A resolution encouraging the protection of the rights of refugees.
Latest action · Jun 20, 2005 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6833)
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.
- IntroducedJun 20, 2005
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Expresses appreciation and gratitude for those States which host refugees and offer refugee resettlement, and denounces the practice of warehousing refugees.
Urges the Secretary of State to pursue refugee assistance models that permit refugees to enjoy all the rights recognized in: (1) the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees; and (2) the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees.
Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to monitor refugee situations more effectively.
Encourages: (1) those countries that have not ratified the Convention or the Protocol to do so; and (2) all countries to enact legislation or promulgate policies to provide for the legal enjoyment of the basic rights of refugees as outlined in the Convention.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 20, 2005 to Jul 26, 2005, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Jun 20, 2005 |
| D-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Jun 20, 2005 |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Original | Jun 20, 2005 |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Original | Jun 20, 2005 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Jun 20, 2005 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jun 20, 2005 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jun 20, 2005 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Jun 20, 2005 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Jun 30, 2005 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Jul 26, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Jun 20, 2005Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6833)
- Jun 20, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6833-6834)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Alien labor
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Detention of persons
- Economic assistance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Human rights
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International relief
- Labor and Employment
- Legislation
- Refugees
- Right to travel
- Treaties
- United Nations
Text 1
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- Jun 20, 2005Introduced in Senate
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