| Resolution Number: | 1994-D012 |
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| Title: | Support Human Rights and Church Relations in Sudan |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
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Resolved, That the 71st General Convention commends the Archbishop of Canterbury for his Christmas 1993 visit to Nimule, Sudan, in which he demonstrated pastoral encouragement of the church; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presiding Bishop be requested to urge the U.S. Secretary of State to respond appropriately to the Special Rapporteur's March 1994 report to the U.N. Human Rights Commission of violations of the rights of displaced persons and of defendants in legal proceedings; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presiding Bishop request the Secretary-General of the Anglican Consultative Council to inform donor agencies worldwide of our confidence in the New Sudan Council of Churches as a channel for relief assistance of victims of the Sudan civil war; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council be instructed to find means of communication which will stimulate American public awareness of the precarious status of human rights of the people of the Nuba mountains and southern Sudan; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council be instructed to encourage the forming of additional Companion Relations between dioceses of this Church and dioceses of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 1994 (New York: General Convention, 1995), pp. 184-85. |
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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:
(D012)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the Secretary of the General Convention commend the Archbishop of Canterbury for his Christmas 1993 visit to Nimule, Sudan, in which he valued pastoral encouragement over state sovereignty; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presiding Bishop be requested to urge the U.S. Secretary of State to exercise international leadership by encouraging other states to stop aiding and trading with the Republic of Sudan, in accordance with the Special Rapporteur's March 1994 report to the U.N. Human Rights Commission of violations of the rights of displaced persons and of defendants in legal proceedings; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presiding Bishop request the Secretary-General of the Anglican Consultative Council to inform donor agencies worldwide of our confidence in the New Sudan Council of Churches as a channel for relief assistance of victims of the Sudan civil war; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council be instructed to find means of communication which will stimulate American public awareness of the Islamization being forced since 1983 upon the population of the Nuba mountains and southern Sudan; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council be instructed to encourage the forming of additional Companion Relations between dioceses of this Church and dioceses of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the Secretary of the 71st General Convention commend s the Archbishop of Canterbury for his Christmas 1993 visit to Nimule, Sudan, in which he valued demonstrated pastoral encouragement over state sovereignty of the church; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presiding Bishop be requested to urge the U.S. Secretary of State to exercise international leadership by encouraging other states to stop aiding and trading with the Republic of Sudan, in accordance with respond appropriately to the Special Rapporteur's March 1994 report to the U.N. Human Rights Commission of violations of the rights of displaced persons and of defendants in legal proceedings; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presiding Bishop request the Secretary-General of the Anglican Consultative Council to inform donor agencies worldwide of our confidence in the New Sudan Council of Churches as a channel for relief assistance of victims of the Sudan civil war; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council be instructed to find means of communication which will stimulate American public awareness of the Islamization being forced since 1983 upon the population precarious status of human rights of the pe ople of the Nuba mountains and southern Sudan; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council be instructed to encourage the forming of additional Companion Relations between dioceses of this Church and dioceses of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message # 28)
House of Bishops
The Committee on National and International Problems presented its Report #6 on House of Deputies Message #28 on Resolution D012a (Assistance to the Church in Sudan) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #55)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, August 28.
| Abstract: | The 71st General Convention commends and encourages official contacts with the Episcopal Church of the Sudan in order to stimulate awareness of the precarious status of human rights of the people of the Nuba mountains and southern Sudan and to create church channels for relief assistance. |
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