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Supporting peace and democracy in the Republic of Sierra Leone.

Introduced: May 11, 2000 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 30, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
May 30, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa.
May 11, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
May 11, 2000
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Declares that the Congress joins the international community in supporting peace and democracy in the Republic of Sierra Leone.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations (UN) to work to bring before the UN Security Council a resolution imposing comprehensive sanctions against the sale of diamonds by rebels in Sierra Leone; (2) rebels in Sierra Leone should be condemned by the UN and the international community for murdering Kenyan troops serving as UN peacekeepers and for inflicting suffering on Sierra Leonean civilians; (3) U.S. diplomats should be dispatched to Sierra Leone to remind the rebel leaders that the peace agreement provides no amnesty for any war crimes committed since its signing; (4) because international law does not provide amnesty for war criminals, the United States should initiate actions to bring any individual who has committed war crimes during Sierra Leone's civil war to justice; and (5) U.S. authorities should not grant a visa to any individual who committed such war crimes or to members of the individual's family and should turn over any such individual found in the United States to the International War Crimes Tribunal for prosecution.

What's happening now May 30, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

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