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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 438 

Urging member states of the United Nations to stop supporting resolutions 

that unfairly castigate Israel and to promote within the United Nations 

General Assembly more balanced and constructive approaches to resolving 

conflict in the Middle East. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 

Mr. ROTHMAN (for himself and Mr. KIRK) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Urging member states of the United Nations to stop supporting resolutions that unfairly castigate Israel and to 

promote within the United Nations General Assembly 

more balanced and constructive approaches to resolving 

conflict in the Middle East. 

Whereas the 60th General Assembly of the United Nations 

will be held in New York City from September through 

December 2005; 

Whereas the State of Israel is the number one strategic ally 

of the United States and the only true democracy in the 

Middle East; 

Whereas 60 years ago the United Nations was founded to 

prevent another Holocaust from ever happening again; 
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Whereas 3 years after its founding, the United Nations 

passed General Assembly Resolution 181, which established the State of Israel as a homeland and refuge for 

Jews around the world; 

Whereas in recent years, the United Nations General Assembly and United Nations Security Council have engaged in 

a pattern of introducing and approving hundreds of 

measures and resolutions that unfairly criticize and condemn Israel; 

Whereas despite the myriad of challenges facing the world 

community, the United Nations General Assembly has 

devoted a vastly disproportionate amount of time and resources to castigating Israel; 

Whereas for the past 30 years, the United Nations has funded 3 entities that support anti-Israel propaganda, including the Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the 

Palestinian People (CEIRPP), and the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Human Rights Practices Affecting the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the 

Occupied Territories (SCIIHRP); 

Whereas the double standard against the State of Israel that 

is perpetrated at the United Nations is pervasive: of 10 

emergency special sessions called by the United Nations 

General Assembly, 6 have been about Israel, and since 

1997, at the annual meetings of the United Nations 

Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, only Israel has 

had its own agenda item (Item 8) dealing with its alleged 

human rights violations, whereas all other countries are 

dealt with in a separate agenda item (Item 9); 
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Whereas the State of Israel is the only member nation of the 

United Nations that has consistently been denied full admission into its regional group, the Asian Regional 

Group, which is Israel’s natural geopolitical grouping; 

Whereas as a result of this denial, Israel sought entry into 

the United Nations’ Western and Others Group (WEOG) 

and was only granted limited admission to that regional 

group in May 2000 for activities or meetings held in New 

York, but was not granted admission in any form to the 

activities or meetings of the WEOG held in Geneva, 

Nairobi, or Vienna; 

Whereas during the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the General Assembly adopted a total of 

71 resolutions by roll call vote, 21 of which criticized 

Israel; 

Whereas despite the fact that there are 191 member states 

in the United Nations—many of which have abhorrent 

human rights records, approximately 30 percent of the 

resolutions voted on annually by the United Nations General Assembly address the actions of one country, the 

State of Israel; 

Whereas many member states of the United Nations General 

Assembly continue to engage in a discriminatory campaign against Israel, including adopting a resolution on 

December 1, 2004, that condemned Israeli security measures without proportional condemnation of Palestinian 

terrorist attacks launched against Israel; 

Whereas as a founding member of the United Nations and 

as a constant and true partner for peace to both entities 

involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the United 

States has a special responsibility to promote fair and eq-
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uitable treatment of all nations in the context of international institutions and to stop what it views to be 

counter-productive efforts that undermine the role of the 

United Nations as an honest broker for peace in the 

Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and 

Whereas the State of Israel’s election to the Vice Presidency 

of the United Nations General Assembly presents member nations with an opportunity to reverse the body’s pattern of unfairly castigating Israel: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives urges 

2 member states of the United Nations to— 

3 (1) stop supporting resolutions that unfairly 

4 castigate Israel; and 

5 (2) promote within the United Nations General 

6 Assembly more balanced and constructive ap7 proaches to resolving conflict in the Middle East. 

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