IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 650 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the former Yugo-
slav 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 
name, for all uses, for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2012 
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. SIRES, Mr. GRIMM, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 
and Mr. MCGOVERN) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
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 
name, for all uses, for the former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia. 
Whereas on April 8, 1993, the United Nations General As-
sembly admitted as a member the former Yugoslav Re-
public of Macedonia, under the name the ‘‘former Yugo-
slav 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 be-
tween Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Mac-
edonia and regional stability; 
Whereas Greece is a strategic partner and ally of the United 
States in bringing political stability and economic devel-
opment to the Balkan region, having invested over $20 
billion in the countries of the region, thereby creating 
over 200,000 new jobs, and having contributed over $750 
million in development aid for the region; 
Whereas Greece has invested over $1 billion in the former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, thereby creating more 
than 20,000 new jobs and having contributed $110 mil-
lion in development aid; 
Whereas H. Res. 356 of 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 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) 
heads of state and government unanimously agreed in 
Bucharest (April 3, 2008) that ‘‘. . . within the frame-
work of the UN, many actors have worked hard to re-
solve the name issue, but the Alliance has noted with re-
gret that these talks have not produced a successful out-
come. 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 negotiations to 
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be resumed without delay and expect them to be con-
cluded as soon as possible’’; 
Whereas the heads of state and government participating in 
the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Strasbourg/ 
Kehl (April 4, 2009), as well as the heads of state and 
government participating in the meeting of the North At-
lantic Council in Lisbon (November 20, 2010), reiterated 
their unanimous support for the agreement at the Bucha-
rest Summit ‘‘to extend an invitation to the former Yugo-
slav Republic of Macedonia as soon as a mutually accept-
able solution to the name issue has been reached within 
the framework of the UN, and urge intensified efforts to-
wards that goal.’’; 
Whereas the government in Skopje in the former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia, through both its policies, activi-
ties, and rhetoric over the last few years, has been vio-
lating the spirit and the letter of the Interim Agreement 
(IA) of 1995 between Greece and the former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia, thus undermining the friendly re-
lations between the two countries; and 
Whereas authorities in the former Yugoslav Republic of Mac-
edonia urged their citizens to boycott Greek investments 
in the country and not to travel to Greece: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) urges the former Yugoslav Republic of Mac-
edonia to work within the framework of the United 
Nations process with Greece to achieve longstanding 
United States and United Nations policy goals by 
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