PRINTER'S NO. 166
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
43
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KAUFER, STAATS, DRISCOLL, JAMES, METZGAR, BAKER,
O'BRIEN, TOPPER, OBERLANDER, PICKETT, SANKEY, RYAN, KAUFFMAN,
MURT, BARRAR, PHILLIPS-HILL, BARBIN, MACKENZIE, MILLARD,
GROVE, ROTHMAN, RAPP, A. HARRIS, D. COSTA, TALLMAN,
B. MILLER, SIMMONS, SAYLOR AND KORTZ, JANUARY 25, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 25, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Condemning the passage of the United Nations Security Council
Resolution 2334.
WHEREAS, On December 23, 2016, the United Nations Security
Council passed resolution 2334 (2016) that condemns Israeli
settlement construction; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 2334 was approved unanimously with 14
votes; and
WHEREAS, As a permanent member of the United Nations Security
Council, the United States could have blocked resolution 2334
with a veto, but instead abstained from voting and allowed the
resolution to pass; and
WHEREAS, Former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated in his
final address to the United Nations Security Council that
"decades of political maneuvering have created a
disproportionate number of resolutions, reports and committees
against Israel"; and
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