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A concurrent resolution condemning the recent violent actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil society. 6/26/2007--Passed Senate without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the state-sponsored violence taking place in Zimbabwe represents a serious violation of fundamental human rights and the rule of law and should be condemned by all responsible governments, civic organizations, religious leaders, and international bodies; and (2) the government of Zimbabwe has not lived up to its commitments as a signatory to the Constitutive Act of the African Union and African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights. Condemns: (1) the government of Zimbabwe's violent suppression of political and human rights; (2) the harassment and [...] show full description
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- 06/26/2007 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8519-8520; text as passed Senate: CR S8519-8520)
- 06/26/2007 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8519-8520 text as passed Senate: CR S8519-8520)
- 06/26/2007 - Received in the House.
- 06/26/2007 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 06/26/2007 - Held at the desk.
show all actions- 06/26/2007 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8519-8520; text as passed Senate: CR S8519-8520)
- 06/26/2007 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8519-8520 text as passed Senate: CR S8519-8520)
- 06/26/2007 - Received in the House.
- 06/26/2007 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 06/26/2007 - Held at the desk.
- 05/24/2007 - Committee on Foreign Relations. Date of scheduled consideration. S-116. Time to be announced.
- 05/24/2007 - Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 05/24/2007 - Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
- 05/24/2007 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 176.
- 03/29/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4218)
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