[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 124 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 124

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should suspend 
the proposed sale of the Army Tactical Missile System to the Government 
 of Turkey until that Government improves its human rights record and 
 terminates its embargo of Armenia and progress is made to resolve the 
                          conflict on Cyprus.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 21, 1995

Mr. Torricelli (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, and Mr. Pallone) submitted 
    the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should suspend 
the proposed sale of the Army Tactical Missile System to the Government 
 of Turkey until that Government improves its human rights record and 
 terminates its embargo of Armenia and progress is made to resolve the 
                          conflict on Cyprus.

Whereas the Government of Turkey continues to pursue a brutal military campaign 
        against the Kurdish people in the southeast region of Turkey;
Whereas, as part of that campaign, thousands have been killed, more than 2,000 
        villages have been destroyed, and millions have become homeless;
Whereas the Government of Turkey continues to impose an unlawful embargo on 
        Armenia which has had the effect of increasing the cost of United States 
        assistance programs in Armenia;
Whereas the obdurate policies of the Government of Turkey are preventing a just 
        resolution to the decades-old conflict on Cyprus;
Whereas both Greece and the United States have taken fair and innovative 
        positions to break the deadlock over the conflict on Cyprus but progress 
        has been blocked by the Government of Turkey on each occasion;
Whereas the Army Tactical Missile System is a highly advanced weapon system 
        developed by the United States, designed for use against artillery and 
        air defense and maneuver elements;
Whereas evidence exists that strongly links the Government of Turkey to 
        unauthorized transfers of United States and North Atlantic Treaty 
        Organization weapons to the Republic of Azerbaijan;
Whereas the Army Tactical Missile System is a highly coveted weapon system that 
        the United States offers to sell to very few countries; and
Whereas the United States has a right and an obligation to condition the sale of 
        the Army Tactical Missile System to another country based on that 
        country's respect for basic human rights: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the President should suspend 
the proposed sale of the Army Tactical Missile System to the Government 
of Turkey until--
            (1) such Government improves its human rights record and 
        terminates its embargo of Armenia; and
            (2) progress is made to resolve the conflict on Cyprus.
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