S.Res. 524 · 114th Congress
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the conflict in Yemen.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Christopher Murphy
- Introduced
- 2016-07-11
- Latest action
- 2016-07-14 · Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Summary
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.