[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 135 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 135

    Entitled ``German and Japanese membership in the United Nations 
                          Security Council''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 29 (legislative day June 30), 1993

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Entitled ``German and Japanese membership in the United Nations 
                          Security Council''.

Whereas in the post-cold war period the international community expects the 
        United Nations to play a larger role, particularly in peacekeeping 
        operations that may, on occasion, require the use of force against 
        determined aggressors;
Whereas in the past five years the United Nations has engaged in more 
        peacekeeping operations than in the preceding forty years, and given the 
        changed security environment resulting from the end of the cold war, the 
        numbers of such operations could continue to grow in future years;
Whereas the United Nations structure and the roster of permanent members of the 
        Security Council have remained unchanged since the organization's 
        foundation;
Whereas Japan and Germany, as the world's second and third largest economics, 
        respectively, have attained levels of global reach and global influence 
        equal to or surpassing other permanent members of the United Nations 
        Security Council;
Whereas any country accorded the status of permanent membership in the Security 
        Council must be willing to accept the responsibilities of such status, 
        including full participation in United Nations military operations;
Whereas Japan has taken a first step toward assuming such responsibilities by 
        enacting legislation which permitted the country's Self-Defense Forces 
        to play a useful but severely circumscribed role in the United Nations 
        Transitional Authority in Cambodia;
Whereas both Japan and Germany must take significant political action before 
        either can fully participate in United Nations operations requiring the 
        use of force against aggressor states; and
Whereas in Japan's case such political action will require the country to come 
        to terms with its conduct during World War II and closely consult with 
        Japan's Asian neighbors who suffered during that period: Now therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the United States Government should support German and 
        Japanese permanent membership in the United Nations Security 
        Council; but
            (2) no action should be taken to further such an initiative 
        unless and until Japan and Germany have taken political action 
        to permit them to discharge the full range of responsibilities 
        attending permanent membership status.

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