HCONRES 29
111th Congress
House
International Affairs
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
International organizations and cooperation
Middle East
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Terrorism
United Nations
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: January 28, 2009
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Jan 28, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 28, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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