| Resolution Number: | 1985-A081 |
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| Title: | Call on the Government to Increase Foreign Aid to Famine Areas |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 68th General Convention calls upon the Congress of the United States for an increase in foreign developmental aid, such aid to be targeted to countries presently stricken by famine; and be it further
Resolved, That the President of the United States be called upon to appoint a bipartisan commission to visit the famine-stricken countries in Africa and elsewhere and to recommend to him and to members of the Congress an appropriate U.S. policy; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the General Convention be charged to inform the President of the United States, members of Congress, the Secretary of State and the Director of the Agency for International Development of this resolution.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 205. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Human Affairs and Health |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A081)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 68th General Convention calls upon the Congress of the United States for an increase in foreign developmental aid, such aid to be targeted to countries presently stricken by famine; and be it further
Resolved, That the President of the United States be called upon to appoint a bipartisan commission to visit the famine-stricken countries in Africa and elsewhere and to recommend to him and to members of the Congress an appropriate U.S. policy.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
Add the following Resolved clause:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the General Convention be charged to inform the President of the United States, members of the Congress, the Secretary of State and the Director of the Agency for International Development of this resolution.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #118)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #118: A081 Amended (US to Increase Foreign Development Aid).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #147)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 12.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Human Affairs and Health, Reports to the 68th General Convention, 1985, pp. 118-149. |
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| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention calls upon the Congress to increase foreign aid to countries stricken by famine. |