| Resolution Number: | 1991-A149 |
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| Title: | Urge a Full Accounting of the Use of Foreign Aid in the Middle East |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 70th General convention of the Episcopal Church calls on the United States government to render a full accounting of all military assistance and sales of military equipment to all nations in the Middle East, and to develop a plan for reducing the amount of military arms in the entire region; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention urges the President of the United Stated and the Members of Congress, during this period of de facto annexation of Palestinian land, to develop a policy which requires the State of Israel to account to the Government of the United States for the use of all aid in whatever form that the United States grants to the State of Israel and its instrumentalities, in full compliance with all sections of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention requests the President of the United States and the Members of Congress to take appropriate steps to ensure that no assistance provided the State of Israel shall be used to cause the relocation of Palestinian people from their homes, nor for new settlements to be located in the occupied areas of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem; with further relocations and new settlements to result in the immediate curtailment of aid from the United States.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 771. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Peace |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A149)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 1991 General Convention of the Episcopal Church urge the President and the Congress of the United States to develop a policy requiring the State of Israel to account to the government of the United States for all aid in whatever form that the United States grants to the State of Israel and its instrumentalities.
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the this 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church calls on the United States government to render a full accounting of all military assistance and sales of military equipment to all nations in the Middle East, and to develop a plan for reducing the amount of military arms in the entire region, and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention urges the President of the United States and the Members of Congress, during this period of de facto annexation of Palestinian land, to develop a policy which requires the State of Israel to account to the Government of the United States for the use of all aid in whatever form that the United States grants to the State of Israel and its instrumentalities, in full compliance with all sections of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention requests the President of the United States ensure that no assistance provided the State of Israel shall be used to cause the relocation of Palestinian people from their homes nor for new settlements to be located in the occupied areas of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, with further relocations and new settlements to result in the immediate curtailment of aid from the United States.
The Bishop of Kentucky moved an Amendment.
Proposed Amendment:
In the third Resolved, delete "East Jerusalem."
Motion defeated
Amendment defeated
The House voted on the Committee substitute.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #177)
House of Deputies
The Committee on National and International Problems presented its Report #49 on House of Bishops Message #177 relating to Resolution A149s (Accountability for US Aid to Israel) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #289)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 19.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Peace, Reports to the 70th General Convention, 1991, pp. 394-431. |
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| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention calls on the U.S. government to develop a plan for reducing the amount of military arms in the Middle East. It request an accounting of all Military assistance and that no assistance be used for relocation or settlement of populations. |