[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. Res. 69 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 69

   Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the March 30, 1997, 
                 terrorist grenade attack in Cambodia.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 1997

 Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Helms, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Robb, 
 Mr. Roth, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Kennedy, and Mrs. 
 Feinstein) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Foreign Relations

                             April 16, 1997

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the March 30, 1997, 
                 terrorist grenade attack in Cambodia.

Whereas Cambodia continues to recover from more than three decades of recent 
        warfare, including the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge from 1975 
        to 1979;
Whereas Cambodia was the beneficiary of a massive international effort to ensure 
        peace, democracy, and prosperity after the October 1991 Paris Agreements 
        on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict;
Whereas more than 93 percent of the Cambodians eligible to vote in the 1993 
        elections in Cambodia did so, thereby demonstrating the commitment of 
        the Cambodian people to democracy;
Whereas since those elections, Cambodia has made significant economic progress 
        which has contributed to economic stability in Cambodia;
Whereas since those elections, the Cambodia Armed Forces have significantly 
        diminished the threat posed by the Khmer Rouge to safety and stability 
        in Cambodia;
Whereas other circumstances in Cambodia, including the recent unsolved murders 
        of journalists and political party activists, the recent unsolved attack 
        on party officials of the Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party in 1995, and 
        the quality of the judicial system--described in a 1996 United Nations 
        report as ``thoroughly corrupt''--raise international concern for the 
        state of democracy in Cambodia;
Whereas Sam Rainsy, the leader of the Khmer Nation Party, was the target of a 
        terrorist grenade attack on March 30, 1997, during a demonstration 
        outside the Cambodia National Assembly;
Whereas the attack killed 19 Cambodians and wounded more than 100 men, women, 
        and children; and
Whereas among those injured was Ron Abney, a United States citizen and employee 
        of the International Republican Institute who was assisting in the 
        advancement of democracy in Cambodia and observing the demonstration: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) extends its sincerest sympathies to the families of the 
        persons killed, and the persons wounded, in the March 30, 1997, 
        terrorist grenade attack outside the Cambodia National 
        Assembly;
            (2) condemns the attack as an act of terrorism detrimental 
        to peace and the development of democracy in Cambodia;
            (3) calls upon the United States Government to offer to the 
        Cambodia Government all appropriate assistance in identifying 
        and prosecuting those responsible for the attack; and
            (4) calls upon the Cambodia Government to accept such 
        assistance and to expeditiously identify and prosecute those 
        responsible for the attack.
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