IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 786 
Honoring the four United States public servants who died in Libya and 
condemning the attacks on United States diplomatic facilities in Libya, 
Egypt, and Yemen. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 
Mr. BOEHNER (for himself, Mr. CANTOR, Ms. PELOSI, and Mr. HOYER) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the four United States public servants who died 
in Libya and condemning the attacks on United States 
diplomatic facilities in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen. 
Whereas, on September 11, 2012, terrorists attacked the 
United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing four 
United States citizens, including the United States Am-
bassador to Libya, John Christopher Stevens, Foreign 
Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, 
and security officers Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. 
Doherty, and injured other United States citizens; 
Whereas, on September 11, 2012, violent protesters stormed 
the United States embassy in Cairo, Egypt, committing 
acts of vandalism and violence and endangering the wel-
fare of United States diplomats; 
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Whereas, on September 13, 2012, violent protestors were re-
pelled from an attempt to storm the United States em-
bassy in Sana’a, Yemen; 
Whereas Ambassador Stevens was a champion of the Libyan 
people’s efforts to remove Muammar Qaddafi from power, 
and served as Special Envoy to the Libyan Transitional 
National Council in Benghazi during the 2011 Libyan 
revolution; 
Whereas, on a daily basis, United States diplomats, military 
personnel, foreign service nationals and locally employed 
staff, and other public servants make professional and 
personal sacrifices to faithfully serve the United States 
and its people to advance the ideals of freedom, democ-
racy, and human dignity around the globe; 
Whereas many United States diplomatic facilities remain 
threatened by terrorist attacks or violent protests in the 
wake of these attacks; and 
Whereas Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic 
Relations obligates host governments to ‘‘take all appro-
priate steps to protect the premises of the [diplomatic] 
mission against any intrusion or damage and to prevent 
any disturbance of the peace of the mission or impair-
ment of its dignity.’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the selfless commitment to 
United States national security and to Libya’s hard- 
won, transitional democracy by the brave United 
States citizens who lost their lives in the unjustified 
attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, 
Libya; 
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(2) expresses its deepest condolences to the 
families and loved ones of those United States public 
servants killed in Benghazi, Libya; 
(3) condemns in the strongest possible terms 
the terrorists who planned and conducted the attack 
on the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya, 
and those who vandalized the United States embas-
sies in Cairo, Egypt, and Sana’a, Yemen; 
(4) expresses profound concern about the secu-
rity situation in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, and with 
the continuing threat posed to the region and United 
States interests by extremists and terrorists; 
(5) appreciates the actions of those who sought 
to protect the United States diplomats and diplo-
matic facilities; 
(6) reaffirms that nothing can justify terrorism 
or attacks on innocent civilians and diplomatic per-
sonnel; 
(7) calls upon all governments to continue to 
work closely with the United States Department of 
State to ensure security of diplomatic facilities 
throughout their countries, to secure their borders, 
and to aggressively combat terrorists and extremists 
who operate within their sovereign territory; 
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(8) calls upon the Governments of Libya, 
Egypt, and Yemen, in full cooperation with the 
United States Government, to investigate and bring 
to justice the perpetrators of these attacks; and 
(9) reiterates the United States commitment to 
promoting its core values, including support for de-
mocracy, universal human rights, individual and reli-
gious freedom, and respect for human dignity. 
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