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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 368

Congratulating the State of Israel on the election of Ambassador Dan 

Gillerman as Vice-President of the 60th United Nations General Assembly. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 19, 2005

Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. CHABOT) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

RESOLUTION

Congratulating the State of Israel on the election of Ambassador Dan Gillerman as Vice-President of the 60th 

United Nations General Assembly.

Whereas the 60th General Assembly of the United Nations 

will be held in New York City from September through 

December 2005; 

Whereas the United Nations General Assembly is presided 

over by a President and 21 Vice-Presidents, who are 

nominated by the General Assembly’s five regional 

groupings; 

Whereas prior to 2000, Israel was the only member of the 

United Nations to be excluded from a United Nations regional grouping; 
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Whereas this exclusion was the result of the refusal by Arab 

states to permit Israel to join the Asian group; 

Whereas this exclusion prevented Israel from serving as the 

President of the United Nations General Assembly, or as 

a member of any bureau in the General Assembly and its 

main committees; 

Whereas in 2000, Israel was accepted as a temporary member of the Western European and Others Group 

(WEOG), which includes Canada, the United States, 

Australia, and New Zealand, in addition to the countries 

of Western Europe, and its temporary membership was 

extended in 2004; 

Whereas on April 21, 2005, the Western Europe and Others 

Group nominated Israel as a candidate for Vice-President 

of the 60th United Nations General Assembly; 

Whereas on June 13, 2005, the 191 member United Nations 

General Assembly elected Ambassador Dan Gillerman, 

Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 

as one of 21 Vice-Presidents of the 60th General Assembly; 

Whereas Israeli Ambassador Gillerman called the election ‘‘a 

historic moment for Israel’’, which had last served as 

United Nations General Assembly Vice-President in 

1952; 

Whereas Ambassador Gillerman also said that the election 

confirms that Israel is ‘‘becoming a more active and normal member of the [United Nations]’’; and 

Whereas United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcomed Israel’s election to the Vice-Presidency of the General Assembly: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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1 (1) congratulates Ambassador Dan Gillerman, 

2 Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Na3 tions, and the Government and people of the State 

4 of Israel on Israel’s election as Vice-President of the 

5 60th General Assembly of the United Nations; 

6 (2) welcomes the nomination by the Western 

7 European and Others Group (WEOG) of Israel for 

8 the position of Vice-President of the 60th United 

9 Nations General Assembly; 

10 (3) welcomes the election by the United Nations 

11 General Assembly of Israel as Vice-President of the 

12 60th General Assembly; 

13 (4) supports continued expansion of Israel’s 

14 role at the United Nations; 

15 (5) notes with concern that Israel remains the 

16 object of extreme vilification by many members of 

17 the United Nations; 

18 (6) further notes that Israel remains excluded 

19 from the Asian regional grouping within the organi20 zation; and 

21 (7) calls upon United Nations Secretary-Gen22 eral Kofi Annan to work to end the vilification of 

23 Israel at the United Nations and to use his good of-
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1 fices to support Israel’s bid to join the Asian re2 gional grouping.

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