[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 34 Referred in House (RFH)]

  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 34


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2001

          Referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Congratulating the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on 
 the tenth anniversary of the end of their illegal incorporation into 
                           the Soviet Union.

Whereas the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were forcibly and 
        illegally incorporated into the Soviet Union from 1940 until 1991;
Whereas their forcible and illegal incorporation into the Soviet Union was never 
        recognized by the United States;
Whereas, from 1940 to 1991, thousands of Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians 
        were executed, imprisoned, or exiled by Soviet authorities through a 
        regime of brutal repression, Sovietization, and Russification in their 
        respective nations;
Whereas, despite the efforts of the Soviet Union to eradicate the memory of 
        independence, the Baltic people never lost their hope for freedom and 
        their long-held dream of full independence;
Whereas, during the period of ``glasnost'' and ``perestroika'' in the Soviet 
        Union, the Baltic people led the struggle for democratic reform and 
        national independence; and
Whereas, in the years following the restoration of full independence, Estonia, 
        Latvia, and Lithuania have demonstrated their commitment to democracy, 
        human rights, and the rule of law, and have actively participated in a 
        wide range of international structures, pursuing further integration 
        with European political, economic, and security organizations: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) congratulates Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on the 
        tenth anniversary of the end of their illegal incorporation 
        into the Soviet Union; and
            (2) calls on the President to continue to build the close 
        and mutually beneficial relations the United States has enjoyed 
        with Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania since the restoration of 
        the full independence of those nations.

            Passed the Senate July 18, 2001.

            Attest:

                                                  JERI THOMSON,

                                                             Secretary.