[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. Res. 119 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]






106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 119

   Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to United Nations 
                  General Assembly Resolution ES-10/6.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 1999

 Mr. Smith of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. 
 Lautenberg) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Foreign Relations

                             June 30, 1999

                Reported by Mr. Helms, without amendment

                              July 1, 1999

                        Considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to United Nations 
                  General Assembly Resolution ES-10/6.

Whereas in an Emergency Special Session, the United Nations General Assembly 
        voted on February 9, 1999, to pass Resolution ES-10/6, ``Illegal Israeli 
        Actions In Occupied East Jerusalem And The Rest Of The Occupied 
        Palestinian Territory'', to convene for the first time in 50 years the 
        parties of the Fourth Geneva Conference for the Protection of Civilians 
        in Time of War;
Whereas such resolution unfairly places full blame for the deterioration of the 
        Middle East Peace Process on Israel and dangerously politicizes the 
        Geneva Convention, which was established to deal with critical 
        humanitarian crises; and
Whereas such vote is intended to prejudge direct negotiations, put additional 
        and undue pressure on Israel to influence the results of those 
        negotiations, and single out Israel for unprecedented enforcement 
        proceedings which have never been invoked against governments with 
        records of massive violations of the Geneva Convention: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the Department of State for the vote of the 
        United States against United Nations General Assembly 
        Resolution ES-10/6 affirming that the text of such resolution 
        politicizes the Fourth Geneva Convention which was primarily 
        humanitarian in nature;
            (2) urges the Department of State to continue its efforts 
        against convening the conference; and
            (3) urges the Swiss government, as the depositary of the 
        Geneva Convention, not to convene a meeting of the Fourth 
        Geneva Convention.
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