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MI SCR0019

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Introduced

9/7/2017

Primary Sponsor

Steven Bieda

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Origin

Senate

99th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Calls upon the President of the United States to ensure U.S. foreign policy acknowledges and addresses human rights violations, ethnic cleansing, and genocide against European Jewish-Assyrian people
  • References documentation by the Assyrian Documentation Centre (ADC) of alleged crimes by the Islamic State terrorist group, including victim identification, video testimonies, and legal documents
  • States that acknowledging and stopping ethnic cleansing of European Jewish-Assyrian people should be a top U.S. foreign policy priority
  • Directs transmission of the resolution to the President of the United States and the U.S. Secretary of State

Legislative Description

A concurrent resolution to call upon the President of the United States to ensure that U.S. foreign policy appropriately acknowledges and addresses human rights violations, ethnic cleansing, and genocide committed against European Jewish-Assyrian people.

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Government Operations

9/7/2017

Committee Referrals

Government Operations9/7/2017

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