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H.Con.Res. 309 (105th)

Condemning the forced abduction of Ugandan children and their use as soldiers.

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24 July 1998

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Summary

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) condemns the abduction of children by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Northern Uganda and calls for the immediate release of all LRA child captives; (2) urges Olara Otunnu, the United Nations Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, to take appropriate measures to resolve the LRA problem; (3) encourages the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child to investigate the situation; (4) calls on the Al-Bashir government to cease supporting the LRA in the abductions and kidnapping of children in Northern Uganda; (5) calls on the President and the Secretary of State to support efforts to end the abduction of children by the LRA and obtain their release; (6) asks the President to provide more support to U.N. agencies and nongovernmental organizations working to rehabilitate former child soldiers and reintegrate them into society; and (7) encourages the President to appoint a Special Humanitarian envoy for Sudan.

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