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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 574 

Calling on the United Nations to take concerted actions against leaders 

in Iran for their statements calling for the destruction of another United 

Nations Member State, Israel. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. AYOTTE, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. KIRK, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. 

MORAN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. BOXER, 

Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, 

Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BEGICH, and Mr. JOHANNS) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Calling on the United Nations to take concerted actions 

against leaders in Iran for their statements calling for 

the destruction of another United Nations Member State, 

Israel. 

Whereas, on August 2, 2012, President of Iran Mahmoud 

Ahmadinejad stated that ‘‘anyone who loves freedom and 

justice must strive for the annihilation of the Zionist regime in order to pave the way for world justice and freedom’’; 

Whereas, on August 17, 2012, President Ahmadinejad gave 

a televised statement that ‘‘the Zionist regime and the 

Zionists are a cancerous tumor,’’ and that ‘‘the nations 


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of the region will soon finish off the usurper Zionists in 

the Palestinian land,’’ contending that ‘‘with the grace of 

God and help of the nations, in the new Middle East 

there will be no trace of the Americans and Zionists’’; 

Whereas, on February 3, 2012, Supreme Leader Ayatollah 

Khamenei told an audience that ‘‘the Zionist regime is a 

real cancerous tumor that should be cut and will be cut, 

God Willing’’; 

Whereas, on August 17, 2012, leader Ayatollah Ahmad 

Khatami, addressing worshippers at Tehran University, 

stated that ‘‘Zionists understand only the language of 

force’’ and claimed that ‘‘the Zionist regime will meet destruction through unity in the Islamic world’’; 

Whereas, in 2009 and 2011 speeches before the United Nations General Assembly, President Ahmadinejad insulted 

Israel, called into question its very existence, and denied 

the fact that there was a Holocaust; 

Whereas other leaders in Iran have made similar statements, 

and the Government of Iran has displayed inflammatory 

symbols that express similar intent; 

Whereas the Government of Iran funds, trains, and supports 

terrorist groups, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine among many others, 

all of which have murdered United States citizens, 

Israelis, and non-Israeli Jews and are determined to destroy Israel, and continues to support the Government of 

Syria in its continued oppression, violence, and abuse of 

its people; 

Whereas, on August 30, 2012, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that the Government of 

Iran has doubled its capacity to enrich uranium to 20 


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percent purity at Iran’s Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant 

since May 2012; 

Whereas the longstanding policy of the Iranian regime is 

aimed at destroying the democratic State of Israel, a vital 

ally and longstanding friend of the United States, which 

is confirmed by statements such as those made by President Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Khamenei demonstrating the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran; 

Whereas, 67 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 

6,000,000 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 to ‘‘refrain 

in their international relations from the threat or use of 

force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state’’; 

Whereas the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment 

of the Crime of Genocide, done at Paris December 9, 

1948 (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 targeted group; 

Whereas Article 3 of the Genocide Convention prohibits conspiracy to commit genocide, as well as ‘‘direct and public 

incitement to commit genocide’’; 


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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 142 Member States of the United Nations, including 

Iran, have ratified or acceded to 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, on August 18, 2012, United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon condemned the Government of 

Iran’s ‘‘offensive and inflammatory statements’’ and his 

office reiterated that, ‘‘in accordance with the United Nations Charter, all members must refrain from the threat 

or use of force against the territorial integrity or political 

independence of any state’’; and 

Whereas, on November 9, 2006, an international coalition of 

29 nongovernmental organizations urged the Government 

of Iran to renounce President Ahmadinejad’s call for 

Israel to be wiped off the map: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, 

3 Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President 

4 of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s offensive remarks, 

5 contemptible statements, and reprehensible policies 

6 aimed at the destruction of the State of Israel, and 

7 urges all United Nations Member States to do the 

8 same; 


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1 (2) calls on the United Nations Security Coun2 cil to take more concerted actions against Iran for 

3 blatantly violating the United Nations Charter, in4 cluding by requesting that the prosecutor of the 

5 International Criminal Court investigate leaders in 

6 Iran for violating the Convention on the Prevention 

7 and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, done at 

8 Paris December 9, 1948 (commonly referred to as 

9 the ‘‘Genocide Convention’’), and Article 2, Section 

10 4, of the United Nations Charter; 

11 (3) further calls on all Member States of the 

12 United Nations to fully implement existing United 

13 Nations Security Council resolutions sanctioning 

14 Iran and to take additional stronger unilateral diplo15 matic and economic measures to prevent the Govern16 ment of Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, which 

17 would be both a dangerous violation of the Treaty 

18 on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done 

19 at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968, 

20 and entered into force March 5, 1970, and a poten21 tial means to the end of carrying out President 

22 Ahmadinejad’s threats against Israel; 

23 (4) further calls on the United Nations Security 

24 Council and all Member States of the United Na25 tions to consider targeted sanctions, travel bans, and 


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1 other measures linked to the cessation of the Gov2 ernment of Iran’s incitement to hatred and genocide; 

3 (5) calls for the United Nations Secretary Gen4 eral’s Advisory Committee on the Prevention of 

5 Genocide to implement its mandate to act as a 

6 mechanism of early warning, and to make rec7 ommendations to the United Nations Security Coun8 cil to monitor and report on threats of genocide 

9 made by leaders in Iran; 

10 (6) further calls on parties to the Genocide 

11 Convention to file a complaint against leaders in 

12 Iran before the International Court of Justice for 

13 the failure by the Government of Iran to abide by 

14 its obligations under Articles 1, 4, and 5 of the 

15 Genocide Convention; and 

16 (7) reaffirms the unwavering strategic partner17 ship and close friendship between the United States 

18 and Israel and reasserts the steadfast commitment 

19 of the people and the Government of the United 

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

21 and democratic state. 

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