JOSEPH J DIOGUARDI

99TH CONGRESS

2nd session

CON. RESO 150

Expressing concern over the condition of ethnic Albanians living in the

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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Mr. Dole submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to

the Committee on Foreign Relations

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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing concern over the condition of ethnic Albanians living in the

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Whereas there are more than two million ethnic Albanians living within the international borders of the Socialist Federated Republic of Yugoslavia;

Whereas ethnic Albanians constitute one of the largest ethnicethnic groups within
Yugoslavia;

Whereas the Government of the Socialist Federated Republic of Yugoslavia has suppressed the human and economic rights of ethnic Albanians;

Whereas according to Western press reports since 1981, hundried of ethnic Albanians have been killed and thousands have been arrested by the Yugoslav Government for expressing their views in a nonviolent manner;