3.0.0 370 2022-02-03T05:53:51Z 2022-02-03T05:53:51Z Senate S SRES 2012-02-09 112 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-02-09T22:39:58Z Calling for democratic change in Syria. 112 549 HRES 2012-05-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia . Identical bill CRS 2012-02-09 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S503) IntroReferral 2012-02-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2012-02-09 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-02-09 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2012-02-09 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2012-02-09 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2012-02-09 True K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2012-02-09 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2012-02-13 False B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2012-02-13 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2012-02-13 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2012-03-26 False International Affairs Arms control and nonproliferation Chemical and biological weapons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Europe European Union Foreign aid and international relief Human rights International organizations and cooperation Iran Middle East Military personnel and dependents Protest and dissent Religion Russia Sanctions Syria Terrorism Turkey War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity International Affairs 00 2012-02-09 Introduced in Senate 2012-02-10T19:57:09Z Condemns the ongoing and systematic human rights violations conducted by Syrian authorities.

Maintains that Bashar al-Assad has lost all claims to legitimacy and calls upon him to step down from power.

Condemns the governments of the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran for providing military and security equipment to the government of Syria which has been used to repress peaceful demonstrations.

Commends the League of Arab States' efforts to bring about a peaceful resolution in Syria and regrets that the League's observer mission was unable to monitor the full implementation of the League's Action Plan.

Commends President Obama for authorizing targeted sanctions on human rights abusers in Syria.

Urges President Obama to: (1) support a transition to democracy in Syria; (2) develop a plan to identify weapons stockpiles and prevent their proliferation in Syria; and (3) engage with Turkey, League members, and the European Union (EU) to protect the Syrian people.

Urges the Department of State to: (1) establish a Friends of the Syrian People Contact Group of countries committed to democratic change in Syria, and (2) develop a strategy to encourage defections from the Syrian military.

Urges the international community to support a post-Assad democratic and inclusive government of Syria that holds accountable those responsible for crimes against humanity and violations of human rights.]]>

A resolution calling for democratic change in Syria. Display Title A resolution calling for democratic change in Syria. Official Title as Introduced A resolution calling for democratic change in Syria. Introduced in Senate 2012-02-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112sres370is/xml/BILLS-112sres370is.xml 2012-02-09 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S503) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.