SRES 99
111th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Asia
Human rights
International law and treaties
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Uzbekistan
Youth employment and child labor
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of Uzbekistan should immediately enforce its existing domestic legislation and fulfill its international commitments aimed at ending state-sponsored forced and child labor.
Introduced: April 2, 2009
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Became law
Apr 2, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4386)
Apr 2, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the government of Uzbekistan should: (1) enforce its existing domestic legislation and fulfill its international commitments aimed at ending state-sponsored forced and child labor; (2) allow an International Labour Organization investigation into forced and child labor in the cotton sector; and (3) take steps towards ensuring cotton farmers better returns and enabling them to hire adults.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4386)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1