[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 35 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 35

 Expressing the sense of Congress that Lebanon, Syria, and Iran should 
 allow representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross 
 to visit the four Israelis, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, Omar Souad, 
and Elchanan Tannenbaum, presently held by Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2001

 Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
Santorum, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Durbin, 
Mr. Leahy, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Specter, and Mrs. Clinton) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress that Lebanon, Syria, and Iran should 
 allow representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross 
 to visit the four Israelis, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, Omar Souad, 
and Elchanan Tannenbaum, presently held by Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.

Whereas on October 7, 2000, Hezbollah units, in clear violation of international 
        law, crossed Lebanon's international border 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 2000 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, Lebanon, and 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 by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that Lebanon, Syria, and Iran should 
allow representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross 
to visit the four Israelis, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, Omar Souad, 
and Elchanan Tannenbaum, presently held by Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.
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