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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2300

To prohibit all United States military and economic assistance for Turkey

until the Turkish Government takes certain actions to resolve the Cyprus

problem and complies with its obligations under international law.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 20, 1994

Mr. PRESSLER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To prohibit all United States military and economic assistance for Turkey until the Turkish Government takes

certain actions to resolve the Cyprus problem and complies with its obligations under international law.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE FOR TURKEY

4 UNTIL CERTAIN CONDITIONS MET.

5 (a) ASSISTANCE TERMINATED UNTIL CONDITIONS

6 MET.—Military and economic assistance may not be pro7 vided for Turkey until the President certifies to the Con8 gress that—
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1 (1) the Government of Turkey has released, re2 turned, or accounted for the 5 Americans who were

3 abducted by the Turkish invasion forces in 1974 and

4 the 1,614 Greek Cypriots who have been missing

5 since the Turkish invasion;

6 (2) the churches in the occupied parts of Cy7 prus that were illegally converted to mosques in vio8 lation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions have been re9 stored to their original condition for Christian

10 worship;

11 (3) the Government of Turkey has authorized a

12 census of the colonists on Cyprus to be taken under

13 the auspices of the United Nations;

14 (4) all Turkish military forces, and all illegal

15 Turkish colonists, have been withdrawn from

16 Cyprus;

17 (5) the Government of Turkey has returned to

18 the Government of Cyprus under the auspices of the

19 United Nations the formerly Greek Cypriot area of

20 Famagusta/Varosha for the immediate resettlement

21 of displaced persons;

22 (6) the negotiations under United Nations aus23 pices have resulted in significant progress towards

24 establishing a constitutional democracy in Cyprus
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1 based on majority rule, the rule of law, and the pro2 tection of minority rights;

3 (7) the Government of Turkey is in compliance

4 with paragraph 4 of Article 2 of the United Nations

5 Charter and with relevant United Nations resolu6 tions on Cyprus, including—

7 (A) General Assembly Resolution 3212

8 (XXIX) of 1974 which was endorsed by Secu9 rity Council Resolution 365 (1974),

10 (B) Security Council Resolutions 353, 354,

11 357, 358, and 360 (1974), and

12 (C) Security Council Resolutions 774 and

13 789 (1992);

14 (8) the Government of Turkey is in compliance

15 with the Preamble and Article 1 of the North Atlan16 tic Treaty and with the Helsinki Final Act of the

17 Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe;

18 and

19 (9) the Government of Turkey is not engaged

20 in a consistent pattern of gross violations of inter21 nationally recognized human rights (within the

22 meaning of sections 116 and 502B of the Foreign

23 Assistance Act of 1961).
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1 (b) MILITARY AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE DE2 FINED.—As used in this section, the term ‘‘military and

3 economic assistance’’ means—

4 (1) any assistance under chapter 2 of part II of

5 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to mili6 tary assistance), including any transfer of excess de7 fense articles under sections 516 through 519;

8 (2) any assistance under chapter 4 of that part

9 (relating to the economic support fund);

10 (3) any assistance under chapter 5 of that part

11 (relating to international military education and

12 training); and

13 (4) any assistance under the Arms Export Con14 trol Act.

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