HCONRES 340
106th Congress
House
International Affairs
Armed Forces and National Security
Boundaries
Boundary disputes
Dispute settlement
Europe
Greece
International courts
Islands
Italy
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Netherlands
Peace treaties
Territorial waters
Treaties
Turkey
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Turkey's claims of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea.
Introduced: May 25, 2000
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Became law
May 25, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
May 25, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the water boundaries established in the 1923 Lausanne Treaty of Peace, the 1932 Convention and Protocol Between Italy and Turkey, and the 1947 Paris Treaty of Peace, under which the Dodecanese islands and adjacent islets were ceded by Italy to Greece, are the borders between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean Sea; and (2) any party, including Turkey, objecting to such boundaries should seek redress in the International Court of Justice at The Hague.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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