A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the constitutional reform process in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bill: 109-sres-400
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arrest
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Democracy
Ethnic relations
Europe
European Union
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Indictments
International courts
Law
Minorities
Negotiations
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Political violence
Regionalism (International organization)
War crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it is time for Bosnia and Herzegovina to work toward creation of a state with more self-sustaining institutions; (2) any agreement on constitutional reform should advance the principles of democracy and tolerance, and bring the country closer to European Union (EU) membership; (3) the United States supports the development of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a unified, democratic state on the path toward Euro-Atlantic integration; (4) all parties to negotiations on the reforms of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina should work together so that a first set of revisions to the Constitution can take effect before national elections in October 2006; (5) all groups responsible for past violence and atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina must accept responsibility for their actions and promote reconciliation; and (6) all levels of government in Bosnia and Herzegovina must comply with the directives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), arrest persons indicted for war crimes, and turn over fugitives to face justice at the International Criminal Tribunal. 

action_date: 2006-03-13
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it is time for Bosnia and Herzegovina to work toward creation of a state with more self-sustaining institutions; (2) any agreement on constitutional reform should advance the principles of democracy and tolerance, and bring the country closer to European Union (EU) membership; (3) the United States supports the development of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a unified, democratic state on the path toward Euro-Atlantic integration; (4) all parties to negotiations on the reforms of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina should work together so that a first set of revisions to the Constitution can take effect before national elections in October 2006; (5) all groups responsible for past violence and atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina must accept responsibility for their actions and promote reconciliation; and (6) all levels of government in Bosnia and Herzegovina must comply with the directives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), arrest persons indicted for war crimes, and turn over fugitives to face justice at the International Criminal Tribunal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2049; text as passed Senate: CR S2049; text of measure as introduced: CR S2042-2043)
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2049; text as passed Senate: CR S2049; text of measure as introduced: CR S2042-2043)
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate