Examine the points of certification: First. U.S. national interest: The administration would have us believe that Chile would support the U.S. position in international forums. But even at a time when the Pinochet regime is trying to curry Washingtons favor. the New York Times reported on February 4 that Chile was the only nonMarxist government to vote in a U.N. meeting in Geneva in January against making the crisis in Poland a special item for the U.N. high commissioner for refugees. Second. Progress on Human Rights: Amnesty Internationals 1981 report. published late last year. states: The Chilean Government has been criticized for its human rights record by the United Nations General Assembly. the InterAmerican Human Rights Commission of Jurists. the InterParliamentary Union and other organizations.
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