A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should give high priority to working with partners in the Americas to address shared foreign policy and security problems in the Western Hemisphere.

Calls for the United States to: (1) give high priority to working with U.S. partners in the Americas to address shared foreign policy and security problems in the Western Hemisphere; (2) encourage efforts to increase the transparency of defense planning, military acquisitions, exercises, and deployments as well as other mutual- confidence and security-building measures in the Hemisphere in order to strengthen the environment of trust, confidence, and mutual restraint; (3) begin discussions with U.S. partners in the Hemisphere on steps that could lead to a voluntary multilateral restraint regime on the acquisition of advanced weapons systems in the Hemisphere; (4) encourage countries in the Hemisphere to implement the Santiago Declaration on Confidence and Security-Building Measures resolution adopted by the Organization of American States (OAS) on November 10, 1995; (5) take steps to bring about the implementation of the resolution on Conventional Arms Transparency and Confidence Building in the Americas adopted by the OAS on June 5, 1997; (6) increase the number of civilian and military personnel in foreign policy and defense-related training, education, and exchange programs from and to eligible countries in the Western Hemisphere and encourage similar programs between countries in the region; and (7) conduct an in-depth study of the roles, requirements, missions, and priorities of the U.S. armed forces in the Western Hemisphere in the post-Cold War environment, including steps that should be taken to improve Hemispheric security and areas of possible cooperation with the armed forces of other countries in the region. Urges the United States, in consultation with other countries in the Americas, to explore areas for enhancing cooperation and collaboration, including the strengthening of existing inter-American organizations and arrangements, in order to address shared problems relating to subregional and Hemisphere-wide foreign policy and security-related issues.