CIVIL WARS

Bills and resolutions

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (see H. Res. 233), H2911 [22MY]

Sri Lanka: support internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation, address allegations of war crimes and other human rights violations, and allow greater media freedom and humanitarian organization access (see H. Res. 247), H3095 [4JN]

Syria: establish a Syrian war crimes tribunal (see H. Con. Res. 51), H5434 [9SE]

——— restrict funds relative to escalating U.S. military involvement in Syria (see S. 1201), S4792 [20JN]

Remarks in House

Sri Lanka: anniversary of end of civil war, H2611 [15MY], H2669 [16MY], E681 [16MY], E696 [17MY], E702 [20MY]

——— call for reconciliation, E696 [17MY]

Syria: establish a Syrian war crimes tribunal (H. Con. Res. 51), E1324 [17SE], E1689 [18NO]

——— military assistance to opposition forces, H5575 [17SE]

Remarks in Senate

Sri Lanka: U.S. policy, S4053 [10JN], S6580 [18SE]

Syria: condemn human rights violations and call for transition to democracy, S6106 [31JY], S6191 [1AU]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice, S834 [26FE]