[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 260 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 260

Thanking John R. Bolton, President George W. Bush's nominee to serve as 
 United States Ambassador to the United Nations, for his long-standing 
history of confronting corruption at the United Nations and urging him 
   to continue his hard work and dedication to the implementation of 
     measures that will restore credibility of this international 
                             organization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2005

Mr. Garrett of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Akin, Mr. Barrett of South 
Carolina, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
  Boustany, Mr. Brady of Texas, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. 
Burgess, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
 Chabot, Mr. Chocola, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, 
Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Feeney, Ms. Foxx, 
    Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
 Hayworth, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Herger, Mr. Istook, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
  Texas, Mr. Kline, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. McCotter, Mr. McHenry, Mrs. 
Miller of Michigan, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
 Pitts, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Renzi, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
   Shadegg, Mr. Souder, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
   Wicker, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Thanking John R. Bolton, President George W. Bush's nominee to serve as 
 United States Ambassador to the United Nations, for his long-standing 
history of confronting corruption at the United Nations and urging him 
   to continue his hard work and dedication to the implementation of 
     measures that will restore credibility of this international 
                             organization.

Whereas the United States is the host country and the largest financial 
        contributor to the United Nations;
Whereas there has been widespread mismanagement by the United Nations of the 
        Iraq Oil-for-Food program and the former Saddam Hussein regime 
        manipulated the program for billions of dollars;
Whereas certain United Nations officials have not fully cooperated with 
        congressional investigations into allegations that certain officials 
        were bribed by the Hussein regime;
Whereas United Nations peacekeepers and civilian personnel in the Democratic 
        Republic of the Congo, entrusted with protecting some of the weakest and 
        most vulnerable women and children in the world, stand accused of more 
        than 150 human rights violations;
Whereas the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has acknowledged that 
        ``acts of gross [sexual] misconduct have taken place,'' by United 
        Nations peacekeepers in the Congo;
Whereas allegations exist that United Nations peacekeepers in the Congo are 
        seeking to illegally manipulate investigations by the United Nations 
        into such sexual misconduct through the obstruction of witness 
        testimony;
Whereas there have been over 300,000 deaths (over 70,000 of which were civilian 
        deaths) in the Darfur region of Sudan due to violence, famine, and 
        disease, and nearly 2,000,000 people have been displaced but the United 
        Nations Security Council has refused to declare these mass killings in 
        Darfur a genocide;
Whereas many member countries of the Security Council refused to acknowledge, in 
        spite of ample evidence, the violation by Iraq of 17 Security Council 
        resolutions limiting its rights to possess weapons;
Whereas such refusal questions the effectiveness of the Security Council;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has failed to agree upon a 
        definition of terrorism;
Whereas a recent proposal to enlarge the United Nations Security Council will 
        undermine United States efforts to combat terrorism;
Whereas John R. Bolton, President George W. Bush's nominee to serve as United 
        States Ambassador to the United Nations, has a long and distinguished 
        career in foreign policy and has worked closely with international 
        organizations;
Whereas John R. Bolton has consistently and vigorously worked throughout his 
        career to address fundamental problems with the United Nations to make 
        it a better functioning, workable body; and
Whereas John R. Bolton will provide continued outstanding leadership in 
        addressing ongoing scandals at the United Nations and he will work to 
        restore credibility and accountability to this international 
        organization: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) thanks John R. Bolton, President George W. Bush's 
        nominee to serve as United States Ambassador to the United 
        Nations, for his long-standing history of confronting 
        corruption at the United Nations; and
            (2) urges him to continue his hard work and dedication to 
        the implementation of measures that will restore credibility of 
        this international organization.
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