United States · Resolution · SRES
S.Res. 237 (105th)
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the situation in Indonesia and East Timor.
Introduced
22 May 1998
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Status
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8015-8016)
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Summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) encourage the new political leadership in Indonesia to institute genuine democratic and economic reforms, including the establishment of an independent judiciary, civilian control of the military, and the release of political prisoners; (2) encourage the new political leadership in Indonesia to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all the people of Indonesia and East Timor; and (3) work actively, through the United Nations and with U.S. allies, to carry out the directives of existing U.N. resolutions on East Timor and to support an internationally supervised referendum on self-determination.
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7 official files
Agreed to Senate (text)
Agreed to Senate · EN · 10 July 1998
Agreed to Senate (PDF)
Agreed to Senate · EN · 10 July 1998
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 23 June 1998
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 23 June 1998
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 May 1998
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 May 1998
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 22 May 1998
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-resolution/237
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/sres/237