{"id":8895,"date":"2022-02-07T14:36:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/us-congress-resolution-on-liberia"},"modified":"2022-02-07T15:16:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:16:01","slug":"us-congress-resolution-on-liberia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/us-congress-resolution-on-liberia","title":{"rendered":"US Congress Resolution on Liberia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Reaffirming our commitment to support progress toward transparency, accountable institutions, and other tenets of good governance in the Republic of Liberia as it approaches the bicentennial of the arrival of the first free Black Americans to Providence Island, Liberia.IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
\nRESOLUTION
\nReaffirming our commitment to support progress toward transparency, accountable institutions, and other tenets of good governance in the Republic of Liberia as it approaches the bicentennial of the arrival of the first free Black Americans to Providence Island, Liberia.
\nWhereas, on January 7, 1822, free Black Americans arrived in present-day Liberia through the efforts of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States, also known as the American Colonization Society, established in 1816 to fund the passage of free Black Americans to West Africa;
\nWhereas, in 1847, the free Black Americans declared independence from the American Colonization Society and founded the Republic of Liberia, the first independent African republic, and established diplomatic relations with the United States in 1864 that have endured for more than 150 years;
\nWhereas United States interests in Liberia\u2019s natural resources and Liberia\u2019s strategic location in West Africa resulted in enhanced bilateral cooperation with the United States and prompted the United States and Liberia to sign a defense cooperation agreement in 1942 and subsequent agreements that facilitated strategic infrastructure development in Monrovia and enhanced United States-Liberia defense cooperation thereafter;
\nWhereas, in 1944, Liberia declared war against Germany and Japan, further reinforcing Liberia\u2019s commitment to support the United States and the Allies in World War II;
\nWhereas, from 1980 to 2003, Liberia\u2019s democracy was undermined by a coup d\u2019e\u00b4tat, corruption, mass atrocities such as rape, torture, and forced disappearances, and two civil wars that left at least 250,000 people dead, tens of thousands maimed, hundreds of thousands displaced, and thousands of former child soldiers seeking rehabilitation and reintegration for physical and mental trauma;
\nWhereas Liberia, with United States support for democracy, governance, and anticorruption initiatives, emerged from decades of civil war in 2003 and worked to rehabilitate the democratic process through successive free and fair elections ever since;
\nWhereas, in 2016, the United Nations Security Council voted to end sanctions and an arms embargo on Liberia, citing substantial progress on postconflict stabilization;
\nWhereas the United States acknowledges ongoing efforts to address government corruption and other critical reforms in Liberia and will continue to work with the Liberian Government to advance the objectives of the Liberian Anti-Corruption Commission and other anticorruption agencies and goals underpinning Liberia\u2019s participation in the Summit for Democracies in December 2021;
\nWhereas the United States remains the largest and longest bilateral donor to the Republic of Liberia, allocating more than $3,000,000,000 in multiagency assistance since 2003 to support stabilization, economic recovery, development, and global health, including support for Liberia\u2019s response to the 2014\u20132016 Ebola outbreak and the ongoing COVID\u201319 pandemic, during which the United States has worked with partners to donate nearly 900,000 COVID\u201319 vaccine doses;
\nWhereas the United States has demonstrated its commitment to bolster bilateral relations through continued sessions of the U.S.-Liberia Partnership Dialogue, Liberia\u2019s ongoing participation in the House Democracy Partnership, and related initiatives;
\nWhereas Liberia remains a beneficiary of United States trade preferences through the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the 2007 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, both of which affirm the importance of open and diversified trade and investment between the United States and Liberia; and
\nWhereas the Liberian people and the Liberian diaspora have contributed significantly to the United States and Liberia and reaffirm the longstanding transatlantic ties between the two nations, which will be underscored by the Republic of Liberia\u2019s bicentennial celebration: Now, therefore, be it
\nResolved, That the House of Representatives\u2014
\n(1) remains committed to nurturing the endur3 ing ties between the people and the Governments of
\nthe United States and Liberia, including through the
\nprovision of United States support for a strong civil
\nsociety, reputable and accountable institutions,
\ntransparency, and other tenets of good governance
\nthat should help lay a solid foundation for Presi-
\ndential elections in 2023;
\n(2) encourages Liberia to redouble its efforts to
\ncounter corruption, advance the causes of human
\nrights, and implement critical economic reforms nec13 essary to accelerate sustainable economic growth and 14 human capital development;
\n(3) calls on the Departments of State and the
\nTreasury to continue to impose targeted sanctions
\nand other measures against those responsible for un18 dermining the rule of law as well as the faith and
\ntrust of the Liberian people through the conduct of
\ncorruption, gross violations of human rights, and<\/p>\n

other acts that threaten the peace and security of
\nLiberia;
\n(4) recalls the historical significance of Libe-
\nria\u2019s bicentennial anniversary as the country con5 tinues to build a vibrant and inclusive democracy;
\nand
\n(5) supports the continuing efforts of the Libe-
\nrian diaspora in the United States and their sub9 stantial contributions to robust transatlantic dia10 logue, engagement, and transformational initiatives 11 that advance democratic principles in Liberia.<\/p>\n

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