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The two subcommittees met jointly to hear testimony about the crisis in Sudan and what the U.S. might do about it. Witnesses said that genocide, slavery and religious persecution are still o…

The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee met to consider how the United Nations is managed. Richard Thornburgh, Undersecretary General for Administration and Management of the United Nations, …

The committee examined U.S. human rights policy and the State Department’s annual report on world human rights conditions. The report studies human rights abuses in all the countries of the …

Members of both subcommittees examined the post-war situation in the Persian Gulf, and Iraq’s response to United Nations resolutions requiring that nation to release information on its nucle…

The subcommittee heard testimony from Ambassador Pickering and Mr. Bolton on the role the United Nations should play in the Middle East following the Persian Gulf war.

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Human Rights & International Organizations heard testimony on U.S. policy concerning the 1992 United Nations Conference on the Environment and Devel…

The subcommittee met to hear testimony from the State Department concerning the reports on human rights practices for 1989 and to discuss the U.S. human rights policy.

The subcommittee hears from various witnesses about the pace of democratic reforms and the status of human rights in eastern Europe, focusing on the Soviet satellite states of Poland, Hungar…

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittees on Africa & Human Rights held a joint hearing to examine the recent violence in Burundi, and to determine what the U.S. response should be. Three admi…

The subcommittee held a hearing on human rights in Iran in response to allegations of discrimination against the Baha’i religious community. This video includes the original advertisements t…

The House Foreign Affairs African and Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittees heard testimony on recent developments in Ethiopia concerning diplomatic relations, foreign e…

A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee heard testimony on the First Intifada, a Palestinian uprising in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem that began in December 1987.

The Human Rights and International Organizations and the International Operations subcommittees held a joint hearing on recent developments in the United Nations system.

The subcommittee heard testimony examining U.S. policy regarding human rights conditions in Tibet, in light of reported Peoples Republic of China (PRC) government repression following a 1987…

Witnesses testified on the Reagan Administration’s human rights policy.