21 May 2003
Senator Submits Resolution Hailing Kuwait Medical Aid to Iraqi Children
(S. Con. Res. 45 cites aid from Kuwait's government and people for Iraqis) (610) Senator Mary Landrieu (Democrat of Louisiana) introduced a resolution to the Senate May 19 praising the government of Kuwait and its people for providing medical assistance for a severely wounded Iraqi youth, and for other medical help and aid for the children of Iraq. Landrieu submitted Senate Concurrent Resolution 45 (S. Con. Res. 45), which was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for action. S. Con. Res. 45 said the Kuwaiti action would help build good ties between the people of Iraq and Kuwait. The proposed resolution also said Kuwait's humanitarian acts would strengthen ties between Americans and Kuwaitis. Following is the text of Senate Concurrent Resolution 45 from the Congressional Record: (begin text) SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 45 EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT FOR THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IT PROVIDED TO ALI ISMAEEL ABBAS AND OTHER CHILDREN OF IRAQ AND FOR THE ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF KUWAIT Senate May 19, 2003 S. Con. Res. 45 Whereas the plight of Ali Ismaeel Abbas, 12, of Baghdad, Iraq, who lost his parents and several other relatives, suffered severe burns, and lost both his arms on March 29, 2003, during the military conflict in Iraq, has aroused concern on the part of people all around the world; Whereas, with the approval of the Cabinet of the Government of Kuwait, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jabir Al-Sabah personally called for Ali to receive medical treatment in Kuwait; Whereas the Ministry of Health of Kuwait has agreed to care for the orphaned Ali; Whereas Dr. Ahmad al-Shatti, spokesman for the Ibn Sina Hospital for Specialized Surgery, which has expertise in burn surgery, expressed welcome for Ali on behalf of the hospital; Whereas Ali was successfully medically evacuated by United States military airlift from Baghdad, Iraq, to Nassiriya for medical tests and then to Kuwait City, Kuwait, on April 15, 2003; Whereas doctors at the sophisticated Saud A. Albabtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery at Ibn Sina Hospital immediately provided medical care to stabilize Ali and then performed surgery to treat his burns; and Whereas the Government and people of Kuwait are providing medical supplies and hospital assessment missions in Iraq, supplying water pumped through a pipeline they laid to the Iraqi city of Umm Qasr, and operating the Kuwait Humanitarian Operations Center, where the United States military coordinates relief operations with nongovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies, and the Government of Kuwait: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Congress of the United States-- (1) formally expresses its gratitude to the Government of Kuwait for its magnanimity in receiving Ali Ismaeel Abbas, for providing Ali life-saving medical care, and for undertaking to provide for his long-term recuperation and rehabilitation; (2) commends the Government and people of Kuwait for their support of and welcome for Ali and other wounded children of Iraq; (3) conveys the goodwill of Congress and the people of the United States that has been engendered by the medical assistance, water, and other humanitarian aid that the Government and people of Kuwait have provided their neighbors; (4) encourages the Government and people of Kuwait to continue their humanitarian efforts; and (5) expresses firm confidence that such humanitarian action will not only help heal the wounds of Ali, but will also restore comity between Kuwait and Iraq and within the region and deepen the friendship between the peoples of Kuwait and the United States. (end text) (Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
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