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H.Con.Res. 137

Concurrent ResolutionFederalHouseIn Committee
H.Con.Res.137 - Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Turkey's claims of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea.
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Committee
Latest Action · April 26, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats.
Congress
109th (2005–2007)
Introduced
April 21, 2005
Cosponsors (31)
24D 7R
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Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the maritime boundaries established in the 1923 Lausanne Treaty of Peace, the 1932 Convention and Protocol Between Italy and Turkey, and the 1947 Paris Treaty of Peace, under which the Dodecanese islands and adjacent islets were ceded by Italy to Greece, are the borders between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean Sea; and (2) any party, including Turkey, objecting to such boundaries should seek redress in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague.

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