IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 478
Urging a return to the principles outlined in the ‘‘Road Map for Peace’’ 
as a viable framework for achieving a peaceful solution in the Middle East. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 8, 2003
Ms. BERKLEY (for herself and Mr. WEINER) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Urging a return to the principles outlined in the ‘‘Road 
Map for Peace’’ as a viable framework for achieving 
a peaceful solution in the Middle East.
Whereas the Government and people of the State of Israel 
have been engaged in a 3 year struggle against violence 
and terrorism; 
Whereas Congress and the President have, on numerous oc-
casions, stated that the United States stands side-by-side 
with Israel in the struggle against terrorism; 
Whereas this struggle has consumed countless lives on both 
sides; 
Whereas ending the violence, terror, and bloodshed that have 
devastated Israel and the Palestinian people since Sep-
•HRES 478 IH 
tember 2000 is vital to the interests of the United States, 
Israel, and the Palestinian people; 
Whereas the worldwide community, including the United 
States, the Russian Federation, and the European Union, 
worked to successfully develop the Middle East ‘‘Road 
Map for Peace’’ as a performance-based solution to the 
Middle East Peace process; 
Whereas both the Government of Israel and the Palestinian 
Authority have agreed, in principle, to the Road Map for 
Peace as a framework for achieving a secure, just, and 
lasting peace in the region; 
Whereas Congress has recognized that ‘‘Palestinian organiza-
tions are engaging in an organized, systematic, and delib-
erate campaign of terror’’; 
Whereas in his address on June 24, 2002, the President out-
lined steps for a successful resolution to the Middle East-
ern conflict—steps that became the foundation for the 
Middle East Road Map for Peace; 
Whereas a group of private citizens, led by Yossi Beilin and 
Yasser Abed Rabbo, who met without the approval of the 
Israeli Government, negotiated an unofficial Middle East 
peace plan, the Geneva Accord, that compromises the 
principles of the Middle East Road Map for Peace; and 
Whereas on December 5, 2003, Secretary of State Powell met 
with the group of Israelis and Palestinians who drafted 
the Geneva Accord: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) expresses strong concern regarding the re-
cent signing of the Geneva Accord as well as the re-
•HRES 478 IH 
cent meeting of State Department officials with the 
authors of this document; 
(2) notes that this document was not signed by 
a single elected official from either the State of 
Israel or the Palestinian Authority and therefore it 
is without any governmental legitimacy; 
(3) remains committed to the principles out-
lined in the Middle East ‘‘Road Map for Peace’’ as 
a performance-based solution to the Middle East 
conflict and is concerned about the potential under-
mining of this delicate process by the recently signed 
Geneva Accord; 
(4) reaffirms its support for the principles out-
lined in the President’s speech of June 24, 2002, as 
a prerequisite for peace, specifically—
(A) a new Palestinian leadership not taint-
ed by violence; 
(B) an end to Palestinian violence and ter-
ror; 
(C) an end to hateful incitement by Pales-
tinian leadership; and 
(D) a dismantling of the terrorism infra-
structure by the Palestinian Authority;
•HRES 478 IH 
(5) strongly urges all parties in the region to 
vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, lasting, 
and comprehensive peace in the Middle East; and 
(6) encourages both parties to return to the 
Middle East Road Map for Peace and use that docu-
ment as a framework for a Middle East peace initia-
tive.
Æ