[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 457 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 457

  Calling on the Russian Federation to withdraw its military forces, 
 armaments, and ammunition stockpiles from the sovereign territory of 
                        the Republic of Moldova.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2007

  Mr. McCotter (for himself, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of 
 Florida, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, 
  Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shuster, and Mr. Tancredo) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Calling on the Russian Federation to withdraw its military forces, 
 armaments, and ammunition stockpiles from the sovereign territory of 
                        the Republic of Moldova.

Whereas at the 1999 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) 
        Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, the Russian Federation committed to 
        completely withdraw its military forces from the territory of the 
        Republic of Moldova by the end of 2002;
Whereas at the 2002 OSCE Ministerial Council in Porto, Portugal, the Russian 
        Federation agreed to complete the withdrawal of its military forces from 
        the territory of Moldova by December 31, 2003;
Whereas the Russian Federation ceased its withdrawal of military forces from the 
        Transnistrian region of Moldova on March 24, 2004, and has yet to show 
        any intention of continuing its withdrawal process;
Whereas 1,250 Russian soldiers remain stationed in the Transnistrian region of 
        Moldova against the will of the Moldovan people;
Whereas the presence of Russian military forces in the Transnistrian region of 
        Moldova is a clear violation of Moldova's territorial sovereignty;
Whereas the Russian Federation as a participating state in the OSCE is obligated 
        to ``. . . respect the territorial integrity of each of the 
        participating States . . . [and] refrain from making each other's 
        territory the object of military occupation . . .''; and
Whereas Russia's failure to withdraw troops from the Transnistrian region of 
        Moldova is a violation of its commitments as a member of the OSCE: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives--
            (1) calls upon the Russian Federation to fulfill its 
        commitments and unconditionally withdraw its military forces, 
        under OSCE observation and verification, from the Transnistrian 
        region of the Republic of Moldova;
            (2) calls upon the Russian Federation to remove or destroy 
        all of its armaments and ammunition stockpiles in the 
        Transnistrian region of Moldova; and
            (3) declares the present armed forces stationed in the 
        Security Zone of Moldova should be replaced with a 
        multinational peacekeeping contingent under an OSCE mandate.
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