[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2032]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 91--CONGRATULATING THE REPUBLIC OF 
   LITHUANIA ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REESTABLISHMENT OF ITS 
         INDEPENDENCE FROM THE RULE OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

  Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Lott, Mr. Helms, Mr. 
Campbell, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Smith of Oregon, Mr. Robb, and Mr. Fitzgerald) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                            S. Con. Res. 91

       Whereas the United States had never recognized the forcible 
     incorporation of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and 
     Lithuania into the former Soviet Union;
       Whereas the declaration on March 11, 1990, of the 
     reestablishment of full sovereignty and independence of the 
     Republic of Lithuania led to the disintegration of the former 
     Soviet Union;
       Whereas Lithuania since then has successfully built 
     democracy, ensured human and minority rights, the rule of 
     law, developed a free market economy, implemented exemplary 
     relations with neighboring countries, and consistently 
     pursued a course of integration into the community of free 
     and democratic nations by seeking membership in the European 
     Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and
       Whereas Lithuania, as a result of the progress of its 
     political and economic reforms, has made, and continues to 
     make, a significant contribution toward the maintenance of 
     international peace and stability by, among other actions, 
     its participation in NATO-led peacekeeping operations in 
     Bosnia and Kosovo: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That Congress hereby--
       (1) congratulates Lithuania on the occasion of the tenth 
     anniversary of the reestablishment of its independence and 
     the leading role it played in the disintegration of the 
     former Soviet Union; and
       (2) commends Lithuania for its success in implementing 
     political and economic reforms, which further speed the 
     process of that country's integration into European and 
     Western institutions.

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