{"article":{"id":19353,"heading":"ACTION ALERT!! Cong. Resolution 473!!! Call NOW!!!","author":"Dan Brown","created":"2002-09-27 13:36:39","modified":"2002-09-27 13:36:39","last_modified":"Fri, 27 Sep 2002 20:36:39","article":"

Call your Congressional Delegation and tell them to support NO Iraq Resolution OTHER THAN House Congressional Resolution 473, introduced by Representative Barbara Lee of California!

Find your Congressional Delegation phone numbers here:

\"Contacting the Congress\"

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Dan Brown

Saint Paul, Minn.

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News from Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Ninth Congressional District of California

U.S. House of Representatives

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Contact: Lillian German

September 19, 2002

(202) 225-2661

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Introduces H.Con.Res.473

Calling for U.S. to work with United Nations to Advance

Peace and Security in Iraq

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Washington DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA)

introduced H.Con.Res.473

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calling for the

United States to work through the United Nations to

renew arms inspections, assure Iraqi compliance with

U.N. resolutions, and to oppose unilateral first strike

military action.

\"President Bush has called on the United Nations to

assume its responsibilities. I call on the United

States to assume ours by working with the United

Nations to ensure that Iraq is not developing weapons

of mass destruction by utilizing mechanisms such as the

resumption of arms inspections, negotiation, regional

cooperation, and other diplomatic means,\" Congresswoman

Lee stated.

\"We all agree that world would be better off without

Saddam Hussein in power, but I believe that we are

better off still if we live under the rule of law and

eliminate weapons of mass destruction,\" said Lee. Lee

also said that, \"A preemptive, unilateral first strike

would set a terrible international precedent. The

question one must ask when confronting this doctrine of

preemption is, where will it end? Which dictator will

be next?\"

This resolution outlines the history of Iraq's non-

compliance with U.N. Resolution 687 (1991) and other

resolutions and cease-fire agreements and sets forth

the need to renew weapons inspections and to seek out

and destroy any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as

well as pointing out the potential consequences for the

United States of a first strike against Iraq.

It reads in part, \"Whereas the short-term and long-term

costs of unilateral U.S. military action against Iraq

and subsequent occupation may be significant in terms

of United States casualties, the cost to the United

States treasury, and harm to United States diplomatic

relations with other countries: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

concurring), That the United States should work through

the United Nations to seek to resolve the matter of

ensuring that Iraq is not developing weapons of mass

destruction, through mechanisms such as the resumption

of weapons inspections, negotiation, enquiry,

mediation, regional arrangements, and other peaceful

means.\"

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Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the

importance of the United States working through the

United Nations to assure Iraq's compliance with United

Nations Security Council... (Introduced in House)

HCON 473 IH

107th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. CON. RES. 473

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the

importance of the United States working through the

United Nations to assure Iraq's compliance with United

Nations Security Council resolutions and advance peace

and security in the Persian Gulf region.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 19, 2002

Ms. LEE (for herself, Mrs. CLAYTON, Ms. RIVERS, Mr.

HINCHEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr.

KUCINICH, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. OWENS, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms.

WATSON of California, Mr. RUSH, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr.

HILLIARD, Mr. CLAY, Mr. STARK, Mr. FARR of California,

Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. FILNER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr.

CLYBURN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. BROWN of Florida,

Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SOLIS, and Mr. CONYERS) submitted the

following concurrent resolution; which was referred to

the Committee on International Relations

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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the

importance of the United States working through the

United Nations to assure Iraq's compliance with United

Nations Security Council resolutions and advance peace

and security in the Persian Gulf region.

Whereas on April 6, 1991, during the Persian Gulf War,

Iraq accepted the provisions of United Nations Security

Council Resolution 687 (April 3, 1991) bringing a

formal cease-fire into effect;

Whereas, in accordance with Security Council Resolution

687, Iraq unconditionally accepted the destruction,

removal, or rendering harmless of `all chemical and

biological weapons and all stocks of agents and all

related subsystems and components and all research,

development, support and manufacturing facilities

related thereto', and `all ballistic missiles with a

range greater than one hundred and fifty kilometers,

and related major parts and repair and production

facilities';

Whereas, in accordance with Security Council Resolution

687, Iraq unconditionally agreed not to acquire or

develop any nuclear weapons, nuclear-weapons-usable

material, nuclear-related subsystems or components, or

nuclear-related research, development, support, or

manufacturing facilities;

Whereas Security Council Resolution 687 calls for the

creation of a United Nations special commission to

`carry out immediate on-site inspection of Iraq's

biological, chemical, and missile capabilities' and to

assist and cooperate with the International Atomic

Energy Agency in carrying out the `destruction, removal

or rendering harmless' of all nuclear-related items and

in developing a plan for the ongoing monitoring and

verification of Iraq's compliance;

Whereas United Nations weapons inspectors (UNSCOM)

between 1991 and 1998 successfully uncovered and

destroyed large stockpiles of chemical and biological

weapons and production facilities, nuclear weapons

research and development facilities, and Scud missiles,

despite the fact that the Government of Iraq sought to

obstruct their work in numerous ways;

Whereas in 1998, UNSCOM weapons inspectors were

withdrawn from Iraq and have not returned since;

Whereas Iraq is not in compliance with United Nations

Security Council Resolution 687, United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1154, and additional United

Nations resolutions on inspections, and this

noncompliance violates international law and Iraq's

ceasefire obligations and potentially endangers United

States and regional security interests;

Whereas the true extent of Iraq's continued development

of weapons of mass destruction and the threat posed by

such development to the United States and allies in the

region are unknown and cannot be known without

inspections;

Whereas the United Nations was established for the

purpose of preventing war and resolving disputes

between nations through peaceful means, including `by

negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation,

arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional

arrangements, or other peaceful means';

Whereas the United Nations remains seized of this

matter;

Whereas the President has called upon the United

Nations to take responsibility to assure that Iraq

fulfills its obligations to the United Nations under

existing United Nations Security Council resolutions;

Whereas war with Iraq would place the lives of tens of

thousands of people at risk, including members of the

United States armed forces, Iraqi civilian non-

combatants, and civilian populations in neighboring

countries;

Whereas unilateral United States military action

against Iraq may undermine cooperative international

efforts to reduce international terrorism and to bring

to justice those responsible for the attacks of

September 11, 2001;

Whereas unilateral United States military action

against Iraq may also undermine United States

diplomatic relations with countries throughout the Arab

and Muslim world and with many other allies;

Whereas a preemptive unilateral United States first

strike could both set a dangerous international

precedent and significantly weaken the United Nations

as an institution; and

Whereas the short-term and long-term costs of

unilateral United States military action against Iraq

and subsequent occupation may be significant in terms

of United States casualties, the cost to the United

States treasury, and harm to United States diplomatic

relations with other countries: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

concurring), that the United States should work through

the United Nations to seek to resolve the matter of

ensuring that Iraq is not developing weapons of mass

destruction, through mechanisms such as the resumption

of weapons inspections, negotiation, enquiry,

mediation, regional arrangements, and other peaceful

means.

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