| Resolution Number: | 1991-D203 |
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| Title: | Call to Release Assets of Refugees of the Gulf Crisis |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church call upon the Secretary General of the United Nations to bring pressure to bear on the Governments of Iraq and Kuwait to unfreeze the financial assets of Palestinians and other migrant workers who have become refugees as a result of the Gulf crisis, so that they may have access to their earnings and savings deposited in Iraqi and Kuwaiti banks.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 376. |
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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:
(D203)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church call upon the Secretary General of the United Nations to bring pressure to bear on the Governments of Iraq and Kuwait to unfreeze the financial assets of Palestinians and other migrant workers who have become refugees as a result of the Gulf crisis, so that they may have access to their earnings and savings deposited in Iraqi and Kuwaiti banks.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #216)
House of Bishops
The Committee on National and International Problems presented its Report #49 on House of Deputies Message #216 on Resolution D203 (Release Assets of Refugees from Gulf War) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #350)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.
| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention calls upon the UN to pressure the governments of Iraq and Kuwait to release financial assets of Palestinians and refugees of the Gulf crisis. |
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