[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 125 (Tuesday, October 10, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10158-S10159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   EXPRESSING SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING RECENT ELECTIONS IN THE 
                     FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of 
S. Res. 365 and the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 365) expressing the sense of the 
     Senate regarding recent elections in the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statement relating to the 
resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 365) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 365

       Whereas the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia held municipal, 
     parliamentary, and presidential elections on September 24, 
     2000;
       Whereas Slobodan Milosevic, President of the Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia, is an indicted war criminal;
       Whereas Slobodan Milosevic is largely responsible for 
     immeasurable bloodshed, human rights abuses, ethnic 
     cleansing, refugees, property destruction, and environmental 
     destruction that has devastated southeast Europe in recent 
     years;
       Whereas Slobodan Milosevic has arrested, intimidated, and 
     harassed opposition figures;
       Whereas Slobodan Milosevic has prevented the freedom of 
     assembly;
       Whereas Slobodan Milosevic has prevented the freedom and 
     independence of the press through intimidation, arrests, 
     fines, the destruction of property, and jamming;
       Whereas Slobodan Milosevic and his supporters refused to 
     allow independent international election monitors into the 
     Federal

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     Republic of Yugoslavia before the September 24, 2000 
     elections;
       Whereas reliable reports indicate that Slobodan Milosevic 
     and his supporters intentionally ignored internationally 
     accepted standards for free and fair elections in order to 
     control voting results and violated the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia's new election law in the tabulation of the vote;
       Whereas reliable documented reports indicate that 74 
     percent of the eligible voters of the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia participated in the September 24, 2000 elections;
       Whereas reliable documented reports based on official 
     voting records indicate that Vojislav Kostunica, President, 
     Democratic Party of Serbia, defeated Slobodan Milosevic with 
     more than 50 percent of the vote; and
       Whereas the people of Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Croatia 
     have been the victims of wars initiated by the Milosevic 
     regime: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate hereby--
       (1) congratulates the people of the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia for the courage in participating in the September 
     24, 2000 elections;
       (2) applauds the clear decision of the people of the 
     Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to embrace democracy, the rule 
     of law, and integration into the international community by 
     rejecting dictatorship and isolationism;
       (3) reasserts its strong desire to reestablish the historic 
     friendship between the American and Serbian people;
       (4) expresses its intention to support a comprehensive 
     assistance program for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to 
     speed its economic recovery and European integration once a 
     democratic government that respects the rule of law, human 
     rights, and a market economy is established; and
       (5) expresses its support for full economic integration for 
     the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including access to 
     international financial institutions, once a democratic 
     government that respects the rule of law, human rights, and a 
     market economy is established.

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