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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY GREIMANN
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution supporting the lifting of
1 4 nonmilitary sanctions against Iraq by the United
1 5 States government.
1 6 WHEREAS, the children of Iraq continue to suffer
1 7 malnutrition, disease, and death as a direct result of
1 8 United Nations-imposed economic sanctions, including a
1 9 trade embargo; and
1 10 WHEREAS, a recent United Nations Children's Fund
1 11 (UNICEF) survey of infant and maternal mortality shows
1 12 marked decline in basic life indicators in Iraq; and
1 13 WHEREAS, 4,500 Iraqi children under the age of five
1 14 are dying every month, and the nation's educational,
1 15 medical, electrical, and water infrastructure is in
1 16 disarray due to shortages in supplies; and
1 17 WHEREAS, no significant movements forward with
1 18 regard to food security can be achieved as long as the
1 19 embargo remains in place; and
1 20 WHEREAS, visits by representatives of the Middle
1 21 East Council of Churches and the American Friends
1 22 Service Committee have disclosed that many Iraqi
1 23 children lack adequate food, medicine, and clean
1 24 water; and
1 25 WHEREAS, after 10 years of economic sanctions
1 26 imposed by the United States as a result of the Gulf
1 27 War, a deepening social and humanitarian crisis is
1 28 looming, with the most affected groups being the sick,
1 29 the young, the elderly, and the poor; and
1 30 WHEREAS, there is awareness that the economic
2 1 embargo is by no means the sole cause of the
2 2 continuing suffering of the Iraqi people; and
2 3 WHEREAS, the Iraqi government inaction does not
2 4 relieve the international community, including the
2 5 United States, from the responsibility to end the
2 6 dreadful suffering caused by the economic embargo; and
2 7 WHEREAS, in the words of the great humanitarian,
2 8 Albert Camus, "Perhaps we cannot prevent this world
2 9 from being a place in which children are tortured.
2 10 But we can reduce the number of tortured children.
2 11 And if you don't help us, who else in the world can
2 12 help us do this?"; NOW THEREFORE,
2 13 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 14 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly
2 15 urges that the economic embargo against Iraq be lifted
2 16 immediately by establishing normal trade while
2 17 retaining an embargo on military items; and
2 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
2 19 Resolution be sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of
2 20 Representatives to the President of the United States,
2 21 the President of the United States Senate, the
2 22 Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States
2 23 Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of
2 24 Representatives, the Committee on International
2 25 Relations of the United States House of
2 26 Representatives, and members of Iowa's congressional
2 27 delegation.
2 28 LSB 2168YH 79
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