[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 181 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 181

  Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the situation in East 
                                 Timor.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 10, 1999

 Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Chafee, and Mr. 
 Wellstone) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the situation in East 
                                 Timor.

Whereas on May 5, 1999, the Governments of Indonesia and Portugal signed an 
        agreement that provided for an August 8, 1999, ballot organized by the 
        United Nations on the political status of East Timor;
Whereas under the May 5th agreement the Government of Indonesia freely agreed to 
        be responsible for establishing a secure environment in East Timor that 
        would be free of intimidation and violence;
Whereas on August 30, 1999, 78 percent of the people in East Timor voted for 
        independence; and
Whereas, after the vote for independence, the militias in East Timor intensified 
        their reign of terror against the people of East Timor unrestrained by 
        the Government of Indonesia: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE SITUATION IN EAST TIMOR.

    (a) In General.--The Senate hereby--
            (1) congratulates the people of East Timor for their heroic 
        vote on August 30, 1999;
            (2) recognizes that the people of East Timor voted for 
        independence;
            (3) condemns the violence of the militias in East Timor and 
        the inaction by the Government of Indonesia to end the 
        violence; and
            (4) calls on the Government of Indonesia to end all 
        violence in accordance with the May 5, 1999 agreement.
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the President of the United States should instruct the 
        United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to 
        immediately seek the United Nations Security Council 
        authorization for the deployment of an international force to 
        address the security situation in East Timor; and
            (2) the United States should assist in this effort in an 
        appropriate manner.

SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL OF RESOLUTION.

    The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy of this 
resolution to the President.
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