Bush admn urged to provide help for Sidr victims
Thursday, 13 December 2007
The US Congress Tuesday passed a bill urging the Bush administration to provide all appropriate assistance for the Sidr cyclone victims in Bangladesh, reports UNB.
The House of Representatives also expressed sympathy for the cyclone victims, and pledged the US people to support them.
A spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wednesday said, Congressman Steve Rothman of New Jersey introduced the bill on December 4. Co-sponsored by 29 Congressmen, the bill was approved by 388 votes in favour and none against.
Rothman, Schiff, Engel, Hastings, Mcdermott, Mcgovern, Ryan, Moran, Israel, Fattah, Kaptur, Berman, Bordallo, Crowley, Wexler, Honda, Mccollum, Davis, Blumenauer, Cohen, Jackson-Lee, Van Hollen and Lee had submitted the resolution.
In the resolution the House of Representatives urged the US government to immediately make available all appropriate assistance, requested by the Bangladeshi authorities.
The US Congress reaffirmed its commitment to provide relief aid to the victims, as the effects of the cyclone continue to unfold.
"The adoption of the bill can be viewed as a recognition of the healthy US-Bangladesh relations. I am deeply satisfied, and the Bangladeshi nation is grateful to their friends in the US legislature," Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said.
It was reported that the bill was voted at this time, despite a very crowded calendar, and speaker Nancy Pelosi made a special intervention to make room for the adoption.
The House of Representatives also expressed sympathy for the cyclone victims, and pledged the US people to support them.
A spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wednesday said, Congressman Steve Rothman of New Jersey introduced the bill on December 4. Co-sponsored by 29 Congressmen, the bill was approved by 388 votes in favour and none against.
Rothman, Schiff, Engel, Hastings, Mcdermott, Mcgovern, Ryan, Moran, Israel, Fattah, Kaptur, Berman, Bordallo, Crowley, Wexler, Honda, Mccollum, Davis, Blumenauer, Cohen, Jackson-Lee, Van Hollen and Lee had submitted the resolution.
In the resolution the House of Representatives urged the US government to immediately make available all appropriate assistance, requested by the Bangladeshi authorities.
The US Congress reaffirmed its commitment to provide relief aid to the victims, as the effects of the cyclone continue to unfold.
"The adoption of the bill can be viewed as a recognition of the healthy US-Bangladesh relations. I am deeply satisfied, and the Bangladeshi nation is grateful to their friends in the US legislature," Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said.
It was reported that the bill was voted at this time, despite a very crowded calendar, and speaker Nancy Pelosi made a special intervention to make room for the adoption.