[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 19, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S6460]
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                     ALLOWING RED CROSS VISITATION

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 51, S. Con. Res. 
35.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 35) expressing 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
concurrent resolution and the preamble be agreed to en bloc, the motion 
to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, and that any statements 
related thereto be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 35) and its preamble were 
agreed to en bloc.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 35

       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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