IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 510 
Supporting the findings of the United Nations International Independent 
Investigation Commission that is investigating the assassination of former 
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, condemning the Government of 
Syria for its apparent involvement in this terrorist attack, and demanding 
compliance by Syria with United Nations Security Council Resolution 
1595. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 25, 2005 
Mr. WEXLER (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. 
MENENDEZ, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. ISSA, and Mr. 
MCCOTTER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the findings of the United Nations International 
Independent Investigation Commission that is inves-
tigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime 
Minister Rafik Hariri, condemning the Government of 
Syria for its apparent involvement in this terrorist at-
tack, and demanding compliance by Syria with United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 1595. 
Whereas Rafik Hariri, the former Prime Minister of Leb-
anon, was assassinated in a terrorist attack on February 
14, 2005, that killed 22 others and injured more than 
100 people;
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Whereas the United Nations Security Council issued a Presi-
dential Statement (February 15, 2005) condemning the 
terrorist bombing that killed former Prime Minister 
Hariri and calling on ‘‘the Lebanese Government to bring 
to justice the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of 
this heinous terrorist act’’; 
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1595 
(April 7, 2005) established an International Independent 
Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) based in Lebanon to 
assist the Lebanese authorities in their investigation of 
all aspects of the terrorist attack that killed former 
Prime Minister Hariri; 
Whereas the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan 
notified the United Nations Security Council that the 
UNIIIC, led by German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, was 
declared operational on June 16, 2005; 
Whereas during the course of the investigation—from June 
16, 2005, through October 6, 2005—the UNIIIC issued 
244 witness statements, 293 investigator notes, and 22 
suspect statements, producing 16,711 pages of docu-
ments with the assistance of investigators from 17 dif-
ferent countries; 
Whereas the UNIIIC focused on the crime scene, analysis of 
telephone intercepts, the testimony of more than 500 wit-
nesses and sources, and received support from the Gov-
ernment of Lebanon and other national and international 
entities; 
Whereas on October 19, 2005, Commissioner Mehlis pre-
sented the UNIIIC’s findings to United Nations Sec-
retary-General Kofi Annan;
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Whereas the UNIIIC report concluded that the assassination 
of former Prime Minister Hariri was carried out by a 
group with extensive resources and capabilities, and that 
the crime had been prepared over the course of several 
months; 
Whereas the UNIIIC report concluded that the decision to 
assassinate former Prime Minister Hariri ‘‘could not have 
been taken without the approval of top-ranked Syrian se-
curity officials and could not have been further organized 
without the collusion of their counterparts in the Leba-
nese security forces’’; 
Whereas the UNIIIC report established that leads in the in-
vestigation pointed directly toward senior Syrian security 
and military officials as being involved with the assas-
sination, including the former Syrian Intelligence Chief in 
Lebanon, General Rustum Ghazali; 
Whereas the UNIIIC report found: ‘‘[T]he context of the as-
sassination of Mr. Hariri was one of extreme political po-
larization and tension. Accusations and counter accusa-
tions targeting mainly Mr. Hariri over the period pro-
ceeding his assassination corroborate the Commission 
conclusion that the likely motive of the assassination was 
political.’’; 
Whereas the UNIIIC report found that ‘‘[t]he apparent grow-
ing conflict between Mr. Hariri and senior Syrian offi-
cials, including Syrian President Bashar Assad, was a 
central aspect of the information provided to the Com-
mission through interviews and documents’’; 
Whereas the UNIIIC report found that ‘‘[a] meeting in Da-
mascus between Mr. Hariri and President Assad on Au-
gust 26, 2004 appeared to bring the conflict to a head’’
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culminating with President Assad allegedly threatening 
Mr. Hariri if he opposed the extension of Lebanese Presi-
dent Emile Lahoud’s term; and 
Whereas the UNIIIC report found: ‘‘While the Syrian au-
thorities, after initial hesitation, have cooperated to a 
limited degree with the Commission, several interviewees 
tried to mislead the investigation by giving false or inac-
curate statements. The letter addressed to the Commis-
sion by the Foreign Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic 
proved to contain false information. The full picture of 
the assassination can only be reached through an exten-
sive and credible investigation that would be conducted in 
an open and transparent manner to the full satisfaction 
of international scrutiny.’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the Government of Syria for its 
apparent involvement in the assassination of former 
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri; 
(2) supports the findings of the United Nations 
International Independent Investigation Commission 
(UNIIIC), led by Detlev Mehlis, which assisted the 
Lebanese authorities in their investigation of all as-
pects of the terrorist attack that killed former Prime 
Minister Hariri; 
(3) demands Syrian President Bashar Assad 
and the Government of Syria fully cooperate with 
international and Lebanese efforts to further inves-
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tigate the assassination of former Prime Minister 
Hariri and bring those responsible to justice; 
(4) supports the full implementation of United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 1595 (April 7, 
2005), which calls on all states and parties to fully 
cooperate with the UNIIIC and provide it with any 
relevant information they may possess pertaining to 
this terrorist attack; 
(5) directs the United States Permanent Rep-
resentative to the United Nations to use the voice, 
vote, and influence of the United States in the 
United Nations Security Council to demand Syrian 
compliance with the ongoing UNIIIC investigation 
under Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter, 
given evidence linking the Syrian regime to the as-
sassination of former Prime Minister Hariri and 
Syria’s failure to abide by the provisions of Security 
Council Resolution 1595; and 
(6) urges the Government of the United States 
to actively support ongoing international and Leba-
nese efforts to investigate the assassination of 
former Prime Minister Hariri and bring its per-
petrators to justice, including through support of the