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Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Apr 29, 2004
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States that the Senate: (1) solemnly observes the tenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide of 1994; (2) recognizes and is saddened by the failure of the international community, including the United States, to prevent the genocide; (3) reaffirms its commitment to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; (4) supports ongoing efforts to educate the people of the United States and of the world about the Rwandan genocide; (5) commits to continuing efforts to strengthen institutions working to bring to justice those responsible for the genocide; and (6) urges the President and the international community to seize on the occasion of this anniversary to focus attention on the future of Rwanda.
People & committees
Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D–WI
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5048-5049; text as passed Senate: CR S5048-5049)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5048-5049; text as passed Senate: CR S5048-5049)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S3796)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3796)
Introduced in Senate
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