| Resolution Number: | 2018-B021 |
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| Title: | Call on US to Restore UN and USAID Funding for Palestinians |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention strongly call upon the United States Government to maintain its historic commitment to alleviating the poverty of Palestinians and restore its full planned 2018 funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) so that it can continue to serve the over 5 million Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria; and be if further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention also strongly call upon the United States Government to lift its funding freeze on United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programs which aid Palestinians.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 887. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Social Justice and International Policy |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Social Justice and International Policy presented its Report #8 on Resolution B021 (Support Aid to Palestinian Refugees) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(B021)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 79th General Convention strongly call upon the United States Government to maintain its historic commitment to alleviating the poverty of Palestinians and restore its full planned 2018 funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) so that it can continue to serve the over 5 million Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention also strongly call upon the United States Government to lift its funding freeze on United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programs which aid Palestinians.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #54)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Social Justice and International Policy presented its Report #5 on HD Message #54 on Resolution B021 (Support Aid to Palestinian Refugees) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #148)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention strongly urges the U.S. government to restore full funding to the United Nations’ relief of poverty affecting Palestinian refugees and to repeal its freeze on aid to Palestinians. |
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