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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 21 

Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian President 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of 

Israel. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2007 

Mr. ROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. 

ENGEL, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. JOHNSON

of Illinois, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Ms. 

BERKLEY, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. PATRICK MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

FATTAH, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. 

MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SAXTON, 

and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating 

the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment 

of the Crime of Genocide and the United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State 

of Israel. 

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 


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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 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 61 years ago the United Nations was founded to 

prevent another Holocaust, the Nazi genocide carried out 

during World War II that resulted in the slaughter of 6 

million Jews in Europe, from happening ever again; 

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 27, 2005, at the World Without Zionism Conference in Tehran, Iran, Iranian President 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be ‘‘wiped off 

the map’’, described Israel as ‘‘a disgraceful blot [on] the 

face of the Islamic world’’, and declared that ‘‘[a]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 President 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed a conference in 

Tehran questioning the history of the Holocaust and said 

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

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 President 

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, that are determined to destroy 

Israel; 

Whereas, on December 14, 2001, the President of Iran’s Expediency Council, Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, threatened Israel with nuclear attack, saying, ‘‘[i]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 [in Israel], 

while it will merely harm the Islamic world’’; 


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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, the 

only democracy in the Middle East and the most important strategic ally of the United States, which is confirmed by statements such as those made by Iranian 

President Ahmadinejad and Council President 

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 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s offensive re5 marks, contemptible statements, and reprehensible 

6 policies aimed at the destruction of the State of 

7 Israel; 

8 (2) calls on the United Nations Security Coun9 cil to charge Iranian President Mahmoud 

10 Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on 

11 the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of 

12 Genocide and Article 2, Section 4, of the United Na13 tions Charter; 

14 (3) further calls on the United Nations Security 

15 Council and all Member States of the United Na16 tions to consider measures to prevent Iran from ob17 taining nuclear weapons, which would be both a danVerDate Aug 31 2005 00:04 Jan 11, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HC21.IH HC21

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1 gerous violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation 

2 Treaty and a potential means to the end of carrying 

3 out President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threats 

4 against Israel; and 

5 (4) reaffirms the unwavering strategic partner6 ship between the United States and Israel and re7 asserts the steadfast commitment of the United 

8 States to defend the right of Israel to exist as a free 

9 and democratic state. 

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