Noting the findings of the Commission of Inquiry into aspects of the Forest Industry in Papua New Guinea, and calling for appropriate actions.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Declares that the United States should: (1) encourage the Government of Papua New Guinea to make available the findings and implement the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry Into Aspects of the Forest Industry; (2) provide technical and financial assistance to achieve these ends; (3) call upon the Government of Japan to investigate the activities of certain private Japanese corporations and official aid agencies in violating laws in Papua New Guinea and in causing the destruction of tropical forests; (4) seek the enactment of tax treaties and other arrangements with the governments of Papua New Guinea and other timber exporting countries to prohibit illegal activities and falsification of trade information; (5) work to reduce Japan's consumption of timber and regulate its trade to ensure that timber traded comes from sustainable sources; and (6) call upon the International Tropical Timber Organization to create a system under which all internationally traded tropical timber is authenticated to ensure its true origin, species, volume, value, and price and to ensure that all timber traded by the end of 1994 comes only from sources managed without harm to the environment and …