110 HRES 457 IH: Calling on the Russian Federation to U.S. House of Representatives 2007-06-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IV 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 457 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 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

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.