<enum>I</enum><header>United States International Leadership</header> <section id="H35DE3F53E78142D6B1FC7700C3532EE6"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="HFFE60E29884443B1AE63219343914CAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Decisions at many international organizations and other multilateral institutions, including membership and key positions, remain subject to determinations made by regional groups where democratic states are often in the minority and where there is intensive cooperation among repressive regimes. As a result, the United States has often been blocked in its attempts to take action in these institutions to advance its goals and objectives, including at the United Nations Human Rights Commission (where a representative of Libya was elected as chairman and the United States temporarily lost a seat).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56C733C18B1D486F97092D489B9D1315"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In order to address these shortcomings, the United States must actively work to improve the workings of international organizations and multilateral institutions, particularly by creating a caucus of democratic countries that will advance United States interests. In the second Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies in Seoul, Korea, on November 10-20, 2002, numerous countries recommended working together as a democracy caucus in international organizations such as the United Nations and ensuring that international and regional institutions develop and apply democratic standards for member states.</text></paragraph> </section> <section id="H2A79B8C5F51440C3912E32F3FE00F9D"><enum>102.</enum><header>Establishment of a democracy caucus</header> <subsection id="H03737D9584944A069331C48B30DEDF22"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President of the United States, acting through the Secretary of State and the relevant United States chiefs of mission, shall seek to establish a democracy caucus at the United Nations, the United Nations Human Rights Commission, the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, and at other broad-based international organizations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB0AD6A7A3F5F48AEADFE0512E99BF242"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes of the caucus</header><text>A democracy caucus at an international organization should—</text> <paragraph id="H033975AB44B74BAE839CCCFD4917A643"><enum>(1)</enum><text>forge common positions, including, as appropriate, at the ministerial level, on matters of concern before the organization and work within and across regional lines to promote agreed positions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9CEE612102DC41B89B89B868E50804BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work to revise an increasingly outmoded system of regional voting and decision making; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28F26DA878D74E4B86567BF804326C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>set up a rotational leadership scheme to provide member states an opportunity, for a set period of time, to serve as the designated president of the caucus, responsible for serving as its voice in each organization.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H565706A8ABCF47D6BB9D52FC017F646D"><enum>103.</enum><header>Annual diplomatic missions on multilateral issues</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of State, acting through the principal officers responsible for advising the Secretary on international organizations, shall ensure that a high-level delegation from the United States Government, on an annual basis, is sent to consult with key foreign governments in every region in order to promote the United States agenda at key international fora, such as the United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Human Rights Commission, the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization, and the International Whaling Commission.</text></section> <section id="HCA06BBF5414042CC001DCF2AF3EF5BB"><enum>104.</enum><header>Leadership and membership of international organizations</header> <subsection id="H41FC2C9FEEF84EC3B4E79398BE63085"><enum>(a)</enum><header>United States policy</header><text>The President, acting through the Secretary of State and the relevant United States chiefs of mission, shall use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to—</text> <paragraph id="H86446602332348D0BF5666BE00D473EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>where appropriate, reform the criteria for leadership and, in appropriate cases for membership, at all United Nations bodies and at other international organizations and multilateral institutions to which the United States is a member so as to exclude nations that violate the principles of the specific organization;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0226653D377E493E8D42A500C9F789EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make it a policy of the United Nations and other international organizations and multilateral institutions, of which the United States is a member, that a member state may not stand in nomination or be in rotation for a leadership position in such bodies if the member state is subject to sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60EE6961AB214279B1BA61003ECFD2E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>work to ensure that no member state stand in nomination or be in rotation for a leadership position in such organizations, or for membership of the United Nations Security Council, if the member state is subject to a determination under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HABA5C90B904D461686E5CA31600F5E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 15 days after a country subject to a determination under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 is selected for a leadership post in an international organization of which the United States is a member or a membership of the United Nations Security Council, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on any steps taken pursuant to subsection (a)(3).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8C4D6FCE9F7D47868814F7CD963603D"><enum>105.</enum><header>Increased training in multilateral diplomacy</header> <subsection id="H9C1BE40BBB20490AB66D99A240645728"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training programs</header><text>Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4028">22 U.S.C. 4028</external-xref>) is amended by adding after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H1EBB1B0569194D2291D4EB45E23FB55" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H8CDFE3CE415440ADA7A9F01BD2B4933B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training in multilateral diplomacy</header> <paragraph id="H02931427EFDC42D9A700AABDB3DDDEE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a series of training courses for officers of the Service, including appropriate chiefs of mission, on the conduct of diplomacy at international organizations and other multilateral institutions and at broad-based multilateral negotiations of international instruments.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB81C3FA7AC1F4B85B5B6590648060076"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Particular programs</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the training described in paragraph (1) is provided at various stages of the career of members of the service. in particular, the Secretary shall ensure that after January 1, 2006—</text> <subparagraph id="H8D16BEC1384C4302B1A376AA6400D3B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>officers of the Service receive training on the conduct of diplomacy at international organizations and other multilateral institutions and at broad-based multilateral negotiations of international instruments as part of their training upon entry of the Service; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99BB5F746FE14583877E09F47BDFE88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>officers of the Service, including chiefs of mission, who are assigned to United States missions representing the United States to international organizations and other multilateral institutions or who are assigned in Washington, D.C., to positions that have as their primary responsibility formulation of policy towards such organizations and institutions or towards participation in broad-based multilateral negotiations of international instruments receive specialized training in the areas described in paragraph (1) prior to beginning of service for such assignment or, if receiving such training at that time is not practical, within the first year of beginning such assignment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1E14EFB8D051433B8E599E4643A6CE5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Training for civil service employees</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that employees of the Department of State that are members of the civil service and that are assigned to positions described in section 708(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as amended by this subtitle) have training described in such section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H70511931D21A48E3B6061125EFD10067"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 708 of such Act is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB46C18B68E154223AEEB816000151E60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In subsection (a) by striking <quote>(a) The</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection">Training on human rights.—</header-in-text>The</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H281C74354A2A4E02969BA2D9F6F4E5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In subsection (b) by striking <quote>(b) The</quote> and inserting <quote>(b) <header-in-text level="subsection">Training on refugee law and religious persecution.—</header-in-text>The</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H52ECB1F9FF714A6EB7C47C574DF9946F"><enum>106.</enum><header>Promoting assignments to international organizations</header> <subsection id="HE269EEABC837428696D2C33F3941F5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Promotions</header> <paragraph id="HFBD41914E1ED44749C9EC9B292E3D2E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4003">22 U.S.C. 4003</external-xref>) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting: <quote>, and shall consider whether the member of the Service has served in a position whose primary responsibility is to formulate policy towards or represent the United States at an international organization, a multilateral institution, or a broad-based multilateral negotiation of an international instrument.</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E210F23E9A541FCBF553BD1C27AF7E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect January 1, 2011.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3F98C88F44BE4F0E9CD06305622D33A1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of a multilateral diplomacy cone in the foreign service</header> <paragraph id="H1CFC359FCB634ACCA8F24E55D0350231"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HC3D6737E7572468B896D50FEE0ED2DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Department of State maintains a number of United States missions both within the United States and abroad that are dedicated to representing the United States to international organizations and multilateral institutions, including missions in New York, Brussels, Geneva, Rome, Montreal, Nairobi, Vienna, and Paris, and which are responsible for United States representation to the United Nations Economics, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Organization on Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA83536637444B5490CB31D5B26018F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In offices at the Harry S. Truman Building, the Department maintains a significant number of positions in bureaus that are either dedicated, or whose primary responsibility is, to represent the United States to such organizations and institutions or at multilateral negotiations.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H60FDFBBEE2BA4585B585A46F4EB7B1BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Given the large number of positions in the United States and abroad that are dedicated to multilateral diplomacy, the Department of State may be well served in developing persons with specialized skills necessary to become experts in this unique form of diplomacy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15E501A0E9DE4EC9A96ECA90CD3CD236"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report—</text> <subparagraph id="H17AF887E29A845B9A237460064973493"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluating whether a new cone should be established for the Foreign Service that concentrates on members of the Service that serve at international organizations and multilateral institutions or are primarily responsible for participation in broad-based multilateral negotiations of international instruments; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD8A005C28B540238FFB24F11FDBD44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides alternative mechanisms for achieving the objective of developing a core group of United States diplomats and other government employees who have expertise and broad experience in conducting multilateral diplomacy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H949534B6B2D041B49C8526F802B65B4"><enum>107.</enum><header>Implementation and establishment of Office on Multilateral Negotiations</header> <subsection id="HAA7CDAF2AB5348EF88BC17864636D19B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of office</header><text>The Secretary of State is authorized to establish, within the Bureau of International Organizational Affairs, an Office on Multilateral Negotiations to be headed by a Special Representative for Multilateral Negotiations (in this section referred to as the <quote>special representative</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFDFC71438A3E4DDBA65D2892A3A2C0C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The special representative shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall have the rank of Ambassador-at-Large. At the discretion of the President another official at the Department may serve as the special representative. The President may direct that the special representative report to the Assistant Secretary for International Organizations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBEC885EEF0AD4D0DA8C2BAD09775B65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Staffing</header><text>The special representative shall have a staff of foreign service and civil service officers skilled in multilateral diplomacy.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA73889F172CD45DDB8DD1DFFA1F24266"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The special representative shall have the following responsibilities:</text> <paragraph id="HDDDFE913ECCE4DD991434296CB5F681"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The primary responsibility of the special representative shall be to assist in the organization of, and preparation for, United States participation in multilateral negotiations, including the advocacy efforts undertaken by the Department of State and other United States agencies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H43E56216CEF94F07862BEC0073BED3ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advisory role</header><text>The special representative shall advise the President and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, regarding advocacy at international organizations and multilateral institutions and negotiations and, in coordination with the assistant Secretary of State for international organizational affairs, shall make recommendations regarding—</text> <subparagraph id="H75651786609A4AF297131B13C063BBB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>effective strategies (and tactics) to achieve United States policy objectives at multilateral negotiations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H621451E059E244668D8929ABEE90B63E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the need for and timing of high level intervention by the President, the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, and other United States officials to secure support from key foreign government officials for the United States position at such organizations, institutions, and negotiations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCA6449E4DC0149A0A412F71F03A6B76"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the composition of United States delegations to multilateral negotiations; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF7DBCD0FE19424B91F4FDA354F70BE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>liaison with Congress, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector on matters affecting multilateral negotiations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB54DAB62F5FD463B80899BFCB643AA7B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Democracy caucus</header><text>The special representative, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for International Organizational Affairs, shall ensure the establishment of a democracy caucus.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F23ADD920D24552AB682DF583CD72"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual diplomatic missions of multilateral issues</header><text>The special representative, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for International Organizational Affairs, shall organize annual diplomatic missions to appropriate foreign countries to conduct consultations between principal officers responsible for advising the Secretary of State on international organizations and high-level representatives of the governments of such foreign countries to promote the United States agenda at the United Nations General Assembly and other key international fora (such as the United Nations Human Rights Commission).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD37B702F0CD495FBFED484BC33F3D46"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Leadership and membership of international organizations</header><text>The special representative, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of International Organizational Affairs, shall direct the efforts of the United States Government to reform the criteria for leadership and membership of international organizations as described in section 104.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23B0B58B48384071A3B63DCE29428587"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Participation in multilateral negotiations</header><text>The special representative, or members of the special representative’s staff, may, as required by the President or the Secretary of State, serve on a United States delegation to any multilateral negotiation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H713D5F3BF18E4AA593924B92ACF9522E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a plan to establish a democracy caucus to the appropriate congressional committees. The report required by section 106(b)(2) may be submitted together with the report under this subsection.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H88020181A51F4155AA0993696E4568E7"><enum>108.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.</text></section>

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<enum>I</enum><header>United States International Leadership</header> <section id="H35DE3F53E78142D6B1FC7700C3532EE6"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="HFFE60E29884443B1AE63219343914CAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Decisions at many international organizations and other multilateral institutions, including membership and key positions, remain subject to determinations made by regional groups where democratic states are often in the minority and where there is intensive cooperation among repressive regimes. As a result, the United States has often been blocked in its attempts to take action in these institutions to advance its goals and objectives, including at the United Nations Human Rights Commission (where a representative of Libya was elected as chairman and the United States temporarily lost a seat).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56C733C18B1D486F97092D489B9D1315"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In order to address these shortcomings, the United States must actively work to improve the workings of international organizations and multilateral institutions, particularly by creating a caucus of democratic countries that will advance United States interests. In the second Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies in Seoul, Korea, on November 10-20, 2002, numerous countries recommended working together as a democracy caucus in international organizations such as the United Nations and ensuring that international and regional institutions develop and apply democratic standards for member states.</text></paragraph> </section> <section id="H2A79B8C5F51440C3912E32F3FE00F9D"><enum>102.</enum><header>Establishment of a democracy caucus</header> <subsection id="H03737D9584944A069331C48B30DEDF22"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President of the United States, acting through the Secretary of State and the relevant United States chiefs of mission, shall seek to establish a democracy caucus at the United Nations, the United Nations Human Rights Commission, the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, and at other broad-based international organizations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB0AD6A7A3F5F48AEADFE0512E99BF242"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes of the caucus</header><text>A democracy caucus at an international organization should—</text> <paragraph id="H033975AB44B74BAE839CCCFD4917A643"><enum>(1)</enum><text>forge common positions, including, as appropriate, at the ministerial level, on matters of concern before the organization and work within and across regional lines to promote agreed positions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9CEE612102DC41B89B89B868E50804BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work to revise an increasingly outmoded system of regional voting and decision making; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28F26DA878D74E4B86567BF804326C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>set up a rotational leadership scheme to provide member states an opportunity, for a set period of time, to serve as the designated president of the caucus, responsible for serving as its voice in each organization.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H565706A8ABCF47D6BB9D52FC017F646D"><enum>103.</enum><header>Annual diplomatic missions on multilateral issues</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of State, acting through the principal officers responsible for advising the Secretary on international organizations, shall ensure that a high-level delegation from the United States Government, on an annual basis, is sent to consult with key foreign governments in every region in order to promote the United States agenda at key international fora, such as the United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Human Rights Commission, the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization, and the International Whaling Commission.</text></section> <section id="HCA06BBF5414042CC001DCF2AF3EF5BB"><enum>104.</enum><header>Leadership and membership of international organizations</header> <subsection id="H41FC2C9FEEF84EC3B4E79398BE63085"><enum>(a)</enum><header>United States policy</header><text>The President, acting through the Secretary of State and the relevant United States chiefs of mission, shall use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to—</text> <paragraph id="H86446602332348D0BF5666BE00D473EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>where appropriate, reform the criteria for leadership and, in appropriate cases for membership, at all United Nations bodies and at other international organizations and multilateral institutions to which the United States is a member so as to exclude nations that violate the principles of the specific organization;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0226653D377E493E8D42A500C9F789EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make it a policy of the United Nations and other international organizations and multilateral institutions, of which the United States is a member, that a member state may not stand in nomination or be in rotation for a leadership position in such bodies if the member state is subject to sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60EE6961AB214279B1BA61003ECFD2E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>work to ensure that no member state stand in nomination or be in rotation for a leadership position in such organizations, or for membership of the United Nations Security Council, if the member state is subject to a determination under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HABA5C90B904D461686E5CA31600F5E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 15 days after a country subject to a determination under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 is selected for a leadership post in an international organization of which the United States is a member or a membership of the United Nations Security Council, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on any steps taken pursuant to subsection (a)(3).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8C4D6FCE9F7D47868814F7CD963603D"><enum>105.</enum><header>Increased training in multilateral diplomacy</header> <subsection id="H9C1BE40BBB20490AB66D99A240645728"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training programs</header><text>Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4028">22 U.S.C. 4028</external-xref>) is amended by adding after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H1EBB1B0569194D2291D4EB45E23FB55" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H8CDFE3CE415440ADA7A9F01BD2B4933B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training in multilateral diplomacy</header> <paragraph id="H02931427EFDC42D9A700AABDB3DDDEE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a series of training courses for officers of the Service, including appropriate chiefs of mission, on the conduct of diplomacy at international organizations and other multilateral institutions and at broad-based multilateral negotiations of international instruments.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB81C3FA7AC1F4B85B5B6590648060076"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Particular programs</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the training described in paragraph (1) is provided at various stages of the career of members of the service. in particular, the Secretary shall ensure that after January 1, 2006—</text> <subparagraph id="H8D16BEC1384C4302B1A376AA6400D3B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>officers of the Service receive training on the conduct of diplomacy at international organizations and other multilateral institutions and at broad-based multilateral negotiations of international instruments as part of their training upon entry of the Service; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99BB5F746FE14583877E09F47BDFE88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>officers of the Service, including chiefs of mission, who are assigned to United States missions representing the United States to international organizations and other multilateral institutions or who are assigned in Washington, D.C., to positions that have as their primary responsibility formulation of policy towards such organizations and institutions or towards participation in broad-based multilateral negotiations of international instruments receive specialized training in the areas described in paragraph (1) prior to beginning of service for such assignment or, if receiving such training at that time is not practical, within the first year of beginning such assignment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1E14EFB8D051433B8E599E4643A6CE5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Training for civil service employees</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that employees of the Department of State that are members of the civil service and that are assigned to positions described in section 708(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as amended by this subtitle) have training described in such section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H70511931D21A48E3B6061125EFD10067"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 708 of such Act is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB46C18B68E154223AEEB816000151E60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In subsection (a) by striking <quote>(a) The</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection">Training on human rights.—</header-in-text>The</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H281C74354A2A4E02969BA2D9F6F4E5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In subsection (b) by striking <quote>(b) The</quote> and inserting <quote>(b) <header-in-text level="subsection">Training on refugee law and religious persecution.—</header-in-text>The</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H52ECB1F9FF714A6EB7C47C574DF9946F"><enum>106.</enum><header>Promoting assignments to international organizations</header> <subsection id="HE269EEABC837428696D2C33F3941F5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Promotions</header> <paragraph id="HFBD41914E1ED44749C9EC9B292E3D2E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4003">22 U.S.C. 4003</external-xref>) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting: <quote>, and shall consider whether the member of the Service has served in a position whose primary responsibility is to formulate policy towards or represent the United States at an international organization, a multilateral institution, or a broad-based multilateral negotiation of an international instrument.</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E210F23E9A541FCBF553BD1C27AF7E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect January 1, 2011.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3F98C88F44BE4F0E9CD06305622D33A1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of a multilateral diplomacy cone in the foreign service</header> <paragraph id="H1CFC359FCB634ACCA8F24E55D0350231"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HC3D6737E7572468B896D50FEE0ED2DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Department of State maintains a number of United States missions both within the United States and abroad that are dedicated to representing the United States to international organizations and multilateral institutions, including missions in New York, Brussels, Geneva, Rome, Montreal, Nairobi, Vienna, and Paris, and which are responsible for United States representation to the United Nations Economics, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Organization on Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA83536637444B5490CB31D5B26018F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In offices at the Harry S. Truman Building, the Department maintains a significant number of positions in bureaus that are either dedicated, or whose primary responsibility is, to represent the United States to such organizations and institutions or at multilateral negotiations.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H60FDFBBEE2BA4585B585A46F4EB7B1BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Given the large number of positions in the United States and abroad that are dedicated to multilateral diplomacy, the Department of State may be well served in developing persons with specialized skills necessary to become experts in this unique form of diplomacy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15E501A0E9DE4EC9A96ECA90CD3CD236"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report—</text> <subparagraph id="H17AF887E29A845B9A237460064973493"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluating whether a new cone should be established for the Foreign Service that concentrates on members of the Service that serve at international organizations and multilateral institutions or are primarily responsible for participation in broad-based multilateral negotiations of international instruments; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD8A005C28B540238FFB24F11FDBD44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides alternative mechanisms for achieving the objective of developing a core group of United States diplomats and other government employees who have expertise and broad experience in conducting multilateral diplomacy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H949534B6B2D041B49C8526F802B65B4"><enum>107.</enum><header>Implementation and establishment of Office on Multilateral Negotiations</header> <subsection id="HAA7CDAF2AB5348EF88BC17864636D19B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of office</header><text>The Secretary of State is authorized to establish, within the Bureau of International Organizational Affairs, an Office on Multilateral Negotiations to be headed by a Special Representative for Multilateral Negotiations (in this section referred to as the <quote>special representative</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFDFC71438A3E4DDBA65D2892A3A2C0C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The special representative shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall have the rank of Ambassador-at-Large. At the discretion of the President another official at the Department may serve as the special representative. The President may direct that the special representative report to the Assistant Secretary for International Organizations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBEC885EEF0AD4D0DA8C2BAD09775B65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Staffing</header><text>The special representative shall have a staff of foreign service and civil service officers skilled in multilateral diplomacy.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA73889F172CD45DDB8DD1DFFA1F24266"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The special representative shall have the following responsibilities:</text> <paragraph id="HDDDFE913ECCE4DD991434296CB5F681"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The primary responsibility of the special representative shall be to assist in the organization of, and preparation for, United States participation in multilateral negotiations, including the advocacy efforts undertaken by the Department of State and other United States agencies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H43E56216CEF94F07862BEC0073BED3ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advisory role</header><text>The special representative shall advise the President and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, regarding advocacy at international organizations and multilateral institutions and negotiations and, in coordination with the assistant Secretary of State for international organizational affairs, shall make recommendations regarding—</text> <subparagraph id="H75651786609A4AF297131B13C063BBB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>effective strategies (and tactics) to achieve United States policy objectives at multilateral negotiations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H621451E059E244668D8929ABEE90B63E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the need for and timing of high level intervention by the President, the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, and other United States officials to secure support from key foreign government officials for the United States position at such organizations, institutions, and negotiations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCA6449E4DC0149A0A412F71F03A6B76"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the composition of United States delegations to multilateral negotiations; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF7DBCD0FE19424B91F4FDA354F70BE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>liaison with Congress, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector on matters affecting multilateral negotiations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB54DAB62F5FD463B80899BFCB643AA7B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Democracy caucus</header><text>The special representative, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for International Organizational Affairs, shall ensure the establishment of a democracy caucus.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F23ADD920D24552AB682DF583CD72"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual diplomatic missions of multilateral issues</header><text>The special representative, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for International Organizational Affairs, shall organize annual diplomatic missions to appropriate foreign countries to conduct consultations between principal officers responsible for advising the Secretary of State on international organizations and high-level representatives of the governments of such foreign countries to promote the United States agenda at the United Nations General Assembly and other key international fora (such as the United Nations Human Rights Commission).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD37B702F0CD495FBFED484BC33F3D46"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Leadership and membership of international organizations</header><text>The special representative, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of International Organizational Affairs, shall direct the efforts of the United States Government to reform the criteria for leadership and membership of international organizations as described in section 104.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23B0B58B48384071A3B63DCE29428587"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Participation in multilateral negotiations</header><text>The special representative, or members of the special representative’s staff, may, as required by the President or the Secretary of State, serve on a United States delegation to any multilateral negotiation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H713D5F3BF18E4AA593924B92ACF9522E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a plan to establish a democracy caucus to the appropriate congressional committees. The report required by section 106(b)(2) may be submitted together with the report under this subsection.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H88020181A51F4155AA0993696E4568E7"><enum>108.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.</text></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header> <section id="H8FBD2DC515CF499FA0650700C9009B20"><enum>201.</enum><header>Reports relating to Magen David Adom society</header> <subsection id="H4029462E4A764289B23442F14847BEF1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Section 690(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FRAA">Foreign Relations Authorization Act</act-name>, Fiscal Year 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Foreign Relations Authorization Act" id="HA09F5F2185DF40A0A5B989194702D25"> <paragraph id="H63191323A9254A4A8B8500BCA6E5F63F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Since the founding of the Magen David Adom in 1930, the American Red Cross has regarded it as a sister national society forging close working ties between the two societies and has consistently advocated recognition and membership of the Magen David Adom in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49C72FFEEF6E40D3B8F375DA88ABFBF7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The American Red Cross and Magen David Adom signed an important memorandum of understanding in November 2002, outlining areas for strategic collaboration, and the American Red Cross will encourage other societies to establish similar agreements with Magen David Adom.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HF117A8E0A45D4F728E056E5DC8EA100"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>Section 690(b) of such Act is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H06CFF50E8E694DF2BDFF99626374E4F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) after the semicolon by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1469782EC44A4BA29D5000624CD255E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D51CD6C7BC04EFDA200071DE4DD8BC3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H09B151D3BD8047319EA6D928367D597E"> <paragraph id="HB181E14E63134B6C811DB15C20A5C2B7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, should adopt the October 12, 2000, draft additional protocol which would accord international recognition to an additional distinctive emblem; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H52EE4509239C4C4900E800E4F000EE10"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Section 690 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H45807AE317FC4A50A8636F2C7CDBAA78"> <subsection id="H07EDEA3876A14128AE80503DE595E6EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the United States International Leadership Act of 2004, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, on a classified basis if necessary, to the appropriate congressional committees describing—</text> <paragraph id="H3513ED21CE3542BA97E1847D0342CC69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>efforts by the United States to obtain full membership for the Magen David Adom in the International Red Cross Movement;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32AEE6F8EDE240299789BD4100A215D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>efforts by the International Committee of the Red Cross to obtain full membership for the Magen David Adom in the International Red Cross Movement;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA24E6C55E0604F9C9501ACF4A89DA215"><enum>(3)</enum><text>efforts of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention of 1949 to adopt the October 12, 2000, draft additional protocol; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3824D0AFF90941758BC6F9AC07B7C074"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the extent to which the Magen David Adom of Israel is participating in the activities of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H2885F02FBE074170A0FD39F66CDB96FD"><enum>202.</enum><header>Voluntary Contribution to Organization of American States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for a United States voluntary contribution to the Organization of American States for the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) to identify and develop a port in the Latin American and Caribbean region into a model of best security practices and appropriate technologies for improving port security in the Western Hemisphere. Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this section are authorized to remain available until expended and are in addition to amounts otherwise available to carry out section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2221">22 U.S.C. 2221</external-xref>).</text></section> <section id="H017CED87276D44D8B856ACDC92C399AE"><enum>203.</enum><header>Combatting the piracy of United States copyrighted materials</header> <subsection id="H59D8CE2CCA794D5E9D9FC85CC11D9DC7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to such amounts as may otherwise be authorized to be appropriated for such purpose, there are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State, $10,000,000 to carry out the following activities in countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD):</text> <paragraph id="HF43BE7E911DC400EB2C10057008B1EBE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Provision of equipment and training for foreign law enforcement, including in the interpretation of intellectual property laws.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFEC8A8562D0D45EEB1723E3573099D05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Training for judges and prosecutors, including in the interpretation of intellectual property laws.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7B8E0ADDEB1844079560A00E9C2FF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Assistance in complying with obligations under appropriate international copyright and intellectual property treaties and agreements.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2BC5202419C84E2999F8861799DC161"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation with World Intellectual Property Organization</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Department of State should make every effort to consult with, and provide appropriate assistance to, the World Intellectual Property Organization to promote the integration of non-OECD countries into the global intellectual property system.</text></subsection></section>