| Resolution Number: | 1991-D186 |
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| Title: | Express Concern Over Weapons in the Middle East and Call for Arms Controls |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church deplores the reintroduction of weapons of all kinds into the Middle East by any nation; and be it further
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church call upon the Government of the United States to take all appropriate action to develop means to restrict and control all international arms sales and distribution.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 377. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(D186)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church deplores the reintroduction of weapons of all kinds into the Middle East by any nation; and be it further
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church call upon the Government of the United States to take all appropriate action to develop means to restrict and control all international arms sales and distribution.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #212)
House of Bishops
The Committee on National and International Problems presented its Report #52 on House of Deputies Message #212 on Resolution D186 (Weapons in the Middle East) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #353)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.
| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention renounces the reintroduction of weapons into the Middle East and calls upon the U.S. government to restrict international arms sales. |
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