IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 192 
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the United Nations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2005 
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. HONDA, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. CONYERS, 
Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. FARR, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON 
of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MCNULTY, and Ms. BORDALLO) submitted 
the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the United Nations. 
Whereas 2005 marks the 60th anniversary of the establish-
ment of the United Nations; 
Whereas, on June 26, 1945, representatives of countries 
throughout the world, including the United States, signed 
the Charter of the United Nations, and on October 24, 
1945, the Charter entered into force; 
Whereas Article 1 of the Charter declares that a primary ob-
jective of the United Nations is the maintenance of inter-
national peace and security; 
Whereas over the past 60 years, the United Nations has de-
ployed 59 peacekeeping operations in some of the most
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complex regions of the world, including Cambodia, Cy-
prus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, East Timor, 
El Salvador, Eritrea, Haiti, Kosovo, Liberia, and Sierra 
Leone; 
Whereas United Nations peacekeeping operations have been 
charged with mandates such as preventing the outbreak 
of conflict or the spill-over of conflict across borders, sta-
bilizing conflict situations after a cease-fire, assisting in 
the implementation of comprehensive peace agreements, 
and leading countries and territories through transitional 
governments to stable governments; 
Whereas the United Nations is dedicated to the development 
of friendly relations among countries, based on equal 
rights and self-determination; 
Whereas, in 1948, as a result of the Holocaust, the United 
Nations created the State of Israel by a vote that parti-
tioned a section of Palestine to make a permanent home 
for the thousands of Jewish immigrants who were dis-
placed by the Holocaust before and during World War II; 
Whereas, in September 1960, the United Nations accepted 16 
African countries, each of which had seceded from colo-
nial rule and established its independence, as Member 
States of the United Nations; 
Whereas the United Nations was a major factor in bringing 
about the downfall of the apartheid system in South Afri-
ca by imposing measures ranging from an arms embargo 
to a convention against segregated sporting events; 
Whereas the United Nations has provided a forum for the 
achievement of international cooperation in solving inter-
national economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian 
problems;
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Whereas, in 1980, the United Nations and the World Health 
Organization (WHO) reached an extraordinary milestone 
when, after a 13 year eradication effort, the organiza-
tions declared the world free of smallpox; 
Whereas the United Nations continues to implement pro-
grams for the universal immunization of polio, tetanus, 
measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, and tuberculosis; 
Whereas within 48 hours of the devastating earthquake and 
tsunami struck Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004, 
the United Nations and its agencies, including the United 
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health 
Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme 
(WFP), and the United Nations Development Pro-
gramme (UNDP), began allocating emergency aid to the 
various countries impacted by the earthquake and tsu-
nami; 
Whereas the United Nations has contributed to the peace and 
security of the international community through diplo-
matic efforts and actions approved by the Security Coun-
cil; 
Whereas, in June 1968, the General Assembly adopted the 
Treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (com-
monly referred to as the ‘‘Nuclear Nonproliferation Trea-
ty’’ or the ‘‘NPT’’), a landmark accord that has con-
tinuing relevance in a world in which countries must de-
fend themselves against the threat of terrorism; 
Whereas the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division 
has provided key logistical support for the recent success-
ful elections held in Afghanistan and Iraq; 
Whereas, despite the central role that the United Nations 
and its agencies have played in addressing global issues
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of human rights, hunger, health, the environment, and 
the needs of children over the past 60 years, the United 
Nations must commit to serious structural reforms in 
order to effectively carry out its mandate for the next 60 
years; 
Whereas the legacy of the United Nations is becoming tar-
nished by the United Nations’ poor administration of the 
Oil-for-Food Program, the election of egregious human 
rights violators to the United Nations Commission on 
Human Rights, and sexual exploitation and abuse among 
United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo; 
Whereas United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has 
presented a reform package to the United Nations Gen-
eral Assembly for the General Assembly to consider dur-
ing the summit of the United Nations in September 
2005; and 
Whereas the participation and leadership of the United 
States at the summit of the United Nations in September 
2005 is essential to ensure the adoption of a substantive 
reform package: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes the 60th anniversary of the 
United Nations; 
(2) encourages the United Nations to commit to 
structural reforms to effectively carry out its man-
date under the Charter of the United Nations;
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(3) encourages the United States to serve in a 
role of leadership at the summit of the United Na-
tions in September 2005; and 
(4) requests the President to— 
(A) issue a proclamation calling on the 
people of the United States to observe the 60th 
anniversary of the United Nations with appro-
priate ceremonies and activities; and 
(B) exert United States leadership to en-
sure that substantive United Nations reforms 
are adopted at the summit of the United Na-
tions in September 2005. 
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