[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 303 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 303

Expressing appreciation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the 
   European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in 
    Europe, and the individual countries of Europe for providing or 
 offering military forces and other assistance in support of Operation 
   Enduring Freedom and the campaign against international terrorism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2001

  Mr. Gallegly (for himself and Mr. Hilliard) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing appreciation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the 
   European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in 
    Europe, and the individual countries of Europe for providing or 
 offering military forces and other assistance in support of Operation 
   Enduring Freedom and the campaign against international terrorism.

Whereas NATO on September 12, 2001, invoked, for the first time in the history 
        of the Alliance, article V of the North Atlantic Treaty, which states 
        that ``an armed attack against one or more of the Allies in Europe or 
        North America shall be considered an attack against them all'', and 
        subsequently adopted measures to be taken individually and collectively 
        to operationalize Article V in support of the campaign against 
        terrorism;
Whereas the European Union on September 21, 2001, approved a plan of action to 
        combat terrorism that included enhancing law enforcement and judicial 
        cooperation, and subsequently has adopted initiatives to facilitate 
        cooperation between the European Union and the United States in areas 
        including police and judicial procedures, aviation and transport 
        security, financial services policy, export control and 
        nonproliferation, and border controls;
Whereas 17 countries of Central and Eastern Europe on November 6, 2001, at the 
        Warsaw Conference on Combating Terrorism agreed to regional cooperation 
        in fighting international terrorism, and adopted an action plan calling 
        for increased cooperation and information exchange in the areas of 
        intelligence, policing, financial services and border controls;
Whereas on December 4, 2001, the 55 member nations of the Organization for 
        Security and Cooperation in Europe unanimously adopted a plan which 
        includes enhanced police cooperation against suspected terrorists and 
        terrorist organizations and steps to cut off international financial 
        assistance to militant groups and suspected terrorist organizations; and
Whereas several individual countries of Europe, including the United Kingdom, 
        France, Germany, Turkey, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Poland, have 
        contributed actual military forces in support of Operation Enduring 
        Freedom, and others have offered to contribute military support and 
        humanitarian assistance: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) expresses appreciation to the North Atlantic Treaty 
        Organization, the European Union, the Organization for Security 
        and Cooperation in Europe, and the individual countries of 
        Europe for providing or offering military forces and other 
        assistance in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the 
        campaign against international terrorism; and
            (2) reaffirms the importance of the transatlantic 
        relationship and of the commitment and support of our European 
        allies and partners.
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