legislation: 105-hconres-309
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| 105-hconres-309 | 105 | hconres | 309 | Condemning the forced abduction of Ugandan children and their use as soldiers. | International Affairs | 1998-07-24 | 1998-10-09 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000149 | 9 | 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 (UN) Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, to take appropriate measures to resolve the LRA problem; (3) encourages the UN 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; and (6) asks the President to provide more support to UN agencies and nongovernmental organizations working to rehabilitate former child soldiers and reintegrate them into society. | 2025-04-07T15:23:39Z |