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Congressional Research Service
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 12, 2008
Condemns President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hateful and anti-Semitic statements regarding Israel and the Holocaust.
Calls on all member states of the United Nations to publicly condemn President Ahmadinejad's statements as a violation of the principles of both the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] · R–OR
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S921-922)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S922)
Introduced in Senate
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