[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S4496]
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     THE FLANK DOCUMENT TO THE CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN EUROPE TREATY

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             KERRY (AND OTHERS) EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 279

  Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Abraham, Mrs. Feinstein, 
and Mr. Biden) proposed an executive amendment to condition No. 5 of 
the Resolution of Ratification (Treaty Doc. No. 105-5); as follows:

       Strike subparagraph (F) of section 2(5) and insert the 
     following:
       (F) Compliance report on armenia and other states parties 
     in the caucasus region.--Not later than August 1, 1997, the 
     President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
     of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
     a full and complete classified and unclassified report 
     regarding--
       (i) whether Armenia was in compliance with the Treaty in 
     allowing the transfer of conventional armaments and equipment 
     limited by the Treaty through Armenian territory to the 
     secessionist movement in Azerbaijan;
       (ii) whether other States Parties located in the Caucasus 
     region are in compliance with the Treaty; and
       (iii) if Armenia is found not to have been in compliance 
     under clause (i) or, if any other State Party is found not to 
     be in compliance under clause (ii), what actions the 
     President has taken to implement sanctions as required by 
     chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.; relating to assistance to the 
     independent states of the former Soviet Union) or other 
     provisions of law.

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