[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 125 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 125

Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should suspend the 
proposed sale of the Army Tactical Missile System to the Government of 
  the Republic of Turkey until that government takes significant and 
   concrete steps to end the military occupation of Cyprus, lift its 
  blockade of Armenia, cease its ongoing campaign against the Kurdish 
 people and demonstrate progress on the protection of human and civil 
                         rights within Turkey.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 22, 1995

 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 Congress that the President should suspend the 
proposed sale of the Army Tactical Missile System to the Government of 
  the Republic of Turkey until that government takes significant and 
   concrete steps to end the military occupation of Cyprus, lift its 
  blockade of Armenia, cease its ongoing campaign against the Kurdish 
 people and demonstrate progress on the protection of human and civil 
                         rights within Turkey.

Whereas the Administration has proposed the foreign military sale to the 
        Republic of Turkey of 120 Army Tactical Missiles (ATACMS), a ground-
        launched surface-to-surface, conventional, semi-guided ballistic missile 
        which carries an anti-personnel/anti-material cluster warhead capable of 
        spraying shrapnel over a 150-square-meter area;
Whereas this weapon system has not previously been sold to any other foreign 
        government;
Whereas the Government of Turkey is conducting a war against the Kurds within 
        Turkey and has made incursions into Kurdish areas of Iraq, resulting in 
        thousands of civilian casualties and millions of refugees;
Whereas Turkey continues its occupation of one-third of the territory of Cyprus, 
        having declared a ``Northern Republic of Cyprus,'' an entity that has no 
        international recognition, and resisting good-faith efforts of the 
        United States, Greece, and other nations and international bodies to end 
        the conflict;
Whereas the Government of Turkey maintains a blockade of its border with the 
        Republic of Armenia, which has blocked the delivery of American 
        humanitarian aid to Armenia and complicated its delivery;
Whereas evidence has linked Turkey to the unauthorized transfer of United States 
        and North Atlantic Treaty Organization weapons to the Republic of 
        Azerbaijan;
Whereas international human rights organizations continue to cite Turkey for 
        egregious violations of the basic human rights and freedoms of its own 
        citizens; and
Whereas the sale of this weapons system to the Government of Turkey is thus 
        objectionable on many grounds: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
should suspend the proposed sale of the Army Tactical Missile System to 
the Government of Turkey until--
            (1) such Government moves to end its occupation of Cyprus;
            (2) lifts its embargo of Armenia;
            (3) ceases its military campaign against the Kurdish 
        people; and
            (4) takes constructive steps to improve its domestic human 
        rights record.
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