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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 889 

Condemning the December 11, 2007, terrorist bombings on the people of 

Algeria and United Nations personnel, and expressing sympathy to the 

victims of these terrorist attacks. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 18, 2007 

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. 

POE, and Mr. COHEN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the December 11, 2007, terrorist bombings on 

the people of Algeria and United Nations personnel, and 

expressing sympathy to the victims of these terrorist 

attacks. 

Whereas on December 11, 2007, two suicide bombers 

launched terrorist attacks against the people of Algeria 

and the United Nations, killing and injuring, in twin-car 

bombs, dozens of people in Algiers, Algeria, at the supreme court, and the offices of the United Nations High 

Commissioner for Refugees and of the United Nations 

Development Program; 

Whereas reports indicate that the Al-Qaeda Organization in 

the Land of the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility 

for the 2 attacks in Algiers; 


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Whereas the toll of victims from these terrorist attacks 

stands at more than 37 dead, over 200 wounded (including school children and college students), and others are 

missing; 

Whereas at least 17 United Nations personnel were killed in 

the attacks; 

Whereas these latest attacks follow multiple suicide attacks 

in Algeria and Morocco in April 2007, which claimed 33 

lives in Algiers, killed a Moroccan police officer, and 

caused numerous injuries to others; 

Whereas Algeria and Morocco are Mediterranean Partners of 

the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 

which has among its highest priorities a commitment to 

combating terrorism; 

Whereas Algeria and Morocco have been unwavering in their 

determination to defeat terrorism, a goal shared by the 

United States; 

Whereas this is not the first time that United Nations personnel have been the deliberate target of terrorists; 

Whereas the attacks of December 11, 2007, came 4 years 

after a truck bomb attack destroyed the United Nations 

headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2003, taking the lives 

of 22 United Nations staff and wounding more than 150; 

Whereas Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq, was among the victims in 

the 2003 attack; 

Whereas the December 11, 2007, terrorist bombings destroyed the offices of the United Nations Development 

Program and severely damaged the offices of the United 

Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Algiers; 


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Whereas the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Anto ́nio Guterres said, ‘‘The UN is an entity that 

works for world peace, an entity that tries to be an honest broker, especially when dealing with the humanitarian 

needs of refugees and other victims of violence and persecution.’’; 

Whereas the United Nations is on the front lines of the wartorn and devastated areas in Africa, Asia, Europe, the 

Middle East, and North and South Americas, helping to 

bring stability to volatile and conflict-ridden regions and 

promoting humanitarian ideals; and 

Whereas, even in the face of this most recent targeted attack, 

the United Nations will hold firm to its mandate of promoting peace, stability, and human rights: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) strongly condemns the December 11, 2007, 

3 terrorist attacks in Algiers, Algeria, and other such 

4 attacks against innocents and those who would as5 sist the most vulnerable; 

6 (2) expresses its heartfelt sympathy for the vic7 tims of these terrorist attacks and their families; 

8 (3) calls on the President to make available all 

9 appropriate assistance requested by the Algerian au10 thorities for those affected by this tragedy; 

11 (4) reaffirms its support for the people of Alge12 ria as they recover from these cowardly and inhuVerDate Aug 31 2005 02:59 Dec 19, 2007 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR889.IH HR889

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1 mane attacks, and for their continued struggle 

2 against extremism and violence; 

3 (5) expresses its readiness to support and assist 

4 the Algerian authorities in their efforts to bring to 

5 justice those individuals responsible for the Decem6 ber 11, 2007, attacks in Algiers, Algeria, and to de7 tect, pursue, disrupt, and dismantle the networks 

8 that plan and carry out such attacks; and 

9 (6) supports the United Nations in its efforts to 

10 promote peace and to help people who are most in 

11 need around the world. 

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