[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S180]
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     SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 71--CONDEMNING IRAQ'S THREAT TO 
                    INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

  Mr. LOTT (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. McCain, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Helms, 
Mr. Dodd, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Warner, Mr. Cleland, Mr. 
Stevens, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Mack, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Byrd, 
Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Gorton, 
Mr. Graham, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Hollings, Ms. Collins, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
Inhofe, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Grams, Mr. Robb, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Specter, and 
Mr. Hagel) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
read twice and ordered placed on the calendar:

                            S. Con. Res. 71

       Whereas hostilities in Operation Desert Storm ended on 
     February 28, 1991, and the cease-fire was codified in United 
     Nations Security Council Resolutions 686 (March 2, 1991) and 
     687 (April 3, 1991);
       Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolutions 687 
     requires that international economic sanctions remain in 
     place until Iraq discloses and destroys its weapons of mass 
     destruction programs and capabilities and undertakes 
     unconditionally never to resume such activities;
       Whereas Resolution 687 further established the United 
     Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) on Iraq to uncover all 
     aspects of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs;
       Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 715, 
     adopted on October 11, 1991, further empowers UNSCOM to 
     maintain a long-term monitoring program to ensure Iraq's 
     weapons of mass destruction programs are dismantled and not 
     restarted;
       Whereas in violation of the 1991 cease-fire agreements and 
     subsequent United Nations Security Council Resolutions, the 
     Iraqi government has repeatedly and deliberately impeded 
     UNSCOM from conducting its mission through concealment, 
     harassment, deception and intimidation;
       Whereas despite the sustained opposition of the government 
     of Iraq, UNSCOM has discovered many instances of inaccurate 
     and duplicitous actions by Iraq concerning Iraqi ballistic 
     missile capabilities and chemical and biological weapons 
     programs:
       Whereas the United Nations Security Council has repeatedly 
     demanded that Iraq end its obstruction of UNSCOM, including 
     in Resolutions 1060 (June 12, 1996), 1115 (June 21, 1996), 
     1134 (October 23, 1997) and 1137 (November 12, 1997);
       Whereas the work by the leadership and personnel of UNSCOM 
     under difficult and dangerous conditions has been 
     commendable;
       Whereas Iraq continues to obstruct the work of UNSCOM by 
     limiting access to sites in Iraq, by restricting the movement 
     of UNSCOM personnel, and by threatening to end all 
     cooperation with UNSCOM;
       Whereas Iraq's continuing weapons of mass destruction 
     programs threaten vital United States interests and 
     international peace and security; and
       Whereas the United States has existing authority to defend 
     United States interests in the Persian Gulf region:
       Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Senate, the House 
     of Representatives concurring--
       (1) Condemns in the strongest possible terms the continued 
     threat to international peace and security posed by Iraq's 
     refusal to meet its international obligations and end its 
     weapons of mass destruction programs;
       (2) Urges the President to take all necessary and 
     appropriate actions to respond to the threat posed by Iraq's 
     refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs; and
       (3) Urges the President to work with Congress in furthering 
     a long-term policy aimed at definitively ending the threat to 
     international peace and security posed by the government of 
     Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction programs.

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