[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 672 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 672
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should
prioritize bilateral security partnerships over multilateral security
partnerships and institutions.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 15 (legislative day, April 14), 2026
Mr. Lee submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should
prioritize bilateral security partnerships over multilateral security
partnerships and institutions.
Whereas alliances have historically allowed states to combine their capabilities
to combat shared security challenges and promote shared values and
interests;
Whereas, in the era of great powers and regional hegemony that followed World
War II, alliances have operated with small and medium states standing
behind great powers;
Whereas the United States is the most free and powerful state in world history;
Whereas the United States has a duty to secure the blessings of liberty and
provide for the common defense of the homeland;
Whereas the United States historically contributes almost one third of the total
funds of the United Nations budget, yet has the same voting power and
influence as all other member states in the United Nations;
Whereas the United States historically spends more than twice as much money on
defense as all the other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization combined;
Whereas the United States historically contributed almost one quarter of the
total funds of the World Health Organization budget when the United
States was a member of the World Health Organization;
Whereas the United States has contributed significantly to other multilateral
institutions and multilateral security agreements at the expense of
United States taxpayers and has failed to deliver returns on investment
to Americans;
Whereas the significant financial and security contributions the United States
has provided to multilateral institutions has not served United States
interests of securing the blessings of liberty or providing for the
common defense of the homeland;
Whereas bilateral agreements deliver stronger outcomes for the United States and
put the United States in a more favorable position to advance its
interests;
Whereas bilateral negotiations give the United States more leverage, and
diplomacy is tailored to the culture, needs, and capabilities of each
partner country;
Whereas bilateral agreements are often stronger, easier to secure, and can be
amended more feasibly as the security environment and the interests of
the United States change;
Whereas the United States is not coerced to relinquish its interests at the
expense of the interests of other great powers and adversaries which are
hostile towards the United States;
Whereas many multilateral agreements and institutions have outlived their
original objectives and do not accurately represent the shared interests
of the member states;
Whereas the United Nations is fraught with ideologies that do not align with the
United States, including Marxism, antisemitism, climate alarmism, and
other extremist ideologies that contradict the values of liberty and
prosperity represented by the United States;
Whereas many of the countries that perpetrate gross violations of human rights
against women, children, and minorities are active and influential
members in the very United Nations bodies tasked with human rights
protections;
Whereas the World Health Organization proved to be a puppet of the Chinese
Communist Party, an adversary of the United States during the COVID-19
pandemic, and failed to make meaningful reforms following the pandemic;
Whereas the United Nations repeatedly protects the interests of adversaries of
the United States by excluding Taiwan from participating in the United
Nations system and elevating false Chinese data over other countries'
data through the World Health Organization;
Whereas the objectives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization outlined in the
North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington on April 4, 1949, were reached
upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and several member states
within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization no longer share values and
interests with the United States;
Whereas the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have failed to
assist the United States during its time of crisis facing the Iranian
regime, which repeatedly threatened the interests of all North Atlantic
Treaty states with terrorist proxies; and
Whereas the interests and priorities of the United States are best served by
bilateral security agreements with its partners and allies and not by
multilateral security agreements or institutions: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) expresses that the United States must use its power,
influence, and resources to encourage small and medium states
to choose the United States as its great power partner and ally
of choice;
(2) recognizes that the United States should prioritize
bilateral security agreements over multilateral security
agreements and institutions; and
(3) determines that the United States should withdraw
support for multilateral security agreements or institutions
that undermine United States interests.
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