Sec. 3. Statement of policy

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It is the policy of the United States— to reaffirm the principles and objectives set forth in the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 ( Public Law 102–383 ), namely that— the United States has a strong interest in the continued vitality, prosperity, and stability of Hong Kong ; [s]upport for democratization is a fundamental principle of United States foreign policy ; the human rights of the people of Hong Kong are of great importance to the United States and are directly relevant to United States interests in Hong Kong [and] serve as a basis for Hong Kong’s continued economic prosperity ; and Hong Kong must remain sufficiently autonomous from the People’s Republic of China to justify a different treatment under a particular law of the United States, or any provision thereof, from that accorded the People’s Republic of China; to support the democratic aspirations of the people of Hong Kong, as guaranteed to them by the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong, done at Beijing December 19, 1984 (referred to in this Act as the Joint Declaration ), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, done at New York December 19, 1966, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, done at Paris December 10, 1948, and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (referred to in this Act as the Basic Law ); to urge the Government of the People's Republic of China to uphold its commitments to Hong Kong, including allowing the people of Hong Kong to rule Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy and without undue interference, and ensuring that Hong Kong voters freely enjoy the right to elect the Chief Executive and all members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council by universal suffrage; to support the establishment of a genuine democratic option to freely and fairly nominate and elect the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and the establishment by 2020 of open and direct democratic elections for all members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council; to support the robust exercise by residents of Hong Kong of the rights to free speech and the press as guaranteed to them by the Basic Law and the Joint Declaration; to ensure that all residents of Hong Kong are afforded freedom from arbitrary or unlawful arrest, detention, or imprisonment as guaranteed to them by the Basic Law and the Joint Declaration; to draw international attention to any violations by the Government of the People’s Republic of China of the fundamental rights of residents of Hong Kong and any encroachment upon the autonomy guaranteed to Hong Kong by the Basic Law and the Joint Declaration; to protect United States citizens and long-term permanent residents living in Hong Kong and those visiting and transiting through Hong Kong; and to maintain the economic and cultural ties that provide significant benefits to the United States and Hong Kong.

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