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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Apr 20, 2000
Expresses: (1) the Senate's support for the Administration's decision to introduce a resolution at the 56th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, calling upon the People's Republic of China to end its human rights abuses; and (2) the sense of the Senate that the United States should make every effort necessary to pass such a resolution.
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Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] · D–MN
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Star Print ordered on the reported resolution.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms under the authority of the order of 04/13/2000 without amendment and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms under the authority of the order of 04/13/2000 without amendment and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1426)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1426-1427)
Introduced in Senate
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