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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 13

Expressing the sense of the Congress that Serbia-Montenegro has failed

to comply with the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement of October 13, 1998,

and that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should implement its activation order of October 12, 1998, to compel compliance.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 19, 1999

Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. OLVER, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. MORAN of

Virginia, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. HOYER) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International

Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that Serbia-Montenegro

has failed to comply with the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement of October 13, 1998, and that the North Atlantic

Treaty Organization (NATO) should implement its activation order of October 12, 1998, to compel compliance.

Whereas on October 13, 1998, United States Ambassador

Richard Holbrooke and Serbia-Montenegro President

Slobodan Milosevic reached an agreement on a cease-fire

in the Kosova conflict, allowing North Atlantic Treaty

Organization (NATO) forces, which had been prepared to

employ air power under the activation order of October

12, 1998, to halt Milosevic’s ethnic cleansing of Kosova,

to stand down;
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Whereas under the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement and

United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1160 and

1199, numerous units of the Yugoslav National Army,

Serbian police, and Special Forces were to be removed

from Kosova or withdrawn to bases to reestablish ‘‘precrisis’’ force levels, but according to the Department of

State and published reports, many of these units remain

in Kosova, are returning, or have already reengaged in

offensive operations;

Whereas under the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement, Milosevic

was to grant a general amnesty for those who had been

involved in the Kosova conflict, but such an amnesty was

never implemented and up to 2,000 ethnic Albanians remain in Serbian jails;

Whereas under the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement and

United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1160 and

1199, Serbia-Montenegro is to fully cooperate with the

International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, but

has denied entry to the Tribunal’s chief investigator,

Louise Arbour, and other tribunal representatives;

Whereas under the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement, 2,000

international verifiers of the Organization for Security

and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are permitted to

monitor compliance with the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement and other obligations, but impediments to their

mission have been imposed by the Government of SerbiaMontenegro according to the mission’s leader, United

States Ambassador William Walker;

Whereas on January 18, 1999, Serbia-Montenegro ordered

Ambassador Walker to leave the country;
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Whereas the Government of the Republic of Montenegro has

welcomed Ambassador Walker in Montenegro despite

Serbia-Montenegro’s order for him to leave the country,

and has stated that the refusal to allow Louise Arbour

to enter Kosova further strains Serbia-Montenegro’s relationship with the international community;

Whereas under the Agreement on the OSCE Kosova Verification Mission signed on October 16, 1998, by the OSCE

and Serbia-Montenegro, Serbia-Montenegro guaranteed

the safety and security of the Verification Mission and all

its members, but on January 15, 1999, a British monitor

and his translator were wounded by gunfire;

Whereas there have been numerous reports of atrocities committed by the military forces and police of Serbia-Montenegro since the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement, including the brutal murders of at least 45 ethnic Albanians in

Racak, Kosova, in January 1999; and

Whereas NATO’s activation order of October 12, 1998, remains in place should military force be necessary to compel Serbia-Montenegro to halt its ethnic cleansing of

Kosova and comply with the Holbrooke-Milosevic deal

and other international obligations: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that—

3 (1) Serbia-Montenegro has failed to comply

4 with the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement of October

5 13, 1998, and other international obligations; and

6 (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

7 (NATO) should implement its activation order of

8 October 12, 1998, which authorizes and prepares al-
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1 liance air forces to compel Serbia-Montenegro to

2 comply with the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement and

3 other international obligations.

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