(CNN) An effort underway in Washington, D.C., would create an in-your-face way to remind Saudi Arabia of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi: Rename the street in front of the Saudi embassy in honor of the slain journalist.

The first hurdle for this proposed honor was cleared Wednesday when a neighborhood group approved a resolution that would symbolically designate part of the street that runs in front of the Embassy of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as "Jamal Khashoggi Way." The embassy's address is 601 New Hampshire Avenue NW.

The resolution from the seven-member Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A passed unanimously, commissioner James Harnett told CNN. The commission, which is part of the government in the District of Columbia, normally handles local issues like zoning, parking and trash collection in the West End and Foggy Bottom neighborhoods. But Harnett said commissioners were outraged by Khashoggi's killing, as well as President Trump's reaction to it, and felt the need to take action on an international issue.

"I think our concern ... and the need to say we want to weigh in on this issue, which has international implications, is that we are extremely disappointed over the lack of concern" in the White House's response to the incident, Harnett said. "It's our belief ... that when there's a vacuum of leadership that someone steps up and makes sure that the community knows that this is something that we take seriously."

The resolution requests that the east side of New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. -- between F Street and Juarez Circle -- be designated as Jamal Khashoggi Way.

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