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[H. Con. Res. 160 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 160


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2003

      Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations should remove 
 the economic sanctions against Iraq completely and without condition.

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 established sanctions as 
        a result of Saddam Hussein's unprovoked, illegal aggression against the 
        sovereign Arab State of Kuwait;
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 continued the sanctions, 
        which were intended to deprive the government of Saddam Hussein of 
        maintaining or


acquiring the means to threaten other states or peoples, or to continue to 
oppress his own people;

Whereas the United Nations Security Council, through the Oil-for-Food program, 
        allowed for humanitarian goods to flow to Iraq while maintaining the 
        sanctions regime and control over Iraq's oil revenue;
Whereas the Coalition that liberated Iraq poses no risk to other states or 
        peoples, and there is no reason to believe that the people of Iraq, 
        liberated from the tyrant Saddam Hussein, pose such a risk;
Whereas the Coalition is providing for the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi 
        people;
Whereas the people of Iraq are now ready to rebuild their nation after over 30 
        years of tyranny;
Whereas the sanctions established by United Nations Security Council Resolutions 
        661 and 687 prohibit the importation of goods necessary for the Iraqi 
        people to rebuild their country;
Whereas these sanctions restrict the trade of Iraqi goods, by and on behalf of 
        the Iraqi people, necessary to allow expeditious rebuilding of Iraq and 
        recovery from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein; and
Whereas continuing the sanctions imposed on the government of Saddam Hussein 
        punishes the people of Iraq for the actions of a brutal tyrant who no 
        longer rules them: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the United Nations should immediately act to lift the 
        economic sanctions imposed by United Nations Security Council 
        Resolutions 661 and 687; and
            (2) member states of the United Nations should allow and 
        encourage their nationals to trade with Iraq.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 13, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.

                            By Martha C. Morrison,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.