[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15552]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     EFFORTS TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF HUMANITARIAN WORKERS IN THE 
                     FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 144.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (H. Con. Res. 144) urging the United States 
     Government and the United Nations to undertake urgent and 
     strenuous efforts to secure the release of Branko Jelen, 
     Steve Pratt, and Peter Wallace, 3 humanitarian workers 
     employed in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by CARE 
     International, who are being unjustly held as prisoners by 
     the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
concurrent resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements 
relating to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 144) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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