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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 42 

To express the sense of Congress regarding the safe and expeditious 

resettlement to Albania of all residents of Camp Liberty. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 6, 2016 

Mr. MCCAIN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

To express the sense of Congress regarding the safe and 

expeditious resettlement to Albania of all residents of 

Camp Liberty. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SAFE RESETTLE4 MENT OF CAMP LIBERTY RESIDENTS. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that the United States 

6 should— 

7 (1) work with the Government of Iraq and the 

8 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

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1 erty are safely and expeditiously resettled in Alba2 nia; 

3 (2) work with the Government of Iraq, the Gov4 ernment of Albania, and the UNHCR to prevent the 

5 Government of Iran from intervening in the resettle6 ment process by abusing international organizations, 

7 including Interpol and other organizations of which 

8 the United States is a member; 

9 (3) urge the Government of Iraq to take 

10 prompt and appropriate steps in accordance with 

11 international agreements to promote the physical se12 curity and protection of residents of Camp Liberty 

13 during the resettlement process, including steps to 

14 ensure that the personnel responsible for providing 

15 security at Camp Liberty are adequately vetted to 

16 determine that they are not affiliated with the Is17 lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Qods Force; 

18 (4) urge the Government of Iraq to ensure con19 tinued and reliable access to food, clean water, med20 ical assistance, electricity and other energy needs, 

21 and any other equipment and supplies necessary to 

22 sustain the residents during the resettlement proc23 ess; 

24 (5) work with the Government of Iraq to make 

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1 dents’ property and assets remaining at Camp 

2 Ashraf and Camp Liberty for the purpose of funding 

3 their cost of living and resettlement out of Iraq; 

4 (6) work with the Government of Iraq and the 

5 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

6 (UNHCR) to ensure that Camp Liberty residents 

7 may exercise full control of all personal assets in 

8 Camp Liberty and the former Camp Ashraf as the 

9 residents deem necessary; 

10 (7) assist, and maintain close and regular com11 munication with the UNHCR for the purpose of ex12 pediting the ongoing resettlement of all residents of 

13 Camp Liberty, without exception, to Albania; 

14 (8) urge the Government of Albania, and the 

15 UNHCR to ensure the continued recognition of the 

16 resettled residents as ‘‘persons of concern’’ entitled 

17 to international protections according to principles 

18 and standards in the Convention Relating to the 

19 Status of Refugees, done at Geneva July 28, 1951, 

20 and the International Bill of Human Rights; and 

21 (9) work with the Government of Albania and 

22 the UNHCR to facilitate and provide suitable loca23 tions for housing of the remaining Camp Liberty 

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1 dents become self-sufficient in meeting their residen2 tial needs in Albania. 

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