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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Apr 29, 2008
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Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) supporting the people of Zimbabwe; (2) that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission should immediately release the legitimate results of the presidential election and ratify the previously announced results of the parliamentary elections; (3) that President Robert Mugabe should accept the will of the people of Zimbabwe in order to effect a timely and peaceful transition to democratic rule; (4) that the U.S. government and the international community should impose targeted sanctions against individuals in the government of Zimbabwe and state security services and militias who are responsible for human rights abuses and election interference; (5) that the U.S. government and the international community should work together to prepare an economic and political recovery package for Zimbabwe; (6) that regional organizations should play an active role in resolving the crisis; and (7) that the U.N. Security Council should support efforts to bring about a peaceful resolution of the crisis and impose an international arms embargo on Zimbabwe until a legitimate democratic government has taken power.
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Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D–MA
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3550; text as passed Senate: CR S3550)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3550; text as passed Senate: CR S3550)
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3409)
Introduced in Senate
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