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HRES 1393 117th Congress House International Affairs

Calling for the Secretary of State to direct that the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva and the United States Permanent Representative to the Human Rights Council sponsor the strongest possible resolution by September 28, 2022 to ensure that the United Nations Human Rights Council takes up the findings of United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in its "Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China," and for other actions.

Introduced: September 22, 2022 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Sep 22, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution expresses the sense that the Secretary of State should direct specified U.S. representatives to the United Nations to sponsor the strongest possible resolution to ensure that the U.N. Human Rights Council acts on the findings in the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report on human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.

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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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