[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 273 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                     November 13, 1997.
Whereas President Pascal Lissouba defeated former President Denis Sassou-Nguesso 
        in a 1992 election in the Republic of the Congo that was determined to 
        be free and fair;
Whereas in October 1997 troops of the Government of the Republic of Angola 
        assisted in the capture of Pointe Noire, a city in the southern part of 
        the Republic of the Congo;
Whereas the Government of Angola sent more than 1,000 troops into the Republic 
        of the Congo from neighboring Cabinda, including a MiG-23 fighter and 
        ground attack squadrons;
Whereas the Government of Angola provided military supplies and support to 
        former President Denis Sassou-Nguesso to assist his efforts to unseat 
        the democratically elected President Pascal Lissouba;
Whereas the Lusaka Protocol of 1994 requires that the Government of Angola 
        inform the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) of any 
        troop movements;
Whereas the actions by Angola are a violation of Article 2 of the United Nations 
        Charter which forbids member states from ``the threat or use of force 
        against the territorial integrity or political independence of any 
        state'';
Whereas the actions by Angola are a violation of Article III of the Organization 
        of African Unity Charter which mandates ``Respect for the sovereignty 
        and territorial integrity of each State'';
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has imposed travel and other 
        sanctions on the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola 
        (UNITA) for making insufficient progress in its commitments under the 
        Lusaka Protocol, including demobilization of UNITA soldiers, the 
        forfeiture of weapons to the United Nations, and the extension of state 
        administration to regions under UNITA control;
Whereas this action by the United Nations Security Council comes shortly after 
        the Government of Angola participated in the overthrow of a 
        democratically elected government in the Republic of the Congo; and
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has failed to condemn this action by 
        the Government of Angola: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the military intervention by the Government of the 
        Republic of Angola into the Republic of the Congo;
            (2) calls on the Government of Angola to immediately withdraw all 
        military troops, supplies, and other assistance from the Republic of the 
        Congo;
            (3) encourages the United States Government to condemn the military 
        intervention by the Government of Angola into the Republic of the Congo 
        and its violation of the Lusaka Protocol, the United Nations Charter, 
        and the Organization of African Unity Charter;
            (4) urges the United States Government to withhold any military 
        training and assistance to Angola until it ceases all military 
        activities in the Republic of the Congo;
            (5) expresses concern that the United States Government has sought 
        to strengthen military ties with the Government of Angola in advance of 
        the full implementation of the Lusaka Protocol and the creation of a 
        meaningful role for former members of the National Union for the Total 
        Independence of Angola (UNITA) in the Angolan military; and
            (6) urges both the Government of Angola and UNITA to continue their 
        commitments to the Lusaka Protocol and Angolan peace process despite the 
        imposition of sanctions on UNITA by United Nations Security Council 
        Resolutions 1127 (1997) and 1135 (1997).
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.