STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1801-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.C.R. No. 39

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 39, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE HUMAN RIGHTS ATROCITIES AND VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN IN NORTHERN UGANDA AND URGING CONGRESS TO LEAD THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN OF UGANDA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to condemn the genocide and violence in Northern Uganda and urge the United States (U.S.) Congress, with the support of the President and United Nations (U.N.), to engage the international community to take action to protect the children of Uganda.

     The Invisible Children Hawaii Club of Hawaii Pacific University submitted testimony in support of this concurrent resolution.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Adding to receive certified copies of this concurrent resolution two officials of the U.N., two officials of the U.S. Department of State, and one official of the U.S. Agency for International Development to the list of persons designated; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 39, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 39, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair