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Calendar No. 710 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 523 

Expressing the strong support of the Senate for the declaration of the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization at the Bucharest Summit that Ukraine 

and Georgia will become members of the alliance. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 21, 2008 

Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. LUGAR, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. 

MCCAIN, and Mr. DEMINT) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

APRIL 23, 2008 

Reported by Mr. BIDEN, without amendment 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the strong support of the Senate for the declaration of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at the 

Bucharest Summit that Ukraine and Georgia will become 

members of the alliance. 

Whereas, prior to the Bucharest Summit in April 2008, the 

Government of Georgia and the Government of Ukraine 

each expressed the desire to join the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization (NATO), have committed their 

countries to programs of reforms consistent with memVerDate Aug 31 2005 00:06 Apr 24, 2008 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR523.RS SR523

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bership in the Euro-Atlantic community, and have 

worked consistently for membership in NATO; and 

Whereas, in April 2008 at the Bucharest Summit, the assembled leaders of NATO issued the following statement: 

‘‘NATO welcomes Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic 

aspirations for membership in NATO. We agreed today 

that these countries will become members of NATO. 

Both nations have made valuable contributions to Alliance operations. We welcome the democratic reforms in 

Ukraine and Georgia and look forward to free and fair 

parliamentary elections in Georgia in May. MAP is the 

next step for Ukraine and Georgia on their direct way to 

membership. Today we make clear that we support these 

countries’ applications for MAP. Therefore we will now 

begin a period of intensive engagement with both at a 

high political level to address the questions still outstanding pertaining to their MAP applications. We have 

asked Foreign Ministers to make a first assessment of 

progress at their December 2008 meeting. Foreign Ministers have the authority to decide on the MAP applications of Ukraine and Georgia.’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) supports the declaration of the Bucharest 

3 Summit, which stated that Ukraine and Georgia will 

4 become members of NATO; 

5 (2) reiterates its support for the commitment to 

6 further enlargement of NATO to include democratic 

7 governments that are able and willing to meet the 

8 responsibilities of membership; and 


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1 (3) urges the foreign ministers of NATO mem2 ber states at their meeting in December 2008 to 

3 consider favorably the applications of the govern4 ments of Ukraine and Georgia for Membership Ac5 tion Plans. 


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Calendar No. 710 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 523 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the strong support of the Senate for the 

and Georgia will become members of the alliance. zation at the Bucharest Summit that Ukraine declaration of the North Atlantic Treaty OrganiAPRIL 23, 2008 

Reported without amendment 


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