That the Senate— (1) congratulates the people of Georgia on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first Democratic Republic of Georgia; (2) acknowledges the close and enduring strategic partnership and strong alliance between the United States and Georgia; (3) supports strengthening the defense and security cooperation between the United States and Georgia; (4) supports further developing trade and commerce relations between the United States and Georgia; (5) reaffirms the support of the United States for Georgia's accession to NATO; (6) continues to condemn the Russian Federation’s occupation of Georgian sovereign territory, and recognizes Georgia’s regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia as Russian-occupied territories within the internationally recognized borders of Georgia; (7) remembers the victims of the August 2008 war between Georgia and the Russian Federation; (8) condemns human rights abuses by the Government of the Russian Federation in the occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, including the recent killing of Georgian citizens Archil Tatunashvili, Giga Otkhozoria, and Davit Basharuli; (9) reaffirms the support of the United States for a peaceful, unified Georgia and a secure future for the region; (10) reaffirms the necessity of the implementation of the August, 12, 2008, Ceasefire Agreement that stipulates the withdrawal of Russian Federation forces to their pre-conflict locations and establishes international security mechanisms on the ground; (11) emphasizes the importance of ensuring the safe and dignified return of internally displaced persons; and (12) recognizes the Government of Georgia’s ongoing efforts to strengthen democracy in Georgia by implementing reforms that expand media transparency and freedoms, increase government transparency, accountability, and responsiveness, promote political competition and democratic electoral processes, and strengthen judicial independence and the rule of law.