[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S9318]
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   EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND 
    HUMANITARIAN SITUATION FACING THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF AFGHANISTAN

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 428, Senate 
Concurrent Resolution 97.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows.

       A resolution (S. Con. Res. 97) expressing the sense of 
     Congress concerning human rights and humanitarian situation 
     facing women and girls of Afghanistan.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution, which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, with amendments.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the committee 
amendment be agreed to, the concurrent resolution as amended and the 
preamble be agreed to en bloc, and the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table, and that any statements relating to the concurrent 
resolution be placed in the Record at the appropriate place as if read.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendments were agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, as amended, was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The text of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 97) will be 
printed in a future edition of the Record.

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