[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 136 (Tuesday, September 5, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S12633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RELATIVE TO EXPO '98 IN LISBON, PORTUGAL

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar No. 179, Senate 
Concurrent Resolution 22.
  Mr. WARNER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 22) expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the United States should 
     participate in Expo `98 in Lisbon, Portugal.

  Mr. WARNER. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered 
and agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the resolution 
appear at the appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  So the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 22) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, is as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 22

       Whereas there was international concern expressed at the 
     Rio Conference of 1992 about conservation of the seas;
       Whereas 1998 has been declared the ``International Year of 
     the Ocean'' by the United Nations in an effort to alert the 
     world to the need for improving the physical and cultural 
     assets offered by the world's oceans;
       Whereas the theme of Expo '98 is ``The Oceans, a Heritage 
     for the Future'';
       Whereas Expo '98 has a fundamental aim of alerting 
     political, economic, and public opinion to the growing 
     importance of the world's oceans;
       Whereas Portugal has established a vast network of 
     relationships through ocean exploration;
       Whereas Portugal's history is rich with examples of the 
     courage and exploits of Portuguese explorers;
       Whereas Portugal and the United States have a relationship 
     based on mutual respect, and a sharing of interests and 
     ideals, particularly the deeply held commitment to democratic 
     values;
       Whereas today over 2,000,000 Americans can trace their 
     ancestry to Portugal; and
       Whereas the United States and Portugal agreed in the 1995 
     Agreement on Cooperation and Defense that in 1998 the 2 
     countries would consider and develop appropriate means of 
     commemorating the upcoming quincentennial anniversary of the 
     historic voyage of discovery by Vasco da Gama: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the United States should fully participate 
     in Expo '98 in Lisbon, Portugal, and encourage the private 
     sector to support this worthwhile undertaking.

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