Resolves of the Executive Council

Resolved, That the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church call upon the President of the United States to:

1. Declare the situation in Haiti to be of "special humanitarian concern" to the United States of America;
2. Adopt a humanitarian method to expedite the immigration of Haitians to the United States; and
3. Accelerate the procedure for admitting Haitian refugees by extending the number of processing centers in Haiti into rural areas where they would be accessible to bona fide applicants for asylum; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council urge the Clinton Administration to use all diplomatic and economic means to restore immediately the democratically elected Government of President Jean Bertrand Aristide in accordance with the Resolutions of the Organization of American States and the UN Security Council; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council urge all dioceses, but especially those outside the State of Florida, to encourage parishes to sponsor the resettlement of Haitian refugees through Episcopal Migration Ministries.