PRINTER'S NO. 2348
No. 180 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, OCTOBER 22, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, OCTOBER 22, 1985
A RESOLUTION
1 Condemning the U.S.S.R. for the invasion of Afghanistan.
2 WHEREAS, The Soviet Union invaded the country of Afghanistan
3 in December, 1979, despite recently completed military and
4 economic agreements with that country; and
5 WHEREAS, The Soviets have brought physical harm to millions
6 of innocent Afghan people; and
7 WHEREAS, The Soviets, in violation of the United Nations
8 convention signed by the U.S.S.R. in 1981, have continued the
9 use of weapons aimed particularly against civilians in
10 Afghanistan; and
11 WHEREAS, The Soviets, in their campaign of starvation to
12 destroy Afghan resistance, have severely damaged the ability of
13 Afghanistan to provide agricultural commodities for its people
14 and have caused famine in Afghanistan; therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives oppose the Soviet
16 military invasion of Afghanistan and its physical subjugation of
17 the country's people, and direct the Chief Clerk to transmit a
1 copy of this resolution to the Department of State, United
2 States of America; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives welcome Afghan
4 patriot Abdul Halim Shams to Mercer County, in the Commonwealth
5 of Pennsylvania, on October 23, 1985.
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