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SRES 298 105th Congress Senate

A resolution condemning the terror, vengeance, and human rights abuses against the civilian population of Sierra Leone.

Introduced: October 15, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (Senate)
Oct 21, 1998
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 21, 1998
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 21, 1998
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S12945-12946)
Oct 21, 1998
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 9, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Oct 9, 1998
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

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SAMDT 3,835 – In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Oct 21, 1998
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 Latest action October 21, 1998

Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urges the President and the Secretary of State to: (1) give high priority to solving the conflict in Sierra Leone and to bring stability to West Africa in general; (2) strictly enforce the United Nations (UN) arms embargo on the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council and Revolutionary United Front; (2) work with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) nations to ensure there are sufficient African forces and arms provided to ECOMOG (ECOWAS's peacekeeping arm); and (3) support the UN High Commission for Refugees appeal for aid to the Sierra Leone refugees in Guinea, Liberia, and other countries; (4) support the UN agencies and nongovernmental organizations working in Sierra Leone to bring humanitarian relief and peace to the country; and (5) support the Government of Sierra Leone in its demobilization, disarmament, and reconstruction plan for the country.

Urges the State Department to give the needed logistical support to ECOMOG and the Government of Sierra Leone to bring the conflict to a rapid conclusion.

Condemns the use of children as combatants in the conflict.

Urges the establishment of a secure humanitarian corridor to strategic areas in the north and east of Sierra Leone for the safe delivery of food and medicines by the Government of Sierra Leone and humanitarian agencies.

Encourages and supports the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, to continue efforts to work in Sierra Leone to establish programs designed to rehabilitate child combatants.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 298: A resolution condemning the terror, vengeance, and human rights abuses against the civilian population of Sierra Leone.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-298/
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