September 14. a bomb exploded at the headquarters of the Lebanese Christian Phalangist Party for East Beruit. Among the 22 people killed was the partys leader and Presidentelect Bashir Gemayel. Within the next few days before the world had recovered from the shock of the Gemayel assassination several hundred Palestinians were killed by the Christian Phalangists forces in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in an apparent act of retaliation. The resolution before us puts the Congress on record as: Condemning and deploring the recent massacre in the refugee camps. Extending its profound sympathy to the families of those murdered. Expressing deep regret over those events including the brutal assassination of Presidentelect Gemayel.