,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fbc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #af1
 #bjbj,mr4 ,portman 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,brown7 submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,commemorating ,otto      
,frederick ,warmbier and condemning the 
,north ,korean regime for their         
continued human rights abuses4  ,whereas
 ,otto ,frederick ,warmbier was born on 
,december #ab1 #aiid1 in ,cincinnati1   
,ohio1 to parents ,fred and ,cindy      
,warmbier2 ,whereas1 upon his graduation
 as ,salutatorian from ,wyoming ,high   
,school in #bjac1 ,otto attended the    
,university of ,virginia2 ,whereas1 on  
,december #bi1 #bjae1 ,otto flew to     
,north ,korea as part of a guided tour2 
,whereas1 on ,january #b1 #bjaf1 the    
,government of the ,democratic ,people's
 ,republic of ,korea arrested ,otto     
,warmbier on false charges of subversion
 and committing a hostile act2 ,whereas1

 on ,march #af1 #bjaf1 ,otto ,warmbier  
was convicted and sentenced to #ae years
 of hard labor2 ,whereas1 as a result of
 his mistreatment at the hands of ,north
 ,korean authorities1 ,otto ,warmbier   
suffered a serious medical emergency    
which placed him into a comatose state1 
and the ,north ,korean authorities      
failed to report the deterioration of   
,otto ,warmbier's physical condition to 
,united ,states authorities2 ,whereas1  
on ,june #ac1 #bjag1 after #ag months in
 captivity1 the ,united ,states         
,department of ,state announced that it 
had secured the release of ,otto        
,warmbier1 whereupon he was medically   
evacuated from ,north ,korea in a       
comatose state to the ,university of    
,cincinnati ,medical ,center2 ,whereas1 
on ,june #ai1 #bjag1 ,otto ,warmbier    
died in the hospital as a result of his 
mistreatment at the hands of the        
,government of the ,democratic ,people's
 ,republic of ,korea2 ,whereas1 on      
,december #bd1 #bjah1 the ,united       

,states ,district ,court for the        
,district of ,columbia concluded that   
the ,government of the ,democratic      
,people's ,republic of ,korea was       
responsible for the torture1 hostage    
taking1 and extrajudicial killing of    
,otto ,warmbier2 ,whereas1 on ,december 
#ah1 #bjai1 in an annual resolution1 the
 ,united ,nations ,general ,assembly    
condemned the long-standing and ongoing 
systematic1 widespread and gross        
violations of human rights in and by    
,north ,korea2 and ,whereas1 on         
,december #bj1 #bjai1 the ,otto         
,warmbier ,north ,korea ,nuclear        
,sanctions and ,enforcement ,act of     
#bjai 7title ,,lxxi of ,public ,law     
#aaf-ib71 was enacted3 ,now1 therefore1 
be it ,that1 in recognition of the #crd 
anniversary of ,otto ,warmbier's passing
 on ,june #ai1 #bjbj1 the ,senate-- 7#a7
 remembers and celebrates the life of   
,otto ,frederick ,warmbier1 a young man 
with great potential2  7#b7 condemns the
 ,government of the ,democratic         

,people's ,republic of ,korea1 which is 
responsible for the unjustified arrest1 
mistreatment1 and death of ,otto        
,warmbier2  7#c7 calls for the ,united  
,states ,government to continue to use  
its voice and vote in the ,united       
,nations to condemn systematic human    
rights violations in ,north ,korea2 and 
7#d7 calls for the sanctions enacted in 
the ,otto ,warmbier ,north ,korea       
,nuclear ,sanctions and ,enforcement    
,act of #bjai 7title ,,lxxi of ,public  
,law #aaf-ib7 to remain fully           
implemented until such time that the    
,government of the ,democratic ,people's
 ,republic of ,korea commits to the     
verifiable suspension of its            
proliferation and testing of weapons of 
mass destruction1 and has agreed to     
multilateral talks1 including the       
,united ,states ,government1 with the   
goal of permanently and verifiably      
limiting ,north ,korea's weapons of mass
 destruction and ballistic missile      
programs4