[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 268 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 268

 Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the summit of Arab 
     heads of state being held in Cairo beginning on June 21, 1996.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 1996

 Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Lieberman) submitted 
   the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the summit of Arab 
     heads of state being held in Cairo beginning on June 21, 1996.

Whereas Benjamin Netanyahu was elected to the position of Prime Minister of 
        Israel on May 29, 1996;
Whereas Prime Minister-elect Netanyahu presented his cabinet for approval to the 
        Israeli Knesset on June 18, 1996;
Whereas the guidelines of the new Government of Israel specifically state: ``The 
        Government of Israel will work to broaden the circle of peace with all 
        of its neighbors.'';
Whereas Egyptian President Mubarak has invited heads of state of Algeria, 
        Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, 
        Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the 
        United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and the Palestine Liberation Organization 
        to attend an Arab summit in Cairo beginning on June 21, 1996; and
Whereas President Clinton has stated his hope that Arab leaders who attend this 
        summit will ``give Mr. Netanyahu an opportunity to constitute his 
        government and set a policy and not presume that we can't pursue 
        peace.'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate urges the governments attending the June 
21, 1996, summit in Cairo, and other governments in the Middle East 
to--
            (1) reaffirm their commitment to a comprehensive peace in 
        the Middle East;
            (2) express their willingness to work with the 
        democratically elected Government of Israel in the pursuit of a 
        meaningful peace; and
            (3) refrain from statements directed against the new 
        Israeli government that might create an atmosphere in the 
        region unfavorable to a continuation of the peace process.
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