assistance for cambodia

assistance for cambodia Sec. 559. (a) Acts of Genocide in Cambodia.—As a party to the Genocide Convention, the United States reaffirms that genocide is a crime under international law which it undertakes to prevent and punish, and calls upon the competent organs of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the United Nations as they consider appropriate for the prevention and suppression of acts of genocide in Cambodia. (b) Humanitarian and Development Assistance for Cambodia.— (1) Assistance.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), not less than $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 1993 for development assistance and economic support fund assistance shall be made available, only through international relief agencies, United States private and voluntary organizations, and United Nations agencies, for humanitarian and development assistance exclusively for Cambodian civilians and in accordance with the priority needs identified by the Agency for International Development’s Report to Congress on Cambodia’s Humanitarian and Development Assistance Priorities (transmitted pursuant to the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991), notwithstanding any other provision of law. 106 STAT. 1677 (2) Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term “humanitarian assistance” includes food, potable water, clothing, medicine, and other humanitarian assistance, including training and equipment for the surveying and removal of explosive mines, but such term does not include (A) the provision of any weapons, weapon systems, or ammunition, or (B) the provision to Cambodian military units of any other equipment, vehicles, or material. (c) Termination of Assistance.—The President shall terminate assistance under this section to any Cambodian organization that he determines is cooperating, tactically or strategically, with the Khmer Rouge in their military operations. (d) Onsite Assessment of Needs for Assistance.—Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall conduct an onsite assessment on a multilateral basis in cooperation with the United Nations, or on an independent basis, within Cambodia (including Phnom Penh) to determine the requirements for the development of social economic and social infrastructure and for the eradication of explosive mines. (e) Report Regarding the Khmer Rouge.—Not later than May 1, 1993, the President shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate a report describing all violations of the United Nations peace agreement by the Khmer Rouge since July 1, 1992, and United States responses to those violations. Such report shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified form. (f) Applicability of Existing Law.— (1) Trade restrictions.—Funds shall be made available under this section notwithstanding any law or regulation prohibiting trade with Cambodia or any national of Cambodia. (2) Reprogramming notifications.—Funds shall be made available under this section subject to the provisions of section 522 of this Act. (3) Prohibitions.—Any funds made available under this section shall be subject to the prohibitions of section 531(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 906 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985. (g) Termination of Assistance.—The President shall terminate assistance under this section to any Cambodian organization that he determines is cooperating, tactically or strategically, with the Khmer Rouge in their military operations.