[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 225 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
S. RES. 225

Urging the President to undertake measures to facilitate the immediate 
withdrawal of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards from Bosnia-Herzegovina.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 1996

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Urging the President to undertake measures to facilitate the immediate 
withdrawal of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards from Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Whereas units of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, including military trainers 
        and intelligence officers posing as humanitarian relief officials, are 
        still present in Bosnia-Herzegovina;
Whereas the presence of the Revolutionary Guards in Bosnia-Herzegovina violates 
        the peace accord initialed in Dayton, Ohio, on November 21, 1995 and the 
        subsequent treaty signed in Paris, France, on December 14, 1995, which 
        provide that all foreign volunteer troops be withdrawn from Bosnia-
        Herzegovina within 30 days of the signing of the treaty, that is, 
        January 13, 1996;
Whereas the commanders of the NATO Implementation Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina 
        consider the activities of the Revolutionary Guards in Bosnia-
        Herzegovina, including their espousal and promotion of extremist Islamic 
        fundamentalism, to be one of the most direct threats to the safety of 
        United States forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina;
Whereas the continued presence of the Revolutionary Guards in Bosnia-Herzegovina 
        threatens long-term stability in the region; and
Whereas the continuation of arms shipments from Iran to Bosnia-Herzegovina could 
        preclude the United States from fulfilling its promise of providing 
        military equipment and training to Bosnia-Herzegovina: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the President 
should--
            (1) pursue all measures necessary, including substantial 
        diplomatic pressure on Bosnia-Herzegovina, to expedite the 
        withdrawal from Bosnia-Herzegovina of all foreign troops whose 
        presence in Bosnia-Herzegovina violates the peace accord 
        initialed in Dayton, Ohio, on November 21, 1995, and the 
        subsequent treaty signed in Paris, France, on December 14, 
        1995;
            (2) bring in the United Nations a proposal to ban Member 
        States from importing Iranian oil in order to pressure the 
        Iranian Government into withdrawing the Iranian Revolutionary 
        Guards from Bosnia-Herzegovina; and
            (3) establish within the NATO Implementation Force in 
        Bosnia-Herzegovina a multi-national task force whose mission 
        shall be, if called upon, to locate and ensure the withdrawal 
        of the Revolutionary Guards from Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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