[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 239 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 239

Expressing the sense of the Senate that Nadia Dabbagh, who was abducted 
  from the United States, should be returned home to her mother, Ms. 
                            Maureen Dabbagh.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 19, 1999

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate that Nadia Dabbagh, who was abducted 
  from the United States, should be returned home to her mother, Ms. 
                            Maureen Dabbagh.

Whereas Mr. Mohamad Hisham Dabbagh and Mrs. Maureen Dabbagh had a daughter, 
        Nadia Dabbagh, in 1990;
Whereas Maureen Dabbagh and Mohamad Hisham Dabbagh were divorced in February 
        1992;
Whereas in 1993, Nadia was abducted by her father;
Whereas Mohamad Hisham fled the United States with Nadia;
Whereas the Governments of Syria and the United States have granted child 
        custody to Maureen Dabbagh and both have issued arrest warrants for 
        Mohamad Dabbagh;
Whereas Mohamad Dabbagh originally escaped to Saudi Arabia;
Whereas the Department of State believed that Nadia was residing in Syria until 
        late 1998;
Whereas the Senate passed S. Res. 293 for Nadia Dabbagh on October 21, 1998, 
        asking Syria to aid in the return of Nadia to her mother in the United 
        States;
Whereas in 1999, Syria invited Maureen Dabbagh to Syria to meet with her 
        daughter;
Whereas the Department of State believes that in 1999 Nadia was moved to Saudi 
        Arabia and is residing with Mohamad Dabbagh;
Whereas although Nadia is in Saudi Arabia, neither she nor Mohamad Dabbagh are 
        Saudi Arabian citizens;
Whereas Maureen Dabbagh, with the assistance of missing children organizations, 
        has been unable to reunite with her daughter;
Whereas the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and 
        Interpol have been unsuccessful in their attempts to bring Nadia back to 
        the United States;
Whereas Maureen Dabbagh has not seen her daughter in more than six years; and
Whereas it will take the continued effort and pressure on the part of the Saudi 
        Arabian officials to bring this case to a successful conclusion: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the Governments 
of the United States and Saudi Arabia immediately locate Nadia and 
deliver her safely to her mother.
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