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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 372 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 372

   Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to United Nations 
                   General Assembly Resolution 1322.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            October 12 (legislative day, September 22), 2000

Mr. Lott (for Mr. Grams (for himself and Mr. Brownback)) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION

 
   Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to United Nations 
                   General Assembly Resolution 1322.

Whereas in an Emergency Special Session, the United Nations Security Council 
        voted on October 7, 2000, to approve Resolution 1322, which unfairly 
        blames Israel for the outbreak of violence and politicizes the Geneva 
        Convention;
Whereas Resolution 1322 singles out Israel for the use of excessive force 
        against Palestinians while ignoring identical acts perpetrated by 
        Palestinians against Israelis;
Whereas Resolution 1322 incorrectly labels the September 28, 2000, visit of 
        Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon to Temple Mount, a holy place 
        open to all members of all faiths, as the ``provocation'' for violence;
Whereas there is clear evidence this violence was a premeditated and coordinated 
        action by the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian militias;
Whereas Israeli army officials noted a sharp increase in attacks against 
        security forces and Israeli civilians in the weeks before September 28, 
        2000, including the killing of one soldier and the wounding of another 
        in a Gaza Strip ambush on September 27;
Whereas the Palestinian Authority has used official Palestinian television and 
        the Voice of Palestine radio to incite violence;
Whereas there is evidence that Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, Chairman Arafat's 
        top political lieutenant in the West Bank, has been orchestrating the 
        rioting of armed uniformed police and civilians;
Whereas the United States refused to veto Resolution 1322, although United 
        States Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke reportedly 
        declared it ``unbalanced, biased, and really a lousy piece of work''; 
        and
Whereas the United States has vetoed three anti-Israel Security Council 
        Resolutions since the 1993 Oslo Accords and has still played a 
        constructive role in the peace process as an ``honest broker'': Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate hereby--
            (1) denounces the United States failure to vote against 
        United Nations Security Council Resolution 1322;
            (2) condemns the United Nations Security Council for its 
        discrimination against the State of Israel and its efforts to 
        manipulate the Fourth Geneva Conference for the sole purpose of 
        attacking Israel; and
            (3) urges the leaders of the Israeli and Palestinian 
        peoples to seek a secure future through the end of violence and 
        the resumption of the peace process.
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