[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 210 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 210

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should not have 
   granted diplomatic recognition to the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
                               Macedonia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 1994

 Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Andrews of New 
    Jersey, Mrs. Maloney, and Mr. Deutsch) submitted the following 
 concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should not have 
   granted diplomatic recognition to the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
                               Macedonia.

Whereas the United States has strong and enduring economic, political, and 
        strategic ties with the Hellenic Republic of Greece;
Whereas Greece has been a strategic ally of the United States in the Eastern 
        Mediterranean during every major conflict in this century;
Whereas historical and archaeological evidence demonstrates that the ancient 
        Macedonians were Greek;
Whereas Macedonia is a Greek name that has designated the northern area of 
        Greece for over 2,000 years;
Whereas in 1944, the United States opposed the changing of the name of the 
        Skopje region of Yugoslavia by Marshall Tito from Vardar Banovina to 
        Macedonia as part of a campaign to gain control of the Greek province of 
        Macedonia, and the major port city of Salonika;
Whereas the regime in Skopje has persisted in inflaming tensions between it and 
        Greece through a sustained propaganda campaign and the continued use of 
        an ancient Greek symbol, the Star of Vergina, in its flag;
Whereas the Skopje regime has refused to remove paragraph 49 from its 
        constitution, a reference to the 1944 declaration by the then communist 
        regime calling for the ``unification'' of neighboring territories in 
        Greece and Bulgaria with the ``Macedonian Republic'';
Whereas Greece has no claim on the territory of the former Yugoslav republic of 
        Macedonia and has repeatedly reaffirmed the inviolability of all borders 
        in the area of the 2 countries; and
Whereas it is in the best interest of the United States to oppose any 
        expansionist or irredentist policies in order to promote peace and 
        stability in the area: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the President should not have extended diplomatic 
        recognition to the Skopje regime that insists on using the 
        Greek name of Macedonia; and
            (2) the President should reconsider this decision and 
        withdraw diplomatic recognition until such time as the Skopje 
        regime renounces its use of the name Macedonia, removes 
        objectionable language in paragraph 49 of its constitution, 
        removes symbols which imply territorial expansion such as the 
        Star of Vergina in its flag, ceases propaganda against Greece, 
        and adheres fully to Conference on Security and Cooperation in 
        Europe norms and principles.

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