[House Document 106-100]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]






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 A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT ON U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

    A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT TO ENSURE THAT THE CONGRESS IS KEPT FULLY 
  INFORMED ON CONTINUED U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF PEACEKEEPING 
                    EFFORTS IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA




 July 19, 1999.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations 
                       and ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE                    
69-011                     WASHINGTON : 1999




                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 19, 1999.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: In my report to the Congress of January 
19, 1999, I provided further information on the deployment of 
combat-equipped U.S. Armed Forces to Bosnia and other states in 
the region in order to participate in and support the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-led Stabilization Force 
(SFOR), which began its mission and assumed authority from the 
NATO-led Implementation Force on December 20, 1996. I am 
providing this supplemental report, consistent with the War 
Powers Resolution, to help ensure that the Congress is kept 
fully informed on continued U.S. contributions in support of 
peacekeeping efforts in the former Yugoslavia.
    The U.N. Security Council authorized member states to 
continue SFOR for a period of 12 months in U.S. Security 
Council Resolution 1247 of June 18, 1999. The mission of SFOR 
is to provide a continued military presence in order to deter 
renewed hostilities, stabilize and consolidate the peace in 
Bosnia-Herzegovina, and contribute to a secure environment to 
facilitate the civilian implementation process to which SFOR 
provides broad support within its means and capabilities.
    The U.S. force contribution to SFOR in Bosnia is 
approximately 6,200. In the first half of 1999, all NATO 
nations and 19 others, including Russia and Ukraine, have 
provided military personnel or other support to SFOR. Most U.S. 
forces are assigned to Multinational Division, North, centered 
around the city of Tuzla. In addition, approximately 2,200 U.S. 
military personnel are deployed to Hungary, Croatia, and Italy 
in order to provide logistical and other support to SFOR. The 
U.S. forces continue to support SFOR in efforts to apprehend 
persons indicted for war crimes. In the last 6 months, U.S. 
forces have sustained no fatalities.
    The United Nations mandate for the U.N. Preventive 
Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) in the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia expired on February 28, 1999, and it was not renewed 
or extended. The U.S. military contingent that had been 
deployed to Macedonia as part of UNPREDEP remained in Macedonia 
under U.S. operational control in anticipation of providing 
logistical support to U.S. forces that could support future 
NATO operations in the area. That contingent subsequently 
redeployed and was replaced with other U.S. forces more suited 
for this possible support mission. The new contingent has been 
incorporated into the U.S. national support element operating 
in Macedonia that, as I reported in my letter to the Congress 
of June 12, 1999, is supporting the International Security 
Presence in Kosovo (KFOR).
    I have directed the participation of U.S. Armed Forces in 
these operations pursuant to my constitutional authority to 
conduct U.S. foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and 
Chief Executive, and in accordance with various statutory 
authorities. I am providing this report as part of my efforts 
to keep the Congress fully informed about developments in 
Bosnia and other states in the region. I will continue to 
consult closely with the Congress regarding our efforts to 
foster peace and stability in the former Yugoslavia.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.

                                


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