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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Mar 9, 2000
Declares that Congress: (1) commemorates the suffering of the people of Halabja and all the victims of the Anfal Campaign; (2) condemns the regime headed by Saddam Hussein for its continued brutality towards the Iraqi people; (3) strongly urges the President to act forcefully within the United Nations and the United Nations Security Council to constitute an international tribunal for Iraq; (4) calls upon the President to move rapidly to efficiently use funds appropriated by Congress to create a record of the crimes of the Saddam Hussein regime; (5) recognizes that Saddam Hussein's record of brutality and belligerency threaten both the Iraqi people and the entire Persian Gulf region; and (6) reiterates that it should be U.S. policy to support efforts to remove the Saddam Hussein regime from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime.
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Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] · R–MS
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1436-1437; text of measure as introduced: CR S1423-1424)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1436-1437; text of measure as introduced: CR S1423-1424)
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