SRES 237 105th Congress Senate

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

Introduced: June 10, 1998 See on congress.gov

International Affairs Annexation (International law)Armed Forces and National SecurityCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCivil-military relations

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DemocracyEast AsiaGovernment Operations and PoliticsHuman rightsIndonesiaNational self-determinationPolitical prisonersReferendumUnited Nations

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Agreed to (Senate)

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

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Latest action July 10, 1998

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

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.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Relations Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 4

Murray, Patty

Washington · Jul 14, 1998

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Jun 10, 1998

Wyden, Ron

Oregon · Jun 10, 1998

Reed, Jack

Rhode Island · May 22, 1998

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 237: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the situation in Indonesia and East Timor.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-237/

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