[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 120 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 120

   Stating the disapproval of the Congress regarding the President's 
 unilateral deployment of United States troops as peacekeepers to the 
                 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 1993

 Mr. Ramstad submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Stating the disapproval of the Congress regarding the President's 
 unilateral deployment of United States troops as peacekeepers to the 
                 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Whereas on June 10, 1993, the Clinton Administration announced the United States 
        would offer to send 300 United States troops to join United Nations 
        peacekeeping forces in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
Whereas Secretary of State Warren Christopher has stated that these troops are a 
        ``deterrent force'' which will have ``symbolic'' value;
Whereas total United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Former Yugoslav Republic 
        of Macedonia will number approximately 1,000;
Whereas the deterrence strength of these peacekeeping forces is highly 
        questionable since such forces must monitor the 260-mile border that 
        separates the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from Serbia, Kosovo, 
        and Albania;
Whereas the Clinton Administration has not sufficiently explained why United 
        States troops should be inserted as a ``symbolic'' tripwire into the 
        complex civil war in the former Yugoslavia;
Whereas the commitment of United States troops in the Former Yugoslav Republic 
        of Macedonia opens the prospect of further escalation of United States 
        military involvement in the Balkans;
Whereas 86 Members of the House of Representatives signed a letter to President 
        Clinton on June 24, 1993, expressing their ``strong concerns and 
        reservations about the lack of a well-defined mission for the pending 
        United States troop deployment to the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
        Macedonia; and
Whereas on July 5, 1993, the first contingent of United States troops arrived in 
        the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) disapproves of the unilateral deployment by the 
        President of United States troops as peacekeepers to the Former 
        Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; and
            (2) urges the President to consult with the Congress 
        regarding the deployment and mission of United States troops in 
        the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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