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S.Res. 339

ResolutionFederalSenateIn Committee
A resolution urging the President to immediately instruct the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to respectively begin initiating consultations with other members of the United Nations Security Council concerning a United Nations Security Council Resolution for Iraq, and with the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) concerning a mandate for a NATO commitment for security in Iraq, with the goal of securing both not later than May 15, 2004.
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Latest Action · April 8, 2004
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4055-4056)
Introduced
April 8, 2004
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States that the Senate: (1) applauds the dedication, professionalism, and patriotism of U.S. military members serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world, and remains committed to providing them with the resources that they need; (2) reaffirms its commitment to the creation of a democratic Iraq; (3) recognizes the important role that a United Nations mandate to assist the new Iraqi Government and a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) mandate for peacekeeping in Iraq could play in achieving these goals; (4) urges the President to instruct the Secretary of State to begin consultations with other members of the United Nations Security Council concerning the United Nations mandate for Iraq, with the goal of securing a United Nations Security Council Resolution authorizing such mandate not later than May 15, 2004; and (5) urges the President to instruct the Secretary of Defense to initiate consultations with the Secretary General of NATO and other NATO members with the goal of securing a decision by NATO, not later than May 15, 2004, to deploy forces in Iraq beginning June 30, 2004, in order to assist Iraqi military and security forces and to establish and maintain a security umbrella to facilitate the work of the United Nations and the interim Iraqi government in preparing for nationwide elections in 2005.

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