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. (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 intimidation of lawyers attempting to carry out their professional obligations to their clients and repeated failure by police to comply with court decisions; and
(3) the harassment of foreign officials, journalists, human rights workers, and others. Commends U.S. Ambassador Christopher Dell and other U.S. officials and foreign officials for their support to political detainees and victims of torture and abuse while in police custody or in medical care centers. Calls on the government of Zimbabwe to end:
(1) its violent campaign against fundamental human rights, respect the courts and members of the legal profession, and restore the rule of law; and
(2) illegitimate interference in travel abroad by its citizens, especially for humanitarian purposes. Calls on the leaders of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU) to consult with all Zimbabwe stakeholders to intervene with the government of Zimbabwe while applying appropriate pressures to resolve the economic and political crisis.

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Sponsor

• Barack Obama
• and 7 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
  • Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
  • Charles Hagel
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
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Committees

• Senate Foreign Relations

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.Con.Res.25

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate
March 29, 2007		June 26, 2007

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• Jun 26, 2007: Held at the desk.
• Jun 26, 2007: Received in the House.
• Jun 26, 2007: Received in the House.
• Passed by Unanimous Consent in the Senate on Jun 26, 2007. Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
• Jun 26, 2007: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• Added to calendar on May 24, 2007: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 176..
• May 24, 2007: Committee on Foreign Relations. Date of scheduled consideration. S-116. 11:30 a.m.
• May 24, 2007: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• Added to calendar on May 24, 2007: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably..
• May 24, 2007: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
• May 24, 2007: Committee on Foreign Relations. Date of scheduled consideration. S-116. Time to be announced.
• May 24, 2007: Committee on. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• Mar 29, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
• Introduced on Mar 29, 2007.

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