A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the conflict in Yemen.

Bill: 114-sres-524
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2016-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Persian Gulf States
Reconstruction and stabilization
Saudi Arabia
Terrorism
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that:
 
 
 all sides to the conflict in Yemen should abide by international obligations to protect civilians, facilitate the delivery of humanitarian relief, respect cease-fires, and work toward a political settlement; 
 
U.S.-supported Saudi military operations in Yemen should take all feasible precautions to reduce the risk of harm to civilians and should increase prioritization of targeting of designated foreign terrorist organizations; 
 
 the Houthi-Saleh forces should cease indiscriminate shelling of areas inhabited by civilians and should allow free access by humanitarian relief organizations seeking to deliver aid to civilian populations; and 
 
 a reconstruction and stabilization plan should be developed alongside a negotiated political framework, with robust financing from the international community, including Gulf Cooperation Council countries that have pledged to fund Yemen's post-conflict reconstruction. 
 
 
 

action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that:
 
 
 all sides to the current conflict in Yemen should abide by international obligations to protect civilians, facilitate the delivery of humanitarian relief throughout the country, and respect negotiated cease-fires and work toward a lasting political settlement; 
 
U.S.-supported Saudi military operations in Yemen should take all feasible precautions to reduce the risk of harm to civilians and civilian objects, and should increase prioritization of targeting of designated foreign terrorist organizations, including al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and affiliates of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; 
 
 the Houthi-Saleh forces engaged in the conflict in Yemen should cease indiscriminate shelling of areas inhabited by civilians and should allow free access by humanitarian relief organizations seeking to deliver aid to civilian populations under siege; and 
 
 a reconstruction and stabilization plan should be developed alongside a negotiated political framework, in consultation with local stakeholders and with robust financing from the international community, including Gulf Cooperation Council countries that have previously made pledges to fund Yemen's post-conflict reconstruction. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 575.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4946)
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate