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H.Con.Res.372 / 108th Congress

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the urgency of cessation of hostilities in the Republic of Haiti.

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 26, 2004

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.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] · D–FL

Committees

  • Foreign Affairs Committee
5 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

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  1. Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

  2. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E250)

  3. Introduced in House

  4. Introduced in House

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