[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 27 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 27

  Relating to the political, economic, and military relations of the 
                     United States with Nicaragua.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 31, 2001

  Mr. Helms (for himself, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. Graham) introduced the 
 following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Relating to the political, economic, and military relations of the 
                     United States with Nicaragua.

Whereas presidential and congressional elections are scheduled to occur in 
        Nicaragua on November 4, 2001;
Whereas the Carter Center recently reported that ``[t]he shortage of material 
        resources...could obstruct and even jeopardize a quality electoral 
        process...[t]he news that the police and military authorities still lack 
        the resources to guarantee the security of elections is also worrying'';
Whereas the Department of State has expressed ``grave reservations about the 
        Sandinista National Liberation Front's history of trampling civil 
        liberties, violating human rights, seizing people's property without 
        compensation, destroying the Nicaraguan economy, and ties to supporters 
        of terrorism'';
Whereas the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) has known historical 
        links to state sponsors of terrorism, including Libya, Cuba, and Iraq, 
        and with international terrorist organizations; and
Whereas the absence of free and fair elections in Nicaragua would constitute a 
        major setback for the Nicaraguan people and for democracy in the 
        hemisphere, could result in instability in Nicaragua, and could 
        jeopardize United States antiterrorist and antinarcotics efforts in 
        Nicaragua and the region: Now, therefore, be it:
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the President shall 
promptly communicate to the Government of Nicaragua the policy of the 
United States that, if the November 4, 2001, elections in Nicaragua are 
not deemed by the international community to be free and fair, or if 
the President determines that United States antiterrorist and 
antinarcotics efforts in Nicaragua and the region are in jeopardy, the 
United States Government will review and modify as appropriate its 
political, economic, and military relations with Nicaragua and its 
support through multilateral institutions for Nicaragua.
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