IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 624 
Congratulating the State of Israel on chairing a United Nations committee 
for the first time in history. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 4, 2007 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself and Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the State of Israel on chairing a United 
Nations committee for the first time in history. 
Whereas the State of Israel is the only member of the West-
ern and Others Group in a conditional status limiting its 
ability to caucus with its fellow members of this regional 
grouping, compete for open seats, or to run for positions 
in major bodies of the United Nations, such as the Secu-
rity Council, or United Nations-affiliated agencies, such 
as the United Nations Human Rights Council; 
Whereas Israel is excluded from discussions and consultations 
of the Western and Others Group at the United Nations 
offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Rome, and Vienna; 
Whereas Israel has been refused admission to the Asian 
Group of the United Nations, thereby being denied the 
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rights and privileges of full membership in the United 
Nations; 
Whereas Israel has submitted its candidacy for membership 
on the Security Council for 2019 and hopes to gain full 
participation rights in the United Nations; 
Whereas, in 2004, at the first United Nations Department of 
Public Information Seminar on Anti-Semitism, former 
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan acknowl-
edged that ‘‘the United Nations’ record on anti-Semitism 
has at times fallen short of our ideals’’; 
Whereas, in 2005, the United Nations held an unprecedented 
session to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the lib-
eration of the Auschwitz concentration camp; 
Whereas at the opening of the 61st General Assembly in 
2006, former United Nations Secretary General Kofi 
Annan stated that ‘‘on one side, supporters of Israel feel 
that it is harshly judged by standards that are not ap-
plied to its enemies . . . and too often this is true, par-
ticularly in some UN bodies’’; 
Whereas, in January 2007, the United Nations General As-
sembly adopted by consensus a resolution condemning 
any denial of the Holocaust; 
Whereas, on June 19, 2007, for the first time ever since 
Israel joined the United Nations, an Israeli diplomat, Mr. 
Ron Adam, director of the Israel Foreign Ministry’s 
United Nations Political Affairs Department, has been 
chosen to chair a United Nations committee, the Com-
mittee on Program and Coordination (CPC); 
Whereas this 33 member body (composed of Argentina, Ar-
menia, Belarus, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, the Republic of 
Central Africa, China, Comoros, Cuba, France, Ghana, 
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Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, 
Kenya, Pakistan, Portugal, Korea, Russia, Senegal, 
South 
Africa, 
Switzerland, 
Uruguay, 
Venezuela, 
Zimbabwe, United States, and Israel) approves the work 
plan for all United Nations agencies and bodies; 
Whereas since Israel was accepted as part of the Western 
Europe and Others Group (WEOG) in 2000, it has had 
the right to apply for positions on United Nations com-
mittees; 
Whereas Israel has played an active role in the international 
community and within the United Nations; 
Whereas Israel already sits on several important committees, 
and representatives from Israel have served as deputy 
chairs in the United Nations numerous times; 
Whereas Israelis were first elected to notable United Nations 
positions in 1994, including the high administrative tri-
bunal at the Hague, Vice Chair of the World Health Or-
ganization’s Executive Committee and the Human Rights 
Committee, in June 2005 Israel’s Ambassador to the 
United Nations, Dan Gillerman, was appointed one of the 
21 new vice presidents of the General Assembly, and in 
July 2005, Israel was elected to deputy chairmanship of 
the United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC); 
and 
Whereas Israel’s first unique appointment to chair a United 
Nations committee will hopefully encourage the normal-
ization of Israel’s bilateral and multilateral relations and 
challenge future disproportionate United Nations con-
demnation of Israel: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) congratulates Mr. Ron Adam, Israel’s Chair 
of the United Nations Committee on Program and 
Coordination, and the Government and people of the 
State of Israel on Israel’s first ever appointment to 
chair a United Nations committee; 
(2) supports continued expansion of Israel’s 
role at the United Nations; 
(3) welcomes recent attempts by the United 
Nations to address the issue of prevailing anti-Semi-
tism; 
(4) calls on the United Nations to officially and 
publicly condemn anti-Semitic statements made at 
all United Nations meetings and hold accountable 
United Nations Member States that make such 
statements; 
(5) urges the members of WEOG to extend full 
and permanent membership to Israel, without condi-
tions, until such time as Israel can serve as an effec-
tive member of the Asian States Group; and 
(6) calls upon United Nations Secretary-Gen-
eral Ban Ki-Moon to work to end any unfair vilifica-
tion of Israel at the United Nations and to use his 
good offices to support Israel’s bid to join the Asian 
regional grouping. 
Æ 
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