[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S13861]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       CELEBRATING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF GENEVA CONVENTIONS OF 1949

  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that H. Con. Res. 
102 be discharged from the Judiciary Committee and the Senate proceed 
to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 102) celebrating the 
     50th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and 
     recognizing humanitarian safeguards these treaties provide in 
     times of armed conflict.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider 
be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (H. Con. Res. 102) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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