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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On April 20, 2009, a United Nations World |
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| Conference against Racism was held in Geneva, Switzerland to |
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| discuss the topic of combating racism and xenophobia throughout |
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| the world; and
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| WHEREAS, During the conference, Iranian President Mahmoud |
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| Ahmadinejad made disparaging comments about the State of |
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| Israel, calling the nation a "cruel and repressive racist |
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| regime" and accusing the nation of resorting "to military |
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| aggressions to make an entire nation homeless under the pretext |
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| of Jewish suffering"; and
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| WHEREAS, The previous World Conference against Racism, |
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| held in Durban, South Africa in 2001, saw similar attacks |
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| levied against the State of Israel; and
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| WHEREAS, Such grandstanding and malignant remarks from |
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| President Ahmadinejad do not only amount to vile slander |
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| against the State of Israel, but also mock the purpose of the |
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| conference and its goal of fighting against racism and |
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| xenophobic attitudes; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we condemn Iranian |