Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the urgency of cessation of hostilities in the Republic of Haiti.
Latest action · Feb 26, 2004 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2004
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Declares that Congress: (1) supports the Haitian people's quest for peace, justice, and prosperity; (2) implores all sides in Haiti's current political crisis to rely on dialogue and negotiations to affect political change; (3) calls on Haitian President Aristide to announce early elections; (4) commends the Haitian communities in exile for continuing to strive for peace and democracy in Haiti; (5) calls on the United States to assume a leadership role to end the violence in Haiti and assist with a subsequent peace agreement; (6) calls on the Secretary of State to request a special session of the United Nations General Assembly to consider whether the United Nations should organize a peace-building mission to Haiti, and to seek a negotiated accord to end the conflict; (7) calls on the Secretary of Defense to play a lead role in establishing and, if necessary, deploying an international stabilization force; (8) requests the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to provide humanitarian assistance and coordinate relief efforts; (9) urges the international community to provide support for peacekeeping and humanitarian operations in Haiti, and (10) urges the United Nations to establish a United Nations peace mission and deploy a peacekeeping and human rights presence in Haiti.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 4, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Mar 4, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Mar 4, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Mar 4, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 4, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Mar 4, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2004Introduced in House
- Feb 26, 2004Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
- Feb 26, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E250)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Agriculture and Food
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Caribbean area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commemorations
- Congress
- Congressional tributes
- Democracy
- Economic assistance
- Economic development
- Economic growth
- Economics and Public Finance
- Food relief
- Foreign leaders
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Haiti
- Haiti compilation
- Haitians
- Human rights
- Insurgency
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- International cooperation
- International military forces
- International relief
- Latin America
- Law
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Peace
- Peace negotiations
- Peace treaties
- Peacekeeping forces
- Political violence
- United Nations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2004Introduced in House
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