IV 
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 re-
ferred 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 su-
preme 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 (includ-
ing 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 per-
sonnel 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 Spe-
cial Representative for Iraq, was among the victims in 
the 2003 attack; 
Whereas the December 11, 2007, terrorist bombings de-
stroyed 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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•HRES 889 IH 
Whereas the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu-
gees Anto´nio Guterres said, ‘‘The UN is an entity that 
works for world peace, an entity that tries to be an hon-
est broker, especially when dealing with the humanitarian 
needs of refugees and other victims of violence and perse-
cution.’’; 
Whereas the United Nations is on the front lines of the war- 
torn 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 pro-
moting peace, stability, and human rights: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) strongly condemns the December 11, 2007, 
terrorist attacks in Algiers, Algeria, and other such 
attacks against innocents and those who would as-
sist the most vulnerable; 
(2) expresses its heartfelt sympathy for the vic-
tims of these terrorist attacks and their families; 
(3) calls on the President to make available all 
appropriate assistance requested by the Algerian au-
thorities for those affected by this tragedy; 
(4) reaffirms its support for the people of Alge-
ria as they recover from these cowardly and inhu-
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mane attacks, and for their continued struggle 
against extremism and violence; 
(5) expresses its readiness to support and assist 
the Algerian authorities in their efforts to bring to 
justice those individuals responsible for the Decem-
ber 11, 2007, attacks in Algiers, Algeria, and to de-
tect, pursue, disrupt, and dismantle the networks 
that plan and carry out such attacks; and 
(6) supports the United Nations in its efforts to 
promote peace and to help people who are most in 
need around the world. 
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