[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 54 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 54

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding anti-
        Semitism at the United Nations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2005

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen (for herself, Mr. Pence, and Mr. Chabot) submitted the 
     following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding anti-
        Semitism at the United Nations, and for other purposes.

Whereas the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes 
        ``the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members 
        of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in 
        the world'';
Whereas United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 (1975) equating 
        Zionism--the national liberation movement of the Jewish people--to 
        racism was the most notorious illustration of anti-Jewish bias at the 
        United Nations;
Whereas during the 1991 session of the United Nations Commission on Human 
        Rights, the Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations repeated the 
        Damascus blood libel that Jews killed Christian children to use their 
        blood to make Matzoth;
Whereas on March 11, 1997, the Palestinian representative to the United Nations 
        charged that the Government of Israel had injected 300 Palestinian 
        children with HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus, the pathogen that 
        causes AIDS);
Whereas despite the repeated interventions of the Governments of Israel and the 
        United States, this modern blood libel stands unchallenged and unrefuted 
        in the United Nations record;
Whereas Israel is denied full membership in the United Nations system and six of 
        the 10 emergency sessions ever held by the United Nations General 
        Assembly have been devoted to criticisms of and attacks on Israel;
Whereas the goals of the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism 
        were undermined by hateful anti-Jewish rhetoric and anti-Israel 
        political agendas, prompting both Israel and the United States to 
        withdraw their delegations from the Conference;
Whereas when Israel successfully targeted Hamas terrorist Abdel Aziz Rantissi 
        with no civilian casualties, Israel was denounced for an ``extra 
        judicial'' killing, but when faced with the 2004 report of the United 
        Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra Judicial Executions that detailed 
        the murder of more than 3,000 Brazilian civilians shot at close range by 
        police, the United Nations chose to remain silent;
Whereas in 2004, the United Nations Secretary-General acknowledged at the first 
        United Nations-sponsored Conference on Anti-Semitism, that: ``It is 
        clear that we are witnessing an alarming resurgence of this phenomenon 
        in new forms and manifestations. This time, the world must not--cannot--
        be silent.'';
Whereas in 2004, the United Nations General Assembly's Third Committee for the 
        first time adopted a resolution on religious tolerance that includes 
        condemnation of anti-Semitism and ``recognized with deep concern the 
        overall rise in instances of intolerance and violence directed against 
        members of many religious communities . . . including . . . anti-
        Semitism . . . ''; and
Whereas the viciousness with which Israel is attacked and discriminated against 
        at the United Nations should not be allowed to continue unchallenged: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the House of Representatives--
                    (A) welcomes recent attempts by the United Nations 
                to address the issue of anti-Semitism;
                    (B) calls on the United Nations to officially and 
                publicly condemn anti-Semitic statements in all United 
                Nations meetings and hold accountable United Nations 
                member states that make such statements; and
                    (C) strongly urges the United Nations Educational, 
                Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to 
                develop and implement education awareness programs 
                about the Holocaust throughout the world as part of an 
                effort to combat the rise in anti-Semitism; and
            (2) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that--
                    (A) the President should direct the Secretary of 
                State to include in the Department of State's annual 
                Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and annual 
                Report on International Religious Freedom information 
                on compliance by the United Nations and its constituent 
                bodies with international human rights treaties and 
                norms relating to anti-Semitism; and
                    (B) the President should direct the Secretary of 
                State to use projects funded through the Middle East 
                Partnership Initiative and United States overseas 
                broadcasts to educate Arab and Muslim countries about 
                anti-Semitism, religious intolerance, and incitement to 
                violence.
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