| Resolution Number: | 2000-B047 | |
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| Title: | Urge Support for Persecuted Christian Minority in Pakistan | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention express anguish over the victimization of the Christian minority in Pakistan, including imprisonment, political disenfranchisement, and other forms of harassment and persecution; and be it further
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church, dioceses, congregations, and individual members urge the President, the U.S. State Department, the Congress, and the United Nations to work toward political reform and humanitarian relief; and be it further
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church call on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to investigate the country of Pakistan.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 651. |
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