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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 125
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should suspend the
proposed sale of the Army Tactical Missile System to the Government
of the Republic of Turkey until that government takes significant and
concrete steps to end the military occupation of Cyprus, lift its blockade
of Armenia, cease its ongoing campaign against the Kurdish people
and demonstrate progress on the protection of human and civil rights
within Turkey.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 22, 1995
Mr. PALLONE submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on International Relations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should
suspend the proposed sale of the Army Tactical Missile
System to the Government of the Republic of Turkey
until that government takes significant and concrete
steps to end the military occupation of Cyprus, lift its
blockade of Armenia, cease its ongoing campaign against
the Kurdish people and demonstrate progress on the
protection of human and civil rights within Turkey.
Whereas the Administration has proposed the foreign military
sale to the Republic of Turkey of 120 Army Tactical Mis-
siles (ATACMS), a ground-launched surface-to-surface,
conventional, semi-guided ballistic missile which carries
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an anti-personnel/anti-material cluster warhead capable
of spraying shrapnel over a 150-square-meter area;
Whereas this weapon system has not previously been sold to
any other foreign government;
Whereas the Government of Turkey is conducting a war
against the Kurds within Turkey and has made incur-
sions into Kurdish areas of Iraq, resulting in thousands
of civilian casualties and millions of refugees;
Whereas Turkey continues its occupation of one-third of the
territory of Cyprus, having declared a ‘‘Northern Repub-
lic of Cyprus,’’ an entity that has no international rec-
ognition, and resisting good-faith efforts of the United
States, Greece, and other nations and international bod-
ies to end the conflict;
Whereas the Government of Turkey maintains a blockade of
its border with the Republic of Armenia, which has
blocked the delivery of American humanitarian aid to Ar-
menia and complicated its delivery;
Whereas evidence has linked Turkey to the unauthorized
transfer of United States and North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization weapons to the Republic of Azerbaijan;
Whereas international human rights organizations continue
to cite Turkey for egregious violations of the basic human
rights and freedoms of its own citizens; and
Whereas the sale of this weapons system to the Government
of Turkey is thus objectionable on many grounds: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the President should suspend the pro-
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posed sale of the Army Tactical Missile System to the Gov-
ernment of Turkey until—
(1) such Government moves to end its occupa-
tion of Cyprus;
(2) lifts its embargo of Armenia;
(3) ceases its military campaign against the
Kurdish people; and
(4) takes constructive steps to improve its do-
mestic human rights record.
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