[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 99 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                         June 25, 2001.
Whereas on October 7, 2000, Hezbollah units, in clear violation of international 
        law, crossed the Lebanese border into Israel and kidnapped three Israeli 
        soldiers, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, and Omar Souad;
Whereas on October 15, 2000, Hezbollah announced that it had abducted a fourth 
        Israeli, Elchanan Tannenbaum;
Whereas these captives are being held by Hezbollah in Lebanon;
Whereas the 1999 Department of State report on foreign terrorist organizations 
        stated that Hezbollah receives substantial amounts of financial 
        assistance, training, weapons, explosives, and political, diplomatic, 
        and organizational assistance from Iran and Syria;
Whereas Syria voted in favor of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 
        United Nations General Assembly;
Whereas Lebanon voted in favor of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 
        the United Nations General Assembly;
Whereas Iran voted in favor of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 
        United Nations General Assembly;
Whereas the International Committee of the Red Cross has made numerous attempts 
        to gain access to assess the condition of these prisoners; and
Whereas the International Committee of the Red Cross has been denied access to 
        these prisoners: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that Lebanon, 
Syria, and Iran should call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the 
International Committee of the Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis, Adi 
Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, Omar Souad, and Elchanan Tannenbaum, presently held by 
Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.