S.Res. 91 — A resolution condemning the murder of a United States citizen and other civilians, and expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the failure of the Indonesian judicial system to hold accountable those responsible for the killings.

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Condemns the murder of Carlos Caceres, a U.S. citizen, and two other United Nations aid workers on September 6, 2000. Decries the inadequately disproportionate sentences handed down by the Indonesian judicial system to the killers. Calls on the prosecutorial organs of the Indonesian Government to indict and bring to trial the senior military commanders described in a September 1, 2000, statement by that Government as suspects in the mass killings following the August 1999 East Timor referendum.

Calls for: (1) State Department officials, at every appropriate meeting with officials of the Indonesian Government, to stress the importance of ending the climate of impunity which shields those individuals suspected of perpetrating, collaborating in, or covering up extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses in Indonesia, including senior members of the Indonesian military; and (2) the President to consider the willingness of that Government to make substantive progress in judicial reform and in the criminal accountability of those responsible for human rights abuse on the island of Timor when determining the level of financial support provided by the United States to Indonesia.

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2001-05-21

Introduced in Senate

2001-05-21

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5278)

2001-05-24

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

2001-06-05

Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Helms with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. Without written report.

2001-06-05

Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Helms with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. Without written report.

2001-06-05

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 67.

2001-06-13

Star Print ordered on resolution, as reported.

2001-06-20

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6531-6532; text: CR S6531)

2001-06-20

Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6531-6532; text: CR S6531)

A resolution condemning the murder of a United States citizen and other civilians, and expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the failure of the Indonesian judicial system to hold accountable those responsible for the killings.

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