Congress: 112 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: Vitter, David (R-LA)
Expresses the sense of Congress that now that evidence is available that nullifies the most controversial aspects of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report) the United Nations (U.N.) should formally retract the Report. Directs the Secretary of State to withhold U.S. contributions to the regularly assessed U.N. biennial budget until the U.N. formally retracts the Report. Defines "formally retracts" as a U.N.-adopted resolution stating that insufficient information relating to the Report's subject matter was available before its release and that the Report is annulled.
This bill directs the Secretary of State to stop paying U.S. dues to the UN's regular budget until the UN formally retracts the 2009 Goldstone Report on the Gaza conflict. The bill defines formal retraction as a UN-adopted resolution stating that the Report lacked sufficient evidence and is annulled.
This leverages U.S. funding as a pressure tool to force the UN to disavow a report that was critical of Israeli operations. The Goldstone Report's findings remain contested; one author later questioned findings but others stand by it—making the demand for full retraction a contentious move in ongoing debates over accountability for actions in Gaza.