[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 15, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H4491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SUPPORT THE HYDE U.N. REFORM ACT OF 2005

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow the House will consider a 
very important bill that aims to institute long overdue United Nations 
reform. It is tragic that at a time of numerous scandals that have 
characterized the U.N. over the past decade, we can see that they have 
been no accidents. Rather, they have been the result of a flawed 
structure that gives rise to passing the buck at best, and corruption, 
profiteering and collusion at worst.
  The litany of scandals reads like a rogues gallery, everything from 
sexual misconduct, rape and sex trafficking to embezzlement, fraud and 
general mismanagement. Other examples include the notorious oil-for-
food scandal or the U.N.'s egregious record of the mistreatment of the 
State of Israel.

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  It is clear that at a time when the international landscape is 
polluted by enemies of freedom who have no interest in world order, the 
U.N. must seek to distinguish itself by its integrity and leadership, 
rather than by its misdeeds.
  We must save the United Nations from itself. Let us render our strong 
support for the Henry Hyde United Nations Reform Act of 2005 before us 
tomorrow.

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