IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 110 
Calling for urgent international intervention on behalf of Iraqi civilians facing 
a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution in the Nineveh Plain 
region of Iraq. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2014 
Mr. FORTENBERRY (for himself, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. VAN HOL-
LEN) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Calling for urgent international intervention on behalf of 
Iraqi civilians facing a dire humanitarian crisis and se-
vere persecution in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq. 
Whereas the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu-
gees reports as of January 2014 a total population of 
concern in Iraq numbering 1,522,855 people, including 
refugees and internally displaced persons, many of whom 
face grave deprivation and imminent threats to life, 
health, and safety; 
Whereas recent extremist attacks on civilians have exacer-
bated the serious dislocations and pressures facing indi-
viduals within this population of concern, and have had 
a particularly severe effect on ethnic and religious minor-
ity communities in the region, where civilians require im-
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mediate and urgent access to potable water, health care, 
fuel, electricity, and basic security; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council stated on July 
22, 2014, ‘‘The members of the Security Council further 
recall that widespread or systematic attacks directed 
against any civilian populations because of their ethnic 
background, religious beliefs or faith may constitute a 
crime against humanity, for which those responsible must 
be held accountable,’’ and denounced the persecution of 
Iraqi Christians and other minorities, including Yizidis 
and Mandeans; 
Whereas reports indicate that some 150,000 Iraqi people in 
the immediate region of the Nineveh Plain, whose fami-
lies have a history in the region dating back hundreds 
and even thousands of years, are now facing ethnic and 
religious cleansing, persecution, harassment, intimidation, 
extortion, displacement from their homes, and have been 
targeted for retribution by extremist elements affiliated 
with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS); 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council adopted Reso-
lution 2165 (July 14, 2014), which can provide guidance 
for urgent action in Iraq, as it addresses similarly grave 
humanitarian needs in neighboring Syria; 
Whereas Iraqi civilians in the Nineveh Plain region require 
immediate protection from armed militants and urgent 
humanitarian assistance; and 
Whereas the grave humanitarian crisis in the Nineveh Plain 
region has serious potential implications for the broader 
stability of Iraq and other nations in the region: Now, 
therefore, be it 
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) deplores and condemns the religious bigotry, 
vandalism and destruction of property, violent at-
tacks on and intimidation of innocent Iraqi civilians 
by armed extremists and calls upon the Government 
of Iraq to take immediate steps to protect the safety 
and constitutional rights of all Iraqi citizens; 
(2) calls on the President, Secretary of State, 
and United States Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations, working through the United Na-
tions Security Council with member states and the 
Government of Iraq, to develop and implement an 
immediate, coordinated, and sustained humanitarian 
intervention to protect civilians, stabilize the security 
situation in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq, and 
facilitate appropriate humanitarian assistance in the 
Kurdistan region to help absorb the influx of refu-
gees; 
(3) calls on the United States Permanent Rep-
resentative to the United Nations to work with the 
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on 
a sustained basis to document human rights abuses 
against Iraqi civilians and develop an immediate 
plan to facilitate safe humanitarian access to potable 
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water, health care, fuel, electricity, and basic secu-
rity for the most vulnerable civilian populations; and 
(4) calls on the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees to coordinate with international 
humanitarian organizations working in Iraq— 
(A) to develop an effective strategy for re-
settlement assistance, that incorporates the es-
tablishment of micro-lending enterprises and 
business startup loans for the displaced, and for 
transitioning emergency relief to longer-term 
economic development in beleaguered areas, in-
cluding ancestral villages in the Nineveh Plain 
and Kurdistan, to help reestablish viable liveli-
hoods for displaced and persecuted persons in 
their communities of origin; and 
(B) to develop transparent, accountable 
mechanisms to ensure that assistance reaches 
the intended recipients and, in particular, to 
prevent the diversion of assistance intended for 
minority communities. 
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