[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15129]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        TWENTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF TURKEY'S INVASION OF CYPRUS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 19, 1999, the gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. Berkley) is 
recognized during morning hour debates for 1 minute.
  Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge the 26th 
anniversary of Turkey's invasion and occupation of Cyprus. Today an 
estimated 35,000 heavily armed Turkish troops continue to occupy 37 
percent of the island. If a solution is ever to be achieved, it is 
essential that all decisions and pronouncements of the international 
community be fully implemented. It is my hope that the United States 
Congress will continue to firmly support the people of Cyprus by urging 
Turkey to comply with the resolutions of the United Nations and to work 
instructively for a solution. It is imperative that we take all 
necessary steps to actively support efforts to end the forcible 
division of the island and its people and to unify Cyprus through a 
just and lasting solution.
  Twenty-six years of occupation are enough. Twenty-six years of 
occupation are 26 too many. It is time to end the occupation now.

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