•HRES 548 IH 
ernment under Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, with a ma-
jority of the parliament and cabinet committed to 
strengthening Lebanon’s independence and the sov-
ereignty of its democratic institutions of government; 
Whereas Lebanese independence and sovereignty are still 
threatened by an ongoing campaign of assassination and 
attempted assassinations of Lebanese political and public 
figures opposed to Syrian interference in Lebanon’s inter-
nal affairs, and terrorist bombings intended to incite eth-
nic and religious hatred, the continuing presence of state- 
sponsored militias and foreign terrorist groups, and the 
ongoing and illegal trans-shipment of weapons and muni-
tions from Iran and Syria into Lebanon; 
Whereas the democratically-elected and legitimate govern-
ment of Lebanon, in accordance with the mandate of 
United Nations Security Council resolutions and the rel-
evant provisions of the Taif Accords, has made efforts, 
through the internal deployments of the Lebanese Armed 
Forces, to exercise its full sovereignty, so that there will 
be no weapon or authority within Lebanon other than 
that of the Government of Lebanon; 
Whereas the Lebanese Council of Ministers, on November 25, 
2006, approved a statute for the establishment of a tri-
bunal of an international character according to the 
terms negotiated between the Government of Lebanon 
and the United Nations in order to bring to justice all 
those responsible for the terrorist bombing of February 
14, 2005; 
Whereas a majority of Lebanese members of parliament 
sought a vote in favor of ratifying the statute establishing 
a tribunal of an international character, and 70 of Leb-
anon’s then 127 current parliamentarians sent a memo-
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randum to the United Nations Secretary-General endors-
ing the establishment under the United Nations Charter 
of a Special Tribunal to bring to justice all those respon-
sible for the terrorist bombing of February 14, 2005; 
Whereas the Speaker of the Lebanese parliament subverted 
the clear will of the Lebanese people, and a majority of 
Lebanese parliamentarians, by refusing to convene the 
parliament since November 2006 in order to prevent rati-
fication of the statute approved by the Council of Min-
isters to create a Special Tribunal to bring to justice all 
those responsible for the terrorist bombing of February 
14, 2005; 
Whereas Hezbollah, a United States Department of State 
designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, and their pro- 
Syrian allies have declared the democratically-elected and 
legitimate government of Lebanon ‘‘unconstitutional’’, 
and are seeking to topple the government through extra- 
legal means, including, rioting, continuous street dem-
onstrations outside of the Council of Ministers, and ob-
structing traffic in Beirut; 
Whereas the transfer of weapons, ammunition, and fighters 
into Lebanon in contravention of United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1701 (2006), has twice prompted the 
Security Council to issue statements, on April 17, 2007, 
(S/PRST/2007/12) and on June 11, 2007, (S/PRST/ 
2007/17) wherein it expressed deep and serious concern 
at mounting information by Israel and other states of il-
legal movements of arms into Lebanon, and in particular 
across the Lebanese-Syrian border in violation of Secu-
rity Council Resolution 1701; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council, with the full 
support of the United States, has repeatedly adopted res-
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olutions, notably, Resolutions 425(1978), 520 (1982), 
1559 (2004), 1655 (2006), 1664 (2006), 1680 (2006), 
1701 (2006), and 1757 (2007) that, among other things, 
express the support of the international community for 
the sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity, and political 
independence of Lebanon under the sole and exclusive 
authority of the Government of Lebanon, and demand 
the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon; 
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolutions, nota-
bly, 1595 (2005), 1636 (2005), 1644, (2005), 1664 
(2006), 1748 (2007), and 1757 (2007), that underscore 
the importance of the pursuit of justice in response to the 
terrorist bombing of February 14, 2005, and if appro-
priate, other assassinations and assassination attempts 
since October 2004; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council, with the full 
support of the United States, has sought to assist the 
Government of Lebanon in extending its authority over 
all Lebanese territory, including its sea, land, and air 
borders, through the presence of the United Nations In-
terim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon 
and through technical and personnel assistance; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council, with the full 
support of the United States, has strongly supported the 
demand of the Lebanese people that justice be done to 
those responsible for the terrorist attack of February 14, 
2005, and other terrorist attacks and attempted assas-
sinations since October 2004, establishing and extending 
the mandate of the International Independent Investiga-
tion Commission (IIIC) to investigate terrorist bombings 
of February 14, 2005, and moving toward the creation 
of a Special Tribunal of an international character, ac-
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cording to United Nations Security Council Resolutions 
1595 (2005), 1636 (2005), 1644 (2005), 1664 (2006), 
1686 (2006) and 1748 (2007); 
Whereas Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora in a letter 
of May 14, 2007, informed the Secretary General of the 
United Nations that, ‘‘the Lebanese Government believes 
that the time has come for the Security Council to help 
make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon a reality. We 
therefore ask you, as a matter of urgency, to put before 
the Security Council our request that the Special Tri-
bunal be put into effect. A binding decision regarding the 
Tribunal on the part of the Security Council will be fully 
consistent with the importance the United Nations has 
attached to this matter from the outset, when the inves-
tigation commission was established. Further delays in 
setting up the Tribunal would be most detrimental to 
Lebanon’s stability, to the cause of justice, to the credi-
bility of the United Nations itself and to peace and secu-
rity in the region.’’; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council, with the full 
support of the United States, adopted Resolution 1757, 
establishing on June 10, 2007, a Special Tribunal try all 
those found responsible for the terrorist bombing of Feb-
ruary 14, 2005, and if appropriate, both prior and subse-
quent attacks in Lebanon, unless the Government of Leb-
anon has provided notice that such a tribunal has been 
established under its own laws; 
Whereas the United States Congress has appropriated emer-
gency economic and military assistance to Lebanon at 
levels far greater than the amounts of bilateral assistance 
provided in recent fiscal years; and 
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Whereas it is manifestly in the interests of the United States 
and the international community to support the full sov-
ereignty and political independence of Lebanon, its demo-
cratically-elected and legitimate government, and to insist 
that justice be done concerning the terrorist bombing of 
February 14, 2005, and both prior and subsequent politi-
cally-inspired assassinations and assassination attempts: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the attempts by Hezbollah and 
other pro-Syrian groups to undermine and intimi-
date the democratically-elected and legitimate Gov-
ernment of Lebanon by extra-legal means; 
(2) condemns the campaign of attempted and 
successful assassinations targeting members of par-
liament and public figures in favor of Lebanese inde-
pendence and sovereignty and opposed to Syrian in-
terference in Lebanon, and bombings in civilian 
areas intended to intimidate the Lebanese people; 
(3) calls on the Speaker of the Lebanese par-
liament to convene the parliament without further 
delay, so that it can fulfill its legislative obligations 
and pursue the interests of the Lebanese people 
under the rule of law; 
(4) confirms the strong support of the United 
States for United Nations Security Council resolu-
tions concerning Lebanon, and the clear and binding 
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