[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 370 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 370

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should support 
the principles of democracy and constitutional rule in the Republic of 
                     Haiti, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2004

 Ms. Waters (for herself, Ms. Lee, Ms. Watson, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
 Conyers, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
  Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Davis of 
 Illinois, Ms. Majette, Mr. Owens, Ms. Norton, Mr. Meeks of New York, 
Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Payne, Mr. Watt, Mr. Ballance, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mrs. 
 Christensen, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. 
    Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
  Schakowsky, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Towns, and Mr. Fattah) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should support 
the principles of democracy and constitutional rule in the Republic of 
                     Haiti, and for other purposes.

Whereas Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected President of Haiti and sworn in on 
        February 7, 2001, and his term expires on February 7, 2006;
Whereas on September 4, 2002, the Organization of American States (OAS), with 
        the support of the United States, passed Resolution 822 in order to 
        strengthen democracy in the Republic of Haiti;
Whereas Resolution 822 calls upon the international community to provide 
        assistance to the Government of Haiti to support the professional 
        development of an independent police institution in Haiti;
Whereas the Haitian police force consists of approximately 4,000 officers and is 
        responsible for the protection of a population of over 8,000,000 people; 
        and
Whereas the Haitian police force is struggling to protect the population of 
        Haiti from violent acts initiated by groups of thugs, heavily-armed 
        former members of Haiti's disbanded army, and members of the Front for 
        the Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH), a paramilitary 
        organization: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the United States should support the principles of 
        democracy and constitutional rule in the Republic of Haiti, 
        under which President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected, and 
        oppose any and all attempts to remove President Aristide from 
        office prior to the completion of his term under the 
        Constitution of Haiti;
            (2) the United States should condemn the violent activities 
        of groups of thugs, former members of Haiti's disbanded army, 
        and paramilitary organizations in Haiti; and
            (3) the United States, working with the United Nations, the 
        Organization of American States (OAS), and other countries, 
        should immediately provide assistance to Haiti to strengthen, 
        reinforce, and professionalize the Haitian police force in 
        order to enable the Haitian police force to restore law and 
        order and preserve democracy in Haiti.
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