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SRES 237 105th Congress Senate International Affairs Annexation (International law) Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil-military relations Democracy East Asia Government Operations and Politics Human rights Indonesia National self-determination Political prisoners Referendum United Nations

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the situation in Indonesia and East Timor.

Introduced: May 22, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Jul 10, 1998
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8015-8016)
Jul 10, 1998
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8015-8016)
Jun 23, 1998
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 23, 1998
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 423.
Jun 23, 1998
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
May 22, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
May 22, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5459-5460)
May 22, 1998
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) encourage the new political leadership in Indonesia to institute genuine democratic and economic reforms, including the establishment of an independent judiciary, civilian control of the military, and the release of political prisoners; (2) encourage the new political leadership in Indonesia to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all the people of Indonesia and East Timor; and (3) work actively, through the United Nations and with U.S. allies, to carry out the directives of existing U.N. resolutions on East Timor and to support an internationally supervised referendum on self-determination.

What's happening now July 10, 1998

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8015-8016)

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4