[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 139 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 139

Condemning President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the leaders of the Islamic 
   Republic of Iran for addressing the United Nations on Yom Kippur.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2012

Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Lance, 
   Mr. Aderholt, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Landry, Ms. Linda T. 
    Sanchez of California, Mr. Walsh of Illinois, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
   Hastings of Florida, Mr. Peters, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. 
    Posey) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Condemning President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the leaders of the Islamic 
   Republic of Iran for addressing the United Nations on Yom Kippur.

Whereas Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has specifically threatened both the United States 
        and Israel publicly and politically on a continual basis;
Whereas Ahmadinejad and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran have 
        directly threatened several friends and allies of the United States, 
        whom are all members of the United Nations General Assembly;
Whereas Ahmadinejad recently stated, ``The very existence of the Zionist regime 
        is an insult to humankind and an affront to all world nations'' and has 
        consistently referred to Zionists in both the United States and Israel 
        as ``the true manifestation of Satan'';
Whereas Ahmadinejad has often called for the destruction of Israel, demanding 
        for it to be ``wiped off the map'';
Whereas Ahmadinejad has consistently denied the evidence of the Holocaust, an 
        event that took the lives of more than 6,000,000 Jewish people;
Whereas under Article 2, paragraph 4 of the United Nations Charter, all members 
        of the United Nations shall refrain in their international relations 
        from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or 
        political independence of any state, but Ahmadinejad has specifically 
        failed to do so;
Whereas Ahmadinejad and his regime pose a clear threat to national security 
        interests in the United States, as demonstrated by Tehran's nuclear 
        program and their enduring assistance to terrorist groups in the Middle 
        East and the Western Hemisphere including Hamas, Hezbollah, and other 
        extremists that seek to undermine regional stability and threaten the 
        good order of the United Nations;
Whereas the Government of Iran has been subject to numerous United Nations 
        Security Council and International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions;
Whereas Ahmadinejad has publicly denounced and spoken out against the terms of 
        the resolutions pertaining to the proliferation of weapons of mass 
        destruction, in clear violation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation 
        of Nuclear Weapons;
Whereas current United States sanctions have not yet stopped the Government of 
        Iran from moving forward with its illicit nuclear program;
Whereas Ahmadinejad is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly 
        on September 26, 2012, on the Jewish High Holiday of Yom Kippur;
Whereas Yom Kippur, the ``Day of Atonement'' is regarded as the most sacred 
        holiday in the Jewish faith;
Whereas it would not only be offensive, but insensitive for the United Nations 
        to allow Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to address the General Assembly at all, let 
        alone on the holiest of all Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur, after making 
        such vicious statements towards world Jewry and the State of Israel;
Whereas the United States must urge the United Nations to prevent this speech 
        from taking place;
Whereas Jewish people all over the world should be able to observe their holy 
        day in peace;
Whereas an outspoken, anti-semitic Iranian leader should not be given the 
        opportunity to criticize a Jewish person's right to freely practice 
        religion or denounce Israel's right to exist on the largest 
        international stage; and
Whereas Ahmadinejad and the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran have shown 
        that they are not willing to work with the international community or 
        respect the order of the United Nations: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress condemns President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the leaders of 
the Islamic Republic of Iran for addressing the United Nations on Yom 
Kippur.
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