A resolution recognizing the devastating attack on a girls' school in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 8, 2021, and expressing solidarity with the Afghan people.

United States117th CongressSRES-229Senate
Updated: Jun 7, 2021

Summary

This resolution expresses the Senate's condolences to the people of Afghanistan and the Hazara, an ethnic minority community in Afghanistan. The resolution also condemns all forms of violence against women and girls in Afghanistan and supports U.S. and international efforts to ensure that girls in Afghanistan can safely attend school. (On May 8, 2021, a bomb attack at the Sayed Ul-Shuhada High School in Kabul killed more than 85 people.)

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  1. Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.

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

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  3. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S3963; text: 5/24/2021 CR S3337)

  4. Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3963; text: 5/24/2021 CR S3337)

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