IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 54
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding anti-Semitism 
at the United Nations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2005
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. PENCE, and Mr. CHABOT) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing anti-Semitism at the United Nations, and for other 
purposes.
Whereas the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human 
Rights recognizes ‘‘the inherent dignity and equal and in-
alienable rights of all members of the human family is 
the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the 
world’’; 
Whereas United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 
(1975) equating Zionism—the national liberation move-
ment of the Jewish people—to racism was the most noto-
rious illustration of anti-Jewish bias at the United Na-
tions;
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Whereas during the 1991 session of the United Nations Com-
mission on Human Rights, the Syrian Ambassador to the 
United Nations repeated the Damascus blood libel that 
Jews killed Christian children to use their blood to make 
Matzoth; 
Whereas on March 11, 1997, the Palestinian representative 
to the United Nations charged that the Government of 
Israel had injected 300 Palestinian children with HIV 
(the human immunodeficiency virus, the pathogen that 
causes AIDS); 
Whereas despite the repeated interventions of the Govern-
ments of Israel and the United States, this modern blood 
libel stands unchallenged and unrefuted in the United 
Nations record; 
Whereas Israel is denied full membership in the United Na-
tions system and six of the 10 emergency sessions ever 
held by the United Nations General Assembly have been 
devoted to criticisms of and attacks on Israel; 
Whereas the goals of the 2001 United Nations World Con-
ference Against Racism were undermined by hateful anti-
Jewish rhetoric and anti-Israel political agendas, prompt-
ing both Israel and the United States to withdraw their 
delegations from the Conference; 
Whereas when Israel successfully targeted Hamas terrorist 
Abdel Aziz Rantissi with no civilian casualties, Israel was 
denounced for an ‘‘extra judicial’’ killing, but when faced 
with the 2004 report of the United Nations Special 
Rapporteur on Extra Judicial Executions that detailed 
the murder of more than 3,000 Brazilian civilians shot 
at close range by police, the United Nations chose to re-
main silent;
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Whereas in 2004, the United Nations Secretary-General ac-
knowledged at the first United Nations-sponsored Con-
ference on Anti-Semitism, that: ‘‘It is clear that we are 
witnessing an alarming resurgence of this phenomenon in 
new forms and manifestations. This time, the world must 
not—cannot—be silent.’’; 
Whereas in 2004, the United Nations General Assembly’s 
Third Committee for the first time adopted a resolution 
on religious tolerance that includes condemnation of anti-
Semitism and ‘‘recognized with deep concern the overall 
rise in instances of intolerance and violence directed 
against members of many religious communities . . . in-
cluding . . . anti-Semitism . . . ’’; and 
Whereas the viciousness with which Israel is attacked and 
discriminated against at the United Nations should not 
be allowed to continue unchallenged: Now, therefore, be 
it
Resolved, That—
(1) the House of Representatives—
(A) welcomes recent attempts by the 
United Nations to address the issue of anti-
Semitism; 
(B) calls on the United Nations to offi-
cially and publicly condemn anti-Semitic state-
ments in all United Nations meetings and hold 
accountable United Nations member states that 
make such statements; and 
(C) strongly urges the United Nations 
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza-
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tion (UNESCO) to develop and implement edu-
cation awareness programs about the Holocaust 
throughout the world as part of an effort to 
combat the rise in anti-Semitism; and 
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that—
(A) the President should direct the Sec-
retary of State to include in the Department of 
State’s annual Country Reports on Human 
Rights Practices and annual Report on Inter-
national Religious Freedom information on 
compliance by the United Nations and its con-
stituent bodies with international human rights 
treaties and norms relating to anti-Semitism; 
and 
(B) the President should direct the Sec-
retary of State to use projects funded through 
the Middle East Partnership Initiative and 
United States overseas broadcasts to educate 
Arab and Muslim countries about anti-Semi-
tism, religious intolerance, and incitement to vi-
olence.
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