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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 503 

Mourning the loss of life caused by the earthquake that occurred on May 

27, 2006, in Indonesia, expressing the condolences of the American 

people to the families of the victims, and urging assistance to those 

affected. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2006 

Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. BIDEN, and Mr. LUGAR) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Mourning the loss of life caused by the earthquake that 

occurred on May 27, 2006, in Indonesia, expressing the 

condolences of the American people to the families of 

the victims, and urging assistance to those affected. 

Whereas, on May 27, 2006, a powerful earthquake measuring 

6.2 on the Richter scale occurred in Indonesia, centered 

near the City of Yogyakarta; 

Whereas the earthquake and continuing aftershocks have 

caused more than 5,000 deaths, resulted in serious injuries to additional tens of thousands of people, and left 

hundreds of thousands of people with damaged or destroyed homes; 


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Whereas thousands of people in the affected region are living 

in temporary shelter or lack basic services, such as clean 

water and sanitation, thereby increasing the risk of additional suffering and death; and 

Whereas the United States and donors from at least 20 other 

countries have, to date, pledged several millions of dollars 

in emergency and long-term reconstruction assistance, 

and have begun to deliver humanitarian supplies to survivors of the earthquake: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) mourns the tragic loss of life and horren3 dous suffering caused by the earthquake that oc4 curred on May 27, 2006, in Indonesia; 

5 (2) expresses the deepest condolences of the 

6 people of the United States to the families, commu7 nities, and government of the thousands of individ8 uals who lost their lives in the earthquake; 

9 (3) expresses sympathy and compassion for the 

10 hundreds of thousands of people who have been left 

11 with destroyed or damaged homes or have been seri12 ously affected by this earthquake; 

13 (4) welcomes and commends the prompt inter14 national humanitarian response to the earthquake by 

15 the governments of many countries, the United Na16 tions and other international organizations, and non17 governmental organizations; 


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1 (5) expresses gratitude and respect for the cou2 rageous and committed work of all individuals pro3 viding aid, relief, and assistance, including civilian 

4 and military personnel of the United States, who are 

5 working to save lives and provide relief in the dev6 astated areas; 

7 (6) urges the President and the Government of 

8 the United States to provide all appropriate assist9 ance to the Government of Indonesia and people of 

10 the affected region; and 

11 (7) recognizes the lead role of the Government 

12 of Indonesia in providing assistance and promoting 

13 recovery for the affected population. 

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