tions’’ during Operation Cast Lead, including 
the findings in the Goldstone Report; and 
(E) recommended ‘‘that the Government of 
Switzerland, in its capacity as depositary of the 
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of 
Civilian Persons in Time of War, undertake as 
soon as possible the steps necessary to recon-
vene a Conference of High Contracting Parties 
to the Fourth Geneva Convention on measures 
to enforce the Convention’’ in the West Bank, 
the Gaza Strip, and ‘‘East Jerusalem’’. 
(35) On February 26, 2010, the United Na-
tions General Assembly voted 98–7 (with 31 Mem-
ber States abstaining, and with the United States 
voting against) to adopt resolution A/RES/64/254, 
which built on the determinations of A/RES/64/10. 
(36) On March 24, 2010, the United Nations 
Human Rights Council voted 29–6 (with 11 Member 
States abstaining and one not voting, and with the 
United States voting against) to adopt resolution A/ 
HRC/13/L.30, which, among other things— 
(A) called upon ‘‘all concerned parties, in-
cluding United Nations bodies, to ensure their 
implementation of the recommendations con-
tained in the [Goldstone Report]’’; 
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(B) requested that the United Nations 
High Commissioner for Human Rights submit 
a ‘‘progress report on the implementation of the 
present resolution to the [Human Rights] 
Council at its fourteenth session’’ in May and 
June 2010; and 
(C) decided to ‘‘follow up on the implemen-
tation of the present resolution at [the] fif-
teenth session’’ of the Human Rights Council in 
September 2010. 
(37) On March 25, 2011, the United Nations 
Human Rights Council voted 27–3 (with 16 Member 
States abstaining, and with the United States voting 
against) to adopt resolution A/HRC/16/L.31, which, 
among other things— 
(A) called upon ‘‘all concerned parties, in-
cluding United Nations bodies, to ensure the 
full and immediate implementation of the rec-
ommendations contained in the [Goldstone Re-
port]’’; 
(B) recommended that the United Nations 
General Assembly again consider the Goldstone 
Report at its sixty-sixth session, and urged the 
General Assembly to submit the report to the 
United Nations Security Council ‘‘for its con-
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sideration and appropriate action,’’ including 
referral to the prosecutor of the International 
Criminal Court; 
(C) requested that the United Nations 
High Commissioner for Human Rights submit 
a ‘‘progress report on the implementation of the 
present resolution to the Human Rights Council 
at its eighteenth session of September 2011’’; 
and 
(D) decided to ‘‘follow up on the imple-
mentation of the present resolution at [the] 
nineteenth session [of the Human Rights Coun-
cil] of March 2012’’. 
(38) On April 1, 2011, Richard Goldstone, the 
head of the ‘‘United Nations Fact Finding Mission 
on the Gaza Conflict’’ that authored the Goldstone 
Report, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post that 
renounced the Goldstone Report’s claim that the 
Israeli military deliberately attacked civilians during 
Operation Cast Lead. Goldstone wrote that the 
Israeli military’s investigations with respect to inci-
dents in Operation Cast Lead ‘‘indicate that civilians 
were not intentionally targeted as a matter of pol-
icy’’. 
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(39) Efforts to delegitimize the democratic 
State of Israel and deny it the right to defend its 
citizens and its existence can be used to delegitimize 
other democracies and deny them the same right. 
SEC. 602. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) consider the Goldstone Report irredeemably 
biased and unworthy of further consideration or le-
gitimacy; 
(2) strongly and unequivocally oppose any con-
sideration, legitimization, or endorsement of the 
Goldstone Report, or any other measures stemming 
from this report, in multilateral fora; 
(3) lead a high-level diplomatic campaign in 
support of the revocation and repudiation, by the 
United Nations General Assembly, of the Goldstone 
Report and any United Nations resolutions stem-
ming from the report, including— 
(A) United Nations General Assembly res-
olutions A/RES/64/10 and A/RES/64/254; and 
(B) United Nations Human Rights Council 
resolutions A–HRC–S–12–1, A/HRC/13/L.30, 
and A/HRC/16/L.31; and 
(4) lead a high-level diplomatic effort to encour-
age other responsible countries not to endorse, sup-
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port, or legitimize the Goldstone Report or any other 
measures stemming from the report. 
SEC. 603. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS; REFUND OF UNITED 
STATES TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 
(a) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
State shall withhold from the United States contribution 
to the regular budget of the United Nations an amount 
that is equal to the percentage of such contribution that 
the Secretary determines would be or has been expended 
by the United Nations for any part of the Goldstone Re-
port or its preparatory or follow-on activities. 
(b) REFUND OF UNITED STATES TAXPAYER DOL-
LARS.—Funds appropriated for use as a United States 
contribution to the regular budget of the United Nations 
but withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall immediately revert to the United 
States Treasury and shall not be considered arrears to be 
repaid to any United Nations Entity. 
TITLE VII—DURBAN PROCESS 
SEC. 701. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States is opposed to racism, ra-
cial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intoler-
ance, and has long been a party to the Convention 
on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 
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