HCONRES 202
110th Congress
House
International Affairs
Bush (George W.) Administration
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Middle East and North Africa
Saudi Arabia
Noting the absence of human rights as a topic of discussion in the U.S.-Saudi Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and urging the President to include this subject in working level discussions with Saudi counterparts.
Introduced: August 3, 2007
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Aug 3, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Aug 3, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Commends the President for establishing the U.S.-Saudi Strategic Dialogue.
Expresses dismay that the Department of State did not originally include human rights as a topic of discussion.
Applauds the President for stating that the "United States will continue to press" Saudi Arabia "to give greater voice to their people."
Concludes that the Strategic Dialogue is the logical mechanism through which to discuss the promotion of human rights in Saudi Arabia, and calls upon the President and the Secretary to expand the Strategic Dialogue and establish a new human rights working group.
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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