Sec. 4. Statement of policy
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The United States, consistent with the principle of ex injuria jus non oritur, supports the policy known as the Stimson Doctrine and thus does not recognize territorial changes effected by force, including the illegal invasions and occupations of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea, Eastern Ukraine, and Transnistria.