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H. RES. 1230 — Recognizing the hundreds of thousands of lives lost during Sri Lanka’s almost 30-year armed conflict, which ended 15 years ago on May 18, 2009, and ensuring nonrecurrence of past violence, including the Tamil Genocide, by supporting the right to self-determination of Eelam Tamil people and their call for an independence referendum for a lasting peaceful resolution.
May 15, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:339
H. RES. 1230 acknowledges the heavy loss of life during Sri Lanka's long conflict ending in 2009 and stresses the need to prevent future violence, particularly against the Eelam Tamil people. It supports the Tamil people's right to self-determination and urges an independence...
Simple Explanation
H. RES. 1230 is like a big group hug for the Tamil people in Sri Lanka, who want to make sure everyone treats them fairly. It says the U.S. should help them decide their future in peace and remember the sad things that happened to them in the past.
H. RES. 1156 — Expressing support for the designation of April 17, 2025, as Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day to remember the horrific slaughter of almost 2,000,000 Cambodian people at the hand of the Khmer Rouge regime.
April 17, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:277
H. RES. 1156 expresses the House of Representatives' support for designating April 17, 2025, as "Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day." This resolution aims to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the genocide that began in 1975, where nearly two million Cambodian people were...
Simple Explanation
In the United States, there is a plan to have a special day on April 17, 2025, called Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day, to remember and think about all the people who suffered a long time ago in Cambodia when almost two million people were hurt by a group called the Khmer Rouge. The idea is for everyone to do something special on this day to remember and honor these people, like having ceremonies or other activities.
S. RES. 537 — Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should recognize the 1994 genocide in Rwanda as the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
January 31, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:216
The resolution, S. RES. 537, expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should recognize the 1994 genocide in Rwanda as "the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda." It highlights the call for the Secretary of State to publicly affirm this specific terminology and...
Simple Explanation
The Senate wants the United States to officially call the events in Rwanda in 1994 "the genocide against the Tutsi" while also remembering that many other people were hurt during that time.

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