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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 251
To express the sense of the Congress that the President should report to
the Congress on the situation in Kosova and on his recommendations
on ways to enhance international protection of the rights of the people
of Kosova.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 23, 1994
Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, and Mr. SHAYS) submitted the fol-
lowing concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To express the sense of the Congress that the President
should report to the Congress on the situation in Kosova
and on his recommendations on ways to enhance inter-
national protection of the rights of the people of Kosova.
Whereas the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia adopted in 1946 and the amended Yugoslav
constitution adopted in 1974 described the status of
Kosova as one of the eight constituent territorial units of
the Yugoslav Federation;
Whereas the Government of Yugoslavia unlawfully abolished
the autonomous status of Kosova through the adoption of
a constitutional amendment without the consent of the
people of Kosova on March 23, 1989;
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Whereas in 1990 the Parliament and Government of Kosova
were abolished by further unlawful amendments to the
Constitution of Yugoslavia and over 100,000 ethnic Alba-
nians in government, the police, enterprises, media, edu-
cational institutions, and hospitals were removed from
their jobs and replaced by Serbs;
Whereas Serbian police have arrested hundreds of Kosovar
Albanians for allegedly engaging in nationalist activities,
often beating them brutally, and occasionally fatally;
Whereas the people of Kosova have reacted to the unlawful
violation of their rights and Serbian repression by estab-
lishing peacefully a parallel set of political and social in-
stitutions in Kosova, approving in 1990 a constitution,
and electing Ibrahim Rugova as President;
Whereas the Government of Serbia, in July 1993, ceased co-
operation with the missions of human rights monitors
sent to Kosova by the Conference on Security and Co-
operation in Europe and by the European Community;
and
Whereas the Government of Serbia has ignored United Na-
tions Security Council Resolution 855, of August 1993,
which calls upon the government to allow the continu-
ation of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in
Europe mission and to guarantee the safety of and
unimpeded access for Conference on Security and Co-
operation in Europe monitors: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the
President should report to the Congress within 60 days
on—
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(1) the situation in Kosova, including the man-
ner in which Serbia’s policies have affected the eco-
nomic, social, and cultural rights of the majority in
Kosova;
(2) measures to provide humanitarian assist-
ance to the population of Kosova and to Kosovar
refugees who have fled Kosova; and
(3) his recommendations (taking into account
the views of other United Nations Security Council
members and the European Union) on what modali-
ties may be pursued, including the possibility of es-
tablishing an international protectorate for Kosova
together with other members of the United Nations
Security Council and the European Union, to imple-
ment international protection of the rights of the
people of Kosova, reestablish an international pres-
ence in Kosova to monitor more effectively the situa-
tion there, and secure for the people of Kosova their
right to democratic self-government.
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