[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 44 (Thursday, April 18, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION LOSES CREDIBILITY

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, killing innocent civilians to achieve a 
political goal is unacceptable under any circumstance. But now we have 
received word that the United Nations Human Rights Commission has voted 
to condemn the State of Israel for a long list of supposed human rights 
violations without even once mentioning Palestinian violence. Worse 
than that, the resolution supports, and I quote, ``all available means, 
including armed struggle,'' to establish a Palestinian State.
  Now, the United States is on record of supporting an eventual 
Palestinian state. But we also know what ``armed struggle'' means in 
the current environment in the Middle East. It means a 17-year-old girl 
being promised all the glories of heaven if she will just strap a bomb 
to herself and go kill a bunch of innocent Israelis.
  It is shocking that the U.N. Human Rights Commission would endorse 
violence against civilians. I think we should thank those countries who 
voted against this resolution, but we should express anger at the 40 
countries who voted for it, including six from Europe. It is an 
outrage. As far as I am concerned, the U.N. Human Rights Commission has 
lost all of its credibility.

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