[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 104 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 104

   Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of Baluchistan, 
  currently divided between Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, have the 
    right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 2012

   Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Mr. Gohmert, and Mr. King of Iowa) 
 submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of Baluchistan, 
  currently divided between Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, have the 
    right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country.

Whereas the people of Baluchistan have maintained a proud and distinctive 
        national, cultural, and religious identity dating back to ancient times;
Whereas in 1666, the Baluch Khanate of Kalat was founded which functioned as an 
        independent, sovereign country;
Whereas in the 19th century, the Baluch people were conquered and divided by the 
        imperialist expansion of Persia (Iran) and the British Empire;
Whereas, on August 15, 1947, the Khan of Kalat declared independence, only to 
        have Baluch aspirations crushed by an invasion by Pakistan in April 1948 
        followed by 2 years of a bloody campaign to stamp out popular 
        resistance;
Whereas revolts in 1958, 1973, and 2005 indicate continued popular discontent 
        against rule by Islamabad, and the plunder of its vast natural wealth 
        while Baluchistan remains the poorest province in Pakistan;
Whereas a popular insurgency is also under way in Sistan-Baluchistan and being 
        met by brutal repression by the dictatorship in Iran which has added 
        religious bigotry to tyranny; and
Whereas it is the policy of the United States to oppose aggression and the 
        violation of human rights inherent in the subjugation of national groups 
        as currently being shown in Iran and Pakistan against the aspirations of 
        the Baluch people: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the people of Baluchistan, 
currently divided between Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, have the 
right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country and they 
should be afforded the opportunity to choose their own status among the 
community of nations, living in peace and harmony, without external 
coercion.
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