[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 33 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 33

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
should call for a vote in the General Assembly and Security Council of 
 the United Nations to convene a United Nations Conference on Reforms, 
and should initiate proposals to expand the membership of the Security 
      Council and strengthen the United Nations peacekeeping role.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1993

   Mr. Penny (for himself, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Hughes) 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 that the President 
should call for a vote in the General Assembly and Security Council of 
 the United Nations to convene a United Nations Conference on Reforms, 
and should initiate proposals to expand the membership of the Security 
      Council and strengthen the United Nations peacekeeping role.

Whereas the United Nations has more than tripled its membership since it was 
        chartered in 1945;
Whereas the permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council has 
        remained unchanged with 5 members since its creation in 1945;
Whereas the nonpermanent membership of the Security Council was expanded from 6 
        to 10 members in 1963;
Whereas the end of the Cold War has resulted in a new international balance of 
        power, as well as in new global problems and threats, which create the 
        need for a more representative United Nations Security Council and a 
        more effective and efficient United Nations peacekeeping role; and
Whereas in the last 4 years the United Nations has established 13 peacekeeping 
        operations involving a total of 47,000 troops and an annual budget of 
        more than $2,000,000,000: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the President--
            (1) should call for a vote in the General Assembly and 
        Security Council of the United Nations to convene a United 
        Nations Conference on Reforms;
            (2) should initiate a proposal to expand the United Nations 
        Security Council by creating a new group of permanent members 
        without the veto power and by increasing the number of 
        nonpermanent members; and
            (3) should initiate a proposal to create a United Nations 
        Endowment Fund for Peacekeeping Operations and a United Nations 
        Peacekeeping Reserve Force.

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