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respect to the location of international organizations and 
institutions in Africa, such organizations or institutions, 
such as the African Development Bank, that move their 
headquarters offices from their original locations for rea-
sons of security should return once those security issues 
have been resolved or should relocate to another country 
in the region in which the organization or institution was 
originally headquartered. 
(b) CONSULTATIONS
REGARDING
RETURN.—The 
Secretary of State is authorized to begin consultations 
with appropriate parties to determine the feasibility of re-
turning such organizations and institutions to the regions 
in which they were originally headquartered. 
SEC. 1404. BENJAMIN GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR-
SHIP PROGRAM. 
Section 305 of the International Academic Oppor-
tunity Act of 2000, (title III of the Microenterprise for 
Self-Reliance and International Anti-Corruption Act of 
2000) (Public Law 106–309; 22 U.S.C. 2462 note) is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,500,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$4,000,000’’. 
SEC. 1405. PROHIBITION ON COMMEMORATIONS RELATING 
TO LEADERS OF IMPERIAL JAPAN. 
The Department of State, both in Washington and 
at United States diplomatic missions and facilities in for-
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eign countries, shall not engage in any activity, including 
the celebration of the recently enacted Showa holiday, 
which may, in any manner, serve to commemorate or be 
construed as serving to commemorate leaders of Imperial 
Japan who were connected to the attack on the United 
States Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, on December 
7, 1941. 
SEC. 1406. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING WORLD 
BANK GROUP LOANS TO IRAN. 
(a) UNITED STATES POLICY.—The Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
shall work to secure the support of the governments of 
countries represented on the decisionmaking boards and 
councils of the international financial institutions of the 
World Bank Group to oppose any further activity in Iran 
by the international financial institutions of the World 
Bank Group until Iran abandons its program to develop 
nuclear weapons. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
Secretary initiates efforts to carry out subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees of such efforts. 
(c) WORLD BANK GROUP DEFINED.—As used in this 
section, the term ‘‘World Bank Group’’ means the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the
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International Development Association, the International 
Financial Corporation, and the Multilateral Investment 
Guaranty Agency. 
SEC. 1407. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING SUPPORT 
FOR SECI REGIONAL CENTER FOR COM-
BATING TRANS-BORDER CRIME. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Southeast European Cooperative Initia-
tive (SECI) Regional Center for Combating Trans-
Border Crime, located in Bucharest, Romania, is 
composed of police and customs officers from each 
of the 12 member states of SECI: Albania, Bosnia 
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hun-
gary, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Ser-
bia and Montenegro and Turkey. 
(2) The SECI Regional Center supports joint 
trans-border crime fighting efforts through the es-
tablishment of task forces, including task forces re-
lating to trafficking in human beings, anti-drugs, fi-
nancial and computer crimes, stolen vehicles, anti-
smuggling and anti-fraud, and terrorism. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to continue to support the activities of the 
SECI Regional Center for Combating Trans-border 
Crime.
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SEC. 1408. STATEMENT OF POLICY URGING TURKEY TO RE-
SPECT THE RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOMS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Turkey is scheduled to begin accession ne-
gotiations with the European Union on October 3, 
2005. 
(2) In 1993 the European Union defined the 
membership criteria for accession to the European 
Union at the Copenhagen European Council, obli-
gating candidate countries to have achieved certain 
levels of reform, including stability of institutions 
guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, and human 
rights, and respect for and protection of minorities. 
(3) The Government of Turkey refuses to rec-
ognize the Ecumenical Patriarch’s international sta-
tus. 
(4) The Government of Turkey has limited to 
Turkish nationals the candidates available to the 
Holy Synod for selection as the Ecumenical Patri-
arch and has refused to reopen the Theological 
School at Halki, thus impeding training for the cler-
gy. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress—
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(1) calls on Turkey to continue to demonstrate 
its willingness to adopt and uphold European stand-
ards for the protection of human rights; 
(2) based on the ideals associated with the Eu-
ropean Union and its member states, calls on Tur-
key to eliminate all forms of discrimination, particu-
larly those based on race or religion, and imme-
diately—
(A) grant the Ecumenical Patriarch appro-
priate international recognition and ecclesiastic 
succession; 
(B) grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate the 
right to train clergy of all nationalities, not just 
Turkish nationals; and 
(C) respect property rights and human 
rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate; and 
(3) calls on Turkey to pledge to uphold and 
safeguard religious and human rights without com-
promise. 
SEC. 1409. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING THE MUR-
DER OF UNITED STATES CITIZEN JOHN M. 
ALVIS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
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(1) On November 30, 2000, United States cit-
izen John M. Alvis was brutally murdered in Baku, 
Azerbaijan. 
(2) John M. Alvis was serving his final two 
weeks of a two year full-time commitment to the 
International Republican Institute, a United States 
nongovernmental organization carrying out assist-
ance projects for the Government of the United 
States to help promote democracy and strengthen 
the rule of law in Azerbaijan. 
(3) The United States is committed to ensuring 
that the truth of the murder of John M. Alvis is de-
termined and the individual or individuals who are 
responsible for this heinous act are brought to jus-
tice. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress—
(1) appreciates the efforts of the Government of 
Azerbaijan to find the individual or individuals who 
are responsible for the murder of United States cit-
izen John M. Alvis and urges the Government of 
Azerbaijan to continue to make these efforts a high 
priority; and 
(2) urges the Secretary of State to continue to 
raise the issue of the murder of United States cit-
izen John M. Alvis with the Government of Azer-