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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 945 Introduced in House (IH)]

109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 945

Expressing deep concern at the ongoing violence in the Middle East, and 
 particularly the current hostilities between the State of Israel and 
         Hezbollah which have intensified since July 12, 2006.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2006

 Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas (for herself, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Watson, Ms. 
    Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kildee, Mr. McDermott, Ms. 
    Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
    Kucinich, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. Rahall) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                       on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Expressing deep concern at the ongoing violence in the Middle East, and 
 particularly the current hostilities between the State of Israel and 
         Hezbollah which have intensified since July 12, 2006.

Whereas, since the commencement of hostilities, over 350 Lebanese civilians, one 
        third of whom are children according to the United Nations Emergency 
        Relief Coordinator, and 17 Israeli civilians, have been killed;
Whereas vital infrastructure, including hospitals, power plants, bridges, roads, 
        and food and milk factories in Lebanon have been destroyed;
Whereas over 600,000 people in Lebanon and hundreds of thousands of people in 
        Israel have been displaced;
Whereas President George W. Bush has expressed great concern over the welfare of 
        the people of Lebanon;
Whereas United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has called for an immediate 
        cease-fire;
Whereas the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator has warned of a 
        humanitarian disaster in Lebanon;
Whereas the Government of Lebanon has urgently appealed for an immediate 
        cessation to hostilities; and
Whereas the international community has expressed support for a humanitarian 
        corridor to Lebanon to be opened immediately to get desperately-needed 
        humanitarian supplies to the suffering people of Lebanon: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives--
            (1) calls for the cessation of the targeting by any side of 
        infrastructure vital to non-combatants, which also increases 
        the likelihood of the loss of innocent civilian life;
            (2) calls for a secure humanitarian corridor to be opened 
        immediately via the seaports and airports of Lebanon to 
        alleviate the unnecessary suffering of the people of Lebanon;
            (3) calls for an immediate cease-fire in line with the 
        urgent appeals of the Government of Lebanon and the United 
        Nations Secretary General; and
            (4) urges a comprehensive and just solution to the Arab-
        Israeli conflict to ensure that the peoples of the Middle East 
        can live in peace, freedom, and prosperity.
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