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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, In 1991, 95 percent of the voters of Macedonia |
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| voted for independence from Yugoslavia; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1993, the Republic of Macedonia became a member |
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| of the United Nations; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1994, the United States of America recognized |
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| the Republic of Macedonia as a sovereign state, and the |
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| Republic of Macedonia was recently cited and honored by |
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| President Bush and the United States Department of State for |
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| its support in the war with Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, There is a large contingency of Macedonians living |
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| throughout the United States; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we support the rights |
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| of Macedonians living throughout the Balkans to speak their |
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| language, to attend schools and churches offered in their |
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| language, to practice their customs, to be able to call |
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| themselves Macedonians, and to be granted all the civil and |
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| human rights required by international law; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be presented to |
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| the President and Vice President of the United States, to the |
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| Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader |
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| of the Senate, and to each member of the Illinois Congressional |
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| Delegation.
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