A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning the human rights and humanitarian situation facing the women and girls of Afghanistan.

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Introduced

18 May 1998

Last action

30 July 1998 · Floor

Status

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Summary

Condemns: (1) the continued human rights violations by all parties and factions in Afghanistan; (2) targeted discrimination against women and girls; and (3) the use of rape or other forms of systematic gender discrimination by any party or faction in Afghanistan as an instrument of war. Calls on all Afghan parties to: (1) respect international norms and standards of human rights; (2) end gender-based discrimination and deprivation of women's human rights; and (3) ensure the effective participation of women in civil, political, and social life throughout the country, the right of women and girls to an education without discrimination, respect for the right of women to physical security, that those responsible for physical attacks on women are brought to justice, respect for freedom of movement of women, and effective access for women to health care and equal access to health facilities. Supports the work of nongovernmental organizations advocating respect for human rights in Afghanistan and an improvement in the status of women and their access to humanitarian and development assistance and programs. Calls on the international community to provide adequate humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan and Afghan refugees in neighboring countries pending their voluntary repatriation. Requests all Afghan parties to lift the restrictions imposed on international aid and to cease any action which may prevent or impede the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Welcomes the appointment of Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi as special envoy of the United Nations Secretary General for Afghanistan. Encourages U.N. efforts to produce a durable peace in Afghanistan consistent with the goal of a broad-based national government respectful of human rights. Calls on all warring parties and factions to participate with Ambassador Brahimi in an intra-Afghan dialogue regarding the peace process. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of State should: (1) work with the U.N. High Commissioner of Refugees to guarantee the safety of, and provide development assistance for, Afghan women's groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan, to increase support for refugee programs in Pakistan providing assistance to Afghan women and children, and to explore options for the resettlement in western countries of Afghan women who fear for their safety or their families' safety; (2) establish an Afghanistan Women's Initiative based on the Bosnian Women's Initiative and the Rwandan Women's Initiative; (3) make a policy determination that recognition of any government in Afghanistan by the U.S. depends on the human rights policies toward women, that the U.S. should not recognize any government which systematically maltreats women, and that any nonemergency economic or development assistance will be based on respect for human rights; (4) call for the creation of a commission to establish an international record of the criminal culpability of any individual or party in Afghanistan employing rape or other crime against humanity considered a grave breach of the Geneva Convention as an instrument of war; and (5) call for the creation by the UN of an ad hoc international criminal tribunal for the purposes of indicting, prosecuting, and imprisoning any individual responsible for crimes against humanity in Afghanistan. Requires submission of a report by the Secretary to the Congress regarding actions that have been taken to implement this resolution.

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Timeline

18 May 1998
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Source: IntroReferral
18 May 1998
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5024-5025)
Source: IntroReferral
18 May 1998
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
23 June 1998
Reported
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
25 June 1998
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428.
Source: Calendars
25 June 1998
Reported
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms with amendments and with a preamble. Without written report.
Source: Committee
25 June 1998
Reported
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms with amendments and with a preamble. Without written report.
Source: Committee
29 July 1998
Passed
Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9318)
Source: Floor
29 July 1998
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9318)
Source: Floor
30 July 1998
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Source: IntroReferral
30 July 1998
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
30 July 1998
Floor
Received in the House.
Source: Floor

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/97
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