[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H. Res. 1091 Engrossed in House (EH)]







H. Res. 1091

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                      December 8, 2006.
Whereas Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expressed his intention to 
        hold an international Holocaust denial conference entitled ``Study of 
        Holocaust: A Global Perspective'', to begin on December 11, 2006, in 
        Tehran;
Whereas in August 2006, Iran staged an international contest of cartoons on the 
        Holocaust, endorsing and promoting prevailing anti-Semitic and anti-
        Israeli stereotypes and Holocaust denial;
Whereas Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wrote in a letter in July 2006 to German Chancellor 
        Angela Merkel, ``Is it not a reasonable possibility that some countries 
        that had won the war (World War II) made up this excuse to constantly 
        embarrass the defeated people . . . to bar their progress.'';
Whereas on October 26, 2005, in a conference entitled, ``The World without 
        Zionism'', President Ahmadinejad stated in a speech that ``Israel must 
        be wiped off the map.'';
Whereas thereafter, these anti-Semitic comments were broadly condemned by the 
        United Nations and others, including in a measure passed by a unanimous 
        vote of the United States House of Representatives on October 28, 2005;
Whereas Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's current intent to host an international Holocaust 
        denial conference is only the latest in a series of threatening, anti-
        Semitic, Holocaust denial statements and actions he has undertaken since 
        assuming power;
Whereas to deny the Holocaust's occurrence is in itself an act of anti-Semitism;
Whereas one who denies the Holocaust, denies the greatest modern tragedy of the 
        Jewish people and the most extreme act of anti-Semitism in modern 
        history;
Whereas Ahmadinejad's statements and actions occur in the midst of Iran's 
        relentless defiance of the international community by rejecting nuclear 
        nonproliferation standards and the latest United Nations Security 
        Council demand that Iran immediately halt its efforts to enrich uranium; 
        and
Whereas the longstanding policy of the Iranian regime aimed at destroying the 
        democratic State of Israel, highlighted by statements made by Mahmoud 
        Ahmadinejad, underscores the threat posed by a nuclear Iran: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns in the strongest terms Iran's commitment to hold an 
        international holocaust denial conference on December 11-12, 2006, and 
        any and all anti-Semitic statements made by Iranian President Mahmoud 
        Ahmadinejad and other Iranian leaders;
            (2) reaffirms the United States commitment to prevent a nuclear 
        Iran;
            (3) calls on the United Nations to officially and publicly repudiate 
        all of Iran's anti-Semitic statements made at such conference and hold 
        accountable United Nations member states that encourage or echo such 
        statements;
            (4) calls on the United Nations Security Council to strengthen its 
        commitment to taking measures necessary to prevent Iran from possessing 
        nuclear power;
            (5) reaffirms the United States longstanding friendship with and 
        support for the State of Israel; and
            (6) vows to never forget the murder of millions in the Holocaust and 
        affirms its commitment to ensuring that such genocide never happen 
        again.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.