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SRES 484 109th Congress Senate International Affairs ASEAN countries Administration of justice Burma Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Democracy Dissenters East Asia Ethnic groups Government Operations and Politics Human rights Law Military regimes Minorities Political prisoners Regionalism (International organization) Rule of law United Nations

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the military junta in Burma for its recent campaign of terror against ethnic minorities and calling on the United Nations Security Council to adopt immediately a binding non-punitive resolution on Burma.

Introduced: May 18, 2006 Introduced by: McConnell, Mitch Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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May 18, 2006
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4816-4817; text as passed Senate: CR S4816-4817; text of measure as introduced: CR S4808)
May 18, 2006
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4816-4817; text as passed Senate: CR S4816-4817; text of measure as introduced: CR S4808)
May 18, 2006
Introduced in Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Expresses the sense of the Senate to: (1) condemn the military junta in Burma for its campaign of terror against ethnic minorities; (2) call on the United States and other democracies to continue to work with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to promote democracy, human rights and justice in Burma; and (3) call on the United States to lead a U.N. Security Council effort to pass a binding, non-punitive resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all other prisoners of conscience in Burma, condemning these atrocities, and supporting democracy, human rights and justice in Burma.

What's happening now May 18, 2006

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4816-4817; text as passed Senate: CR S4816-4817; text of measure as introduced: CR S4808)