IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1017 
Affirming support for the sovereignty and security of Lebanon and the 
Lebanese people. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2006 
Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. HYDE, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, and Mr. ACKER-
MAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Affirming support for the sovereignty and security of 
Lebanon and the Lebanese people. 
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 
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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’’; 
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 
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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 
Revolution; 
(2) commends the democratically-elected Gov-
ernment 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 
Security Council Resolution 1701, is that the flow of 
weapons to Hizballah should cease and that 
Hizballah should be disarmed; 
(4) calls on all countries, and particularly coun-
tries through which Iranian-supplied materiel passes 
en route from Iran to Hizballah, to take every pos-
sible measure to prevent the transfer of arms to 
Hizballah, so as to contribute to the stability of Leb-
anon and of the region and to the enforcement of 
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the sovereignty of the Government 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 
campaign of intimidation against Lebanon; 
(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 re-
quest without delay a robust international force de-
ployment on the Lebanese border with Syria, so as 
to prevent the re-supply of weapons to Hizballah and 
to ensure the full implementation of all aspects of 
UNSCR 1701 in spirit and intent, as well as in let-
ter; 
(10) believes that without such an international 
deployment on the Lebanese border with Syria an-
other Hizballah-provoked war will break out with 
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horrendous consequences for the people of Lebanon, 
Israel, and the entire region; 
(11) pledges support for the democratically- 
elected Government of Lebanon and the Lebanese 
people against Syria’s campaign of intimidation; and 
(12) re-affirms its strong support for Lebanon’s 
independence and for the full sovereignty of the Gov-
ernment of Lebanon over Lebanese territory, 
through the instrument of the Lebanese armed 
forces. 
Æ 
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