A resolution to condemn the harmful, destructive, and anti-Semitic statements of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, and to demand an apology for those statements of hate and animosity towards all Jewish people of the world.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13811-13812)
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Dec 16, 2005
Condemns recent statements by President Ahmadinejad of Iran that denied the occurrence of the Holocaust and supported moving the State of Israel to Europe, and demands an official apology for these anti-Semitic statements that ignore history, human suffering, and the loss of life during the Holocaust.
Supports efforts by the people of Iran to exercise self-determination over the form of their country's government.
Reaffirms the need for Iran to: (1) end its support for international terrorism; and (2) join other Middle Eastern countries in seeking a successful outcome of the Middle East peace process.
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