IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 368
Congratulating the State of Israel on the election of Ambassador Dan 
Gillerman as Vice-President of the 60th United Nations General Assembly. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2005
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. CHABOT) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the State of Israel on the election of Ambas-
sador Dan Gillerman as Vice-President of the 60th 
United Nations General Assembly.
Whereas the 60th General Assembly of the United Nations 
will be held in New York City from September through 
December 2005; 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly is presided 
over by a President and 21 Vice-Presidents, who are 
nominated by the General Assembly’s five regional 
groupings; 
Whereas prior to 2000, Israel was the only member of the 
United Nations to be excluded from a United Nations re-
gional grouping;
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Whereas this exclusion was the result of the refusal by Arab 
states to permit Israel to join the Asian group; 
Whereas this exclusion prevented Israel from serving as the 
President of the United Nations General Assembly, or as 
a member of any bureau in the General Assembly and its 
main committees; 
Whereas in 2000, Israel was accepted as a temporary mem-
ber of the Western European and Others Group 
(WEOG), which includes Canada, the United States, 
Australia, and New Zealand, in addition to the countries 
of Western Europe, and its temporary membership was 
extended in 2004; 
Whereas on April 21, 2005, the Western Europe and Others 
Group nominated Israel as a candidate for Vice-President 
of the 60th United Nations General Assembly; 
Whereas on June 13, 2005, the 191 member United Nations 
General Assembly elected Ambassador Dan Gillerman, 
Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 
as one of 21 Vice-Presidents of the 60th General Assem-
bly; 
Whereas Israeli Ambassador Gillerman called the election ‘‘a 
historic moment for Israel’’, which had last served as 
United Nations General Assembly Vice-President in 
1952; 
Whereas Ambassador Gillerman also said that the election 
confirms that Israel is ‘‘becoming a more active and nor-
mal member of the [United Nations]’’; and 
Whereas United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan wel-
comed Israel’s election to the Vice-Presidency of the Gen-
eral Assembly: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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(1) congratulates Ambassador Dan Gillerman, 
Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Na-
tions, and the Government and people of the State 
of Israel on Israel’s election as Vice-President of the 
60th General Assembly of the United Nations; 
(2) welcomes the nomination by the Western 
European and Others Group (WEOG) of Israel for 
the position of Vice-President of the 60th United 
Nations General Assembly; 
(3) welcomes the election by the United Nations 
General Assembly of Israel as Vice-President of the 
60th General Assembly; 
(4) supports continued expansion of Israel’s 
role at the United Nations; 
(5) notes with concern that Israel remains the 
object of extreme vilification by many members of 
the United Nations; 
(6) further notes that Israel remains excluded 
from the Asian regional grouping within the organi-
zation; and 
(7) calls upon United Nations Secretary-Gen-
eral Kofi Annan to work to end the vilification of 
Israel at the United Nations and to use his good of-
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fices to support Israel’s bid to join the Asian re-
gional grouping.
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