IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 260
Thanking John R. Bolton, President George W. Bush’s nominee to serve 
as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, for his long-stand-
ing history of confronting corruption at the United Nations and urging 
him to continue his hard work and dedication to the implementation 
of measures that will restore credibility of this international organization. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 4, 2005
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BARRETT of South 
Carolina, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. BLUNT, 
Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Flor-
ida, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CANTOR, 
Mr. CARTER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. LINCOLN 
DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. DOO-
LITTLE, Mr. FEENEY, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GINGREY, 
Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOODE, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. 
HERGER, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. KLINE, Mr. 
KING of Iowa, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. MCHENRY, Mrs. MILLER of Michi-
gan, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. 
RADANOVICH, Mr. RENZI, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
SHADEGG, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WHITFIELD, 
Mr. WICKER, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Thanking John R. Bolton, President George W. Bush’s 
nominee to serve as United States Ambassador to the 
United Nations, for his long-standing history of con-
fronting corruption at the United Nations and urging 
him to continue his hard work and dedication to the
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implementation of measures that will restore credibility 
of this international organization.
Whereas the United States is the host country and the larg-
est financial contributor to the United Nations; 
Whereas there has been widespread mismanagement by the 
United Nations of the Iraq Oil-for-Food program and the 
former Saddam Hussein regime manipulated the program 
for billions of dollars; 
Whereas certain United Nations officials have not fully co-
operated with congressional investigations into allegations 
that certain officials were bribed by the Hussein regime; 
Whereas United Nations peacekeepers and civilian personnel 
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, entrusted with 
protecting some of the weakest and most vulnerable 
women and children in the world, stand accused of more 
than 150 human rights violations; 
Whereas the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan 
has acknowledged that ‘‘acts of gross [sexual] misconduct 
have taken place,’’ by United Nations peacekeepers in the 
Congo; 
Whereas allegations exist that United Nations peacekeepers 
in the Congo are seeking to illegally manipulate investiga-
tions by the United Nations into such sexual misconduct 
through the obstruction of witness testimony; 
Whereas there have been over 300,000 deaths (over 70,000 
of which were civilian deaths) in the Darfur region of 
Sudan due to violence, famine, and disease, and nearly 
2,000,000 people have been displaced but the United Na-
tions Security Council has refused to declare these mass 
killings in Darfur a genocide;
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Whereas many member countries of the Security Council re-
fused to acknowledge, in spite of ample evidence, the vio-
lation by Iraq of 17 Security Council resolutions limiting 
its rights to possess weapons; 
Whereas such refusal questions the effectiveness of the Secu-
rity Council; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has failed to 
agree upon a definition of terrorism; 
Whereas a recent proposal to enlarge the United Nations Se-
curity Council will undermine United States efforts to 
combat terrorism; 
Whereas John R. Bolton, President George W. Bush’s nomi-
nee to serve as United States Ambassador to the United 
Nations, has a long and distinguished career in foreign 
policy and has worked closely with international organiza-
tions; 
Whereas John R. Bolton has consistently and vigorously 
worked throughout his career to address fundamental 
problems with the United Nations to make it a better 
functioning, workable body; and 
Whereas John R. Bolton will provide continued outstanding 
leadership in addressing ongoing scandals at the United 
Nations and he will work to restore credibility and ac-
countability to this international organization: Now, 
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) thanks John R. Bolton, President George 
W. Bush’s nominee to serve as United States Am-
bassador to the United Nations, for his long-stand-