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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 245 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 245

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives commending Israel 
and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for signing an historic 
                   agreement in Cairo on May 4, 1994.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 1994

 Mr. Knollenberg (for himself, Mr. Penny, Mr. Rahall, Ms. Danner, and 
 Mr. Bonior) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives commending Israel 
and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for signing an historic 
                   agreement in Cairo on May 4, 1994.

Whereas on October 30, 1991, a peace conference was convened by the United 
        States and the former Soviet Union in Madrid, Spain, for the purpose of 
        launching direct bilateral and multilateral negotiations designed to 
        lead to a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East;
Whereas the historic Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government 
        Arrangements was signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation 
        Organization and witnessed by the United States and the Russian 
        Federation at the White House on September 13, 1993; and
Whereas Israel and the PLO have been engaged for 8 months in extensive 
        negotiations over the implementation of the Declaration of Principles 
        which have culminated in the Cairo Agreement: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) commends the Government of Israel and the Palestine 
        Liberation Organization for reaching their historic agreement 
        that will pave the way for Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza 
        Strip and the Jericho area;
            (2) encourages all parties to the Middle East peace process 
        to resume bilateral negotiations and work vigorously in the 
        pursuit of a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace;
            (3) calls upon the Administration to more actively engage 
        the United States as a full partner in the Middle East 
        negotiating process;
            (4) urges Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization 
        to move quickly to implement the provisions of the Declaration 
        of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements to get to 
        final status issues, including Jerusalem, refugees, 
        settlements, security arrangements, borders, relations and 
        cooperation with other neighbors, and other issues of common 
        interest ``as soon as possible, but no later than the beginning 
        of the third year of the interim period,'' as stipulated in the 
        Declaration of Principles; and
            (5) urges the Administration, in cooperation with the world 
        community through the mechanism of relevant international 
        financial agencies and institutions, including the World Bank, 
        to provide aid to facilitate the establishment of Palestinian 
        self-government in the Gaza Strip and Jericho area, in 
        accordance with the provisions of the Israeli-PLO agreement.

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