[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 205 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 205

  Expressing appreciation to the Government of Kuwait for its medical 
assistance to Ali Ismaeel Abbas and other children of Iraq and for its 
          additional humanitarian aid, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2003

  Mr. Vitter submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing appreciation to the Government of Kuwait for its medical 
assistance to Ali Ismaeel Abbas and other children of Iraq and for its 
          additional humanitarian aid, and for other purposes.

Whereas the plight of Ali Ismaeel Abbas, 12, of Baghdad, Iraq, who lost his 
        parents and several other relatives, suffered severe burns, and lost 
        both his arms on March 29, 2003, during the military conflict in Iraq, 
        has aroused concern on the part of people all around the world;
Whereas, with the approval of the Cabinet of the Government of Kuwait, First 
        Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah al-
        Ahmed al-Jabir Al-Sabah personally called for Ali to receive medical 
        treatment in Kuwait;
Whereas the Ministry of Health of Kuwait has agreed to care for the orphaned 
        Ali;
Whereas Dr. Ahmad al-Shatti, spokesman for the Ibn Sina Hospital for Specialized 
        Surgery, which has expertise in burn surgery, expressed welcome for Ali 
        on behalf of the hospital;
Whereas Ali was successfully medically evacuated by United States military 
        airlift from Baghdad, Iraq, to Nassiriya for medical tests and then to 
        Kuwait City, Kuwait, on April 15, 2003;
Whereas doctors at the sophisticated Saud A. Albabtain Center for Burns and 
        Plastic Surgery at Ibn Sina Hospital immediately provided medical care 
        to stabilize Ali and then performed surgery to treat his burns; and
Whereas the Government and people of Kuwait are providing medical supplies and 
        hospital assessment missions in Iraq, supplying water pumped through a 
        pipeline they laid to the Iraqi city of Umm Qasr, and operating the 
        Kuwait Humanitarian Operations Center, where the United States military 
        coordinates relief operations with nongovernmental organizations, United 
        Nations agencies, and the Government of Kuwait: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress of the United States--
            (1) formally expresses its gratitude to the Government of 
        Kuwait for its magnanimity in receiving Ali Ismaeel Abbas, for 
        providing Ali life-saving medical care, and for undertaking to 
        provide for his long-term recuperation and rehabilitation;
            (2) commends the Government and people of Kuwait for their 
        support of and welcome for Ali and other wounded children of 
        Iraq;
            (3) conveys the goodwill of Congress and the people of the 
        United States that has been engendered by the medical 
        assistance, water, and other humanitarian aid that the 
        Government and people of Kuwait have provided their neighbors;
            (4) encourages the Government and people of Kuwait to 
        continue their humanitarian efforts; and
            (5) expresses firm confidence that such humanitarian action 
        will not only help heal the wounds of Ali, but will also 
        restore comity between Kuwait and Iraq and within the region 
        and deepen the friendship between the peoples of Kuwait and the 
        United States.
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