[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 163 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 163

   Calling for the full investigation of the Jewish Cultural Center 
         bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 18, 1994.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 1999

  Mr. Weiner submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Calling for the full investigation of the Jewish Cultural Center 
         bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 18, 1994.

Whereas on July 18, 1994, the Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 
        was bombed and destroyed in an attack that killed 86 people and wounded 
        more than 300, most of whom were not Jewish;
Whereas the 7-story center housed the offices of 2 Jewish organizations, the 
        Delegation of Argentine Jewish Association and the Argentine Israelite 
        Mutual Association;
Whereas in honor and memory of the bombing victims, Julio Macchi, the President 
        of the Argentinean stock exchange, closed the exchange for 1 day;
Whereas Judge Juan Jose Galeano has been leading the investigation of the 
        bombing and is responsible for more than 80 arrests;
Whereas for over 50 years, Argentina has borne the uneasy distinction of being 
        both a refuge for former Nazi Germany officers who fled there after 
        World War II and a home for many Jews who now number approximately 
        300,000;
Whereas author and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust 
        survivor, recently criticized the investigation into the 1994 bombing, 
        stating that there has been a lack of professionalism and decisiveness 
        in the search for the perpetrators;
Whereas members of Argentina's Jewish community similarly have expressed a lack 
        of confidence in the investigation; and
Whereas Argentina has been under intense pressure from Israel and the local 
        Jewish community, the largest in Latin America, to solve the 1994 
        bombing, as well as the 1992 car bomb attack on the Israeli Embassy in 
        Buenos Aires that killed 29 people: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) calls upon the Argentine Government to fully support 
        and devote all resources necessary to the independent efforts 
        of Judge Juan Jose Galeano and to fully investigate, apprehend, 
        and prosecute those responsible for the bombing of the Jewish 
        Cultural Center in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994;
            (2) requests especially that the Argentine security forces 
        and the judiciary of Argentina not impede this independent 
        investigation;
            (3) requests that Argentine President Carlos Menem appoint 
        an independent committee to investigate and report on the 
        integrity and competence of Argentina's system of justice; and
            (4) commends President Menem for his stated intention of 
        bringing to justice those responsible for the bombing.
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