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Recognizing the 3rd anniversary of the passing of Otto Frederick Warmbier and condemning the North Korean regime for their continued human rights abuses.

H. Res. 1016 · 116th Congress · Jun 22, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—
(1)
recognizes the 3rd anniversary of Otto Warmbier's passing;
(2)
remembers and celebrates the life of Otto Frederick Warmbier, a young man with great potential;
(3)
condemns the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which is responsible for the unjustified arrest, mistreatment, and death of Otto Warmbier;
(4)
calls for the United States Government to continue to use its voice and vote in the United Nations to condemn systematic human rights violations in North Korea; and
(5)
calls for the sanctions enacted in the Otto Warmbier North Korea Nuclear Sanctions and Enforcement Act of 2019 (title LXXI of Public Law 116–92) to remain fully implemented until such time that Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea commits to the verifiable suspension of its proliferation and testing of weapons of mass destruction and has agreed to multilateral talks including the United States Government, with the goal of permanently and verifiably limiting weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.