[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 162 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 162

 Relating to the recent developments toward normalization of relations 
                      between India and Pakistan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 1997

 Mr. Rohrabacher submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
        was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Relating to the recent developments toward normalization of relations 
                      between India and Pakistan.

Whereas the nations of India and Pakistan, who are both allies of the United 
        States, have initiated talks over a wide range of issues;
Whereas the disputed areas of Jammu and Kashmir have caused India and Pakistan 
        to go to war against each other on two separate occasions and these 
        areas--a point of potential nuclear confrontation--remain the primary 
        source of tension between the two countries;
Whereas the All Parties Hurriyet Conference, an umbrella of moderate political 
        parties dedicated to peacefully resolving this dispute, has expanded its 
        political organizational efforts to engage the people of Jammu;
Whereas the people of Jammu and Kashmir seek to express their rights in United 
        Nations resolutions for a national plebiscite to provide for their 
        future;
Whereas past United Nations resolutions have called for a referendum on the 
        issue of Jammu and Kashmir; and
Whereas Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright has stated that the United 
        States will seek to reevaluate the position of the United States toward 
        South Asia in order to promote peace and long-term stability: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That--
            (1) the Congress supports and applauds the efforts 
        undertaken by Prime Minister I. K. Gujral of India and Prime 
        Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan to normalize relations 
        between the two countries; and
            (2) it is the sense of the Congress that--
                    (A) the issue of the status of Jammu and Kashmir 
                should be resolved in conjunction with India and 
                Pakistan and representatives of the people of Jammu and 
                Kashmir;
                    (B) the wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir 
                should be impartially ascertained as regards the future 
                status of their state; and
                    (C) the United States should continue to use its 
                best efforts to promote peace and stability in South 
                Asia as well as to the normalization of relations 
                between India and Pakistan.
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