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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 13
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Serbia-Montenegro has failed
to comply with the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement of October 13, 1998,
and that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should imple-
ment its activation order of October 12, 1998, to compel compliance.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. OLVER, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. MORAN of
Virginia, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. HOYER) submitted the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International
Relations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Serbia-Montenegro
has failed to comply with the Holbrooke-Milosevic agree-
ment of October 13, 1998, and that the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) should implement its acti-
vation order of October 12, 1998, to compel compliance.
Whereas on October 13, 1998, United States Ambassador
Richard Holbrooke and Serbia-Montenegro President
Slobodan Milosevic reached an agreement on a cease-fire
in the Kosova conflict, allowing North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) forces, which had been prepared to
employ air power under the activation order of October
12, 1998, to halt Milosevic’s ethnic cleansing of Kosova,
to stand down;
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Whereas under the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement and
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1160 and
1199, numerous units of the Yugoslav National Army,
Serbian police, and Special Forces were to be removed
from Kosova or withdrawn to bases to reestablish ‘‘pre-
crisis’’ force levels, but according to the Department of
State and published reports, many of these units remain
in Kosova, are returning, or have already reengaged in
offensive operations;
Whereas under the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement, Milosevic
was to grant a general amnesty for those who had been
involved in the Kosova conflict, but such an amnesty was
never implemented and up to 2,000 ethnic Albanians re-
main in Serbian jails;
Whereas under the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement and
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1160 and
1199, Serbia-Montenegro is to fully cooperate with the
International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, but
has denied entry to the Tribunal’s chief investigator,
Louise Arbour, and other tribunal representatives;
Whereas under the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement, 2,000
international verifiers of the Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are permitted to
monitor compliance with the Holbrooke-Milosevic agree-
ment and other obligations, but impediments to their
mission have been imposed by the Government of Serbia-
Montenegro according to the mission’s leader, United
States Ambassador William Walker;
Whereas on January 18, 1999, Serbia-Montenegro ordered
Ambassador Walker to leave the country;
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Whereas the Government of the Republic of Montenegro has
welcomed Ambassador Walker in Montenegro despite
Serbia-Montenegro’s order for him to leave the country,
and has stated that the refusal to allow Louise Arbour
to enter Kosova further strains Serbia-Montenegro’s rela-
tionship with the international community;
Whereas under the Agreement on the OSCE Kosova Verifica-
tion Mission signed on October 16, 1998, by the OSCE
and Serbia-Montenegro, Serbia-Montenegro guaranteed
the safety and security of the Verification Mission and all
its members, but on January 15, 1999, a British monitor
and his translator were wounded by gunfire;
Whereas there have been numerous reports of atrocities com-
mitted by the military forces and police of Serbia-Mon-
tenegro since the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement, includ-
ing the brutal murders of at least 45 ethnic Albanians in
Racak, Kosova, in January 1999; and
Whereas NATO’s activation order of October 12, 1998, re-
mains in place should military force be necessary to com-
pel Serbia-Montenegro to halt its ethnic cleansing of
Kosova and comply with the Holbrooke-Milosevic deal
and other international obligations: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that—
(1) Serbia-Montenegro has failed to comply
with the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement of October
13, 1998, and other international obligations; and
(2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) should implement its activation order of
October 12, 1998, which authorizes and prepares al-
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liance air forces to compel Serbia-Montenegro to
comply with the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement and
other international obligations.
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