peacekeeping activities. international efforts for a peaceful resolution. and support for and eventual repatriation of refugees. U.S. policy should back efforts to promote peace. not protracted conflict. The language in the appropriations will reverse a policy which has only brought the Khmer Rouge closer to their stated aimcontrol of Cambodia. Sadly. this will mean a return to the killing fields. None of the funds appropriated by this act may be obligated or expended for any assistance for the Khmer Rouge or the nonCommunist resistance including any assistance which would. directly or indirectly. promote. augment. or sustain the capacity of the Khmer Rouge or the nonCommunist resistance to conduct military or paramilitary operations in Cambodia or elsewhere in Indochina. Up to $10 million of the funds appropriated by this act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law. subject to the notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. for support of international activities in support of a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Cambodia and for resettlement and repatriation of displaced Cambodians and Cambodian refugees. In the course of the year. a number of efforts have been underwayincluding those presently occurring under the auspices of the permanent five members of the United Nations Security Councilto bring a peaceful and enduring conclusion to the civil war in Cambodia. The committee believes that the time has come to redirect the assistance that the United States has provided to the nonCommunist resistance [NCR]-which has been used to sustain and augment the military capacity of the NCR and their allies. the Khmer Rougeand instead utilize United States assistance to encourage and to enhance international efforts in support of a peaceful resolution of the Cambodian conflict.
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