[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1226-S1227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 509--CALLING UPON THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL 
 TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ON IRAN THAT EXTENDS THE DATES BY WHICH ANNEX B 
     RESTRICTIONS UNDER RESOLUTION 2231 ARE CURRENTLY SET TO EXPIRE

  Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Gardner, and Mr. Coons) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 509

       Whereas, on July 20, 2015, the United Nations Security 
     Council adopted Resolution 2231;
       Whereas Annex B of Resolution 2231 imposed a number of 
     restrictions on Iran and on arms technology suppliers to Iran 
     that will soon begin expiring;
       Whereas the Government of Iran has never accepted the Annex 
     B restrictions as legitimate and has not agreed to abide by 
     them;
       Whereas Annex B of Resolution 2231 imposed an arms embargo 
     on Iran that requires Security Council approval for, among 
     other things, the sale or transfer to Iran of battle tanks, 
     armored combat vehicles, large-caliber artillery systems, 
     combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles, and 
     missile systems including man-portable air-defense systems;
       Whereas the arms embargo has limited the flow of advanced 
     conventional weapons to Iran;
       Whereas some United Nations member states are already 
     preparing to provide Iran with advanced weapons systems upon 
     expiration of the arms embargo;
       Whereas Russian state news services have reported that the 
     Russian Federation and Iran are negotiating an arms sale that 
     will provide Iran with artillery systems, helicopters, combat 
     aircraft, and tanks;
       Whereas the arms embargo in Annex B of Resolution 2231 will 
     expire on October 18, 2020;

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       Whereas Annex B of Resolution 2231 prohibits Iran from 
     exporting weapons and military equipment, including to 
     foreign countries, its proxy militias throughout the region, 
     and terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and Katai'b 
     Hezbollah;
       Whereas Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of 
     Hezbollah, which is estimated to possess at least 100,000 
     rockets and missiles, has stated that the terrorist group 
     receives all of its weapons and missiles from Iran;
       Whereas the arms export ban on Iran in Annex B of 
     Resolution 2231 will expire on October 18, 2020;
       Whereas Annex B of Resolution 2231 banned travel and froze 
     financial assets for Iranian individuals and entities 
     designated on a list established and maintained pursuant to 
     United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 (2006) for 
     their involvement in certain illicit behavior;
       Whereas these travel bans and asset freezes will expire in 
     October 2020 and October 2023, respectively;
       Whereas Annex B of Resolution 2231 banned United Nation 
     member states from supplying Iran's nuclear-capable ballistic 
     missile program; and
       Whereas this restriction in Annex B of Resolution 2231 will 
     expire in October 2023: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) asserts that the expiration of the aforementioned 
     restrictions on Iran and on arms technology suppliers to Iran 
     in Annex B of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 
     (2015) will enhance the ability of Iran to continue its 
     destabilizing actions in the Middle East that threaten the 
     security of the United States and that of our allies;
       (2) urges the international community to fully enforce the 
     aforementioned restrictions on Iran and on arms technology 
     suppliers to Iran in Annex B of United Nations Security 
     Council Resolution 2231; and
       (3) calls upon the United Nations Security Council to adopt 
     a resolution on Iran that extends the dates by which the 
     aforementioned restrictions on Iran and on arms technology 
     suppliers to Iran in Annex B are currently set to expire.

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