[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 62 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 62

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should not have 
   granted diplomatic recognition to the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
                               Macedonia.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             March 16 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

 Mr. D'Amato 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 that the President should not have 
   granted diplomatic recognition to the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
                               Macedonia.

Whereas the United States has strong and enduring political, strategic and 
        economic ties with the Hellenic Republic of Greece;
Whereas Greece has been a wartime ally of the United States during every major 
        conflict in this century;
Whereas the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is of no political, strategic 
        or economic importance to U.S. interests in the region;
Whereas historical and archaeological evidence demonstrates that the ancient 
        Macedonians were Greek;
Whereas Macedonia is a Greek name that has designated the northern area of 
        Greece for over 2,000 years;
Whereas in 1944, the United States opposed the changing of the name of the 
        Skopje region of Yugoslavia by Marshall Tito from Vardar Banovina to 
        Macedonia as part of his campaign to gain control of the Greek province 
        of Macedonia and the major port city of Salonika;
Whereas the regime in Skopje has persisted in inflaming tensions between it and 
        Greece through a sustained propaganda campaign and the continued use of 
        an ancient Greek symbol, the Star of Vergina, in its flag;
Whereas the Skopje regime has refused to amend paragraph 49 of its constitution, 
        a reference to the 1944 declaration by the then communist regime calling 
        for the ``unification'' of neighboring territories in Greece and 
        Bulgaria with the ``Macedonian Republic'', and the Preamble and 
        paragraph 3 which imply expansionist and irredentist policies;
Whereas Greece has no claim on the territory of the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
        Macedonia and has repeatedly reaffirmed the inviolability of all borders 
        in the area of the 2 countries; and
Whereas it is in the best interest of the United States to support its longtime 
        and strategic ally Greece and oppose any expansionist or irredentist 
        policies in order to promote peace and stability in the area: 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 not have extended diplomatic 
        recognition to the Skopje regime that insists on using the 
        Greek name of Macedonia; and
            (2) the President should reconsider this decision and 
        withdraw diplomatic recognition and any consideration of 
        financial assistance until such time as the Skopje regime 
        renounces its use of the name Macedonia, removes objectionable 
        language in the Preamble and paragraphs 3 and 49 of its 
        constitution, removes symbols which imply territorial expansion 
        such as the Star of Vergina in its flag, ceases propaganda 
        against Greece and adheres fully to Conference on Security and 
        Cooperation in Europe norms and principles.

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