HRES 277
109th Congress
House
International Affairs
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Agriculture and Food
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil War
Crime and Law Enforcement
Democratic Republic of Congo
Energy
Food relief
Fraud
Genocide
Human rights
International employees
International military forces
International relief
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Peacekeeping forces
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that due to the allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and abuse within the United Nations oil-for-food program, the growing record of human rights abuses by United Nations personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the lack of action by the United Nations in response to the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan, Kofi Annan should resign from the position of Secretary General of the United Nations to help restore confidence in the organization.
Introduced: May 12, 2005
Introduced by:
Wicker, Roger F.
Republican
· Mississippi
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May 12, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
May 12, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that due to the allegations of fraud and mismanagement within the U.N. oil-for-food program, the growing record of human rights abuses by U.N. personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the lack of U.N. response to the Darfur genocide, Kofi Annan should resign as U.N. Secretary General.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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