[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6743]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 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

  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 concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations:

                            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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