PRINTER'S NO. 2539
No. 203 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY NOYE, NOVEMBER 25, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, NOVEMBER 25, 1985
A RESOLUTION
1 Congratulating President Ronald Reagan on a successful Summit
2 meeting with General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev of the
3 U.S.S.R.
4 WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary
5 Mikhail Gorbachev met in Geneva to forge a new beginning in
6 relations between our two countries; and
7 WHEREAS, These meetings produced a better understanding
8 between the leaders of the concerns each country has relative to
9 the policies of the other; and
10 WHEREAS, President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev
11 agreed to an objective to reduce offensive nuclear weapons by
12 50% and to accelerate work on arms talks to prevent an arms race
13 in space and to terminate it here on earth; and
14 WHEREAS, The Summit talks also produced agreements to move
15 ahead toward accords designed to ban chemical weapons, to
16 prevent further nuclear proliferation, to reduce the employment
17 of conventionally armed troops in Europe, and to establish
18 better communication between our countries in order to reduce
1 the risk of accidental nuclear confrontations; and
2 WHEREAS, President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev
3 signed a mutual agreement for cultural exchanges, including
4 increased travel between our two countries designed to create
5 better understanding between our peoples; and
6 WHEREAS, President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev
7 agreed to continue their important personal dialogue through an
8 exchange of visits, including more substantive negotiation over
9 the next two years; and
10 WHEREAS, The agreements and understandings worked out between
11 the two leaders should have a positive affect on current and
12 future negotiations between our two countries in many areas; and
13 WHEREAS, The success of these Summit meetings can be summed
14 up by the words of General Secretary Gorbachev when he asserted
15 "the whole world has become safer to live in" as a result of
16 these meetings; therefore be it
17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
18 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania congratulate President Ronald
19 Reagan for his success at the Summit in reducing world tension
20 and creating a new basis upon which our two countries may begin
21 to reduce the threat of nuclear war; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
23 the President of the United States, to the presiding officers of
24 each house of Congress and to each member of Congress from
25 Pennsylvania.
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