[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11925]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       PEACE AGREEMENT IN KOSOVO

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, about 40 days ago an 11-member bipartisan 
congressional delegation, led by my good friend, the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon), went to Vienna in search of a structure of 
peace which could be put together with leaders of the Russian Duma, a 
peace plan which, hopefully, would lead to an end to the war in the 
Balkans. That was 40 days ago.
  One of the principles in this plan was the following: Article 4. The 
humanitarian crisis will not be solved by bombing. A diplomatic 
solution to the problem is preferable to the alternative of military 
escalation.
  Unfortunately, in the ensuing 40 days we saw an intense military 
escalation which resulted in the deaths of countless innocent 
civilians.
  One of the articles in this plan that was put together called on the 
interested parties to find practical measures for a parallel solution 
to three tasks, without regard to sequence: the stopping of the 
bombing, the withdrawal of Serbian armed forces from Kosovo, and the 
cessation of the military activities of the KLA.
  That is where the G-8 is headed now. But they should have stopped the 
bombing, and they should not today be threatening Belgrade with further 
bombing if there is not a signature on the dotted line today.

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