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HCONRES 285 99th Congress House International Affairs Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Disaster relief Disasters and Disaster Relief Ethiopia Famines Food and Food Industry Food relief United Nations

A concurrent resolution concerning the ongoing famine in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Government's resettlement policy.

Introduced: February 6, 1986 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 21, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Africa.
Feb 6, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 6, 1986
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States, in cooperation with other members of the international donor community, should call upon the Ethiopian Government to recognize that resources donated for famine relief should be used for that purpose and not diverted to resettlement efforts; (2) such forced resettlements by the Ethiopian Government should be halted and monitored by the United Nations (U.N.); (3) the Ethiopian Government should commit sufficient resources to move food and relief goods to meet the needs of its people; and (4) the U.N. should insist on free access to resettlement sites for international observers and the news media and report on conditions in the resettlement camps.

What's happening now February 21, 1986

Referred to Subcommittee on Africa.

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