A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military and to immediately release unjustly imprisoned journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
This resolution condemns the violence perpetrated against the Rohingya in Burma (Myanmar) and calls on Burma to take certain actions to address the humanitarian crisis there. The resolution also urges the United States to develop a more robust diplomatic strategy to mitigate this crisis.
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Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S744-745)
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch 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. 134.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S744-745)
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch 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. 134.
International Affairs
AsiaBangladeshBurmaConflicts and warsCongressional tributesDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadForeign aid and international reliefHuman rightsMilitary operations and strategyNews media and reportingRacial and ethnic relationsRefugees, asylum, displaced personsSanctionsTerrorismUnited NationsWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military and to immediately release unjustly imprisoned journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
USA116th CongressSRES-34| Senate
| Updated: 7/8/2019
This resolution condemns the violence perpetrated against the Rohingya in Burma (Myanmar) and calls on Burma to take certain actions to address the humanitarian crisis there. The resolution also urges the United States to develop a more robust diplomatic strategy to mitigate this crisis.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S744-745)
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch 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. 134.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S744-745)
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch 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. 134.
AsiaBangladeshBurmaConflicts and warsCongressional tributesDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadForeign aid and international reliefHuman rightsMilitary operations and strategyNews media and reportingRacial and ethnic relationsRefugees, asylum, displaced personsSanctionsTerrorismUnited NationsWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity