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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 169

Expressing United States policy toward Romania.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 2, 1999

Mr. GILMAN (for himself and Mr. MICA) submitted the following concurrent

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing United States policy toward Romania.

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring),

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

4 The Congress finds the following:

5 (1) Romania has negotiated, agreed to, and

6 ratified an important bilateral treaty with the neigh7 boring Republic of Hungary that recognizes the bor8 ders of those two countries and provides for the pro9 tection of the civil liberties of citizens who are mem10 bers of national minorities.

11 (2) Romania has negotiated, agreed to, and

12 ratified an important bilateral treaty with neigh-
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1 boring Ukraine that recognizes the borders of those

2 two countries.

3 (3) The November 1996 electoral change in the

4 Government of Romania was the first such change

5 under a democratic political system in Romania

6 since 1937.

7 (4) Romania was the first country to join the

8 ‘‘Partnership for Peace’’ program of the North At9 lantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in January

10 1994, has since become an active participant in that

11 program, is a member of NATO’s Euro-Atlantic

12 Partnership Council, and has stated its strong inter13 est in admission into NATO and into the European

14 Union.

15 (5) The Government of Romania has worked to

16 ensure civilian control over its armed forces and has

17 begun to implement military reform through force

18 reductions, reorganization of officer ranks, and

19 adoption of NATO-compatible procedures.

20 (6) Romania has provided military personnel

21 for participation in and support of multinational

22 peacekeeping operations.

23 (7) The Government of Romania has stated its

24 continuing support for the mission of NATO in sup25 porting democratization and stability across Europe.
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1 SEC. 2. POLICY TOWARD ROMANIA.

2 It is the policy of the United States—

3 (1) to promote the development in Romania of

4 a market-based economy and a democratic govern5 ment that respects the rights of all of its citizens,

6 regardless of ethnic background;

7 (2) to support the territorial integrity of Roma8 nia and to insist that the territorial integrity of Ro9 mania be respected by all neighboring countries and

10 by all political movements within and outside Roma11 nia; and

12 (3) to support the integration of Romania into

13 pan-European and trans-Atlantic economic and secu14 rity institutions.

15 SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

16 It is the sense of the Congress that—

17 (1) the United States should support efforts by

18 Romania to integrate into pan-European and trans19 Atlantic institutions and should view such integra20 tion as an important factor in consolidating demo21 cratic government in Romania;

22 (2) Romania is to be commended for its work

23 to achieve bilateral treaties with the Republic of

24 Hungary and Ukraine and the Government of Ro25 mania should now work expeditiously to negotiate,

26 agree to, and ratify a bilateral treaty with the neigh-
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1 boring Republic of Moldova that recognizes the bor2 ders of those two countries;

3 (3) the Government of Romania should accel4 erate necessary economic reforms, particularly pri5 vatization of state-owned enterprises under a fair

6 and transparent process and privatization of the ag7 ricultural sector to include privatization of land and

8 of major agri-business enterprises;

9 (4) the Government of Romania should, in a

10 concrete manner, address corrupt and criminal ac11 tivities at all levels;

12 (5) the United States should undertake to as13 sist Romania to address the costs of disruptions in

14 commerce in southeastern Europe caused by the

15 conflict in neighboring Serbia; and

16 (6) the United States should join other official

17 creditors of Romania in providing Romania with re18 lief from such official debt through rescheduling

19 and, where appropriate, forgiveness.

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