Title: Reaffirming United States support for Israel and condemning the United Nations Human Rights Council for certain wasteful and abusive actions.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Reaffirms U.S. support for Israel.
Condemns actions of the United Nations Human Rights Council as wasteful and abusive.
Supports remarks from Ambassador Nikki Haley in 2017 stating that the United States "does not seek to leave the council, but to reestablish its legitimacy."
Calls on the council to: (1) reform and become competitive and transparent in membership selection, and (2) stop singling out Israel as a permanent item on its agenda.
Urges Congress to support specified legislation that expands anti-boycott laws to extend to international organizations such as the United Nations and European Union.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 728 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 728

Reaffirming United States support for Israel and condemning the United 
 Nations Human Rights Council for certain wasteful and abusive actions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2018

Mr. Wilson of South Carolina submitted the following resolution; which 
 was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to 
 the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Reaffirming United States support for Israel and condemning the United 
 Nations Human Rights Council for certain wasteful and abusive actions.

Whereas the United Nations Human Rights Council, also known as the UNHRC, when 
        targeting Israel as a permanent agenda item with no other country 
        singled out in the same manner, wastes United States taxpayer dollars 
        and other limited resources;
Whereas a recent UNHRC report targets at least twenty-two United States 
        companies conducting lawful business with Israel, which could result in 
        specious legal entanglements;
Whereas the UNHRC report prepares groundwork for boycotts against companies that 
        do business with Israel;
Whereas, on March 24, 2017, the Trump Administration stated that this effort 
        falls far outside the scope of the UNHRC's mandate and drains ``precious 
        resources that could be used to promote and protect human rights around 
        the world'';
Whereas in 2007, a United Nations spokesperson noted then-United Nations 
        Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's ``disappointment'' with the UNHRC's 
        decision to ``single out only one specific regional item, given the 
        range and scope of allegations of human rights violations throughout the 
        world''; and
Whereas the UNHRC operates without transparency and wastes scarce staff 
        resources on false human rights issues, which reduces resources for 
        actual human rights cases: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) reaffirms the United States support for Israel;
            (2) condemns the United Nations Human Rights Council's 
        (UNHRC) actions as wasteful and abusive;
            (3) urges Congress to support S. 720 and H.R. 1697 that 
        expands anti-boycott laws to extend to international 
        organizations such as the United Nations and European Union;
            (4) supports remarks from Ambassador Nikki Haley in 2017 
        stating that the United States ``does not seek to leave the 
        Council, but to reestablish its legitimacy'', adding that when 
        the Council acts with clarity and integrity, it has been 
        effective;
            (5) calls upon the UNHRC to reform and become competitive 
        and transparent in membership selection; and
            (6) calls on UNHRC members to stop singling out Israel as a 
        permanent item on the Council's agenda as no other country-
        specific human rights situation is singled out in this manner.
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