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H.Res. 508

ResolutionFederalHouseIn Committee
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should use the full authority of his office to convene international negotiations intended to stop the civil war in Syria.
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Committee
Latest Action · February 12, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
Congress
114th (2015–2017)
Introduced
November 2, 2015
Cosponsors (25)
25D 0R
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Calls on the President to convene international negotiations to stop the civil war in Syria. Requests that these negotiations: stabilize the country and provide for political change towards a popularly supported, accountable Syrian leadership; implement measures to protect, and stem the flow of, refugees from Syria and provide for their return; and create a coordinated international strategy for the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Calls on other nations that have an interest or involvement in the region and conflict to join these negotiations and commit to transitioning from the current al-Assad government and countering ISIL.

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