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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 169 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of the former 

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia should work within the framework of 

the United Nations process with Greece to achieve longstanding United 

States and United Nations policy goals of finding a mutually acceptable 

composite name, with a geographical qualifier and for all international 

uses for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 4, 2009 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. SNOWE, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Ms. MIKULSKI) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government 

of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia should 

work within the framework of the United Nations process 

with Greece to achieve longstanding United States and 

United Nations policy goals of finding a mutually acceptable composite name, with a geographical qualifier and 

for all international uses for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 

Whereas, on April 8, 1993, the United Nations General Assembly admitted as a member the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, under the name the ‘‘former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’’; 


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Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 817 

(1993) states that the international dispute over the 

name must be resolved to maintain peaceful relations between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and regional stability; 

Whereas Greece is a strategic partner and ally of the United 

States in bringing political stability and economic development to the Balkan region, having invested over 

$20,000,000,000 in the countries of the region, thereby 

creating over 200,000 new jobs, and having contributed 

over $750,000,000 in development aid for the region; 

Whereas Greece has invested over $1,000,000,000 in the 

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, thereby creating 

more than 10,000 new jobs and having contributed 

$110,000,000 in development aid; 

Whereas Senate Resolution 300, introduced in the 110th 

Congress, urged the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to abstain from hostile activities and stop the utilization of materials that violate provisions of the United 

Nations-brokered Interim Agreement between the former 

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece regarding 

‘‘hostile activities or propaganda’’; 

Whereas NATO’s Heads of State and Government unanimously agreed in Bucharest on April 3, 2008, that ‘‘. . . 

within the framework of the U.N., many actors have 

worked hard to resolve the name issue, but the Alliance 

has noted with regret that these talks have not produced 

a successful outcome. Therefore we agreed that an invitation to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will 

be extended as soon as a mutually acceptable solution to 

the name issue has been reached. We encourage the neVerDate Nov 24 2008 23:47 Jun 04, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR169.IS SR169

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gotiations to be resumed without delay and expect them 

to be concluded as soon as possible’’; 

Whereas the Heads of State and Government participating in 

the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Strasbourg/ 

Kehl on April 4, 2009, reiterated their unanimous support for the agreement at the Bucharest Summit ‘‘to extend an invitation to the former Yugoslav Republic of 

Macedonia as soon as a mutually acceptable solution to 

the name issue has been reached within the framework 

of the U.N., and urge intensified efforts towards that 

goal.’’; and 

Whereas authorities in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia urged their citizens to boycott Greek investments 

in the country and not to travel to Greece: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) urges the Government of the former Yugo3 slav Republic of Macedonia 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 finding a mutually 

7 acceptable composite name, with a geographical 

8 qualifier and for all international uses for the former 

9 Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; and 

10 (2) urges the Government of the former Yugo11 slav Republic of Macedonia to abstain from hostile 

12 activities and stop violating provisions of the United 

13 Nations-brokered Interim Agreement between the 


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1 former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece 

2 regarding ‘‘hostile activities or propaganda’’. 

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