[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 251 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 251

 To express the sense of the Congress that the President should report 
 to the Congress on the situation in Kosova and on his recommendations 
on ways to enhance international protection of the rights of the people 
                               of Kosova.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 1994

  Mr. Gilman (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, and Mr. Shays) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 To express the sense of the Congress that the President should report 
 to the Congress on the situation in Kosova and on his recommendations 
on ways to enhance international protection of the rights of the people 
                               of Kosova.

Whereas the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopted 
        in 1946 and the amended Yugoslav constitution adopted in 1974 described 
        the status of Kosova as one of the eight constituent territorial units 
        of the Yugoslav Federation;
Whereas the Government of Yugoslavia unlawfully abolished the autonomous status 
        of Kosova through the adoption of a constitutional amendment without the 
        consent of the people of Kosova on March 23, 1989;
Whereas in 1990 the Parliament and Government of Kosova were abolished by 
        further unlawful amendments to the Constitution of Yugoslavia and over 
        100,000 ethnic Albanians in government, the police, enterprises, media, 
        educational institutions, and hospitals were removed from their jobs and 
        replaced by Serbs;
Whereas Serbian police have arrested hundreds of Kosovar Albanians for allegedly 
        engaging in nationalist activities, often beating them brutally, and 
        occasionally fatally;
Whereas the people of Kosova have reacted to the unlawful violation of their 
        rights and Serbian repression by establishing peacefully a parallel set 
        of political and social institutions in Kosova, approving in 1990 a 
        constitution, and electing Ibrahim Rugova as President;
Whereas the Government of Serbia, in July 1993, ceased cooperation with the 
        missions of human rights monitors sent to Kosova by the Conference on 
        Security and Cooperation in Europe and by the European Community; and
Whereas the Government of Serbia has ignored United Nations Security Council 
        Resolution 855, of August 1993, which calls upon the government to allow 
        the continuation of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe 
        mission and to guarantee the safety of and unimpeded access for 
        Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe monitors: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the President should report 
to the Congress within 60 days on--
            (1) the situation in Kosova, including the manner in which 
        Serbia's policies have affected the economic, social, and 
        cultural rights of the majority in Kosova;
            (2) measures to provide humanitarian assistance to the 
        population of Kosova and to Kosovar refugees who have fled 
        Kosova; and
            (3) his recommendations (taking into account the views of 
        other United Nations Security Council members and the European 
        Union) on what modalities may be pursued, including the 
        possibility of establishing an international protectorate for 
        Kosova together with other members of the United Nations 
        Security Council and the European Union, to implement 
        international protection of the rights of the people of Kosova, 
        reestablish an international presence in Kosova to monitor more 
        effectively the situation there, and secure for the people of 
        Kosova their right to democratic self-government.

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