[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 260 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 260

  Calling for the United States to propose and seek an international 
                       conservatorship in Haiti.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 1994

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

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Calling for the United States to propose and seek an international 
                       conservatorship in Haiti.

Whereas the overthrow of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the 
        subsequent domestic turmoil has been the subject of enormous concern to 
        the international community;
Whereas Resolution 1080 of the Organization of American States, the Santiago 
        Declaration, affirms the right to promote democracy, stability, peace, 
        and development in the hemisphere;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has implemented a fuel and arms 
        embargo in an effort to bring about political change in Haiti;
Whereas the United States Government has frozen assets and revoked the travel 
        privileges of individuals associated with the ruling junta in Haiti;
Whereas the June 1993 Governors Island Accord, which would have resulted in the 
        retirement of General Cedras, the return of constitutional government, 
        and a comprehensive package of international development assistance, 
        collapsed before implementation as a result of intransigence on the part 
        of the Haitian military;
Whereas human suffering among the Haitian people has continued to escalate, with 
        only 43 percent of the population having access to safe water, and an 
        infant mortality rate of 95 per 100 births;
Whereas cases of malaria, typhoid fever, and acute respiratory infection have 
        significantly increased over the last year;
Whereas international humanitarian assistance efforts have been able to provide 
        food for no more than 19 percent of the Haitian population, and this 
        lack of access has resulted in a dramatic increase in malnutrition;
Whereas the internal means to respond to the humanitarian needs of the Haitian 
        population is virtually nonexistent;
Whereas even if the military junta were to surrender power, Haiti would remain a 
        food-deficit nation with a chronically unstable political and economic 
        environment;
Whereas the political and civilian leadership of Haiti lack the tools and the 
        training to reassert public order and provide basic human services;
Whereas Haiti is appropriately categorized as one of the most ecologically 
        distressed areas in the world;
Whereas Haiti's condition and that of its people suggest it is a tragically 
        classic failed nation state; and
Whereas concerted international efforts will be required to develop the economic 
        and political institutions necessary to permit Haiti to sustain its 
        population and restore economic, social, and political progress: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That
            (1) it should be the policy of the United States at the 
        United Nations, the Organization of American States, and other 
        international bodies to support and advocate the creation of an 
        international conservatorship for Haiti;
            (2) such an international conservatorship should be 
        responsible for, among other things, coordinating and 
        administering the proper delivery of bilateral assistance from 
        international financial institutions;
            (3) the international conservatorship should be of a fixed 
        duration, and should seek to rebuild the political, economic, 
        and social institutions that are the basic prerequisites of an 
        effective government and sustainable development;
            (4) the international conservatorship should be established 
        only if the Haitian elected officials and senior military 
        officers voluntarily surrender to a properly designated 
        international institution the responsibility for administering 
        public services, including security and military affairs;
            (5) the properly elected civilian leadership of Haiti 
        should agree to work on domestic policy matters in the closest 
        possible way with the international conservatorship; and
            (6) the international conservatorship should be created 
        under the authority of the United Nations Security Council, 
        operating subject to a resolution adopted by the Security 
        Council and a budget approved by the United Nations General 
        Assembly.

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