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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 442 

Expressing the deep disappointment of the Senate with respect to the election 

of Iran to a leadership position in the United Nations Disarmament 

Commission and requesting the President to withhold funding to the 

United Nations unless credible reforms are made. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 25, 2006 

Mr. COLEMAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the deep disappointment of the Senate with respect to the election of Iran to a leadership position 

in the United Nations Disarmament Commission and 

requesting the President to withhold funding to the 

United Nations unless credible reforms are made. 

Whereas the United Nations has continuously failed to meet 

minimal reform expectations, including those outlined in 

the September Summit Outcome Document; 

Whereas the United Nations has allowed member states acting in defiance of their obligations to the United Nations 

to enjoy full participatory rights and leadership positions 

in all bodies of the United Nations; 


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Whereas the mandate of the charter of the United Nations 

that protects international peace and security is significantly hindered by the placement of pariah states in leadership positions within various commissions; 

Whereas the credibility of the United Nations has been further crippled by the fact that Iran was elected to serve 

as the vice chair of the Asia regional group of the United 

Nations Disarmament Commission; 

Whereas Iran has committed many acts of malfeasance with 

respect to its nuclear program that makes it an unacceptable candidate for the United Nations Disarmament 

Commission, including— 

(1) developing a clandestine nuclear program for 18 

years prior to 2003; 

(2) repeatedly deceiving the International Atomic 

Energy Agency about a variety of nuclear-related activities; 

(3) failing to provide inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency with access to various 

nuclear sites; 

(4) refusing to answer questions related to its nuclear program; 

(5) reneging on its commitments under the Paris 

Accords of November 2004, which included the suspension of uranium enrichment activities; and 

(6) announcing its success in achieving uranium enrichment capabilities, which represented a brazen affront 

to the international community; 

Whereas other actions and rhetoric by Iran have perpetuated 

its record of terror and tyranny, and warranted its isolation from the international community at the United Nations, including— 


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(1) continuing its calls for the annihilation of Israel, 

which is a member state of the United Nations; 

(2) actively sponsoring terrorism through groups including Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad, which 

prompted the Department of State to classify Iran as the 

‘‘most active state sponsor of terrorism in 2004’’; and 

(3) continuing its efforts to destabilize neighboring 

countries by meddling in the affairs of those countries, 

including Iraq, Israel, and Lebanon; and 

Whereas, while Iran continues to enjoy full participatory 

rights and privileges as a member state of the United 

Nations, the overall conduct of Iran is a direct threat to 

world security and violates numerous fundamental principles on which the United Nations is based: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) expresses its deep disappointment with re3 spect to the failure of the Asia group members of 

4 the United Nations Disarmament Commission to 

5 stop the election of Iran as the vice chair of that 

6 body; 

7 (2) asserts that the United Nations Disar8 mament Commission has no credibility on disar9 mament issues due to the participation of Iran, par10 ticularly in light of the defiance of Iran in dis11 regarding resolutions passed by the International 

12 Atomic Energy Agency and the Security Council 


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1 Presidential Statement relating to its nuclear pro2 gram; 

3 (3) calls on the United States to reject all reso4 lutions passed by the discredited United Nations 

5 Disarmament Commission; 

6 (4) condemns the continued intransigence of 

7 Iran with respect to its— 

8 (A) nuclear program; 

9 (B) treatment of Israel; and 

10 (C) sponsorship of terror; 

11 (5) shall work to ensure that funding from the 

12 United States is withheld from— 

13 (A) the regular budget of the United Na14 tions in the amount that is directed towards the 

15 activities of the United Nations Disarmament 

16 Commission; and 

17 (B) any commission of the United Nations 

18 in which the worst violators of the principles it 

19 claims to promote are included in its member20 ship, including the new Human Rights Council; 

21 (6) calls on the United Nations to deny Iran 

22 from participating in any commission of the United 

23 Nations until it— 


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1 (A) complies with its obligations under the 

2 Non-Proliferation Treaty and International 

3 Atomic Energy Agency resolutions; 

4 (B) halts— 

5 (i) all uranium enrichment activities; 

6 and 

7 (ii) all calls for the destruction of 

8 Israel; and 

9 (C) withdraws support from terrorist 

10 groups; and 

11 (7) calls on the President to— 

12 (A) closely monitor the progress of the 

13 United Nations on reform; and 

14 (B) exercise the option of the President to 

15 withhold funding unless credible reforms are 

16 made prior to discussions on the biannual budg17 et. 

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