[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 32 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 32

  Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the actions the 
  President should take before any use of military force against Iraq 
       without the broad support of the international community.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2003

    Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Byrd) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the actions the 
  President should take before any use of military force against Iraq 
       without the broad support of the international community.

Whereas more than three months have passed, and circumstances have significantly 
        changed, since Congress acted in October 2002 to authorize the use of 
        military force against Iraq;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved Security 
        Council Resolution 1441 (2002) requiring Iraq to cooperate with strict 
        weapons inspections and give United Nations weapons inspectors 
        ``immediate, unimpeded, unconditional, and unrestricted access'' to all 
        suspected sites involving such weapons;
Whereas United Nations weapons inspectors arrived in Iraq on November 18, 2002, 
        submitted their 60-day report to the Security Council about Iraq's 
        cooperation with weapons inspections on January 27, 2003, and will 
        report again on their activities on February 14, 2003;
Whereas the President has not yet made a compelling case to Congress, the 
        American people, or the international community that the use of armed 
        force is the only alternative to disarm Iraq; and
Whereas Congress and the American people are increasingly concerned that the 
        President is prepared to use armed force against Iraq without broad 
        support by the international community, and without making a compelling 
        case that Iraq presents such an imminent threat to the national security 
        of the United States that unilateral action is justified: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that, before the 
President uses military force against Iraq without the broad support of 
the international community, the President should--
            (1) provide full support to the United Nations weapons 
        inspectors to facilitate their ongoing disarmament work; and
            (2) obtain approval by Congress of new legislation 
        authorizing the President to use all necessary means, including 
        the use of military force, to disarm Iraq.
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