Speaker. this is a significant resolution. as it reaffirms the importance of human rights in the evolving bilateral relationship between the United States and Vietnam. I think it is very important for the leadership in Hanoi to know that the continued and systematto violation of basic human rights will inevitably limit the degree of bilateral cooperation between our two countries. I also hope that the adoption of this resolution will serve to encourage the government in Vietnam to expedite the release and emigration of those socalled reeducation camp detainees who remain in longterm detention and who have been there in most if not all instances for nearly 17 years. The fact is. of course. that the Government of Vietnam has released most of the thousands of people who had been held in reeducation camps since 1975. and a number of us worked long and hard to bring that about. but the State Department and human rights groups have contended that there are about 100 who remain in longterm detention in these reeducation camps. and we hope the day will soon come when literally all of them are released. Finally.
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