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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 356 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) should stop the utilization of 

materials that violate provisions of the United Nations-brokered Interim 

Agreement between the FYROM and Greece regarding ‘‘hostile activities 

or propaganda’’ and should work with the United Nations and Greece 

to achieve longstanding United States and United Nations policy goals 

of finding a mutually-acceptable official name for the FYROM. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2007 

Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. GALLEGLY, and 

Mr. BILIRAKIS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 

should stop the utilization of materials that violate provisions of the United Nations-brokered Interim Agreement 

between the FYROM and Greece regarding ‘‘hostile activities or propaganda’’ and should work with the United 

Nations and Greece to achieve longstanding United 

States and United Nations policy goals of finding a 

mutually-acceptable official name for the FYROM. 

Whereas on April 8, 1993, the United Nations General Assembly admitted as a member the Former Yugoslav ReVerDate Aug 31 2005 04:40 May 02, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR356.IH HR356

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public of Macedonia (FYROM), under the name the 

‘‘Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’’; 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 817 

(1993) states that the dispute over the name must be resolved to maintain peaceful relations between Greece and 

the FYROM; 

Whereas on September 13, 1995, Greece and the FYROM 

signed a United Nations-brokered Interim Accord that, 

among other things, commits them to not ‘‘support 

claims to any part of the territory of the other party or 

claims for a change of their existing frontiers’’; 

Whereas a pre-eminent goal of the United Nations Interim 

Accord was to stop the FYROM from utilizing, since its 

admittance to the United Nations in 1993, what the Accord calls, ‘‘propaganda’’, including in school textbooks; 

Whereas a television report in recent years showed students 

in a state-run school in the FYROM still being taught 

that parts of Greece, including Greek Macedonia, are 

rightfully part of the FYROM; 

Whereas some textbooks, including the Military Academy 

textbook published in 2004 by the Military Academy 

‘‘General Mihailo Apostolski’’ in the FYROM capital city, 

contain maps showing that a ‘‘Greater Macedonia’’ extends many miles south into Greece to Mount Olympus 

and miles east to Mount Pirin in Bulgaria; 

Whereas in direct contradiction of the spirit of the United 

Nations Interim Accord’s section ‘‘A’’, entitled ‘‘Friendly 

Relations and Confidence Building Measures’’, which attempts to eliminate challenges regarding ‘‘historic and 

cultural patrimony’’, the Government of FYROM recently 


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renamed the capital city’s international airport ‘‘Alexander the Great’’; 

Whereas the aforementioned acts constitute a breach of the 

FYROM’s international obligations deriving from the 

spirit of the United Nations Interim Accord, which provides that FYROM should abstain from any form of 

‘‘propaganda’’ against Greece’s historical or cultural heritage; 

Whereas such acts are not compatible with the Article 10 of 

the United Nations Interim Accord regarding ‘‘improving 

understanding and good neighbourly relations’’, as well 

as with European standards and values endorsed by European Union member-states; and 

Whereas this information, like that exposed in the media report and elsewhere, being used contrary to the United 

Nations Interim Accord instills hostility and a rationale 

for irredentism in portions of the population of the 

FYROM toward Greece and the history of Greece: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) urges the Former Yugoslav Republic of 

3 Macedonia (FYROM) to observe its obligations 

4 under Article 7 of the 1995 United Nations-brokered 

5 Interim Accord which directs the parties to ‘‘prompt6 ly take effective measures to prohibit hostile activi7 ties or propaganda by state-controlled agencies and 

8 to discourage acts by private entities likely to incite 

9 violence, hatred or hostility’’ and review the contents 


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1 of textbooks, maps, and teaching aids to ensure that 

2 such tools are stating accurate information; and 

3 (2) urges the FYROM to work within the 

4 framework of the United Nations process with 

5 Greece to achieve longstanding United States and 

6 United Nations policy goals by reaching a mutually7 acceptable official name for the FYROM. 

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