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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSENATE RESOLUTION 672—EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE UNITED
STATES SHOULD PRIORITIZE BILATERAL SECURITY PARTNERSHIPS OVER
MULTILATERAL SECURITY PARTNERSHIPS AND INSTITUTIONS
Mr. LEE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:
S. Res. 672
Whereas alliances have historically allowed states to
combine their capabilities to combat shared security
challenges and promote shared values and interests;
Whereas, in the era of great powers and regional hegemony
that followed World War II, alliances have operated with
small and medium states standing behind great powers;
Whereas the United States is the most free and powerful
state in world history;
Whereas the United States has a duty to secure the
blessings of liberty and provide for the common defense of
the homeland;
Whereas the United States historically contributes almost
one third of the total funds of the United Nations budget,
yet has the same voting power and influence as all other
member states in the United Nations;
Whereas the United States historically spends more than
twice as much money on defense as all the other member states
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization combined;
Whereas the United States historically contributed almost
one quarter of the total funds of the World Health
Organization budget when the United States was a member of
the World Health Organization;
Whereas the United States has contributed significantly to
other multilateral institutions and multilateral security
agreements at the expense of United States taxpayers and has
failed to deliver returns on investment to Americans;
Whereas the significant financial and security
contributions the United States has provided to multilateral
institutions has not served United States interests of
securing the blessings of liberty or providing for the common
defense of the homeland;
Whereas bilateral agreements deliver stronger outcomes for
the United States and put the United States in a more
favorable position to advance its interests;
Whereas bilateral negotiations give the United States more
leverage, and diplomacy is tailored to the culture, needs,
and capabilities of each partner country;
Whereas bilateral agreements are often stronger, easier to
secure, and can be amended more feasibly as the security
environment and the interests of the United States change;
Whereas the United States is not coerced to relinquish its
interests at the expense of the interests of other great
powers and adversaries which are hostile towards the United
States;
Whereas many multilateral agreements and institutions have
outlived their original objectives and do not accurately
represent the shared interests of the member states;
Whereas the United Nations is fraught with ideologies that
do not align with the United States, including Marxism,
antisemitism, climate alarmism, and other extremist
ideologies that contradict the values of liberty and
prosperity represented by the United States;
Whereas many of the countries that perpetrate gross
violations of human rights against women, children, and
minorities are active and influential members in the very
United Nations bodies tasked with human rights protections;
Whereas the World Health Organization proved to be a puppet
of the Chinese Communist Party, an adversary of the United
States during the COVID-19 pandemic, and failed to make
meaningful reforms following the pandemic;
Whereas the United Nations repeatedly protects the
interests of adversaries of the United States by excluding
Taiwan from participating in the United Nations system and
elevating false Chinese data over other countries' data
through the World Health Organization;
Whereas the objectives of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization outlined in the North Atlantic Treaty, done at
Washington on April 4, 1949, were reached upon the
dissolution of the Soviet Union, and several member states
within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization no longer share
values and interests with the United States;
Whereas the members of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization have failed to assist the United States during
its time of crisis facing the Iranian regime, which
repeatedly threatened the interests of all North Atlantic
Treaty states with terrorist proxies; and
Whereas the interests and priorities of the United States
are best served by bilateral security agreements with its
partners and allies and not by multilateral security
agreements or institutions: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) expresses that the United States must use its power,
influence, and resources to encourage small and medium states
to choose the United States as its great power partner and
ally of choice;
(2) recognizes that the United States should prioritize
bilateral security agreements over multilateral security
agreements and institutions; and
(3) determines that the United States should withdraw
support for multilateral security agreements or institutions
that undermine United States interests.