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SRES 322 111th Congress Senate International Affairs Foreign aid and international relief Government studies and investigations Human rights International organizations and cooperation Iraq Middle East Property rights Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Religion Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on religious minorities in Iraq.

Introduced: October 26, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Aug 5, 2010
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 5, 2010
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 5, 2010
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6989-6990)
Aug 5, 2010
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 26, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10738-10739)
Oct 26, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10739-10740)
Oct 26, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States remains deeply concerned about the plight of vulnerable religious and ethnic minorities of Iraq; (2) the U.S. government and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) should urge the government of Iraq to enhance security at places of worship in Iraq; (3) the U.S. government should work with the government of Iraq to ensure that members of minorities suffer no employment discrimination in the Iraqi police and security forces; (4) the government of Iraq and the Kurdistan regional government should work towards a peaceful resolution of territorial disputes; (5) the U.S. government and UNAMI should urge the government of Iraq to implement provisions of the Constitution of Iraq that protect rights to freedom of thought and religion; (6) the government of Iraq should act to reverse the marginalization of religious minorities; (7) the U.S. government should fund capacity-building programs for the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights and the independent national Human Rights Commission and should continue to help reconstitute the minorities committee; (8) the government of Iraq should direct the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights to issue a public report on abuses against, and the marginalization of, minorities; and (9) the U.S. government should encourage the government of Iraq and the Kurdistan regional government to protect minorities, particularly those in the Nineveh Plain.

What's happening now August 5, 2010

Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

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