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Urging the Government of the United States to declare that it does not intend to establish a long-term or permanent military occupation of Iraq, and to work with the United Nations to convene an…

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Urging the Government of the United States to declare that it does not intend to establish a long-term or permanent military occupation of Iraq, and to work with the United Nations to convene an international conference on Iraq's future.

Introduced: September 29, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Oct 12, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia.
Sep 29, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Sep 29, 2006
Introduced in House
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Urges the U.S. government to: (1) declare that it does not intend to establish a long-term or permanent military occupation of Iraq, including establishing permanent military bases in Iraq; and (2) work with the United Nations to convene an international conference with the participation of the League of Arab States, the European Union, Russia, China, Japan, and Israel.

States that at such conference the United States should work with the other nations to: (1) develop a plan for the peaceful accommodation of Iraq's diverse cultural groups, including Shias, Sunnis, and Kurds, within Iraq; (2) establish a system to help settle disputes among such groups; (3) bring terrorists in Iraq to justice; (4) assist in the productive involvement of countries of the region with the rest of the world; and (5) adopt an international program to address and eliminate terrorist organizations in Iraq and elsewhere around the world.

What's happening now October 12, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia.

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Waters, Maxine
California · Sep 29, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 492: Urging the Government of the United States to declare that it does not intend to establish a long-term or permanent military occupation of Iraq, and to work with the United Nations to convene an international conference on Iraq's future.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-492/
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"H. Con. Res. 492: Urging the Government of the United States to declare that it does not intend to establish a long-term or permanent military occupation of Iraq, and to work with the United Nations to convene an international conference on Iraq's future.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-492/.
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H. Con. Res. 492, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-492/.
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[H. Con. Res. 492: Urging the Government of the United States to declare that it does not intend to establish a long-term or permanent military occupation of Iraq, and to work with the United Nations to convene an international conference on Iraq's future.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-492/)
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