`[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 71 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 303
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 71

     Condemning Iraq's threat to international peace and security.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 28, 1998

 Mr. Lott (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. McCain, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Helms, 
   Mr. Dodd, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Warner, Mr. Cleland, Mr. 
Stevens, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Mack, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Byrd, 
 Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Gorton, 
 Mr. Graham, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Hollings, Ms. Collins, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
Inhofe, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Grams, Mr. Robb, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Specter, and 
  Mr. Hagel) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
                     ordered placed on the calendar

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
     Condemning Iraq's threat to international peace and security.

Whereas hostilities in Operation Desert Storm ended on February 28, 1991, and 
        the cease-fire was codified in United Nations Security Council 
        Resolutions 686 (March 2, 1991) and 687 (April 3, 1991);
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 requires that 
        international economic sanctions remain in place until Iraq discloses 
        and destroys its weapons of mass destruction programs and capabilities 
        and undertakes unconditionally never to resume such activities;
Whereas Resolution 687 further established the United Nations Special Commission 
        (UNSCOM) on Iraq to uncover all aspects of Iraq's weapons of mass 
        destruction programs;
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 715, adopted on October 11, 
        1991, further empowers UNSCOM to maintain a long-term monitoring program 
        to ensure Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs are dismantled and 
        not restarted;
Whereas, in violation of the 1991 cease-fire agreements and subsequent United 
        Nations Security Council Resolutions, the Iraqi Government has 
        repeatedly and deliberately impeded UNSCOM from conducting its mission 
        through concealment, harassment, deception and intimidation;
Whereas, despite the sustained opposition of the Government of Iraq, UNSCOM has 
        discovered many instances of inaccurate and duplicitous actions by Iraq 
        concerning Iraqi ballistic missile capabilities and chemical and 
        biological weapons programs;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has repeatedly demanded that Iraq 
        end its obstruction of UNSCOM, including in Resolutions 1060 (June 12, 
        1996), 1115 (June 21, 1996), 1134 (October 23, 1997) and 1137 (November 
        12, 1997);
Whereas the work by the leadership and personnel of UNSCOM under difficult and 
        dangerous conditions has been commendable;
Whereas Iraq continues to obstruct the work of UNSCOM by limiting access to 
        sites in Iraq, by restricting the movement of UNSCOM personnel, and by 
        threatening to end all cooperation with UNSCOM;
Whereas Iraq's continuing weapons of mass destruction programs threaten vital 
        United States interests and international peace and security; and
Whereas the United States has existing authority to defend United States 
        interests in the Persian Gulf region: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) condemns in the strongest possible terms the continued 
        threat to international peace and security posed by Iraq's 
        refusal to meet its international obligations and end its 
        weapons of mass destruction programs;
            (2) urges the President to take all necessary and 
        appropriate actions to respond to the threat posed by Iraq's 
        refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs; and
            (3) urges the President to work with Congress in furthering 
        a long-term policy aimed at definitively ending the threat to 
        international peace and security posed by the government of 
        Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction programs.




                                                       Calendar No. 303

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                            S. CON. RES. 71

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

     Condemning Iraq's threat to international peace and security.

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                            January 28, 1998

                     Ordered placed on the calendar`