[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 16 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 16

 Calling on the President to work to convene an international tribunal 
           for war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1993

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

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Calling on the President to work to convene an international tribunal 
           for war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia.

Whereas the conflict in Bosnia-Hercegovina has reached a critical point 
        requiring immediate and decisive action by the international community;
Whereas attempts to bring about a permanent cessation of hostilities 
        precipitated by Serbia and Serbian-backed forces in the independent 
        state of Bosnia-Hercegovina through negotiations have yet to be 
        successful;
Whereas horrible atrocities continue to be committed against civilian population 
        of Bosnia-Hercegovina, including--

    (1) ``ethnic cleansing'' of regions inhabited by non-Serbs,

    (2) the forced detention, ill treatment and torture of persons, 
including civilians, in internment camps,

    (3) the mass forcible expulsion and deportation of civilians,

    (4) deliberate attacks on, and summary executions of, noncombatants,

    (5) systematic sexual abuse, including the crime of rape, against women 
and girls as a method of torture,

    (6) impeding the delivery of food and medical equipment to the civilian 
population, and

    (7) wanton devastation and destruction of property and other gross 
violations of internationally recognized human rights;

Whereas the United States and other Contracting Parties to the International 
        Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 
        may, under Article VIII, ``call upon competent organs of the United 
        Nations as they consider appropriate for the prevention and suppression 
        of acts of genocide'' or any of the other ``Acts Constituting Genocide'' 
        enumerated in Article III;
Whereas the Secretary of State of the United States has stated that crimes 
        against humanity have occurred in the former Yugoslavia and that the 
        Secretary of State has named specific individuals as responsible for 
        these crimes; and
Whereas the Government of the United States has transmitted to the Secretary-
        General of the United Nations numerous reports detailing allegations of 
        violations of humanitarian law and serious breeches of the Geneva 
        Conventions in the former Yugoslavia: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) supports the efforts of the United Nations Secretary-
        General and the Security Council to create an international 
        tribunal to investigate allegations of war crimes and crimes 
        against humanity committed within the territory of the former 
        Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; and
            (2) urges the President to work to convene an international 
        tribunal to accumulate evidence against, charge, and otherwise 
        prepare the basis for trying any individual whom the tribunal 
        has probable cause to believe is responsible for or committed 
        such crimes.

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