[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 153 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 153

Urging the Parliament of Kuwait when it sits on July 17 to grant women 
            the right to hold office and the right to vote.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 15, 1999

Mr. Wellstone submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Urging the Parliament of Kuwait when it sits on July 17 to grant women 
            the right to hold office and the right to vote.

Whereas, His Highness, Sheikh Jaber al-Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait, issued a 
        decree in May granting Kuwaiti women the right to vote and to hold 
        office in 2003;
Whereas Amiri decrees in Kuwait must be approved by the fifty member Kuwaiti 
        national Parliament;
Whereas the Kuwaiti people elected a new Parliament on July 3;
Whereas the new Parliament will convene on July 17 and consider legislation to 
        grant women the right to hold office and the right to vote;
Whereas the United States of America embraces democratic principles and the 
        importance of women's rights; and
Whereas the United States is strongly committed to advancing the political 
        rights of women, and democratic principles throughout the Middle East: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Congress--
            (1) commends His Highness, Sheikh Jaber al-Sabah, for 
        issuing his decree granting suffrage and the right to hold 
        office to Kuwaiti women;
            (2) commends the women of Kuwait for their great strides 
        and continuing struggle toward political equality; and
            (3) calls on the Kuwaiti Parliament to affirm women's 
        suffrage and the right to hold office of women in Kuwait.
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