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S.Res. 97 (104th)

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to peace and stability in the South China Sea.

passedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

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30 March 1995

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Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8962)

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Summary

Urges the executive branch to: (1) reiterate to the claimants in the South China Sea that the United States does not take a position on any individual claim; and (2) declare the active support of the United States for the 1992 Manila Declaration of the Association of South East Asian Nations. Calls upon all the claimants: (1) to observe the Declaration's provisions; (2) refrain from using military force to assert or expand territorial claims in the South China Sea; and (3) scrupulously observe the January 1995 status quo ante pending any negotiations or resolution of the conflicts between such claimants over such claims.

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