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U.S. Reaction to Military Coup in Pakistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

Sean D. Murphy
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 94 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 354 - 356
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2000

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References

1 See Hearings Before the Subcomm. on Near East and S. Asian Affairs ofthe Senate Foreign Relations Comm., 106th Cong. (Oct. 14,1999) (testimony of Karl F. Inderfurth, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs), available in <http://www.state.gov/www/policy_remarks/1999/991014_inderfurth_tst.html>; Celia W. Dugger, Pakistan Army Seizes Power Hours After Prime Minister Dismisses His Military Chief, N.Y.TIMES, Oct. 13, 1999, at Al; Celia W. Dugger, Treason Charge for Pakistan’s Ousted Premier, N.Y. TIMES, Nov. 11, 1999, at Al.

2 Sumit Ganguly, Pakistan’s Never-Ending Story, 79 FOREIGN Aff., Mar./Apr. 2000, at 2; Kamran Khan, Army Stages Coup in Pakistan, WASH. POST, Oct. 13,1999, at Al.

3 Barry Bearak, Fall of Pakistan’s Chief: A Riveting Tale, N.Y. TIMES, Dec. 14, 1999, at A10; Barry Bearak, Ousted Leader in Pakistan Appears in Public for Trial, N.Y. Times, Nov. 20, 1999, at A4.

4 See Barry Bearak, Defense in Trial of Ousted Pakistani Leader Quits in Protest, N.Y. TIMES, Feb. 29, 2000, at A6.

5 Clash over India Led to Coup, Pakistan’s Ex-Premier Testifies, N.Y. Times, Mar. 9,2000, at A5; Kamran Khan, Deposed Pakistani’s Lawyer Slain, WASH. POST, Mar. 11, 2000, at A13.

6 Statementon the Military Coup d’Etat in Pakistan, 35WeeklyCOMP.Pres.DOC. 2024 (Oct. 18, 1999).States associated with the British Commonwealth unanimously condemned the coup, decided that Pakistan should be suspended from the councils of the Commonwealth, and called for a time frame for restoration of democracy. See Letter Dated 20 October 1999 from the Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Addressed to the President of the Security Council, UN Doc. S/1999/1095 (1999).

7 James B. Foley, U.S. Deputy Spokesman, U.S. Dep’t of State Daily Press Briefing at 3-4 (Oct. 15,1999), available in <http://secretary.state.gOv/www/briefings/9910/991015db.html>.

8 U.S. Dept, of State Press Release on Pakistan: General Musharraf s Speech (Oct. 17, 1999), available in <http://secretary.state.gov/www/briefings/statements/1999/ps991017.html> .

9 See Jane Perlez, Clinton Decides to Visit Pakistan, After All, N.Y. TIMES, Mar. 8, 2000, at A ll; Sheree Sardar, Pakistani Leader Hails Clinton Visit, WASH. POST, Mar. 9, 2000, at A22.

10 See Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1999, §508, as contained in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1999, Pub. L. No. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681-171 (1998); Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2000, §508, as contained in Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2000, §1000 (a) (2), Pub. L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, 1535, & 1501A-83 (1999).

11 See Sean D. Murphy, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 93 AJIL 498 (1999).

12 The waiver provisions appear at Department of Defense Appropriations Act of2000, Title IX, Pub. L. No. 10679, 113 Stat. 1212, 1283-84 (1999) (to be codified at 22 U.S.C. §2799aa-l note).

13 Presidential Determination No. 2000-04, 64 Fed. Reg. 60,649 (Nov. 8, 1999), reprinted in Memorandum on Pakistan and India, 35 WEEKLY COMP. PRES. DOC. 2166 (Nov. 1, 1999).

14 [Editor’s note: Arms Export Control Act, §102(b), 22 U.S.C. §2799aa-l (b) (1994).]

15 Thomas R. Pickering, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Remarks on Iraq, Pakistan and India, George Washington University (Dec. 6, 1999), available in <http://www.state.gov/www/policy_remarks/1999/991206_pickering_forum.html> .