[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 54 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 54

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the impeded delivery of 
     natural gas for heating to the civilian population of Bosnia-
                              Herzegovina.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 19 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

Mr. DeConcini submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the impeded delivery of 
     natural gas for heating to the civilian population of Bosnia-
                              Herzegovina.

Whereas there is little likelihood that either international negotiations or the 
        ongoing combat in the region will result in a conclusion of the conflict 
        in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the near future;
Whereas the innocent civilian population of Bosnia-Herzegovina is heavily 
        reliant on natural gas for heating, especially in Sarajevo and other 
        cities;
Whereas the pipeline that delivers natural gas to Bosnia-Herzegovina runs 
        through Serbia prior to reaching Bosnia-Herzegovina;
Whereas delivery of natural gas to Bosnia-Herzegovina from the pipeline entering 
        Bosnia-Herzegovina from Serbia has been impeded by Serb militants in 
        Bosnia-Herzegovina;
Whereas the denial of natural gas for heating, and of other utilities, is one of 
        many aspects of the Serb siege of Sarajevo and other Bosnian civilian 
        centers, and is part of the repugnant Serb policy known as ethnic 
        cleansing;
Whereas international sanctions have been imposed on Serbia due to Serbian 
        authorities' control of and influence over the Serb militants in Bosnia-
        Herzegovina, who are responsible for aggression and atrocities;
Whereas the sanctions against Serbia contain an exemption for humanitarian 
        items, including natural gas as a heating fuel, which has resulted in 
        the continuing flow of natural gas from Hungary into Serbia through the 
        same pipeline that extends to Bosnia-Herzegovina;
Whereas there are no signs that Serbian officials have made any effort to compel 
        or convince the Serb militants to restore the flow of natural gas to 
        Sarajevo and other parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina;
Whereas the civilians of Bosnia-Herzegovina are dangerously vulnerable to the 
        elements as the second winter of the war against them approaches, and 
        many thousands may die from the cold temperatures and associated 
        deprivations; and
Whereas the current situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina may become an even greater 
        human tragedy if action is not taken soon to remedy this situation: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the President should actively seek a decision by the 
        United Nations to immediately and completely cut off the 
        delivery of natural gas to Serbia, including both delivery 
        through the pipeline that enters Serbia from Hungary, and 
        delivery through or by any alternative source; and
            (2) such cutoff should continue until the regular and 
        unimpeded flow of natural gas to Sarajevo and other areas of 
        Bosnia-Herzegovina is fully restored.

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