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SRES 122 101th Congress Senate Health Child health Families Infant mortality International cooperation Summit diplomacy United Nations Vaccination World health

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate in support of actions to eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness, especially among children, through intensified international collaboration to attain the United Nations goals of Universal Childhood Immunization by 1990 and Health for All by the Year 2000, and through the convening of a World Summit on Children.

Introduced: May 9, 1989 See on congress.gov
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Oct 2, 1989
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Oct 2, 1989
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Sep 19, 1989
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Sep 19, 1989
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 253.
Sep 19, 1989
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Pell without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
May 9, 1989
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
May 9, 1989
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that: (1) it is the sense of the Senate that child survival and development programs are to be commended; (2) the Senate reaffirms the goal of improvement of the survival rates, health, and development of people in all countries and urges the President to adopt this as a major priority; (3) the Senate urges the President to propose to the Secretary General of the United Nations that the Secretary General establish an independent advisory commission with regard to programs in primary health care, nutrition, basic education, and environment by members of the Grand Alliance for Children; (4) the Senate endorses the call for a representative World Summit on Children to provide a forum for governmental leaders to commit to specified goals; (5) the Senate endorses the goals of Universal Childhood Immunization by 1990 and Health for All by the year 2000; and (6) the Senate encourages the President to take a leading role in ensuring the convening of a World Summit on Children.

What's happening now October 2, 1989

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

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