A concurrent resolution commemorating the independence of East Timor and expressing the sense of Congress that the President should establish diplomatic relations with East Timor, and for other purposes.
Urges the President to: (1) maintain an appropriate level of U.S. assistance for East Timor; (2) work to fund East Timor's financing gap in its recurrent and development budgets; (3) focus bilateral assistance on specified areas; (4) urge the Indonesian Government to step up efforts to disarm and disband all militia, hold them accountable to the rule of law, ensure stability along the border, and promptly reunite East Timorese children separated from their parents through coercion or force; and (5) review information from the East Timorese Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation and use all diplomatic resources to ensure that officials responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes against the East Timorese people are held accountable and that the Indonesian Government cooperates with the East Timorese judicial system.
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4165-4166)
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 401.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4879-4880; text: CR S4879-4880)
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4879-4880; text: CR S4879-4880)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
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