H. Res. 1091

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

December 8, 2006.

Whereas Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expressed his intention to hold an international Holocaust 

denial conference entitled ‘‘Study of Holocaust: A Global 

Perspective’’, to begin on December 11, 2006, in Tehran; 

Whereas in August 2006, Iran staged an international contest of cartoons on the Holocaust, endorsing and promoting prevailing anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli stereotypes and Holocaust denial; 

Whereas Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wrote in a letter in July 

2006 to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ‘‘Is it not a 

reasonable possibility that some countries that had won 

the war (World War II) made up this excuse to constantly embarrass the defeated people . . . to bar their 

progress.’’; 

Whereas on October 26, 2005, in a conference entitled, ‘‘The 

World without Zionism’’, President Ahmadinejad stated 

in a speech that ‘‘Israel must be wiped off the map.’’; 

Whereas thereafter, these anti-Semitic comments were broadly condemned by the United Nations and others, including in a measure passed by a unanimous vote of the 

United States House of Representatives on October 28, 

2005; 
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Whereas Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s current intent to host an 

international Holocaust denial conference is only the latest in a series of threatening, anti-Semitic, Holocaust denial statements and actions he has undertaken since assuming power; 

Whereas to deny the Holocaust’s occurrence is in itself an act 

of anti-Semitism; 

Whereas one who denies the Holocaust, denies the greatest 

modern tragedy of the Jewish people and the most extreme act of anti-Semitism in modern history; 

Whereas Ahmadinejad’s statements and actions occur in the 

midst of Iran’s relentless defiance of the international 

community by rejecting nuclear nonproliferation standards and the latest United Nations Security Council demand that Iran immediately halt its efforts to enrich uranium; and 

Whereas the longstanding policy of the Iranian regime aimed 

at destroying the democratic State of Israel, highlighted 

by statements made by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, underscores the threat posed by a nuclear Iran: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

(1) condemns in the strongest terms Iran’s commitment to hold an international holocaust denial conference on December 11-12, 2006, and any and all antiSemitic statements made by Iranian President Mahmoud 

Ahmadinejad and other Iranian leaders; 

(2) reaffirms the United States commitment to prevent a nuclear Iran; 
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(3) calls on the United Nations to officially and 

publicly repudiate all of Iran’s anti-Semitic statements 

made at such conference and hold accountable United 

Nations member states that encourage or echo such 

statements; 

(4) calls on the United Nations Security Council to 

strengthen its commitment to taking measures necessary 

to prevent Iran from possessing nuclear power; 

(5) reaffirms the United States longstanding friendship with and support for the State of Israel; and 

(6) vows to never forget the murder of millions in 

the Holocaust and affirms its commitment to ensuring 

that such genocide never happen again. 

Attest:

Clerk.