IIA 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. J. RES. 69 

Supporting a Diplomatic Solution in Yemen and Condemning the Murder 

of Jamal Khashoggi. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 13, 2018 

Mr. CORKER (for himself, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. PORTMAN, Mrs. 

ERNST, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. 

ISAKSON, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. KAINE, and Mr. REED) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice, considered, read the third 

time, and passed 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Supporting a Diplomatic Solution in Yemen and Condemning 

the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi. 

Whereas the ongoing civil war in Yemen has exacerbated that 

country’s humanitarian crisis, in which nearly 

12,000,000 people are suffering from ‘‘severe hunger,’’ 

according to the United Nations’ World Food Programme; 

Whereas there is no military solution to the conflict; 

Whereas the United States-Saudi Arabia relationship is important to United States national security and economic 

interests; 


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Whereas the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 

has, in recent years, engaged in concerning behavior, including its conduct in the civil war in Yemen, apparent 

detention of the Prime Minister of Lebanon, undermining 

the unity of the Gulf Cooperation Council, expulsion of 

the Canadian ambassador, suppression of dissent within 

the Kingdom, and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi; 

Whereas misleading statements by the Government of the 

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding the murder of Jamal 

Khashoggi have undermined trust and confidence in the 

longstanding friendship between the United States and 

the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and 

Whereas such erratic actions place unnecessary strain on the 

United States-Saudi Arabia relationship, which is an essential element of regional stability: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the Senate— 

4 (1) believes Crown Prince Mohammed bin 

5 Salman is responsible for the murder of Jamal 

6 Khashoggi; 

7 (2) acknowledges the United States Govern8 ment has sanctioned 17 Saudi individuals under the 

9 Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 

10 (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 

11 U.S.C. 2656 note) for their roles in the murder; 

12 (3) calls for the Government of the Kingdom of 

13 Saudi Arabia to ensure appropriate accountability 


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1 for all those responsible for Jamal Khashoggi’s mur2 der; 

3 (4) calls on the Government of Saudi Arabia to 

4 release Raif Badawi, Samar Badawi, and the Saudi 

5 women’s rights activists who were arrested as polit6 ical prisoners in 2018; 

7 (5) encourages the Government of Saudi Arabia 

8 to redouble its efforts to enact economic and social 

9 reforms; 

10 (6) calls on the Government of the Kingdom of 

11 Saudi Arabia to respect the rights of its citizens and 

12 moderate its increasingly erratic foreign policy; 

13 (7) warns that the Government of the Kingdom 

14 of Saudi Arabia’s increasing purchases of military 

15 equipment from, and cooperation with, the Russian 

16 Federation and the People’s Republic of China, chal17 lenges the strength and integrity of the long-stand18 ing military-to-military relationship between the 

19 United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and 

20 may introduce significant national security and eco21 nomic risks to both parties; 

22 (8) demands that all parties seek an immediate 

23 cease-fire and negotiated political solution to the 

24 Yemen conflict and increased humanitarian assist25 ance to the victims of the conflict; 


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1 (9) condemns the Government of Iran’s provi2 sion of advanced lethal weapons to Houthi rebels, 

3 which have perpetuated the conflict and have been 

4 used indiscriminately against civilian targets in 

5 Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the 

6 Bab al Mandeb waterway; 

7 (10) condemns Houthi rebels for egregious 

8 human rights abuses, including torture, use of 

9 human shields, and interference with, and diversion 

10 of, humanitarian aid shipments; 

11 (11) demands that the Saudi-led coalition and 

12 all parties to the Yemen conflict seek to minimize ci13 vilian casualties at all times; 

14 (12) supports the peace negotiations currently 

15 being managed by United Nations Special Envoy 

16 Martin Griffiths and encourages the United States 

17 Government to provide all possible support to these 

18 diplomatic efforts; 

19 (13) declares that there is no statutory author20 ization for United States involvement in hostilities in 

21 the Yemen civil war; and 

22 (14) supports the end of air-to-air refueling of 

23 Saudi-led coalition aircraft operating in Yemen. 

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