The resolution also calls on Congress to reinstate support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides live-saving humanitarian assistance to Palestinian refugees.
Call on Congress to reinstate support for UNRWA.
Occurrences
(5) support the resumed provision of social services to Palestinian refugees through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East;
Evidence
“Ms. Tlaib (for herself, Mr. Carson, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Simon, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs” and the resolution title includes language “Recognizing the ongoing Nakba and Palestinian refugees’ rights.”
The resolution states: “support the resumed provision of social services to Palestinian refugees through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.” It also says the United States has financially supported UNRWA on an almost continuous basis since its establishment.
The press release says the resolution “calls on Congress to reinstate support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides live-saving humanitarian assistance to Palestinian refugees.”
Assessments
The evidence shows Rashida Tlaib publicly and formally acted on the promise by introducing and promoting a House resolution that explicitly calls on Congress to reinstate support for UNRWA. That is a serious legislative advocacy step attributable to her. However, the cited measures were referred to committee and there is no evidence here that Congress actually reinstated support or adopted the resolution. Because the promise is framed as calling on Congress to do so, her act of calling for reinstatement is documented, but the underlying policy outcome has not been shown as completed in the record provided. That supports an unresolved judgment rather than delivered or partial.