Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel.

Introduced Jan 9, 2007Latest action Jun 21, 2007International Affairs

Plain-English summary

Condemns Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements and policies aimed at Israel's destruction. Calls on the U. N. Security Council to charge President Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and Article 2, Section 4, of the U.

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People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Pete Sessions

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Jerrold L Nadler

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Christopher S Murphy

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Frank Pallone, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Christopher H. Smith

Cosponsor · Republican · NJ

Janice D. Schakowsky

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Doris O. Matsui

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Mario Diaz-Balart

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Michael T. McCaul

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Danny K. Mr. Davis

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Linda T. Sánchez

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Steve Cohen

Cosponsor · Democratic · TN

Alexander Green

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Rosa L. DeLauro

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

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Official Subjects

International AffairsSovereigntyTreatiesUnited NationsArab-Israeli conflictArmed Forces and National SecurityCollective securityCrime and Law EnforcementDemocracyForeign leadersGenocideGovernment Operations and PoliticsIranIsraelMiddle East and North AfricaNuclear weaponsNuclear nonproliferation

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