SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO MAGEN DAVID ADOM SOCIETY.

SEC. 690. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO MAGEN DAVID ADOM SOCIETY. (a) Findings.—Congress finds the following: (1) It is the mission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to prevent and alleviate human suffering wherever it may be found, without discrimination. (2) The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a worldwide institution in which all national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies have equal status. (3) The Magen David Adorn Society is the national humanitarian society in the State of Israel. (4) Since 1949 the Magen David Adorn Society has been refused admission into the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and has been relegated to observer status without a vote because it has used the Red Shield of David, 116 STAT. 1415the only such national organization denied membership in the Movement. (b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the International Committee of the Red Cross should immediately recognize the Magen David Adorn Society; (2) the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies should grant full membership to the Magen David Adorn Society immediately following recognition by the International Committee of the Red Cross of the Magen David Adorn Society as a full member of the International Committee of the Red Cross; (3) the Red Shield of David should be accorded the same protections under international law as the Red Cross and the Red Crescent; and (4) the United States should continue to press for full membership for the Magen David Adorn Society in the International Red Cross Movement.