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Whereas Georgia has been a reliable partner and ally in en-
hancing global peace and stability with its significant 
contribution to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; 
Whereas the United States-Georgia Charter on Strategic 
Partnership, signed in January 2009, outlines the impor-
tance of the bilateral relationship as well as the intent of 
both countries to expand democracy and economic pro-
grams, enhance defense and security cooperation, further 
trade and energy cooperation, and build people-to-people 
cultural exchanges; 
Whereas in October 2010, at the meeting of the United 
States-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership, Sec-
retary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stated, ‘‘the 
United States will not waver in its support for Georgia’s 
sovereignty and territorial integrity’’; 
Whereas successive United States Administrations have sup-
ported Georgia’s aspirations to join the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO); 
Whereas it was declared by the Heads of State and Govern-
ment participating in the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucha-
rest, and reaffirmed in 2009 at the Summit in 
Strasbourg and Kehl and in 2010 at the Summit in Lis-
bon, that Georgia will become a member of NATO; 
Whereas the August 2008, military conflict between Russia 
and Georgia resulted in civilian and military causalities, 
the violation of Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial in-
tegrity, and increased the number of internally displaced 
persons there; 
Whereas large numbers of the Georgian population remain 
forcefully displaced from the Abkhazia and South Ossetia 
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regions of Georgia as a result of the August 2008 mili-
tary conflict as well as the earlier conflicts in the 1990s; 
Whereas since 1993, the territorial integrity of Georgia has 
been reaffirmed by the international community in 36 
United Nations Security Council resolutions; 
Whereas the August 12, 2008, ceasefire agreement negotiated 
by the European Union Presidency and agreed to by the 
Presidents of Georgia and the Russian Federation, pro-
vides that all Russian troops shall be withdrawn to pre- 
conflict positions; 
Whereas the Russian Federation opposed consensus on the 
extension of the Organization for Security and Coopera-
tion in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Georgia, vetoed the 
extension of the United Nations Observer Mission in 
Georgia (UNOMIG) and blocked the work of the Euro-
pean Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in the occupied 
Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia; 
Whereas the United States supports Georgia’s independence, 
sovereignty, and territorial integrity within the inter-
nationally recognized borders of Georgia; 
Whereas Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stated in 
Tbilisi on July 5, 2010, that, ‘‘We continue to call for 
Russia to abide by the August 2008 ceasefire commit-
ment . . . including ending the occupation and with-
drawing Russian troops from South Ossetia and 
Abkhazia to their pre-conflict positions’’; 
Whereas the White House released a Fact Sheet on July 24, 
2010, calling for ‘‘Russia to end its occupation of the 
Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia . . .’’ 
and for ‘‘a return of international observers to the two 
occupied regions of Georgia’’; 
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Whereas Vice President Joseph Biden stated in Tbilisi in 
July 2009 that the United States ‘‘will not recognize 
Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states’’; 
Whereas Human Rights Watch concluded in its 2011 World 
Report that ‘‘Russia continued to exercise effective con-
trol over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, preventing inter-
national observers’ access and vetoing international mis-
sions working there’’; 
Whereas Human Rights Watch concluded in its 2011 World 
Report that ‘‘Russia continued to occupy Georgia’s 
breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and 
strengthened its military presence in the region by estab-
lishing a military base and placing an advanced surface- 
to-air missile system in Abkhazia’’; 
Whereas the Senate of the 112th United States Congress 
adopted a resolution in July 2011 affirming the United 
States’ support for the sovereignty, independence, and 
territorial integrity of the country of Georgia and calling 
upon Russia to remove its occupying forces from 
Abkhazia and South Ossetia; 
Whereas the United States Helsinki Commission called Rus-
sia to cease its continuing, illegal occupation of the South 
Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of Georgia and allow those 
who fled their homes during the 2008 war to go back 
without preconditions; 
Whereas the Russian Federation therefore remains in viola-
tion of August 12, 2008, ceasefire agreement; 
Whereas at the April 15, 2011, meeting in Berlin, Germany, 
between the Georgia foreign minister and foreign min-
ister of NATO, Secretary of State Clinton stated, ‘‘U.S. 
support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity 
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remains steadfast . . . . We share Georgian concerns re-
garding recent Russian activities that can negatively af-
fect regional stability.’’; 
Whereas on November 23, 2010, Georgian President Mikheil 
Saakashvili committed before the European Parliament 
that ‘‘Georgia will never use force to restore its territorial 
integrity and sovereignty’’; 
Whereas the Government of Georgia has demonstrated its 
overall commitment to democratic and economic reforms; 
Whereas Georgia has initiated positive developments and 
commitment in the areas of constitutional reforms, 
strengthening the role of Parliament, institutionalizing 
judicial independence, and utilizing international election 
organizations and transparency; and 
Whereas OSCE determined that Georgia’s May 2010 munic-
ipal elections ‘‘were marked by clear improvements and 
efforts by the authorities to address problems occurring 
during the election process’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports strengthened United States en-
gagements with the Republic of Georgia aimed at 
helping Georgia enhance its security and to restore 
its territorial integrity through exclusively peaceful 
means; 
(2) views with particular gravity direct threats 
to Georgia’s security and encourages the United 
States Government, in the event of such a threat, to 
consult promptly with the Government of Georgia 
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with respect to what support, diplomatic or other-
wise, or assistance it can extend to Georgia; 
(3) supports the implementation of the United 
States-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership, 
with a mutual desire to strengthen the bilateral rela-
tionship across political, economic, trade, energy, 
cultural, scientific, people-to-people, defense, and se-
curity fields; 
(4) supports Georgia’s North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) membership aspirations and 
to advance further implementation of decisions taken 
by the allies at the NATO Summits in Bucharest, 
Strasbourg and Kehl, and Lisbon with regard to 
Georgia’s NATO membership; 
(5) affirms that it is the policy of the United 
States to support the sovereignty, independence, and 
territorial integrity of Georgia and the inviolability 
of its borders, and to recognize Abkhazia and South 
Ossetia as regions of Georgia illegally occupied by 
the Russian Federation and calls on the Russian 
Federation to end the occupation of those regions 
and fulfill all terms and conditions of the August 12, 
2008, ceasefire agreement; 
(6) calls upon the Russian Federation, Ven-
ezuela, Nicaragua, and Nauru to reverse the rec-
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