A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the creation of refugee populations in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf region as a result of human rights violations.
Latest action · Mar 29, 2004 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3298-3299)
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 simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedMar 29, 2004
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States deplores the past and continuing violation of the human rights and religious freedoms of minority populations in Arab countries; (2) with respect to Jews and Christians displaced from Arab countries, for any comprehensive Middle East peace agreement to be enduring, constitute an end to Middle East conflict, and provide for finality of all claims, the agreement must resolve all outstanding issues, including the rights of all peoples displaced from Arab countries; and (3) the United States will work to ensure that both the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period and the permanent constitution are universally applied to all groups forced to leave Iraq.
Urges the President to: (1) instruct the U.S. Representative to the United Nations and all U.S. representatives in bilateral and multilateral fora that, when the United States considers resolutions that allude to the issue of Middle East refugees, the U.S. delegation should ensure that the relevant text refers to multiple refugee populations that have been caused by the Arab-Israeli conflict and any explicit reference to the resolution of the Palestinian refugee issue is matched by a similar reference to the resolution of the issue of Jewish refugees from Arab countries; and (2) make clear that the United States supports the position that the issue of refugees and the mass violations of human rights of minorities in Arab countries must be resolved in a manner that includes redress for the rights of all refugees displaced from Arab countries and recognition that Jewish and Christian property, schools, and community property were lost as a result of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 6, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | May 6, 2004 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Mar 29, 2004Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3298-3299)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 838 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the creation of refugee populations in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf region as a result of human rights violations. | Identical bill | Oct 7, 2004 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Arab countries
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Arabs
- Christianity
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Claims
- Constitutions
- Discrimination
- Education
- Educational facilities
- Ethnic relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Human rights
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Jews
- Law
- Middle East and North Africa
- Minorities
- Palestinians
- Peace treaties
- Referendum
- Refugees
- Religion
- Religious education
- Religious liberty
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