IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 187 
Expressing the sense of Congress concerning Uzbekistan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2005 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself and Mr. ACKERMAN) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress concerning Uzbekistan. 
Whereas, on May 13 and 14, 2005, the Government of 
Uzbekistan brutally suppressed an uprising in the eastern 
city of Andijon, in which hundreds of civilians, many of 
them children, were reportedly killed; 
Whereas following the May 2005 violence— 
(1) the Government of Uzbekistan has reportedly 
sealed off outside access to Andijon and has refused to 
open the area to a full and independent investigation into 
the violence; and 
(2) Uzbek authorities have reportedly arrested 
human rights defenders and opposition activists in 
Andijon and have threatened others with arrest or crimi-
nal charges to deter demonstrations against the govern-
ment;
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Whereas, in June 2005, the United States, the European 
Union, NATO’s North Atlantic Council, the United Na-
tions High Commission on Human Rights, and the Orga-
nization for Security and Cooperation in Europe called 
for a credible independent international inquiry into the 
recent violence in Andijon and urged the Government of 
Uzbekistan to prosecute those responsible for civilian 
deaths; 
Whereas Uzbek law enforcement and security ministries have 
been implicated by witnesses as having been involved in 
the deadly crackdown in Andijon; 
Whereas these Uzbek ministries have reportedly received 
training and equipment from counterterrorism programs 
run by the United States; 
Whereas United States security assistance to the Government 
of Uzbekistan, provided by several United States agen-
cies, has been intended in part to improve the abilities of 
soldiers and law enforcement officers from the Uzbek in-
telligence service, military, and national law enforcement 
service; 
Whereas, in July 2004, after a Department of State review 
of democratization in Uzbekistan, former Secretary of 
State Colin Powell determined that the Government of 
Uzbekistan was not fulfilling the terms of a 2002 Stra-
tegic Partnership Framework agreement that mandated 
‘‘substantial and continuing progress’’ on democratiza-
tion, and Secretary Powell did not certify Uzbekistan as 
eligible to receive certain United States assistance; 
Whereas by continuing to suppress human rights and to deny 
citizens peaceful, democratic means of expressing their 
convictions, the Government of Uzbekistan risks fueling
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popular support for violent and extremist movements, 
thus undermining the goals of the Global War on Terror; 
Whereas President George W. Bush, in his Inaugural Ad-
dress, stated that the United States ‘‘will persistently 
clarify the choice before every ruler and every nation: The 
moral choice between oppression, which is always wrong, 
and freedom, which is eternally right. America will not 
pretend that jailed dissidents prefer their chains, or that 
women welcome humiliation and servitude, or that any 
human being aspires to live at the mercy of bullies. We 
will encourage reform in other governments by making 
clear that success in our relations will require the decent 
treatment of their own people’’; and 
Whereas Congress has repeatedly expressed its desire to see 
deeper reform in Uzbekistan and has conditioned certain 
United 
States 
assistance 
to 
the 
Government 
of 
Uzbekistan on its progress in meeting human rights and 
democracy commitments made to the United States: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Government of Uzbekistan should take 
immediate steps to comply with calls for an inde-
pendent international inquiry into the violence in 
Andijon and the prosecution of those individuals re-
sponsible for civilian deaths; 
(2) the Government of Uzbekistan should accel-
erate democratic reforms and fulfill its human rights 
obligations by—
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(A) releasing from prison all individuals 
jailed for peaceful political activism or the non-
violent expression of their political or religious 
beliefs; 
(B) fully investigating any credible allega-
tions of torture and prosecuting those individ-
uals responsible; 
(C) permitting the free and unfettered 
functioning of independent media outlets, inde-
pendent political parties, and nongovernmental 
organizations, whether officially registered or 
not; 
(D) permitting the free exercise of reli-
gious beliefs and ceasing the persecution of 
members of religious groups and denominations 
not registered with the government; 
(E) holding free, transparent, competitive, 
and fair elections; and 
(F) making publicly available documenta-
tion of their revenues and expenditures and 
punishing those individuals engaged in official 
corruption; and 
(3) the President, the Secretary of State, and 
the Secretary of Defense should—
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(A) condition diplomatic engagement with 
and security assistance to the Government of 
Uzbekistan based on Uzbekistan’s compliance 
with calls for an independent international in-
quiry into the violence in Andijon, and the pros-
ecution of those individuals responsible for civil-
ian deaths; 
(B) continue to raise at the highest levels 
with the Government of Uzbekistan the concern 
of the United States for greater respect for 
human rights and democratic freedoms in 
Uzbekistan and related conditions for United 
States assistance; 
(C) take into account the progress achieved 
by the Government of Uzbekistan in upholding 
human rights and civil liberties and imple-
menting political reforms when determining the 
allocation of United States assistance for and 
the nature of United States political and mili-
tary engagement with Uzbekistan; 
(D) ensure that United States assistance 
does 
not 
benefit 
the 
security 
forces 
of 
Uzbekistan that have been implicated in viola-
tions of human rights and, in particular, the vi-
olence in Andijon; and
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(E) support those individuals, nongovern-
mental organizations, and media outlets in 
Uzbekistan working to establish a more open 
society and a transparent, democratic system of 
government. 
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