IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 128 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should continue 
to exercise its veto in the United Nations Security Council on resolutions 
regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2016 
Mr. LAMBORN (for himself and Ms. GRAHAM) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 
should continue to exercise its veto in the United Nations 
Security Council on resolutions regarding the Israeli- 
Palestinian peace process. 
Whereas it is long-standing practice of the United States 
Government that a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Pal-
estinian conflict must come through direct, bilateral ne-
gotiations between the two parties; 
Whereas President Barack Obama has stated this long-
standing practice at the United Nations General Assem-
bly in 2011, expressing ‘‘genuine peace can only be real-
ized between the Israelis and the Palestinians them-
selves’’; 
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Whereas it is long-standing practice of the United States 
Government to veto any United Nations Security Council 
resolution dictating terms, conditions, and timelines on 
the peace process; 
Whereas President Barack Obama also expressed before the 
United Nations General Assembly in 2011, that ‘‘peace 
will not come through statements and resolutions at the 
United Nations—if it were that easy, it would have been 
accomplished by now’’; 
Whereas Yasser Arafat committed by letter dated September 
9, 1993, to then Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, ‘‘The 
PLO commits itself to the Middle East peace process and 
to the peaceful resolution of the conflict between the two 
sides and declares that all outstanding issues relating to 
permanent status will be resolved by negotiation.’’; 
Whereas the United States has vetoed 42 unconstructive, 
anti-Israel resolutions in the United Nations Security 
Council since 1972; 
Whereas after the United States voted against a resolution 
on Palestinian statehood, the United States Ambassador 
to the United Nations, Samantha Power, said the pro-
posal was ‘‘deeply unbalanced’’, had ‘‘unconstructive 
deadlines’’, and failed to take ‘‘account of Israel’s secu-
rity concerns’’; 
Whereas the United Nations is not the appropriate venue and 
should not be a forum used for seeking unilateral action, 
recognition, or dictating guidelines on the Israeli-Pales-
tinian peace process; 
Whereas in the two most recently completed United Nations 
General Assembly sessions, 21 of the 25 (68th Session) 
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and 20 of the 23 (69th Session) resolutions attacked 
Israel; 
Whereas the human rights bodies and agencies of the United 
Nations, such as the United Nations Human Rights 
Council, have consistently demonstrated unwarranted 
bias against Israel; and 
Whereas since 2006, 7 of the 23 Council’s sessions have fo-
cused on Israel and 61 of their 116 condemnations have 
unfairly singled out and targeted Israel: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) a durable resolution to the Israeli-Pales-
tinian peace process can only come through direct, 
bilateral negotiations between Israel and the Pal-
estinians; 
(2) the United Nations cannot be a truly neu-
tral arbiter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and 
(3) the United States Government should con-
tinue to uphold its practice of vetoing any United 
Nations Security Council resolution that inserts the 
Council into the peace process, unilaterally recog-
nizes a Palestinian state, makes declarations con-
cerning Israeli controlled territories, or dictates 
terms and a timeline for the Israeli-Palestinian 
peace process. 
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