Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) condemns the abduction of children by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda and calls for the immediate release of all LRA child captives; (2) urges Olara Otunnu, the United Nations (UN) Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, to take appropriate measures to resolve the LRA problem; (3) encourages the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to investigate the situation; (4) calls on the Al-Bashir government to cease supporting the LRA in the abductions and kidnapping of children in northern Uganda; (5) calls on the President and the Secretary of State to support efforts to end the abduction of children by the LRA and obtain their release; and (6) asks the President to provide more support to UN agencies and nongovernmental organizations working to rehabilitate former child soldiers and reintegrate them into society.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mr. Gilman moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10183-10185)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
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