, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ROHR-
ABACHER, and Mr. PRICE of North Carolina) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Urging the appropriate representative of the United States 
to the 61st session of the United Nations Commission 
on Human Rights to introduce a resolution calling upon 
the Government of the People’s Republic of China to 
end its human rights violations in China, and for other 
purposes. 
Whereas the annual meeting of the United Nations Commis-
sion on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, is the 
preeminent international forum for examining, moni-
toring, and publicly reporting on human rights situations
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in specific countries and on major phenomena of human 
rights violations worldwide; 
Whereas, according to the Department of State, the United 
States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 
and international human rights organizations, the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China continues to 
commit numerous and serious human rights abuses 
against the Chinese people; 
Whereas, according to the Department of State, in late 2004 
the Chinese Government launched a new campaign 
against dissident writers, commentators, and religious ac-
tivists, in which many were harassed, detained, and im-
prisoned; 
Whereas the Chinese Government attempts to control and 
regulate religious groups and, according to the Depart-
ment of State, government repression of some unregis-
tered religious groups increased during the past year, and 
included the destruction of facilities, the disruption of 
services, and the harassment and detention of leaders 
and congregants; 
Whereas Catholics who remain faithful to the Pope and in 
communion with Rome, rather than joining the govern-
ment-controlled Catholic Patriotic Association, face con-
tinuing restrictions, including difficulties holding worship 
services, obtaining building permits for churches, and 
training clergy; 
Whereas, according to the Department of State, Chinese offi-
cials beat and abused a number of Catholic priests and 
lay leaders during 2004, and they continue to detain 
Bishop Su Zhimin, Bishop An Shuxin, Bishop Zhang
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Weizhu, Father Cui Xing, and Father Wang Quanjun, 
among others; 
Whereas, according to the Department of State, Chinese offi-
cials intensified their pressure against Protestant house 
churches during 2004, and detained numerous leaders 
and congregants, including Liu Fengang, Xu Yonghai, 
and Zhang Shengqi, who were sentenced in August 2004 
to 1- to 3-year terms for sending reports of Government 
persecution of house churches to overseas organizations; 
Whereas, according to the Department of State, during 2004 
Chinese authorities in the Tibet Autonomous Region 
committed serious human rights abuses, including 
extrajudicial killing, torture, arbitrary arrest, lengthy de-
tention for peaceful expression of political or religious 
views, and repression of religious freedom; 
Whereas the whereabouts of Gendun Choekyi Nyima, the boy 
identified by the Dalai Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama 
and detained by Chinese authorities ten years ago, when 
he was 6 years old, are still unknown; 
Whereas the Chinese Government has used the international 
war on terror as a pretext for a harsh crackdown on 
Uighurs in Xinjiang, including those expressing peaceful 
political dissent and independent Muslim religious lead-
ers; 
Whereas, according to the Department of State, Chinese au-
thorities continue to restrict Muslim religious activity, 
teaching, and worship in Xinjiang, including reported 
prohibitions on the participation and religious education 
of minors; 
Whereas the Chinese Government continued its brutal cam-
paign to eradicate the Falun Gong spiritual movement
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and, according to the Department of State, tens of thou-
sands of practitioners remain incarcerated in prisons, 
extrajudicial reeducation-through-labor camps, and psy-
chiatric facilities; 
Whereas since the 1999 beginning of the crackdown on Falun 
Gong, hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners have been 
tortured and beaten to death by Chinese authorities, with 
some death estimates reaching as high as 2,000; 
Whereas the Government of China continues to impose a co-
ercive birth limitation policy that relies on the threat of 
job loss and punitive fines, and which has included the 
use of forced abortion and forced sterilization; 
Whereas this coercive birth limitation policy has led to sex- 
selective abortion, the abandonment and infanticide of 
baby girls, and a disproportionate number of male chil-
dren in China, which has already led to the reported ab-
duction and trafficking of women as ‘‘brides’’ in some 
areas, and which will have serious and detrimental socio-
logical impacts on China for years to come; 
Whereas trafficking in persons remains a serious problem 
within China, and reports persist of complicity by local 
officials in trafficking, alien smuggling, and prostitution 
involving trafficked women; 
Whereas Chinese authorities have been responsible for 
extrajudicial killings, the torture and mistreatment of 
prisoners leading to numerous deaths in custody, arbi-
trary arrest and detention, and the routine violation of 
legal protections and due process for defendants, includ-
ing in death penalty cases; 
Whereas organs taken from executed prisoners without mean-
ingful consent are the main source of organs used in
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transplants in China, for both foreign and Chinese pa-
tients; 
Whereas Chinese authorities hold an estimated 300,000 per-
sons in ‘‘reeducation-through-labor’’ camps and other 
forms of detention not subject to judicial review; 
Whereas contrary to its obligations as a party to the 1951 
United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Ref-
ugees, the Chinese Government continues to deny the 
United 
Nations 
High 
Commissioner 
for 
Refugees 
(UNHCR) access to North Koreans inside China, and 
during the past year deported several thousand back to 
North Korea, where many of them were subjected to per-
secution and some were executed upon their return, as 
provided in North Korean law; 
Whereas the Chinese Government has arrested and detained 
foreign journalists, missionaries, and activists for pro-
viding food, shelter, transportation, and other assistance 
to North Koreans who have fled into China; 
Whereas during 2004 the Chinese Government increased its 
pervasive monitoring of the Internet, restricted the infor-
mation available to Chinese users, and detained and im-
prisoned numerous individuals responsible for dissemi-
nating political, religious, and social views on the Internet 
that officials deemed objectionable; 
Whereas 16 years after the 1989 pro-democracy demonstra-
tions in Tiananmen Square, many protesters remain in 
prison and no independent investigations have taken 
place regarding the massacre that occurred during those 
demonstrations; 
Whereas the Chinese Government continues to criminalize all 
independent trade union activity and detained a number