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one of the most sacred monuments of Greek Orthodox
Christianity and currently used as a museum, into a
mosque.
(3) On the night of March 30, 1994, 3 bombs were
discovered in the building where the Patriarch lives.
(4) The Turkish press and some politicians have
been launching a well-orchestrated campaign against the
Ecumenical Patriarchate accusing it of trying to become
an independent State or that it wishes to revive the Byz-
antine Empire. These accusations resulted in provoking
dangerous reactions among the Moslem population in
Turkey against the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
(5) Negative statements have been directed toward
the Patriarchate by the Mayor of the Fatih District of
Istanbul.
Whereas His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew and those
associated with the Ecumenical Patriarchate are Turkish
citizens and thus must be protected under Turkish law
against blatant and unprovoked attacks toward ethnic
minorities;
Whereas the Turkish Government arbitrarily closed the Halki
Patriarchal School of Theology in 1971;
Whereas the closing of the Halki School of Theology is a seri-
ous concern for the Ecumenical Patriarchate;
Whereas Turkish law requires that the Patriarch, as well as
all the clergy, faculty, and students be citizens of Turkey,
and the Halki School of Theology is the only educational
institution for Orthodox Christian leadership;
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Whereas the unimpeded continued provocations against the
Ecumenical Patriarchate and the closing of the Halki
School of Theology are in violation of International Trea-
ties to which Turkey has been a signatory, including the
Treaty of Lausanne, the 1968 Protocol, the Helsinki
Final Act-1975, and the Charter of Paris;
Whereas these consequences have severely compromised and
threatened the safety and security of the Ecumenical Pa-
triarchate and the future existence of this Orthodox In-
stitution in Turkey;
Whereas the Ecumenical Patriarchate is the spiritual center
for more than 250,000,000 Orthodox Christians world-
wide, including approximately 5,000,000 in the United
States; and
Whereas it is in the best interest of the United States to pre-
vent further incidents regarding the Ecumenical Patri-
archate and in the overall goals of the United States to
establish peaceful relations with and among the many im-
portant nations of the world that have substantial Ortho-
dox Christian populations: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the United States should use its influence
with the Turkish Government and as a permanent
member of the United Nations Security Council to
suggest that the Turkish Government—
(A) ensure the proper protection for the
Patriarchate and all Orthodox faithful residing
in Turkey;
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(B) assure that positive steps are taken to
reopen the Halki Patriarchal School of Theol-
ogy;
(C) provide for the proper protection and
safety of the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Pa-
triarchate personnel;
(D) establish conditions that would prevent
the reoccurence of past terrorist activities and
vandalism and other personal threats against
the Patriarch;
(E) establish conditions to ensure that the
Patriarchate is free to carry out its religious
mission; and
(F) do everything possible to find and pun-
ish the perpetrators of any provocative and ter-
rorist acts against the Patriarchate.
(2) The Administration should report to the
Congress the status and progress of the concerns in
paragraph (1) on an annual basis.
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