[Peace-discuss] Fwd: FCNL (8/1/03) House passes North Korea amendment

[Jay Mittenthal]

>Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 17:33:35 -0400 (EDT)
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>August 1, 2003
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>FCNL would like to share some good news!
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>In approving an amendment to the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,
>and Related Programs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2004, the House
>recently expressed support for the use of non-violent, diplomatic
>options rather than military force for diffusing the volatile situation
>between the U.S. and North Korea. Introduced by Rep. Alcee Hastings
>(FL), House Amendment 312 to HR 2800 states:
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>"It is the sense of Congress that the President should utilize all
>diplomatic options to ensure that the Government of the Democratic
>People's Republic of Korea does not engage in efforts relating to the
>proliferation of nuclear weapons."
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>In his remarks in the record regarding the amendment, Rep. Hastings
>said:
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>"My amendment calls on the President to use coalitions, arms-control
>accords, and weapons inspections because these are methods of conflict
>resolution he has often ignored. If we don't incorporate all available
>nonproliferation tools to redirect North Korean efforts away from
>nuclear weapons, then military intervention will again be the only
>national security policy at our disposal."
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>While a "sense of Congress resolution" is not legally binding and cannot
>be turned into law, the passage of the amendment is still significant in
>that the majority of the House has gone on record saying that they would
>like diplomatic tools to be used in resolving the conflict with North
>Korea.
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>FCNL appreciates this bold stand for the peaceful prevention of deadly
>conflict.
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