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    SENATE RESOLUTION 259--COMMENDING THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPECIAL 
 DELEGATION TO HAITI AND SUPPORTING UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN HAITI

  Mr. MITCHELL (for himself and Mr. Dole) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered:

                              S. Res. 259

       Whereas the special delegation sent to Haiti on September 
     17, 1994, has succeeded in convincing the de facto 
     authorities in Haiti to agree to leave power;
       Whereas on September 18, 1994, after an agreement was 
     reached in Port-au-Prince that day, the President ordered the 
     present deployment of men and women of the United States 
     Armed Forces in and around Haiti;
       Whereas U.S. and multilateral sanctions have imposed a 
     heavy burden on the Haitian people;
       Whereas the Congress and the people of the United States 
     have great pride in the men and women of the United States 
     Armed Forces and fully support them in all their efforts 
     overseas, including those in Haiti: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commends the efforts of the President in sending former 
     President Jimmy Carter, retired General Colin Powell and 
     Senator Sam Nunn to Haiti in an effort to avoid the loss of 
     American lives;
       (2) fully supports the men and women of the United States 
     Armed Forces in Haiti who are performing with professional 
     excellence and dedicated patriotism;
       (3) supports the departure from power of the de facto 
     authorities in Haiti, and Haitian efforts to achieve national 
     reconciliation, democracy and the rule of law;
       (4) supports lifting without delay of U.S. unilateral 
     economic sanctions on Haiti, and lifting without delay of 
     economic sanctions imposed pursuant to U.N. resolutions in 
     accordance with such resolutions; and
       (5) supports a prompt and orderly withdrawal of all United 
     States Armed Forces from Haiti as soon as possible.

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