Resolves of the Executive Council

Resolved, That the Executive Council, meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 7-10, 2005, receives and commends the October 3rd report of the Committee on Social Responsibility in Investments on corporate engagement and positive investment; and be it further

Resolved, That Executive Council directs the Social Responsibility in Investments committee to engage in dialogue with and, where appropriate, to file shareholder resolutions with companies which operate in the Occupied Territories, in which the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS) owns shares and whose products or services contribute to violence against either side, or contribute to the infrastructure that supports and sustains the Occupation, such as settlements and their bypass roads, the security barrier where it is built on Palestinian land, and demolition of Palestinian homes; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council directs the SRI committee to encourage through dialogue and shareholder resolutions, as appropriate, those companies, in which DFMS holds shares, that are in a position to support economic development in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council recommends that bodies of the Episcopal Church with investment assets join with other religious organizations, denominations and institutions in investing in the economic infrastructure of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council recommends visits by members of the Episcopal Church to the Church’s partners and others in Israel and the Palestinian Territories in order to understand the complexities of the conflict.