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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 54

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding anti-Semitism 

at the United Nations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 26, 2005

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. PENCE, and Mr. CHABOT) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding anti-Semitism at the United Nations, and for other 

purposes.

Whereas the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human 

Rights recognizes ‘‘the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is 

the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the 

world’’; 

Whereas United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 

(1975) equating Zionism—the national liberation movement of the Jewish people—to racism was the most notorious illustration of anti-Jewish bias at the United Nations; 
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Whereas during the 1991 session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the Syrian Ambassador to the 

United Nations repeated the Damascus blood libel that 

Jews killed Christian children to use their blood to make 

Matzoth; 

Whereas on March 11, 1997, the Palestinian representative 

to the United Nations charged that the Government of 

Israel had injected 300 Palestinian children with HIV 

(the human immunodeficiency virus, the pathogen that 

causes AIDS); 

Whereas despite the repeated interventions of the Governments of Israel and the United States, this modern blood 

libel stands unchallenged and unrefuted in the United 

Nations record; 

Whereas Israel is denied full membership in the United Nations system and six of the 10 emergency sessions ever 

held by the United Nations General Assembly have been 

devoted to criticisms of and attacks on Israel; 

Whereas the goals of the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism were undermined by hateful antiJewish rhetoric and anti-Israel political agendas, prompting both Israel and the United States to withdraw their 

delegations from the Conference; 

Whereas when Israel successfully targeted Hamas terrorist 

Abdel Aziz Rantissi with no civilian casualties, Israel was 

denounced for an ‘‘extra judicial’’ killing, but when faced 

with the 2004 report of the United Nations Special 

Rapporteur on Extra Judicial Executions that detailed 

the murder of more than 3,000 Brazilian civilians shot 

at close range by police, the United Nations chose to remain silent; 
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Whereas in 2004, the United Nations Secretary-General acknowledged at the first United Nations-sponsored Conference on Anti-Semitism, that: ‘‘It is clear that we are 

witnessing an alarming resurgence of this phenomenon in 

new forms and manifestations. This time, the world must 

not—cannot—be silent.’’; 

Whereas in 2004, the United Nations General Assembly’s 

Third Committee for the first time adopted a resolution 

on religious tolerance that includes condemnation of antiSemitism and ‘‘recognized with deep concern the overall 

rise in instances of intolerance and violence directed 

against members of many religious communities . . . including . . . anti-Semitism . . . ’’; and 

Whereas the viciousness with which Israel is attacked and 

discriminated against at the United Nations should not 

be allowed to continue unchallenged: Now, therefore, be 

it

1 Resolved, That—

2 (1) the House of Representatives—

3 (A) welcomes recent attempts by the 

4 United Nations to address the issue of anti5 Semitism; 

6 (B) calls on the United Nations to offi7 cially and publicly condemn anti-Semitic state8 ments in all United Nations meetings and hold 

9 accountable United Nations member states that 

10 make such statements; and 

11 (C) strongly urges the United Nations 

12 Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza-
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1 tion (UNESCO) to develop and implement edu2 cation awareness programs about the Holocaust 

3 throughout the world as part of an effort to 

4 combat the rise in anti-Semitism; and 

5 (2) it is the sense of the House of Representa6 tives that—

7 (A) the President should direct the Sec8 retary of State to include in the Department of 

9 State’s annual Country Reports on Human 

10 Rights Practices and annual Report on Inter11 national Religious Freedom information on 

12 compliance by the United Nations and its con13 stituent bodies with international human rights 

14 treaties and norms relating to anti-Semitism; 

15 and 

16 (B) the President should direct the Sec17 retary of State to use projects funded through 

18 the Middle East Partnership Initiative and 

19 United States overseas broadcasts to educate 

20 Arab and Muslim countries about anti-Semi21 tism, religious intolerance, and incitement to vi22 olence.

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