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Expressing the sense of the Congress that former Secretary General of the United Nations Kurt Waldheim should not receive a retirement allowance from the United Nations.

Introduced: September 4, 1997 See on congress.gov
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Sep 18, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.
Sep 4, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Sep 4, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls upon the President to instruct the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations (UN) to act to amend the 1998-99 Regular Program Budget of the UN to eliminate funding of Kurt Waldheim's retirement allowance and to act to deny him a retirement allowance in all future UN budgets.

What's happening now September 18, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 23, 1997
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Sep 4, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 144: Expressing the sense of the Congress that former Secretary General of the United Nations Kurt Waldheim should not receive a retirement allowance from the United Nations.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-144/
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"H. Con. Res. 144: Expressing the sense of the Congress that former Secretary General of the United Nations Kurt Waldheim should not receive a retirement allowance from the United Nations.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-144/.
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H. Con. Res. 144, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-144/.
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[H. Con. Res. 144: Expressing the sense of the Congress that former Secretary General of the United Nations Kurt Waldheim should not receive a retirement allowance from the United Nations.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-144/)
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