The FRIENDSHIP Act of 1993 was enacted as a
law of the United States
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enhancing prior statutory provisions which govern
international relations
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between the former
Republics of the Soviet Union and United States during the
Cold War. The
Act of Congress reformed
United States statutes related to:
:* Armament export controls as related to military technology transfer limitations
:* Continental cultural and educational exchange
:* Cooperative foreign trade relations
:* Diplomatic relations with foreign allies
:* Global environmental shifts
:* Immigration and nationality requirements
:* International products exports
:*
Societal propagandization as related to
multicultural
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social
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Etymology
The word "social" derives from ...
ideology
The H.R. 3000
legislation
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was passed by the 103rd United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the
42nd President of the United States
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Bill Clinton on December 17, 1993.
Titles of the Act
The 1993 Act was penned as nine titles establishing purposeful foreign relations as related to the development of emerging democracies and improved multinational partnerships.
Title I: Policy of Friendship and Cooperation
:Statement of purpose
:Findings
:Statutory provisions that have been applicable to the
Soviet Union
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.
Title II: Trade and Business Relations
:Policy under
Export Administration Act
:Representation of countries of
Eastern Europe
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and the
Independent States of the former Soviet Union in legal
commercial transactions
:Procedures regarding transfers of certain Department of Defense-funded items
:
Soviet slave labor
Title III: Cultural, Educational, and Other Exchange Programs
:
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961
:Soviet-Eastern European research and training
:Fascell Fellowship Act
:Board for International Broadcasting Act
:Scholarship programs for
developing countries
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:Report on Soviet participants in certain
exchange programs
Title IV: Arms Control
:
Arms Control and Disarmament Act
:
Arms Export Control Act
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:Annual reports on
arms control matters
:United States/Soviet
direct communication link
Title V: Diplomatic Relations
:Personnel levels and limitations
:Other provisions related to operation of
consulates and embassies
:Foreign Service Buildings Act
Title VI: Oceans and the Environment
:Arctic Research and Policy Act
:Fur seal management
:Global climate protection
Title VII: Regional and General Diplomatic Issues
:
United Nations
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assessments
:
Soviet occupation of Afghanistan
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:
Angola
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:Self determination of the people from the
Baltic States
:Obsolete references in
Foreign Assistance Act
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:Review of United States policy toward the Soviet Union
Title VIII: Internal Security; Worldwide Communist Conspiracy
:
Civil defense
:Report on Soviet
press manipulation in the United States
:
Subversive Activities Control Act
:Report on Soviet and
international communist behavior
Title IX: Miscellaneous
:
Ballistic missile tests near
Hawaii
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:Nondelivery of
international mail
:State-sponsored harassment of
religious groups
:Murder of Major
Arthur D. Nicholson
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:Monument to honor
victims of communism
See also
:
Arctic policy of the United States
:
Communist Control Act of 1954
:
Containment
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:
Former Soviet Union Demilitarization Act of 1992
:
Freedom Support Act
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:
Helsinki Accords
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:
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
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:
Mount Alto Embassy Site
:
National Captive Nations Committee
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:
North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911
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:
Omnibus Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act
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History
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:
Partnership for Peace
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:
Samantha Smith
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:
Soviet anti-religious legislation
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:
Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991
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Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
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:
World Trade Organization
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in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and ...
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