HR 27 — A Resolution urging the President and the Congress of the United States to reexamine United States foreign policy toward Ethiopia.

PRINTER'S NO.   316

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



              HOUSE RESOLUTION
                 No. 27
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY SOLOMON, GIRAL, BRENNAN, KENYATTA, SANCHEZ,
        BURGOS, HILL-EVANS, STEELE AND GREEN, JANUARY 27, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
        OPERATIONS, JANUARY 27, 2025


                                  A RESOLUTION
 1   Urging the President and the Congress of the United States to
 2      reexamine United States foreign policy toward Ethiopia.
 3         WHEREAS, The people of Ethiopia have developed and nourished
 4   a proud and distinguished culture that has endured for three
 5   millennia; and
 6         WHEREAS, Ethiopia has had a long and productive friendship
 7   with the United States; and
 8         WHEREAS, Ethiopia is of great strategic and economic
 9   importance to the United States and to the world; and
10         WHEREAS, The seeds of democratic change in Ethiopia should be
11   allowed to blossom and not be snuffed out; and
12         WHEREAS, Ethiopia is poised at a crucial juncture in its
13   history; and
14         WHEREAS, Ethiopia is making a regression toward nondemocratic
15   brutal rule under the leadership of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed;
16   and
17         WHEREAS, The ascendance of policy of promoting ethnic
 1   federalism has placed the civilian population of Ethiopia,
 2   particularly women and children, in great danger; and
 3         WHEREAS, Governmental practices have caused great division
 4   and have led to the death of hundreds and the arbitrary arrest
 5   of thousands more, including religious leaders and journalists;
 6   and
 7         WHEREAS, The people of Ethiopia are aspiring to resolve their
 8   complicated problems through the formation and utilization of
 9   democratic institutions and maximum citizen input; and
10         WHEREAS, The basic underpinning of democratic institutions in
11   the new Ethiopia should be the supremacy of the will of the
12   people and the guarantee of the rule of the people; and
13         WHEREAS, The Ethiopian government should adhere to the United
14   Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which encourages
15   freedom of speech, assembly, religion and press, guarantees all
16   basic rights and discourages ethnocentric policies and ethnic
17   reservations; and
18         WHEREAS, It is crucial that the diverse voices, opinions and
19   philosophies of the people be expressed in promoting political,
20   economic and social progress and justices in Ethiopia; and
21         WHEREAS, A multiparty government may be the most egalitarian,
22   feasible and productive political arrangement in providing
23   suffrage and in overcoming monumental obstacles; and
24         WHEREAS, The President and the Congress of the United States
25   will play a crucial role in promoting the peaceful resolution of
26   the immense problems of Ethiopia; and
27         WHEREAS, The implementation of a democratic, multiparty
28   government in Ethiopia should be a long-term foreign policy goal
29   of the Federal Government; therefore be it
30         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the

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 1   Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the President and the Congress
 2   of the United States to reexamine United States foreign policy
 3   toward Ethiopia; and be it further
 4      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
 5   Commonwealth of Pennsylvania continue to encourage the formation
 6   of democratic institutions, multiparty participation,
 7   progressive social change and respect for fundamental human
 8   rights in Ethiopia, including freedom of religion, association
 9   and expression; and be it further
10      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
11   Commonwealth of Pennsylvania encourage the President and the
12   Congress of the United States to use every possible means at
13   their command to examine, recognize and evaluate the political
14   conditions that exist in Ethiopia and reexamine its foreign
15   policy to ensure the end of the shocking brutality of ethnic
16   warfare in Ethiopia; and be it further
17      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
18   Commonwealth of Pennsylvania encourage the President and the
19   Congress of the United States to use every possible means at
20   their command to examine, recognize and evaluate the religious
21   interference, civilian attacks with drones and heavy weaponry,
22   ethnically based arbitrary arrests and associated human rights
23   violations and the conditions that exist in Ethiopia and
24   reexamine its foreign policy to preserve human dignity,
25   religious freedom and end the persecution of ethnic minorities;
26   and be it further
27      RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
28   the President of the United States, the Vice President of the
29   United States, the Secretary of State of the United States, the
30   presiding officers of each house of Congress, each member of

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1   Congress from Pennsylvania and the Ethiopian Ambassador to the
2   United States.




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