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HCONRES 209 104th Congress House International Affairs Aggression Armed Forces and National Security Boundaries Democracy Disengagement Government Operations and Politics Israel Lebanon Middle East and North Africa Military intervention Military occupation Negotiations Peace Sovereignty Syria

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the territorial integrity, unity, sovereignty, and full independence of Lebanon.

Introduced: August 2, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Reaffirms the U.S. commitment to preserve the territorial integrity, unity, sovereignty, and full independence of Lebanon.

Urges the President to take the necessary steps to activate the Consultative Group for Lebanon's Reconstruction, which was established by the April 26, 1996, Understanding between Lebanon and Israel. Calls for the withdrawal of all non-Lebanese forces from Lebanon.

Calls upon: (1) the President to negotiate directly with officials of the Government of Lebanon on issues pertaining to Lebanon; (2) Lebanon to assert more independence to assure the international community that it has the political will and military capability to guarantee security along its borders for itself and its neighbors and disarm all militias upon the withdrawal of non-Lebanese forces from Lebanon; and (3) Lebanon's parliamentary elections to proceed unimpeded in a fair, open, and equitable manner.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should use such guidelines in formulating U.S. policy toward Lebanon and consider resolving the presence of non-Lebanese forces in Lebanon without relying exclusively upon a comprehensive peace in the region to resolve this issue; and (2) insofar as Lebanon's neighbors require security from Lebanon, Lebanon must be secure from interference from its neighbors.

What's happening now August 2, 1996

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 209: Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the territorial integrity, unity, sovereignty, and full independence of Lebanon.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HCONRES-209/
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"H. Con. Res. 209: Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the territorial integrity, unity, sovereignty, and full independence of Lebanon.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HCONRES-209/.
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H. Con. Res. 209, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HCONRES-209/.
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