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severance in building a society based on the rule of law, 
respect for human rights, and a free market economy; 
Whereas the people of the Republic of Bulgaria strive to pre-
serve and continue their tradition of ethnic and religious 
tolerance; 
Whereas the Bulgarian Parliament, the Bulgarian Orthodox 
Church, King Boris III, politicians, intellectuals, and citi-
zens all played a part in the resistance to Nazi pressure 
to carry out the deportation of Jews living in Bulgaria 
by preventing the deportation of 50,000 Jews to Nazi 
concentration camps; 
Whereas Bulgaria was the only European country during 
World War II to increase its Jewish population; 
Whereas Bulgaria experienced its first free election after the 
end of the Cold War in June 1990; 
Whereas North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) heads 
of state and member governments, meeting in Prague on 
November 21, 2002, invited Bulgaria into NATO after 
verified reforms of Bulgaria’s political, economic and 
military systems were completed in preparation for mem-
bership; 
Whereas Bulgaria was accepted as a member of NATO in 
April 2004, and has shown determination in enacting the 
continued reforms necessary to be a productive, contrib-
uting member of the Alliance; 
Whereas Bulgaria was welcomed into the European Union in 
January 2007; 
Whereas the World Bank recently classified Bulgaria as one 
of the top 10 nations to have undertaken important eco-
nomic reforms to attract business investment;
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Whereas Bulgaria is the only European Union nation to be 
listed in the top 10 of the World Bank’s classification; 
Whereas Bulgaria has promoted stability in the Balkans by 
rendering support to Operation Allied Force and Oper-
ation Joint Guardian led by NATO, and by providing 
peacekeeping troops to the Stabilization Force in Bosnia 
and Herzegovina (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
and to the Kosovo Force (KFOR) in Kosovo; 
Whereas Bulgaria initiated a historic strengthening of mili-
tary relations by inviting the United States Armed 
Forces to begin conducting joint exercises with its forces 
in Bulgaria, the first voluntary defense cooperation 
agreement with foreign troops throughout Bulgarian his-
tory, including the 1,300 years before its declaration of 
independence; and 
Whereas Bulgaria has stood firmly by the United States in 
the cause of advancing freedom worldwide during its ten-
ure as a nonpermanent member of the United Nations 
Security Council: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the Republic of Bulgaria for its ef-
forts to strengthen relations with the United States over 
the past 100 years; 
(2) recognizes the continued contributions of Bul-
garia toward bringing peace, stability, and prosperity to 
the region of South Eastern Europe, including its con-
tributions to regional security and democratic stability;
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(3) salutes the willing cooperation of Bulgaria and 
its increasingly vital role as a valuable ally in the war 
against international terrorism; and 
(4) encourages opportunities for greater cooperation 
between the United States and Bulgaria in the political, 
military, economic, and cultural spheres. 
Attest: 
Clerk.