United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 547 (100th)
A joint resolution to express the Sense of the Congress on the continuing need for humanitarian assistance for the people of Ethiopia.
Introduced
19 April 1988
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Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Africa.
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Summary
Urges: (1) the United States to continue to work through private and voluntary and international organizations to provide famine relief assistance to the people of Ethiopia; (2) the Government of Ethiopia to rescind its directive limiting access of such organizations to famine stricken regions; and (3) the international donor community to continue efforts to eliminate specified structural causes of famine and starvation in Ethiopia. Commends the Agency for International Development, the United Nations, and private and voluntary and international organizations for their efforts to save famine victims in Ethiopia.
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summary · EN · 19 April 1988
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-joint-resolution/547
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/100/hjres/547