Contents: VOICE YOUR SUPPORT FOR: • H.R. 21/S. 507, the Comprehensive Economic Sanctions Bill sponsored by Rep. Ron Dellums and Senator Paul Simon. • H.R. 3458, the South African Financial Sanctions Bill. • Senate Concurrent Resolution 46 calls upon the President to take immediate steps to achieve multilateral sanctions against South Africa. • House Resolution 48 urges the Government of South Africa to indicate its willingness to engage in meaningful negotiations with the country's Black majority. • House Concurrent Resolution 67 calls upon the President to grant asylum to individuals who may seek asylum in the U.S. rather than serve in the South African armed forces in support of...
Contents: VOICE YOUR SUPPORT FOR: • H.R. 21/S. 507, the Comprehensive Economic Sanctions Bill sponsored by Rep. Ron Dellums and Senator Paul Simon. • H.R. 3458, the South African Financial Sanctions Bill. • Senate Concurrent Resolution 46 calls upon the President to take immediate steps to achieve multilateral sanctions against South Africa. • House Resolution 48 urges the Government of South Africa to indicate its willingness to engage in meaningful negotiations with the country's Black majority. • House Concurrent Resolution 67 calls upon the President to grant asylum to individuals who may seek asylum in the U.S. rather than serve in the South African armed forces in support of apartheid. • House Concurrent Resolution 203 calls for improved relations between the U.S. and the Government of Angola. • VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION TO: • Senate Resolution 196 expresses sense of the Senate regarding the peace process in Angola. • FUTURE OR EXPECTED BILLS • Namibia • The Africa Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee are expected to begin working on legislation to provide $1-2 million in foreign aid for the newly independent government of Namibia. This is a paltry amount compared to the $400 million aid package for Poland before the close of the last session of Congress. The report mentions investment, mandatory disinvestment by all U.S. corporations, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, Congressman Walter Fauntroy, loans, banks, Francis Kornegay, Bob Brauer, Lenora Odeku, June 16 and the 1976 Soweto uprising, Congressman Charles Rangel, the End Conscription Campaign (ECC), Braden Goetz, Congressman Howard Wolpe, Tri-partite Peace Accord, UNITA, Jonas Savimbi, Senator DeConcini, Congressman David Obey, Bill Shirsh, democracy, U.S. - South Africa trade, bidding on federal oil or gas leases by U.S. oil company selling goods to South Africa, and Adwoa Dunn.
