A bill to withhold United States contributions to the United Nations until the United Nations formally retracts the final report of the "United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict".

To withhold United States contributions to the United Nations until the United Nations formally retracts the final report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict 1. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) On April 3, 2009, the President of the Human Rights Council established the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict with the directive to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law that might have been committed at any time in the context of the military operations that were conducted in Gaza during the period from 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009, whether before, during or after (2) On September 29, 2009, the United Nations Human Rights Council presented a report on the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, a report most often referred to as the Goldstone Report (3) On April 1, 2011, Justice Richard Goldstone, the author of the Goldstone Report, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post about the Goldstone Report and stated that more information is now available regarding the Gaza War of 2008–2009 and that, If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document. (4) Justice Goldstone reiterated the following well known fact: That the crimes allegedly committed by Hamas were intentional goes without saying—its rockets were purposefully and indiscriminately aimed at civilian targets. (5) Evidence that was made available following the Goldstone Report confirms that Israel as a matter of policy did not intentionally target civilians. (6) Justice Goldstone reiterated the well known fact that the United Nations Human Rights Council has long held a bias against Israel. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that now that evidence is available that undoubtedly nullifies the most controversial aspects of the Goldstone Report, the United Nations should formally retract the Goldstone Report. 2. Withholding of United States contributions to the United Nations (a) In general The Secretary of State shall withhold United States contributions to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Nations until such time as the United Nations formally retracts the final report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict Goldstone Report (b) Definition In this section, the term formally retracts

Summary: Expresses the sense of Congress that, now that evidence is available that nullifies the most controversial aspects of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report), the United Nations (U.N.) should formally retract the Report. Directs the Secretary of State to withhold U.S. contributions to the regularly assessed U.N. biennial budget until the U.N. formally retracts the Report. Defines &quot;formally retracts&quot; as a U.N.-adopted resolution stating that insufficient information relating to the Report's subject matter was available before its release and that the Report is annulled.