[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H333]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONDEMNING LIBYA'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE UNITED NATION'S COMMISSION ON 
                              HUMAN RIGHTS

  (Mrs. MUSGRAVE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong 
objection and even my disgust at the recent selection of Libya as the 
Chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
  It is shameful and it defies logic for Libya to sit in judgment of 
any nation on the critical issue of human rights. Libya is widely known 
to be a sponsor of international terrorism and an abuser of the most 
basic human rights.
  The American people will never forget that the Libyan terrorists were 
the ones who hijacked Pan Am Flight 103 and murdered hundreds of 
innocent passengers.
  Mr. Speaker, it is very evident that the only thing Libya knows about 
human rights is how to abuse them. Any notion that a terrorist nation 
such as Libya should lead any commission on human rights is absolutely 
repugnant.
  Mr. Speaker, our President has made it very clear, the United Nations 
has some important decisions to make that will determine whether or not 
the United Nations will be relevant in the world community. One of 
these decisions is whether or not they will allow a terrorist state and 
a human rights abuser like Libya to chair the U.N. Commission on Human 
Rights.
  Mr. Speaker, we represent a country founded on the principles of 
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We should not, and I pray 
we will not, use taxpayers' dollars to support any commission chaired 
by a nation with such an outrageous record on human rights.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues in join me in condemning Libya's 
involvement with the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.

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