Archive: Overseas Initiatives

  • Resolution on Kimberley Process Reform March 15, 2013

    Resolution on Kimberley Process Reform Summary This resolution recognizes that the Kimberley Process, put in place to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the mainstream rough diamond market, has failed.  Established by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/56 following recommendations in [...]

  • Resolution on Partnering with Canada to Create Job Opportunities for Returning US Veterans March 15, 2013

    Resolution on Partnering with Canada to Create Job Opportunities for Returning US Veterans Summary Current unemployment rates among US veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq remain stubbornly high, while the unemployment rate in Alberta, Canada is just 4.4 percent.  Finding [...]

  • Hard Science Resolution March 15, 2013

     Hard Science Resolution Summary Free-market economies are the best method of ensuring quality products for consumers while providing goods at the lowest cost, but unnecessary regulations can encroach on this process. Ideally, regulations passed by nations should be limited to [...]

  • Resolution Opposing the United Nations Drive for Global Taxes March 15, 2013

    Resolution Opposing the United Nations Drive for Global Taxes Summary The Resolution urges Congress to oppose any legislation that would authorize the United Nations (UN) to levy taxes on American citizens or establish an international agency authorized to levy taxes on American [...]

  • Resolution to Recognize and Commend the United States-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership and Its Global Significance of Enhanced Cooperation between the United States and Indonesia March 15, 2013

     Resolution to Recognize and Commend the United States-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership and Its Global Significance of Enhanced Cooperation between the United States and Indonesia Summary This resolution applauds the current Presidential Administration for embarking on a US-Indonesia comprehensive partnership. The partnership [...]

  • Resolution on Improving the US-Africa Partnership March 15, 2013

     Resolution on Improving the US-Africa Partnership Summary This resolution recognizes that the United States should seize the opportunity to strengthen our partnerships with the nations of Africa, a strategy that will prove mutually beneficial for both regions.  The resolution calls [...]

  • Resolution in Support of the Keystone XL Pipeline March 15, 2013

    WHEREAS, The United States relies – and will continue to rely for many years – on gasoline, diesel and jet fuel despite the recent focus on renewable and alternative sources of energy, and WHEREAS, In order to fuel our economy, [...]

  • Resolution Urging the Obama Administration to Launch Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Taiwan March 15, 2013

    Resolution Urging the Obama Administration to Launch Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Taiwan Summary Basing support on ALEC’s guiding principle to advance free markets, this resolution urges the President of the United States to launch negotiations with Taiwan [...]

  • Resolution Urging the European Union to Remove Its Ban on the Sale of Smokeless Tobacco March 15, 2013

    Resolution Urging the European Union to Remove Its Ban on the Sale of Smokeless Tobacco Summary The European Union’s (EU’s) current ban on the sale of snus is in direct violation of one of its own governing principles – that [...]

  • Resolution Providing Recommendation on UN Internet Oversight March 15, 2013

     Resolution Providing Recommendation on UN Internet Oversight Summary This resolution calls on the US delegation to the United Nations (UN) to stand in opposition to any attempts to permit UN regulation of the Internet. The Internet is currently based on [...]