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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 520 

Condemning the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and expressing 

condolences to the families of the victims. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2014 

Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, Mr. DURBIN, and Mrs. 

SHAHEEN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

JULY 29, 2014 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, without amendment 

JULY 31, 2014 

Considered and agreed to with an amended preamble 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and 

expressing condolences to the families of the victims. 

Whereas, on July 17, 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 

tragically crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew, including 80 children; 

Whereas President Barack Obama has offered President of 

Ukraine Petro Poroshenko all possible assistance to determine the cause of the crash, including the services of 

the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National 

Transportation Safety Board; 


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Whereas intelligence analysis shows that the plane was shot 

down by an antiaircraft missile fired from an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists; 

Whereas separatists have shot down more than 10 additional 

aircraft and took credit for shooting down another aircraft at approximately the same time as Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 crashed in eastern Ukraine; 

Whereas separatists blocked international experts from accessing the crash site in the first 72 hours, preventing 

the proper care of the victims’ bodies and allowing evidence from the crash to be removed and mishandled; 

Whereas weapons and fighters have continued to flow across 

the border from the Russian Federation to eastern 

Ukraine, and there is evidence that the Government of 

the Russian Federation has been providing training to 

separatists fighters, including training on air defense systems; 

Whereas this tragic incident has demonstrated that European 

and other foreign citizens are at risk from dangerous instability in Ukraine; 

Whereas, on July 21, 2014, the United Nations Security 

Council condemned in the strongest terms the downing of 

Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 and demanded that those 

responsible be held to account and that all states fully cooperate with efforts to establish accountability; 

Whereas British Prime Minister David Cameron asserted, 

‘‘Russia cannot expect to continue enjoying access to European markets, European capital and European knowledge and technical expertise while she fuels conflict in 

one of Europe’s neighbors.’’; and 


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Whereas the United States Government has continued to implement sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian individuals responsible for destabilizing Ukraine and failing 

to end the violence: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) condemns the shooting down of Malaysian 

3 Airlines Flight 17 in Eastern Ukraine that resulted 

4 in the deaths of all 298 passengers and crew; 

5 (2) expresses its deepest condolences to the 

6 families of the victims and the people of the Nether7 lands, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Great Britain, 

8 Germany, Belgium, the Philippines, Canada, and 

9 New Zealand; 

10 (3) supports the ongoing international inves11 tigation into the attack on Malaysian Airlines Flight 

12 17, including unobstructed access to the crash site; 

13 (4) calls on the Government of the Russian 

14 Federation to immediately stop the flow of weapons 

15 and fighters across the border with Ukraine, allow 

16 an Organization for Security and Co-operation in 

17 Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission on the border, 

18 and fully cooperate with the international investiga19 tion currently underway; and 

20 (5) urges the European Union to join the 

21 United States Government in holding the Govern22 ment of the Russian Federation accountable for its 


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1 destabilizing actions in Ukraine through the use of 

2 increased sanctions. 

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