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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 24, 1998
Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) condemns the abduction of children by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Northern Uganda and calls for the immediate release of all LRA child captives; (2) urges Olara Otunnu, the United Nations Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, to take appropriate measures to resolve the LRA problem; (3) encourages the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child to investigate the situation; (4) calls on the Al-Bashir government to cease supporting the LRA in the abductions and kidnapping of children in Northern Uganda; (5) calls on the President and the Secretary of State to support efforts to end the abduction of children by the LRA and obtain their release; (6) asks the President to provide more support to U.N. agencies and nongovernmental organizations working to rehabilitate former child soldiers and reintegrate them into society; and (7) encourages the President to appoint a Special Humanitarian envoy for Sudan.
People & committees
Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] · D–NJ
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Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10183-10185)
Mr. Gilman moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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