[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 100 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 100

    Urging the compliance by Turkey with United Nations resolutions 
              relating to Cyprus, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 1999

Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
  Pallone, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
 Capuano, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Engel, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
 Rush, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Horn, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Porter, Mr. Klink, Mr. 
 Diaz-Balart, Mr. Tierney, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Bonior, and Mr. 
    Evans) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Urging the compliance by Turkey with United Nations resolutions 
              relating to Cyprus, and for other purposes.

Whereas the Republic of Cyprus was invaded by Turkey in 1974 and has since then 
        remained forcibly divided and occupied by foreign forces in violation of 
        several United Nations resolutions;
Whereas the international community and the United States Government have 
        repeatedly called for the speedy withdrawal of all foreign forces from 
        the territory of Cyprus;
Whereas the House of Representatives has endorsed the objective of the total 
        demilitarization of Cyprus;
Whereas a peaceful, just, and lasting solution to the Cyprus problem would 
        greatly benefit the security and the political, economic, and social 
        well-being of all Cypriots, as well as contribute to improved relations 
        between Greece and Turkey;
Whereas a lasting solution to the Cyprus problem would also strengthen peace and 
        stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and serve important interests of 
        the United States;
Whereas the United Nations has repeatedly stated the parameters for such a 
        solution, most recently, in United Nations Security Council Resolutions 
        1217 and 1218, adopted on December 22, 1998, with the support of the 
        United States;
Whereas Resolution 1217 reaffirms ``that a Cyprus settlement must be based on a 
        State of Cyprus with a single sovereignty and international personality 
        and a single citizenship with its independence and territorial integrity 
        safeguarded and comprised of two politically equal communities as 
        described in the relevant Security Council resolutions, a bicommunal and 
        bizonal federation'';
Whereas Resolution 1218 requests the United Nations Secretary General to work 
        intensively with the two sides for ``the achievement of substantive 
        progress on the core aspects of a comprehensive Cyprus settlement'' and 
        for the reduction of tensions ``through a staged process aimed at 
        limiting and then substantially reducing the level of all troops and 
        armaments on Cyprus;
Whereas President Clinton expressed wholehearted United States support for 
        Security Council Resolution 1218 and pledged United States commitment 
        for taking all necessary steps to support a sustained effort to 
        implement it;
Whereas on December 29, 1998, President Glafcos Clerides of Cyprus made a 
        unilateral decision not to import or deploy the S-300 antiaircraft 
        missile system in Cyprus, thereby demonstrating Cyprus' commitment to 
        comply with the most recent United Nations resolutions; and
Whereas Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash rejected these most 
        recent United Nations resolutions: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) commends President Glafcos Clerides of Cyprus for his 
        decision to cancel the deployment of the S-300 antiaircraft 
        missiles in Cyprus; and
            (2) urges the President of the United States to use the 
        influence of the United States Government to persuade Turkey to 
        comply with United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1217 
        and 1218 and to cooperate for a solution to the Cyprus problem.
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