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Urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress to reexamine foreign policy towards Ethiopia.
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WHEREAS, The noble people of Ethiopia have developed and nourished a proud and distinguished culture that has endured for three millennia; and
WHEREAS, Ethiopia has had a long and productive friendship with the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, Ethiopia is of great strategic and economic importance to the United States and to the world; and
WHEREAS, The seeds of democratic change in Ethiopia should be allowed to blossom and not be snuffed out; and
WHEREAS, Ethiopia is poised at a crucial juncture in its history but it is making a regression towards non-democratic brutal rule under the leadership of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed; and
WHEREAS, The ascendance of policy of promoting ethnic federalism has placed the civilian population of Ethiopia, particularly women and children, in great danger; and
WHEREAS, Governmental practices have caused great division and have led to the death of hundreds and the arbitrary arrest of thousands more, including religious leaders and journalists; and
WHEREAS, The people of Ethiopia are aspiring to resolve their complicated problems through the formation and utilization of democratic institutions and maximum citizen input; and
WHEREAS, The basic underpinning of democratic institutions in the new Ethiopia should be democratic values and the guarantee of the rule of the people; and
WHEREAS, The Ethiopian government should adhere to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which encourages freedom of speech, assembly, religion, and press, guarantees all basic rights, and discourages ethnocentric policies and ethnic reservations; and
WHEREAS, It is crucial that the diverse voices, opinions, and philosophies of the people be expressed in promoting political, economic, and social progress and justices in Ethiopia; and
WHEREAS, A multiparty government may be the most egalitaria...
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