HRES 238
111th Congress
House
International Affairs
Africa
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Economic performance and conditions
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Zimbabwe
Recognizing the threat to international security and basic human dignity posed by the catastrophic decline of economic, humanitarian, and human rights conditions in the Republic of Zimbabwe.
Introduced: March 12, 2009
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Mar 12, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 12, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Recognizes the threat to international security and basic human dignity posed by the decline of economic, humanitarian, and human rights conditions in the Republic of Zimbabwe.
Deplores the undemocratic practices and failed policies of the Robert Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe.
Urges all nations to join the United States in providing humanitarian relief to the Zimbabwean people.
Demands that: (1) nongovernmental organizations engaged in humanitarian relief be given sufficient space to operate; and (2) political prisoners be released.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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