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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 11, 2016
Expresses the sense of the Senate that:
all sides to the conflict in Yemen should abide by international obligations to protect civilians, facilitate the delivery of humanitarian relief, respect cease-fires, and work toward a political settlement;
U.S.-supported Saudi military operations in Yemen should take all feasible precautions to reduce the risk of harm to civilians and should increase prioritization of targeting of designated foreign terrorist organizations;
the Houthi-Saleh forces should cease indiscriminate shelling of areas inhabited by civilians and should allow free access by humanitarian relief organizations seeking to deliver aid to civilian populations; and
a reconstruction and stabilization plan should be developed alongside a negotiated political framework, with robust financing from the international community, including Gulf Cooperation Council countries that have pledged to fund Yemen's post-conflict reconstruction.
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Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D–CT
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 575.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker 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: CR S4946)
Introduced in Senate
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