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S.RES.84
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S.RES.84
Latest Title: A resolution expressing support for internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka that are necessary to ensure a lasting peace.
Sponsor: Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] (introduced 3/1/2011)      Cosponsors (11)
Related Bills: H.RES.177
Latest Major Action: 3/1/2011 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
3/1/2011--Passed Senate without amendment.    (There is 1 other summary)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Commends United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for creating the three-person panel to advise the Secretary-General on the implementation of the government of Sri Lanka's commitment to human rights accountability.

Calls on the government of Sri Lanka, the international community, and the United Nations (U.N.) to establish an independent international accountability mechanism to look into reports of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other human rights violations committed by both sides during and after the war in Sri Lanka.

Calls on the government of Sri Lanka to allow humanitarian organizations, aid agencies, journalists, and international human rights groups greater freedom of movement, including in internally-displaced persons camps.

Calls upon the President to develop a policy towards Sri Lanka that reflects U.S. interests.

MAJOR ACTIONS:

3/1/2011 Introduced in Senate
3/1/2011 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
ALL ACTIONS:
3/1/2011:
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1075; text as passed Senate: CR S1075; text of measure as introduced: CR S1068)
TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
COSPONSORS(11), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 3/1/2011
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - 3/1/2011
Sen Burr, Richard [NC] - 3/1/2011
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] - 3/1/2011
Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY] - 3/1/2011
Sen Hagan, Kay [NC] - 3/1/2011
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 3/1/2011
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] - 3/1/2011
Sen Manchin, Joe, III [WV] - 3/1/2011
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 3/1/2011
Sen Udall, Tom [NM] - 3/1/2011

COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:  (additional related bills may be indentified in Status)
AMENDMENT(S):

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