[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 162 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 162

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives relating to the 
 support of international efforts to bring about democratic reform in 
      the former Yugoslavia through peaceful and equitable means.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1993

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives relating to the 
 support of international efforts to bring about democratic reform in 
      the former Yugoslavia through peaceful and equitable means.

Whereas the leaders of the republics of Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-
        Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Montenegro are in disagreement concerning 
        the future of the former Yugoslavia and the individual republics;
Whereas the European Community (EC) and the Conference on Security and 
        Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) have played a role in mediating a peaceful 
        resolution to the former Yugoslavia's ethnic and governmental crisis;
Whereas violence associated with disagreements among republics and ethnic groups 
        relating to the governing of the former Yugoslavia has led to the 
        unfortunate deaths of civilians;
Whereas social and political turmoil in the former Yugoslavia has crippled 
        indigenous industries and ended tourism;
Whereas economic decline in the former Yugoslavia has been the direct result of 
        an increasingly unstable political atmosphere and the citizens of the 
        former Yugoslavia have suffered significantly from such economic decline 
        in the past year; and
Whereas the future of democracy and the integration of free market principles in 
        Eastern Europe are inextricably linked to the future of the former 
        Yugoslavia: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the appropriate committees of the House of 
        Representatives should conduct hearings on the political and 
        social turmoil in the former Yugoslavia;
            (2) all nations and all appropriate international bodies 
        (including the United Nations, the European Community, and the 
        Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe) should assist 
        in peacefully resolving the political differences of the region 
        and bringing an end to ethnic violence in the former 
        Yugoslavia;
            (3) the use of force by the military or any citizen of the 
        former Yugoslavia to further a political or ethnic agenda is 
        detrimental to democratic reform; and
            (4) the Secretary of State should conduct appropriate and 
        timely briefings for Members of Congress relating to the 
        political and social developments in the former Yugoslavia.

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