[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 159 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 159

    Urging the compliance by Turkey with United Nations Resolutions 
                          relating to Cyprus.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 1999

 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
Pallone, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Horn, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Shows, Mr. Ackerman, 
Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holden, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Engel, 
   Mr. Gilman, Mr. Klink, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Menendez, Mr. English, Mr. 
   Sherman, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. 
Visclosky, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
 Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Porter, Mr. Dixon, 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.

Whereas the Republic of Cyprus remains 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, 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;
Whereas on June 29, 1999, the United Nations Security Council unanimously 
        adopted Resolutions 1250 and 1251;
Whereas Resolution 1250 requests the Secretary-General, in accordance with the 
        relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions, to invite the 
        leaders of the 2 sides, President Clerides of the Republic of Cyprus and 
        Mr. Denktash representing the Turkish-Cypriots, to negotiations in the 
        autumn of 1999;
Whereas Resolution 1250 ``calls upon the two leaders, in this context, to commit 
        themselves to the following principles: no preconditions, all issues on 
        the table, commitment in good faith to continue to negotiate until a 
        settlement is reached, and full consideration of relevant United Nations 
        resolutions and treaties'';
Whereas Resolution 1251 ``extends the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping 
        Forces in Cyprus for a further period ending 15 December 1999''; and
Whereas the heads of States of the Group of Eight (G-8) countries, of which the 
        United States is one, and 5 of whom are members of the Security Council, 
        have urged the Secretary-General ``in accordance with relevant Security 
        Council resolutions to invite the leaders of the two parties to 
        negotiations in the fall of 1999'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) commends President Glafcos Clerides of Cyprus for his 
        decision to cancel the deployment of the S-300 antiaircraft 
        missiles in Cyprus;
            (2) urges the President of the United States to use the 
        influence of the United States Government to ensure full 
        compliance with the call of the Group of Eight (G-8) leaders 
        and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1250 for 
        comprehensive negotiations, without preconditions, in the 
        autumn of 1999; and
            (3) believes that any solution must be based on all 
        relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions, including 
        Resolution 1217 which states, ``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 
        comprising of two politically equal communities as described in 
        the relevant Security Council resolutions, in a bi-communal and 
        bi-zonal federation, and that such a settlement must exclude 
        union in whole or in part with any other country or any form of 
        partition or secession''.
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