[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 40 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 40

 Recognizing and commending the President and the governments of other 
    countries that have participated in the Proliferation Security 
Initiative for the historic efforts and successes of the Proliferation 
Security Initiative in reducing the threat posed by illicit trafficking 
 in weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery, and related 
      materials, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the 
        establishment of the Proliferation Security Initiative.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 26, 2005

  Mr. Lugar submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Recognizing and commending the President and the governments of other 
    countries that have participated in the Proliferation Security 
Initiative for the historic efforts and successes of the Proliferation 
Security Initiative in reducing the threat posed by illicit trafficking 
 in weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery, and related 
      materials, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the 
        establishment of the Proliferation Security Initiative.

Whereas, on May 31, 2003, at Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow, Poland, President 
        George W. Bush declared that ``today I announce a new effort to fight 
        proliferation called the Proliferation Security Initiative. The United 
        States and a number of our close allies, including Poland, have begun 
        working on new agreements to search planes and ships carrying suspect 
        cargo and to seize illegal weapons or missile technologies. Over time, 
        we will extend this partnership as broadly as possible to keep the 
        world's most destructive weapons away from our shores and out of the 
        hands of our common enemies'';
Whereas, since May 2003, more than 60 countries have indicated their support for 
        the Proliferation Security Initiative;
Whereas, in September 2003, 11 countries agreed to and published the 
        Proliferation Security Initiative Statement of Interdiction Principles, 
        which, among other things, identifies specific steps for effectively 
        interdicting shipments of weapons of mass destruction, their means of 
        delivery, and related materials and for preventing proliferation 
        facilitators, brokers, and middlemen from engaging in this deadly trade;
Whereas the Proliferation Security Initiative has led to the negotiation of 
        bilateral ship boarding agreements designed to facilitate the 
        interdiction of weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery, 
        and related materials, including agreements with the Governments of 
        Panama, Liberia, and the Marshall Islands;
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, proposed by President 
        Bush and adopted unanimously by the Security Council on April 28, 2004, 
        calls on all countries to take cooperative action to prevent trafficking 
        in weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery, and related 
        materials;
Whereas the actions of the United States and its Proliferation Security 
        Initiative partners Germany and Italy contributed to the interdiction of 
        the ship ``BBC China'', a commercial ship carrying centrifuge components 
        for Libya's illicit nuclear program, en route to Tripoli, and also 
        contributed to the constructive decision made by the Government of Libya 
        on December 19, 2003, to acknowledge its illegal weapons of mass 
        destruction programs and its agreement to eliminate its weapons of mass 
        destruction and long-range missile programs and rejoin the international 
        community by eliminating all elements of its chemical and nuclear 
        weapons programs, declaring all nuclear materials and activities to the 
        International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), eliminating ballistic 
        missiles with a range greater than 300 kilometers with payloads of 500 
        or more kilograms, accepting international inspections to ensure Libya's 
        complete adherence to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, signing the 
        Additional Protocol, eliminating all chemical weapons stocks and 
        munitions and acceding to the Chemical Weapons Convention, and allowing 
        immediate inspections and monitoring to verify all of these actions;
Whereas the Report of the United Nations Secretary-General's High Level Panel on 
        Threats, Challenges, and Changes finds that ``[r]ecent experience of the 
        activities of the A.Q. Khan network has demonstrated the need for and 
        the value of measures taken to interdict the illicit and clandestine 
        trade in components for nuclear programs'';
Whereas the same Report also welcomes ``the voluntary Proliferation Security 
        Initiative, under which more and more states are cooperating to prevent 
        illicit trafficking in nuclear, biological and chemical weapons'';
Whereas, acknowledging that existing non-proliferation agreements and export 
        control regimes are necessary but no longer sufficient, the Secretary-
        General of the United Nations has stated: ``I applaud the efforts of the 
        Proliferation Security Initiative to fill a gap in our defenses'';
Whereas the United States and many of its Proliferation Security Initiative 
        partners have conducted 14 ground, air, maritime, and tabletop 
        interdiction exercises over the last 2 years, beginning with the 
        Australian-led exercise Pacific Protector in September 2003; and
Whereas multiple countries have now participated in and observed air, land, and 
        sea interdiction training exercises, in particular the October 2004 Team 
        Samurai exercise, in which Japan, the United States, Australia, and 
        France contributed operational assets and Canada, Cambodia, Germany, 
        Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, 
        Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, 
        and the United Kingdom participated as observers, and most recently in 
        Exercise Ninfa '05, a joint maritime and ground interdiction exercise 
        led by Portugal: Now, therefore be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the President is to be commended on the occasion of the 
        second anniversary of the creation of the Proliferation 
        Security Initiative for its broadening membership, increasing 
        international support, and successful operational training and 
        exercises;
            (2) all the governments of countries coordinating and 
        cooperating in intelligence sharing, training exercises, and 
        legal agreements with the United States under the Proliferation 
        Security Initiative, in particular the meetings of the PSI 
        Operational Experts Group, are to be commended for their 
        support in the global effort to prevent the proliferation of 
        weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery, and 
        related materials;
            (3) the Proliferation Security Initiative constitutes an 
        important tool for coordinating diplomatic, law enforcement, 
        customs, intelligence, and military capabilities against the 
        illicit trade in weapons of mass destruction, their means of 
        delivery, and related materials;
            (4) all countries must work together, particularly under 
        the auspices of the committee established pursuant to operative 
        paragraph 4 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, 
        popularly called the ``1540 Committee'', to further the 
        implementation of the provisions of Resolution 1540 relating to 
        the international legal bases for continued, aggressive 
        enforcement of all agreements, treaties, and regimes that aim 
        through interdiction activities to end the illicit trade in 
        weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery, and 
        related materials;
            (5) the governments of all responsible countries should 
        endorse the PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles and 
        cooperate actively to interdict and disrupt illicit trade in 
        weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery, and 
        related materials; and
            (6) as evidenced in the historic December 19, 2003, 
        decision of Libya to acknowledge and convert or dismantle its 
        illegal weapons of mass destruction programs, the Proliferation 
        Security Initiative can provide significantly enhanced 
        enforcement of and adherence to the Treaty on the Non-
        proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Washington, London, 
        and Moscow July 1, 1968, and entered into force March 5, 1970 
        (commonly known as the ``Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty''), 
        the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, 
        Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on 
        Their Destruction, with Annexes, done at Paris January 13, 
        1993, and entered into force April 29, 1997 (commonly known as 
        the ``Chemical Weapons Convention''), the Convention on the 
        Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of 
        Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their 
        Destruction, done at Washington, London, and Moscow April 10, 
        1972, and entered into force March 26, 1975 (commonly known as 
        the ``Biological Weapons Convention''), the safeguards system 
        of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the commitments 
        and control lists of the Missile Technology Control Regime, the 
        Australia Group, and the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
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