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HCONRES 428 110th Congress House International Affairs Computer software Crime and Law Enforcement Education Elementary and secondary education Employee selection Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Immigration International employees International propaganda Middle East and North Africa Palestinians Refugees Science, Technology, Communications Teaching materials Terrorism United Nations United Nations economic assistance

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations should take immediate steps to improve the transparency and accountability of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the Near East to ensure that it is not providing funding, employment, or other support to terrorists.

Introduced: September 24, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Urges the Secretary of State to take measures to certify that United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) operates in full compliance with the Foreign Assistance Act and that no American taxpayer dollars are being directed to terrorists or to further terrorist propaganda.

Calls on UNRWA to improve the transparency of educational materials used in UNRWA-administered schools.

Urges UNRWA to implement terrorist name recognition software and other screening procedures to help ensure that UNRWA staff, volunteers, and beneficiaries are neither terrorists nor affiliated with terrorist organizations.

What's happening now September 24, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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