That the Senate—
reaffirms the commitment of the United States Government to support the Government of Ethiopia—
to provide training and resources to counter terrorism and violent extremism and address security concerns in the Horn of Africa;
to bolster trade and investment in the private sector between the United States and Ethiopia;
to continue the support to strengthen higher education and promote health through the exiting mechanisms;
to continue the humanitarian assistance with the United States Agency for International Development to the people affected by the drought; and
calls on the Secretary of State to engage with the Government of Ethiopia in strengthening the bilateral Working Group on Democracy, Governance and Human Rights, and provide support in the implementation of the National Human Rights Action Plan;
condemns the violence that resulted in the death of over 500 Ethiopians;
calls on the Government of Ethiopia—
to hold accountable all personnel responsible for the death and destruction that took place as a result of violent protests in the Oromia and Amhara regions and publicly release information in a written report;
to respect the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and guarantee freedom of the press and mass media in keeping with Articles 30 and 29 of the Ethiopian constitution; and
to engage in open and transparent consultations relative to its development strategy, especially those strategies that could result in people’s displacement from land, offering those displaced from their land the right to seek remedy or redress in courts and providing a transparent means to access justice for those displaced;
calls on the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to continue to lead efforts to work with the Government of Ethiopia to improved democracy and governance; and
calls on the United States Agency for International Development to assist the Government and people of Ethiopia in capacity building in all areas.