110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 21 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Whereas the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (commonly referred to as 

the ‘‘Genocide Convention’’) defines genocide as, among 

other things, the act of killing members of a national, 

ethnic, racial, or religious group with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the 
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targeted group, and it also prohibits conspiracy to commit genocide, as well as ‘‘direct and public incitement to 

commit genocide’’; 

Whereas Article 4 of the Genocide Convention provides that 

individuals committing any of the listed genocidal crimes 

shall be punished ‘‘whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals’’; 

Whereas 133 Member States of the United Nations have ratified the Genocide Convention and thereby pledged to 

prosecute those individuals who violate its criteria for incitement to commit genocide, as well as those individuals 

who commit genocide directly; 

Whereas 62 years ago the United Nations was founded in the 

wake of the Holocaust, the Nazi genocide carried out 

during World War II that resulted in the slaughter of 6 

million Jews in Europe, in order to ‘‘save succeeding generations from the scourge of war’’ and uphold and protect the ‘‘dignity and worth of the human person’’; 

Whereas Article 2, Section 4, of the United Nations Charter, 

to which Iran has agreed as a Member State of the 

United Nations, requires all Member States of the United 

Nations to ‘‘refrain in their international relations from 

the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity 

or political independence of any state’’; 

Whereas on October 26, 2005, at the World Without Zionism 

Conference in Tehran, Iran, Iranian leader Mahmoud 

Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be ‘‘wiped off the map’’, 

described Israel as ‘‘a disgraceful blot øon¿ the face of 

the Islamic world’’, and declared that ‘‘øa¿nybody who 

recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation’s fury’’; 
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Whereas on December 12, 2006, Iranian leader Mahmoud 

Ahmadinejad addressed a conference in Tehran questioning the historical veracity of the Holocaust and said 

that Israel would ‘‘soon be wiped out’’; 

Whereas on December 15, 2000, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali 

Khamene’i stated to thousands of Muslim worshippers in 

Tehran that ‘‘Iran’s stance has always been clear on this 

ugly phenomenon (Israel). We have repeatedly said that 

this cancerous tumor of a state should be removed from 

the region’’; 

Whereas other Iranian leaders have made similar statements 

and the Government of Iran has displayed inflammatory 

symbols that express similar intent; 

Whereas on December 14, 2006, incoming United Nations 

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that Iran’s calls for 

Israel’s destruction and its dismissal of the Holocaust are 

‘‘unacceptable’’, and expressed concern about the regional 

and global security implications of Tehran’s nuclear program; 

Whereas on August 3, 2006, in a speech during an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders, Iranian leader 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated that the Middle East 

would be better off ‘‘without the existence of the Zionist 

regime’’, called Israel an ‘‘illegitimate regime’’ with ‘‘no 

legal basis for its existence’’, and accused the United 

States of using Israel as a proxy to control the region 

and its oil resources; 

Whereas Iran funds, trains, and openly supports terrorist 

groups, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad 

among many others, all of which have murdered Ameri-
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cans, Israelis, and non-Israeli Jews and are determined 

to destroy Israel; 

Whereas on December 14, 2001, former leader of Iran and 

current leader of Iran’s influential Expediency Council 

Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani threatened Israel with destruction by nuclear attack, saying, ‘‘øi¿f one day, the Islamic world is also equipped with weapons like those that 

Israel possesses now, then the imperialists’ strategy will 

reach a standstill because the use of even one nuclear 

bomb inside Israel will destroy everything øin Israel¿, 

while it will merely harm the Islamic world’’; 

Whereas Iran has aggressively pursued a clandestine effort to 

arm itself with nuclear weapons; and 

Whereas the longstanding policy of the Iranian regime is 

aimed at destroying the democratic State of Israel, a vital 

United States ally and longstanding friend, which is confirmed by statements such as those made by Iranian 

leader Ahmadinejad, Supreme Leader Khamene’i, and 

Expediency Council leader Rafsanjani, demonstrating the 

threat of a nuclear-armed Iran: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) condemns, in the strongest terms, Iranian 

4 leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s offensive remarks, 

5 contemptible statements, and reprehensible policies 

6 aimed at the destruction of the State of Israel; 

7 (2) calls on the United Nations Security Coun8 cil to take up charges against Iranian leader 

9 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for violating the 1948 Con-
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1 vention on the Prevention and Punishment of the 

2 Crime of Genocide and Article 2, Section 4, of the 

3 United Nations Charter; 

4 (3) further calls on the United Nations Security 

5 Council and all Member States of the United Na6 tions to consider stronger measures to prevent Iran 

7 from obtaining nuclear weapons, which would be 

8 both a dangerous violation of the Nuclear Non-Pro9 liferation Treaty and a potential means to the end 

10 of carrying out Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threats 

11 against Israel; and 

12 (4) reaffirms the unwavering strategic partner13 ship and close friendship between the United States 

14 and Israel and reasserts the steadfast commitment 

15 of the United States to defend the right of Israel to 

16 exist as a free and democratic state. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 20, 2007. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 21 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Calling on the United Nations Security Council to 

his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel. cide and the United Nations Charter because of vention and Punishment of the Crime of Genowith violating the 1948 Convention on the Precharge Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad