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| THE NATIONAL COORDINATED EFFORT OF HELLENES (CEH)-Support in U.S. Congress Growing for Resolution Calling for End to the Macedonian Issue-31 Members Cosponsor in Just One Week |
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 20 � A total of 40 Members of Congress (listed below) have now cosponsored a resolution in the U.S. Congress calling for an end to negative and nationalist propaganda in FYROM and calling on FYROM to work with the UN and Greece to find a mutually acceptable official name for FYROM. The full text of this resolution, H. Res. 521, is below.
�We would like to thank Greek-Americans across the country who responded to the call to urge their Member of Congress to cosponsor this resolution. We would also like to thank the 40 Members of Congress who have added their names to this important resolution,� said Andy Manatos, President of CEH.
Cosponsors of H. Res. 521 [As of 12/20/05]
1. Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ)
2. Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
3. Rep. Mike Bilirakis (R-FL)
4. Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY)
5. Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
6. Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO)
7. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY)
8. Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)
9. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
10. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (D-MA)
11. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
12. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
13. Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
14. Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
15. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
16. Rep. James Langevin (D-RI)
17. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
18. Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI)
19. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)
20. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
21. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-MO)
22. Rep. James McGovern (D-MA)
23. Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY)
24. Rep. Marty Meehan (D-MA)
25. Rep. Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
26. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
27. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
28. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
29. Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)
30. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
31. Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ)
32. Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
33. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA)
34. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
35. Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA)
36. Rep. John Tierney (D-MA)
37. Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)
38. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
39. Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA)
40. Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. Res. 521
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) should cease its distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and should work with the United Nations and Greece to find a mutually acceptable official name for the FYROM.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 27, 2005
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself and Mr. BILIRAKIS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) should cease its distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and should work with the United Nations and Greece to find a mutually acceptable official name for the FYROM.
Whereas on April 8, 1993, the United Nations General Assembly admitted as a member the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), not as the `Republic of Macedonia , but as the `Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ;
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 817 (1993) states that the dispute over the name must be resolved to maintain peaceful relations between Greece and the FYROM;
Whereas on September 13, 1995, Greece and the FYROM signed a United Nations brokered Interim Accord;
Whereas since its admittance to the United Nations in 1993, the FYROM has allowed the publishing of negative and nationalist propaganda, including in school textbooks;
Whereas students are being taught that parts of Greece, including Greek Macedonia, belong to the FYROM;
Whereas some textbooks and maps show that a `Greater Macedonia extends south to Mount Olympus in Greece and east to Mount Pirin in Bulgaria; and
Whereas this misinformation instills hostility in portions of the population of the FYROM toward Greece: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives�
(1) urges the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to observe its obligations under Article 7 of the 1995 United Nations brokered Interim Accord and take steps to halt the proliferation of negative propaganda toward Greece and review the contents of textbooks, maps, and teaching aids to ensure that such tools are stating accurate information; and
(2) urges the FYROM to work within the framework of the United Nations process to reach a mutually acceptable permanent name.
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