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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 bomb-
ing of a commuter plane in Panama which resulted in the
death of 22 people, including three United States citi-
zens;
Whereas, although the most recent terrorist attacks have
been directed against the government of Israel and
against Jewish citizens of the countries where these ter-
rorist 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 terror-
ist 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
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) conveys to the families of the victims who
died and to all those injured in the bombing of the
Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
the bombings in London, England, targeted against
the Israeli embassy and a building housing a Jewish
charity, and the bombing of a commuter aircraft in
Panama the sincerest condolences of the House of
Representatives;
(2) condemns these acts of terrorism and all
acts of terrorism as a grave threat to democracy and
to pluralistic open societies and denounces all indi-
viduals, organizations, groups, and governments
which engage in terrorism or which support or shel-
ter those who engage in terrorism;
(3) reaffirms its strongest support for the peace
process now underway in the Middle East between
Israel and the Palestinian people, between Israel and
Jordan, and between Israel and other Arab states;
condemns the effort by opponents to undermine the
peace process through terrorist acts; and urges all
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countries and peoples to work actively to bring peace
to that region;
(4) urges the President unilaterally to take ac-
tion to strengthen political, diplomatic, and economic
sanctions against Iran, as well as against all other
countries which support international terrorism, in-
cluding Libya, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, and North
Korea, and to strengthen United States efforts
against radical Islamic groups, including Hizbollah,
which engage in acts of terrorism;
(5) urges the President to work to place the
issue of international terrorism on the agenda for
the next summit meeting of the leaders of the G–7
group of nations and in this forum to raise directly
with the Japanese and our European allies the issue
of intensifying economic, political and diplomatic
pressure against Iran and other state sponsors of
terrorism;
(6) requests the President to work to bring the
issue of international terrorism before the Organiza-
tion of American States as a priority issue and to
provide technical support and assistance to the coun-
tries of the Americas to improve their intelligence
and investigative capacity to counter threats and
acts of international terrorism; and
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(7) urges the President of the United States to
convene a conference on international terrorism with
the participation and involvement of government
leaders at the highest level, to intensify and coordi-
nate an effective international response in order to
prevent future acts of terrorism and to bring to jus-
tice the perpetrators of such heinous and criminal
acts against humanity, and to intensify and coordi-
nate international political, diplomatic, and economic
sanctions against Iran and other countries which
support international terrorism.
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