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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 510

To express the condolences of the House of Representatives to the victims

of recent terrorist attacks, to condemn acts of terrorism, reaffirm support

for the Middle East peace process, and express the sense of the House

of Representatives that the President should convene an international

conference to develop more effective means to deal with the serious

and growing threat of international terrorism.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 5, 1994

Mr. LANTOS (for himself and Mr. GINGRICH) submitted the following

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

RESOLUTION

To express the condolences of the House of Representatives

to the victims of recent terrorist attacks, to condemn

acts of terrorism, reaffirm support for the Middle East

peace process, and express the sense of the House of

Representatives that the President should convene an

international conference to develop more effective means

to deal with the serious and growing threat of international terrorism.

Whereas the world has been rocked by a series of terrorist

attacks in recent days, including the bombing of the Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which resulted in the death of at least 95 people and the injury

of more than 200 others; two car bombings in London,
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England, one targeted against the Israeli embassy and

the second against a building housing a Jewish charity,

which resulted in the injury of 19 people; and the bombing of a commuter plane in Panama which resulted in the

death of 22 people, including three United States citizens;

Whereas, although the most recent terrorist attacks have

been directed against the government of Israel and

against Jewish citizens of the countries where these terrorist attacks have occurred, these terrorist attacks have

also resulted in the death and injury of individuals of all

faiths and races;

Whereas United States citizens and American property have

been frequent objects of international terrorist attacks,

including over one-fifth of all terrorist actions committed

in the past year, the bombing of the World Trade Center

in New York City and the planned bombing of other

buildings, tunnels, and facilities in New York;

Whereas the number of individuals killed through terrorist

actions in 1994 as a result only of the recent terrorist

incidents already exceeds the 109 deaths due to terrorist

actions in 1993, which was the highest number reported

in the past five years;

Whereas radical opponents of the Middle East peace process,

which has been given renewed impetus in recent days

with the signing of the Washington Declaration between

the governments of Israel and Jordan, have threatened to

undermine and disrupt the peace process through terrorist atrocities against the State of Israel, the governments

of other countries in the Middle East, and in countries

elsewhere around the world; and
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Whereas there is substantial evidence linking the Government

of Iran and the radical Lebanese organization Hizbollah,

which is supported by Iran, to these terrorist activities,

as well as substantial evidence of their involvement in

other terrorist activities: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

2 (1) conveys to the families of the victims who

3 died and to all those injured in the bombing of the

4 Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, Argentina,

5 the bombings in London, England, targeted against

6 the Israeli embassy and a building housing a Jewish

7 charity, and the bombing of a commuter aircraft in

8 Panama the sincerest condolences of the House of

9 Representatives;

10 (2) condemns these acts of terrorism and all

11 acts of terrorism as a grave threat to democracy and

12 to pluralistic open societies and denounces all indi13 viduals, organizations, groups, and governments

14 which engage in terrorism or which support or shel15 ter those who engage in terrorism;

16 (3) reaffirms its strongest support for the peace

17 process now underway in the Middle East between

18 Israel and the Palestinian people, between Israel and

19 Jordan, and between Israel and other Arab states;

20 condemns the effort by opponents to undermine the

21 peace process through terrorist acts; and urges all
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1 countries and peoples to work actively to bring peace

2 to that region;

3 (4) urges the President unilaterally to take ac4 tion to strengthen political, diplomatic, and economic

5 sanctions against Iran, as well as against all other

6 countries which support international terrorism, in7 cluding Libya, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, and North

8 Korea, and to strengthen United States efforts

9 against radical Islamic groups, including Hizbollah,

10 which engage in acts of terrorism;

11 (5) urges the President to work to place the

12 issue of international terrorism on the agenda for

13 the next summit meeting of the leaders of the G–7

14 group of nations and in this forum to raise directly

15 with the Japanese and our European allies the issue

16 of intensifying economic, political and diplomatic

17 pressure against Iran and other state sponsors of

18 terrorism;

19 (6) requests the President to work to bring the

20 issue of international terrorism before the Organiza21 tion of American States as a priority issue and to

22 provide technical support and assistance to the coun23 tries of the Americas to improve their intelligence

24 and investigative capacity to counter threats and

25 acts of international terrorism; and
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1 (7) urges the President of the United States to

2 convene a conference on international terrorism with

3 the participation and involvement of government

4 leaders at the highest level, to intensify and coordi5 nate an effective international response in order to

6 prevent future acts of terrorism and to bring to jus7 tice the perpetrators of such heinous and criminal

8 acts against humanity, and to intensify and coordi9 nate international political, diplomatic, and economic

10 sanctions against Iran and other countries which

11 support international terrorism.

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