[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 88 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S7528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 15--RELATIVE TO THE COSTS OF INTERNATIONAL 
                        PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

  Ms. SNOWE submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                            S. Con. Res. 15

       Whereas in fiscal year 1989 the United States provided 
     $29,000,000 to the United Nations for assessed United States 
     contributions for international peacekeeping activities, 
     compared to $485,000,000 paid for combined assessed 
     contributions for all other international organizations, 
     including the United Nations, all United Nations specialized 
     agencies and the Organization for American States and all 
     other Pan American international organizations;
       Whereas in fiscal year 1994 United States assessed 
     contributions to the United Nations for international 
     peacekeeping activities had grown to $1,072,000,000, compared 
     to $860,000,000 for combined assessed contributions for all 
     other international organizations;
       Whereas for fiscal year 1995 the President requested a 
     $672,000,000 United Nations peacekeeping supplemental 
     appropriation which, if approved, would have been a direct 
     increase in the Federal budget deficit and would have brought 
     fiscal year 1995 total appropriations for assessed 
     contributions for United Nations peacekeeping activities to 
     $1,025,000,000;
       Whereas for fiscal year 1995 the President also requested 
     supplemental appropriations of $1,900,000,000 to cover the 
     Department of Defense's unbudgeted costs for humanitarian and 
     peacekeeping missions in Haiti, Kuwait and Bosnia, which are 
     in addition to regular United States assessed contributions 
     to the United Nations for peacekeeping activities; and
       Whereas for fiscal year 1996 the President requested 
     $445,000,000 for assessed contributions to the United Nations 
     for international peacekeeping activities, a funding level 
     most observers believe to be a significant understatement of 
     actual peacekeeping obligations the Administration has 
     committed the United States to support and which, if 
     accurate, would lead to the third year in a row in which the 
     Administration requests supplemental appropriations for 
     assessed contributions to international peacekeeping in 
     excess of $600 million outside of the regular budget process: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the Executive Branch should cease 
     obligating the United States to pay for international 
     peacekeeping operations in excess of funds specifically 
     authorized and appropriated for this purpose.
     

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