[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 116 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 116

    Concerning the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 1993

Mr. DeConcini (for himself, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Biden, and 
Mr. Dole) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Concerning the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Whereas the sovereign and independent State of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 
        formally recognized by the United States of America on April 7, 1992;
Whereas the sovereign and independent State of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 
        admitted as a full participating State of the Conference on Security and 
        Cooperation in Europe on April 30, 1992;
Whereas the sovereign and independent State of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 
        admitted as a Member State of the United Nations on May 22, 1992;
Whereas the United States of America has declared its determination to respect 
        and put into practice the Declaration on Principles Guiding Relations 
        between Participating States contained in the Final Act of the 
        Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe;
Whereas each of these Principles has been violated during the course of war in 
        Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sovereign equality, respect for the rights 
        inherent in sovereignty; refraining from the threat or use of force; 
        inviolability of frontiers; territorial integrity of States; peaceful 
        settlement of disputes; nonintervention in internal affairs; respect for 
        human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, 
        conscience, religion or belief; equal rights and self-determination of 
        peoples; cooperation among States; and fulfillment in good faith of 
        obligations under international law;
Whereas Principle II of the Final Act commits the participating States to 
        ``refrain from any manifestation of force for the purpose of inducing 
        another participating State to renounce the full exercise of its 
        sovereign rights'';
Whereas Principle III of the Final Act commits the participating States to 
        ``refrain from any demand for, or act of, seizure and usurpation of part 
        or all of the territory of any participating State'';
Whereas Principle IV of the Final Act commits the participating States to 
        ``respect the territorial integrity of each of the participating 
        States'' and ``refrain from any action inconsistent with the purposes 
        and principles of the Charter of the United Nations against the 
        territorial integrity, political independence or the unity of any 
        participating State'';
Whereas the Charter of Paris for a New Europe commits the participating States 
        ``to cooperate in defending democratic institutions against activities 
        which violate the independence, sovereign equality or territorial 
        integrity of the participating States'';
Whereas the Helsinki Document 1992 reaffirms ``the validity of the guiding 
        principles and common values of the Helsinki Final Act and the Charter 
        of Paris, embodying responsibilities of States towards each other and of 
        governments towards their own people'' which serve as the ``collective 
        conscience of our community'';
Whereas Charter of the United Nations calls upon Member States to respect the 
        territorial integrity and political independence of any State in keeping 
        with the Purposes of the United Nations;
Whereas the sovereign and independent State of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been 
        and continues to subjected to armed aggression by Serbia, Serbian-backed 
        forces, and Croatian irregular forces in violation of Final Act and the 
        Charter; and
Whereas unchecked armed aggression and genocide threatens the lives of innocent 
        civilians as well as the very existence of the sovereign and independent 
        State of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, the United States of America will, in keeping with its 
international commitments and obligations, refrain from any action 
which directly or indirectly undermines the sovereignty, territorial 
integrity, political independence or the unity of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, and be it further;
    Resolved, That the United States of America will not recognize the 
incorporation of any of the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina into 
that of any neighboring State nor the creation of any new State or 
States within the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina resulting from the 
threat or use of force, coercion or any other means inconsistent with 
international law.

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