5. Response to United Nations Resolution on Zionism

a. House Resolution 855, 94th Congress, agreed to November 11, 1975 1

Whereas the United States, as a founder of the United Nations Organization has a fundamental interest in promoting the purposes and principles for which that organization was created; and Whereas the Article I of the Charter of the United Nations the stated purpose of the United Nations include: "To achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion;" and

Whereas the General Assembly of the United Nations decided to launch on December 10, 1973, a Decade of Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and a program of action which the United States supported and in which it desires to participate; and

Whereas the United Nations General Assembly on November 10, 1975, adopted a resolution which describes Zionism as a form of racism thereby identifying it as a target of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Discrimination; and

Whereas the extension of the program of the Decade to include a campaign against Zionism brings the United Nations to a point of encouraging anti-Semitism, one of the oldest and most virulent forms of racism known to human history: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives sharply condemns the resolution adopted by the General Assembly on November 10, 1975, in that said resolution encourages anti-Semitism by wrongly associating and equating Zionism with racism and racial discrimination, thereby contradicting a fundamental purpose of the United Nations Charter; and be it

Resolved, That the House strongly opposes any form of participation by the United States Government in the Decade of Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination so long as that Decade and program remain distorted and compromised by the aforementioned resolution naming Zionism as one of the targets of that struggle; and be it

Resolved, That the House calls for an energetic effort by all those concerned with the adherence of the United Nations to the purposes stated in its Charter to obtain reconsideration of the aforementioned resolution with a view to removing the subject of Zion

Two similar resolutions were passed by the Senate in the 94th Congress; Senate Resolution 288, agreed to Oct. 28, 1975, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 73, agreed to Nov. 12, 1975.

b. Senate Joint Resolution 98, 99th Congress

Public Law 99-90 [S.J. Res. 98]; 99 Stat. 385, approved August 15, 1985

JOINT RESOLUTION Condemning the passage of Resolution 3379, in the United Nations General Assembly on November 10, 1975, and urging the United States Ambassador and United States delegation to take all appropriate actions necessary to erase this shameful resolution from the record of the United Nations. Whereas, on November 10, 1975, the thirtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 3379 which sought to legitimize the lie, first perpetrated at the United Nations General Assembly by representatives of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics in 1963, that Zionism is a form of racism; and Whereas Resolution 3379 of the thirtieth United Nations General Assembly directly contravenes the most basic principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter and undermines universal human rights values and principles; and

Whereas that infamous resolution threatens directly the integrity and legitimacy of a member state by singling out for slanderous attack the national movement which gave birth to the State of Israel; and

Whereas the adoption of Resolution 3379 by the thirtieth United Nations General Assembly constituted one of that organization's darkest moments and may fuel the flames of antisemitism and anti-Zionism; and

Whereas the United States Congress sharply condemned the passage of Resolution 3379 ten years ago "in that said resolution encourages antisemitism by wrongly associating and equating Zionism with racism": Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress

(1) soundly denounces and condemns any linkage between Zionism and racism;

(2) considers UNGA Resolution 3379 to be a permanent smear upon the reputation of the United Nations and to be totally inconsistent with that organization's declared purposes and principles;

(3) unequivocally states that the premise of UNGA Resolution 3379 which equates Zionism with racism is itself clearly a form of bigotry; and

(4) formally repudiates UNGA Resolution 3379, and calls upon the Parliaments of all countries which value freedom and democracy to do the same.

c. Senate Joint Resolution 205, 100th Congress

Public Law 100-169 [S.J. Res. 205], 101 Stat.913, approved November 17, 1987

JOINT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Congress that United Nation's General Assembly Resolution 3379 (XXX) should be overturned, and for other purposes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress hereby

(1) declares that United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 (XXX), which equates Zionism with racism—

(A) has been unhelpful in the context of the search for a settlement in the Middle East;

(B) is inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations; (C) remains unacceptable as a misrepresentation of Zionism; and

(D) has served to escalate religious animosity and incite antiSemitism; and

(2) recommends that the United States Government should lend support to efforts to overturn Resolution 3379 (XXX) in the United Nations.

6. United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973

Public Law 93-188 [H.R. 6788], 87 Stat. 713, approved December 15, 1973 AN ACT To provide for participation by the United States in the United Nations environment program.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973”.

Sec. 2. It is the policy of the United States to participate in coordinated international efforts to solve environmental problems of global and international concern, and in order to assist the implementation of this policy, to contribute funds to the United Nations Environmental Fund for the support of international measures to protect and improve the environment.

Sec. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for contributions to the United Nations Environment Fund, which amount is authorized to remain available until expended, and which may be used upon such terms and conditions as the President may specify: Provided, That not more than $10,000,000 may be appropriated for use in fiscal year 1974.1

The Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act, 1977 provided $10,000,000 for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sec. 2.