IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 380 
Recognizing the 63rd anniversary of the United Nations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2008 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 
Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. FARR, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. BRADY of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Ms. LEE) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 63rd anniversary of the United Nations. 
Whereas 2008 marks the 63rd 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 United Nations Charter declares 
that the primary objective of the United Nations is the 
maintenance of international peace and security; 
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Whereas the relationship between the United States and the 
United Nations is critical to the success of the United 
Nations in carrying out its mandates; 
Whereas, over the past 63 years, the United Nations has de-
ployed 63 peacekeeping operations in some of the world’s 
most complex regions, including Cambodia, Burundi, 
Sudan, East Timor, El Salvador, Angola, Haiti, Liberia, 
and Sierra Leone; 
Whereas United Nations peacekeeping currently has more 
than 100,000 peacekeepers deployed to keep the peace in 
17 conflict areas around the world; 
Whereas United Nations peacekeeping missions 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 or territories through a transition 
to stable government; 
Whereas the United Nations is also dedicated to the develop-
ment of friendly relations among countries, based on 
equal rights and sovereign equality; 
Whereas, in September 1960, the United Nations accepted 16 
African countries as members of the United Nations that 
had seceded from colonial rule and established their inde-
pendence; 
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, in November 1947, the United Nations General As-
sembly, bearing in mind millennia of Jewish history, in-
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cluding the tragedy of the Holocaust, recognized the right 
of the Jewish people to establish an independent state in 
their ancient homeland; 
Whereas the United Nations has provided a forum for the 
achievement of international cooperation in solving inter-
national economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian 
problems, including addressing such challenges as climate 
change, combating trafficking in humans, and promoting 
cooperation to defeat global terrorism; 
Whereas, in 1980, the United Nations and the World Health 
Organization reached an extraordinary milestone when 
they declared the world free of smallpox, following a 13- 
year eradication effort; 
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 that struck Southeast Asia on December 26, 
2004, the United Nations and its agencies, including the 
United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Orga-
nization, the World Food Programme, and the United 
Nations Development Programme, began allocating emer-
gency aid distribution to the various countries impacted 
by the earthquake and tsunami; 
Whereas United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has 
launched a multi-year campaign to intensify action to end 
violence against women and girls that aims to mobilize 
public opinion to ensure that policy makers at the highest 
levels work to prevent and eradicate violence against 
women; 
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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 the image of the United Nations has been injured 
by the Oil-for-Food Program, the election of egregious 
human rights violators to the United Nations Human 
Rights Council, and allegations of sexual exploitation and 
abuse among United Nations Peacekeepers in the Demo-
cratic Republic of Congo and elsewhere; 
Whereas, despite the central role that the United Nations 
and its agencies have played in addressing global issues 
of human rights, hunger, health, the environment, and 
the needs of children over the past 63 years, the world 
body must commit to serious structural reforms in order 
to effectively carry out its mandate into the next century; 
Whereas the United Nations has already undergone signifi-
cant reforms in recent years, including the creation of a 
United Nations Democracy Fund, the establishment of a 
United Nations Ethics Office, imposition of common pol-
icy on whistle blower protection, institution of a new fi-
nancial disclosure policy, and a strengthening of the com-
mitment to internal oversight, including the creation of a 
Procurement Task Force; 
Whereas United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s 
continuing commitment to institute necessary reforms to 
improve the effectiveness of the United Nations should be 
applauded and supported; and 
Whereas United States participation and leadership in the 
United Nations reform process is essential to securing 
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American interests in international peace and security: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes the 63rd anniversary of the 
United Nations; 
(2) urges the President to issue a proclamation 
calling on the people of the United States to observe 
the 63rd anniversary of the United Nations with ap-
propriate ceremonies and activities; and 
(3) urges the President to exert United States 
leadership to ensure that substantive United Nations 
reforms underway are fully implemented and that 
further reforms are adopted in order for the United 
Nations to effectively carry out its mandate into the 
next century. 
Æ 
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