H. Res. 1017
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 26, 2006.
Whereas Lebanon’s remarkable Cedar Revolution led to the 
withdrawal of Syrian occupation troops in April 2005, 
the most significant step toward true Lebanese independ-
ence and sovereignty since the outbreak of civil war in 
1975; 
Whereas the Cedar Revolution reached a dramatic crescendo 
on March 14, 2005, when one million Lebanese dem-
onstrated in Beirut’s Martyrs Square demanding freedom 
and independence and an end to the Syrian occupation; 
Whereas true Lebanese independence and sovereignty was not 
fully achieved even after the Syrian troop withdrawal for 
many reasons, including especially the apparent ongoing 
presence of Syrian security personnel in Lebanon, an on-
going assassination campaign against Lebanese public 
figures 
who 
oppose 
appeasement 
of 
Syria, 
and 
Hizballah’s control and militarization of southern Leb-
anon; 
Whereas, on August 12, 2006, during the fighting between 
Israel and Hizballah, the Government of Lebanon for the 
first time in decades called for the deployment of the 
Lebanese armed forces throughout Lebanese territory 
‘‘such that there will be no weapons or authority other 
than that of the Lebanese state’’;
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Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, 
which ended the fighting, authorizes an enhanced United 
Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to ‘‘accom-
pany and support the Lebanese armed forces as they de-
ploy throughout the (Lebanese) South’’, a process which 
is currently underway; 
Whereas UNSCR 1701 also calls for the enhanced UNIFIL 
force, at the ‘‘request’’ of the Government of Lebanon, to 
assist the Government of Lebanon ‘‘to secure its borders 
and other entry points to prevent the entry in Lebanon 
without its consent of arms or related materiel’’; 
Whereas the Lebanese armed forces are inadequate to the 
task of interdicting arms-smuggling along the Syrian bor-
der without the assistance of an international force; 
Whereas the Government of Lebanon has not yet requested 
the assistance of the enhanced UNIFIL force on the Syr-
ian border; 
Whereas Syria is trying to intimidate Lebanon from request-
ing UNIFIL assistance on the border, with threatening 
statements such as the Syrian leader’s warning that such 
deployment would be deemed ‘‘hostile’’; and 
Whereas it is manifestly in the interests of the international 
community, which seeks peace and stability in the Middle 
East, to support the full sovereignty and security of Leb-
anon: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) commends the many Lebanese who continue to 
adhere steadfastly to the principles of the Cedar Revolu-
tion;
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(2) commends the democratically-elected Govern-
ment of Lebanon for its critical and courageous decision 
to deploy the Lebanese armed forces, for the first time 
in decades, to Lebanon’s border with Israel; 
(3) affirms that the clear intention of the inter-
national community, as expressed in United Nations Se-
curity Council Resolution 1701, is that the flow of weap-
ons to Hizballah should cease and that Hizballah should 
be disarmed; 
(4) calls on all countries, and particularly countries 
through which Iranian-supplied materiel passes en route 
from Iran to Hizballah, to take every possible measure 
to prevent the transfer of arms to Hizballah, so as to 
contribute to the stability of Lebanon and of the region 
and to the enforcement of the sovereignty of the Govern-
ment of Lebanon over its own territory, as required by 
UNSCR 1701; 
(5) calls on the international community to monitor 
the compliance of Iran and Syria with the arms embargo 
on Hizballah, as these two countries are the principal 
suppliers of weaponry to Hizballah; 
(6) calls on Iran and Syria to cease supporting 
Hizballah with funds and arms; 
(7) condemns Syria’s ongoing overt and covert cam-
paign of intimidation against Lebanon;
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(8) condemns the Syrian leader’s outrageous claim 
that the deployment of international peace-keeping 
forces on the Lebanese-Syrian border would be ‘‘hostile’’ 
against Syria; 
(9) urges the Government of Lebanon to request 
without delay international assistance including, but not 
limited to, military forces, as needed, on the Lebanese 
border with Syria so as to prevent the re-supply of weap-
ons to Hizballah and to ensure the full implementation 
of all aspects of UNSCR 1701 in spirit and intent, as 
well as in letter; 
(10) urges that such international assistance not 
impede commercial, non-military trade between civilians 
on both sides of the border; 
(11) believes that without such international assist-
ance on the Lebanese border with Syria another 
Hizballah-provoked war will break out with horrendous 
consequences for the people of Lebanon, Israel and the 
entire region; 
(12) pledges support for the democratically-elected 
Government of Lebanon and the Lebanese people 
against Syria’s campaign of intimidation; and 
(13) re-affirms its strong support for Lebanon’s 
independence and for the full sovereignty of the Govern-
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ment of Lebanon over Lebanese territory, through the 
instrument of the Lebanese armed forces. 
Attest:
Clerk.