109 HR 2745 RH: Henry J. Hyde United Nations Reform Act of 2005
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-06-10
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Henry J. Hyde United Nations Reform Act of 2005
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
Sec. 2. Definitions
Sec. 3. Statement of Congress
Title I—Mission and budget of the United Nations
Sec. 101. United States financial contributions to the United Nations
Sec. 102. Weighted voting
Sec. 103. Budget certification requirements
Sec. 104. Accountability
Sec. 105. Terrorism and the United Nations
Sec. 106. United Nations treaty bodies
Sec. 107. Equality at the United Nations
Sec. 108. Report on United Nations reform
Sec. 109. Report on United Nations personnel
Title II—Human rights and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Sec. 201. Human rights
Sec. 202. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Title III—International Atomic Energy Agency
Sec. 301. International Atomic Energy Agency
Sec. 302. Sense of Congress regarding the Nuclear Security Action Plan of the IAEA
Title IV—Peacekeeping
Sec. 401. Sense of Congress regarding reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations
Sec. 402. Statement of policy relating to reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations
Sec. 403. Certification
Title V—Department of State and Government Accountability Office
Sec. 501. Positions for United States citizens at international organizations
Sec. 502. Budget justification for regular assessed budget of the United Nations
Sec. 503. Review and report
Sec. 504. Government Accountability Office
Title VI—Certifications and withholding of contributions
Sec. 601. Certifications and withholding of contributions
2.In this Act:
(1)Appropriate congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional committees
means the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(2)The term employee
means an individual who is employed in the general services, professional staff, or senior management of the United Nations, including contractors and consultants.
(3)The term General Assembly
means the General Assembly of the United Nations.
(4)The term Member State
means a Member State of the United Nations. Such term is synonymous with the term country
.
(5)The term Secretary
means the Secretary of State.
(6)The term Secretary General
means the Secretary General of the United Nations.
(7)The term Security Council
means the Security Council of the United Nations.
(8)Specialized agencies and specialized agencies of the United NationsThe terms specialized agencies
and specialized agencies of the United Nations
mean—
(A)the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO);
(B)the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
(C)the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
(D)the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
(E)the International Labor Organization (ILO);
(F)the International Maritime Organization (IMO);
(G)the International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
(H)the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO);
(I)the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO);
(J)the Universal Postal Union (UPU);
(K)the World Health Organization (WHO) and its regional agencies;
(L)the World Meteorological Organization (WMO); and
(M)the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
3.Congress declares that, in light of recent history, it is incumbent upon the United Nations to enact significant reform measures if it is to restore the public trust and confidence necessary for it to achieve the laudable goals set forth in its Charter. To this end, the following Act seeks to reform the United Nations.
<enum>I</enum><header>Mission and budget of the United Nations</header>
<section id="HE654F9133C6141F99284A9029384A24C"><enum>101.</enum><header>United States financial contributions to the United Nations</header>
<subsection id="H4F84366FB8794379B7D5A0FC1DA443AD" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statements of policy</header>
<paragraph id="HFCDEAD88156348258EC1042596D9FD9E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States to use its voice, vote, and influence at the United Nations to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4C76600C2CF44133B36749EC6462DA98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pursue a streamlined, efficient, and accountable regular assessed budget of the United Nations; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H506D0B17D1A94FBA85E96947B52ACC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shift funding mechanisms of certain organizational programs of the United Nations specified under paragraph (4) from the regular assessed budget to voluntarily funded programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H69B834980F4A43EFA8229844A0007D42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United States contributions</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8C610415D524FBA88CEB1632500B490"><enum>(A)</enum><text>redirect United States contributions to the United Nations to achieve the policy objectives described in paragraph (1)(B); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9BA64DF5B3F64305B08FCBD302000026" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>redirect a portion of funds from the following organizational programs to pursue the policy objectives described in paragraph (1)(A):</text>
<clause id="H3C8E1E23AD02420EA834D8A9FC726574" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Public Information.</text></clause>
<clause id="HFEA2DE32F2CF4C16B2069889A26F449F" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>General Assembly affairs and conference services.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7378792FFDC1412CB2D361AAF609E4CD" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Future biennium budgets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be the policy of the United States to use its voice, vote, and influence at the United Nations to ensure that future biennial budgets of the United Nations, as agreed to by the General Assembly, reflect the shift in funding mechanisms described in paragraph (1)(B) and the redirection of funds described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H29103A5E30AE4B6D88A9034526BDB9FF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Certain organizational programs</header><text>The organizational programs referred to in paragraph (1)(B) are the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8A2A20B3620A44C88128CF6709D15862" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Economic and social affairs.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H45B5E3B5A8644FA48226D2F09014C57D" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Least-developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H82245B78A6C24363A7C14101FE42CB7" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>United Nations support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B11782665054A99B7FFD11DB9CF40F3" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Trade and development.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE1CB369222C94C2D937934BA1E70EE78" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>International Trade Center UNCTAD/WTO.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H18D8A632DEBE4AD7855ED5FB6CFFBD3B" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Environment.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F6F17E2ACD24F9890F7D9A6B9CEB4CD" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Human settlements.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F926E1F038A49568649E2DAEBC1FD08" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Crime prevention and criminal justice.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA2EC76DD54F4F64B5FDEFED07F428F4" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>International drug control.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8479A95840A40A5A51E35B1758D70DE" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Economic and social development in Africa.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D79C47BA3CA4738BD7EFF00E4D8B2CA" commented="no"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA63546E72C2444AC8565EB43AD784F35" commented="no"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Economic development in Europe.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8AD8BD52BD0A4104AD69E9FC25F6A4F4" commented="no"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Economic and social development in in Latin America and the Caribbean.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7E5CF6EC745247F9AADCD8A5FE616F71" commented="no"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Economic and social development in Western Asia.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F32314FB1544251B3283271E2B7EDE3" commented="no"><enum>(O)</enum><text>Regular program of technical cooperation.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H44D2B58EF62947E9ACB0D9414B96E0A0"><enum>(P)</enum><text>Development account.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43FA7AA2F9164F188327C1F2D6B7DEE1" commented="no"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>Protection of and assistance to refugees.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3ED58E08D3F546B0ADB2D050009571F" commented="no"><enum>(R)</enum><text>Palestine refugees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDA8C21254C1F44D59EF1A063DD13810"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization with respect to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations</header><text>Subject to the amendment made by subsection (c), the Secretary of State is authorized to make contributions toward the amount assessed to the United States by the United Nations for the purpose of funding the regular assessed budget of the United Nations.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H724582F408C542C680BC9B9B79723267"><enum>(c)</enum><header>United States financial contributions to the United Nations</header><text>Section 11 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/287e-3">22 U.S.C. 287e-3</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HEA1D609A9E7C4BCEBD772D000098A7DC"><enum>11.</enum><header>United States financial contributions to the United Nations</header>
<subsection id="HFBB423505C294A21B7043622675D91EE" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Policy of the United States relating to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations</header>
<paragraph id="H1E2D9B474C8E4C5BAD7DA56B8FFCB231"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD4C595DAB2E84F5FA3ACD8722DC6478B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pursue a streamlined, efficient, and accountable regular assessed budget of the United Nations; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5819855A2044FD288A1B0200355847B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shift funding mechanisms of certain organizational programs of the United Nations specified under paragraph (2) of subsection (c) from the regular assessed budget to voluntarily funded programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D99974024CE412BB6E1DFF2EE3146E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United States contributions</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC940A78115504F0EB7488142001FC420"><enum>(A)</enum><text>redirect United States contributions to the United Nations to achieve the policy objectives described in paragraph (1)(B); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBBC0DCEFDFD74ABA80418788A87F4D8D" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>redirect a portion of funds from the following organizational programs to pursue the policy objectives described in paragraph (1)(A):</text>
<clause id="HC4265BB8F7174C078E9C4B64F5E1D2ED" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Public Information.</text></clause>
<clause id="H7FC193093EC44AC1BDD0DD9B39BBD032" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>General Assembly affairs and conferences services.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58C871C364E94366B772B888A1338703" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Future biennium budgets</header><text> The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to ensure that the shifting of funding mechanisms under paragraph (1)(B) and redirecting of contributions under paragraph (2) be reflected in future resolutions agreed to by the General Assembly for the regular assessed budget of the United Nations for the period of a current biennium. To achieve the policies described in paragraphs (1) and (2), the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations shall withhold the support of the United States for a consensus for such budget until such time as such budget is reflective of such policies.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5DCB6C5905664B6F98C42FC86BF4CFC4" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>22 percent limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with section 601 of the Henry J. Hyde United Nations Reform Act of 2005, the Secretary may not make a contribution to a regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Nations in an amount greater than 22 percent of the amount calculable under subsection (c).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1D141860DDCA4ACCB47D31BFD8566500"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual dues</header>
<paragraph id="H9775B0B60BE74152BAFC90AC6FAB4D2" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For annual dues paid by the United States to the United Nations each fiscal year, the percentage specified in subsection (b) shall be multiplied by one-half of the amount of the regularly assessed budget of the United Nations for a current biennial period, as agreed to by resolution of the General Assembly.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC510ECA9899240F9AC9118546F28DFC0" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Calculation with respect to certain organizational programs for redirection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage specified in subsection (b) shall be multiplied by one-half of the sum of amounts budgeted by resolution of the General Assembly for a current biennial period for the following certain organizational programs:</text>
<subparagraph id="H33F7D599A87D47BA817EE81DFF20B916" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Economic and social affairs.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30818EBD4ACB4AAC973CAFA22932AEBC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Least-developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6EE3BAE08DD344439357217D7D9CC5CD" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>United Nations support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H16DDB524A8E34D90BDE110C0A393B694" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Trade and development.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5946FEE24D9845C7AA40C349AA00982B" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>International Trade Center UNCTAD/WTO.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H112CD2DEF99C4B69B639663733B2E1F6" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Environment.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5465F3E8A68F4D169BE9A69E1BB2E111" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Human settlements.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H681296BF5E0C4F27BF7665EEFEC56C5B" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Crime prevention and criminal justice.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H024C352C065841DA97BB6DFB79E2C401" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>International drug control.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD41A4DE89FFF47EBAE9FDDB2F2D464AB" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Economic and social development in Africa.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H101FE07AAC8B42C99E45F65ED6D9A71E" commented="no"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H76C740FB4FE8440BA302344FB8344C71" commented="no"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Economic development in Europe.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28078598CB2B47E682C024E83E79C872" commented="no"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Economic and social development in in Latin America and the Caribbean.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H909DA7C8F061406FB7C072270017C05C" commented="no"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Economic and social development in Western Asia.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12B6499B1DA34A41A387C0554BA338EB" commented="no"><enum>(O)</enum><text>Regular program of technical cooperation.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FEAB0E4A1374F70ADD6FE76ECB539D"><enum>(P)</enum><text>Development account.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4FFAEF35A9B46E2A7A963447900CD76" commented="no"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>Protection of and assistance to refugees.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEFE4B114A2FC4A07ADD9BB71BCCEEC5C" commented="no"><enum>(R)</enum><text>Palestine refugees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF7563BF2FCC94934BA543F69D56722D9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Redirection of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts appropriated for contributions towards payment of regular assessed dues to the United Nations for 2008 and each subsequent year, if the funding mechanisms of one or more of the organizational programs of the United Nations specified in paragraph (2) have not been shifted from the regular assessed budget to voluntarily funded programs in accordance with subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall ensure that such amounts in each such fiscal year that are specified for each such organizational program pursuant to the resolution agreed to by the General Assembly for the regular assessed budget of the United Nations for the period of a current biennium are redirected from payment of the assessed amount for the regular assessed budget as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B7371B694E84D13B9F5DC8FA7F3E79C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Subject to not less than 30 days prior notification to Congress, the Secretary shall expend an amount, not to exceed 40 percent of the amount specified for each such organizational program pursuant to the resolution agreed to by the General Assembly for the regular assessed budget of the United Nations for the period of a current biennium, as a contribution to an eligible organizational program specified in paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H80ECC6A806764C8F9B006CE41343AE00" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to not less than 30 days prior notification to Congress, the Secretary shall expend the remaining amounts under this paragraph to voluntarily funded United Nations specialized agencies, funds, or programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDB97A117FE84EBCBD95274600008DCA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible organizational programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The eligible organizational programs referred to in paragraph (3)(A) for redirection of funds under such paragraph are the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E3BB5DEDCB644798C3F10475B5244A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Internal oversight.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3881C5E6FA204332B1936378007DA221"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Human rights.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3405F85F399A422E9C4C49186896C514"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Humanitarian assistance.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8039D6D0CD9B42C397D67789EFC55FE9" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An organizational program specified in subparagraphs (A) through (P) of paragraph (2), subject to paragraph (5).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42AFD17150E14B02AF69C481933BF00" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Expenditure of remaining amounts to certain organization programs</header>
<subparagraph id="H967DC6A6D80F48279B11C6B4B0B5C12F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Voluntary contribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to not less than 30 days prior notification to Congress and the limitation specified under subparagraph (B), the Secretary is authorized to make a voluntary contribution to an organizational program of the United Nations specified in subparagraphs (A) through (P) of paragraph (2) of any amounts not contributed in a fiscal year to an eligible organizational program specified in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F5F225C7A3B486BA9F52B4D712E38EC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>10 percent limitation</header><text>A voluntary contribution under subparagraph (A) to an organizational program of the United Nations specified in subparagraphs (A) through (P) of paragraph (2) may not exceed 10 percent of the total contribution made under paragraph (3)(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H27E9C5FFA0E643A7B3EC65369DB2798F" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Further calculation with respect to budgets for public information and General Assembly affairs and conference services</header><text></text>
<paragraph id="HFED5895274AF4610936000C3259E5885" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>22 percent limitation</header><text>The Secretary may not make a contribution to a regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Nations in an amount greater than 22 percent of the amount calculable under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F5BEFB7D6054469996EFC31BA050F8" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual dues each fiscal year</header>
<subparagraph id="H0EFADC0FAD7E4EB79BEBCEB6FD04DBEC" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For annual dues paid by the United States to the United Nations each fiscal year, the percentage specified in paragraph (1) shall be multiplied by one-half of the amount of the regularly assessed budget of the United Nations for a current biennial period, as agreed to by resolution of the General Assembly.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H86FCE85F5D994CE299E406EE785E04C8" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Calculation with respect to public information and General Assembly affairs and conference services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to such United States annual dues, the percentage specified in paragraph (1) shall be multiplied by one-half of the sum of amounts budgeted by resolution of the General Assembly for the 2004–2005 biennial period for the following organizational programs:</text>
<clause id="HCFA79C331F8D4461AE96C54602B9A2EC" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Public Information.</text></clause>
<clause id="HC1E4F8E7E105401EABB500904973008F" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>General Assembly affairs and conferences services.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B23C4A4BE184C6DA0DFDE1651182E81" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Redirection of funds</header>
<clause id="H1AB421EA223C431884C93449D3A0C347" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to make every effort, including the withholding of United States support for a consensus budget of the United Nations, to reduce the budgets of the organizational programs specified in subparagraph (B) for 2007 by ten percent against the budgets of such organizational programs for the 2004–2005 biennial period. If the budgets of such organizational programs are not so reduced, 20 percent the amount determined under subparagraph (B) for contributions towards payment of regular assessed dues for 2007 shall be redirected from payment for the amount assessed for United States annual contributions to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations.</text></clause>
<clause id="H2932D5264236417C8905A10694E3AA07" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Specific amounts</header><text>The Secretary shall make the amount determined under clause (i) available as a contribution to an eligible organizational program specified in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (4) of subsection (c).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFCFC535DB1344CC9B9633CFC2668CA28" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Policy with respect to 2008–2009 biennial period and subsequent biennial periods</header>
<subparagraph id="H308793BBF2A648458FC1B8B95FFAB54E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to make every effort, including the withholding of United States support for a consensus budget of the United Nations, to reduce the budgets of the organizational programs specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) for the 2008–2009 biennial period and each subsequent biennial period by 20 percent against the budgets of such organizational programs for the 2004–2005 biennial period.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA9C5C4A412964DB5B72503EBA18AE12" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>In accordance with section 601, a certification shall be required that certifies that the reduction in budgets described in subparagraph (A) has been implemented.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H64BB0BA24BA147729DC8FE36BDA7E74"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (c) shall take effect and apply beginning on October 1, 2006.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA7698F711B99464CB5A239B6830070BC"><enum>102.</enum><header>Weighted voting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall be the policy of the United States to actively pursue weighted voting with respect to all budgetary and financial matters in the Administrative and Budgetary Committee and in the General Assembly in accordance with the level of the financial contribution of a Member State to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations.</text></section>
<section id="HC1B091E42CA84613B53873BC478FF58E" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>103.</enum><header>Budget certification requirements</header>
<subsection id="HAD318FA3C811467E914BC8A4F100B150"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>In accordance with section 601, a certification shall be required that certifies that the conditions described in subsection (b) have been satisfied.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H65FA60D6A1114194A904898CDBE77141"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The conditions under this subsection are the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H8099FA2E3DF64D42B6D172A993DB35F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New budget practices for the United Nations</header><text>The United Nations is implementing budget practices that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H26979D11A56B4E6B87FF9DFA73D3E156"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require the maintenance of a budget not in excess of the level agreed to by the General Assembly at the beginning of each United Nations budgetary biennium, unless increases are agreed to by consensus and do not exceed ten percent; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H156D9AD250E2488C954648BD00DB5938"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require the identification of expenditures by the United Nations by functional categories such as personnel, travel, and equipment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0765174999C4CE3A0A3BDEEA2CCCC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program evaluation</header>
<subparagraph id="H02FBF54B56F94A5689CBD16200C952BD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Existing authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary General and the Director General of each specialized agency have used their existing authorities to require program managers within the United Nations Secretariat and the Secretariats of the specialized agencies to conduct evaluations in accordance with the standardized methodology referred to in subparagraph (B) of—</text>
<clause id="H39B562D0014C4DC1931FC680756CDC34"><enum>(i)</enum><text>United Nations programs approved by the General Assembly; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0499858B92EA4A04AF37B641B53600FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>programs of the specialized agencies.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H403FFF700AAF48AB87DF954D6926C658"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Development of evaluation criteria</header>
<clause id="H70237ED8CA0F4E14A13EC48D175722B1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>United Nations</header><text>The Office of Internal Oversight Services has developed a standardized methodology for the evaluation of United Nations programs approved by the General Assembly, including specific criteria for determining the continuing relevance and effectiveness of the programs.</text></clause>
<clause id="H9A6F4A81C24441A7B1D664512F286944"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Specialized agencies</header><text>Patterned on the work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the United Nations, each specialized agency has developed a standardized methodology for the evaluation of the programs of the agency, including specific criteria for determining the continuing relevance and effectiveness of the programs.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAAB246C78AF243FE9881F7E49F078709"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary General is assessing budget requests and, on the basis of evaluations conducted under subparagraph (B) for the relevant preceding year, submits to the General Assembly a report containing the results of such evaluations, identifying programs that have satisfied the criteria for continuing relevance and effectiveness, and an identification of programs that have not satisfied such criteria and should be terminated.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDDBBB5063A314228A0005F889EF57193"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Sunset of programs</header><text>Consistent with the July 16, 1997, recommendations of the Secretary General regarding a sunset policy and results-based budgeting for United Nations programs, the United Nations and each specialized agency has established and is implementing procedures to require all new programs approved by the General Assembly to have a specific sunset date.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HA333C826B90F4B38AB3DFAE796F6C82F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header> Accountability</header>
<subsection id="HAAC8ED615DD6488EBD70612D4BCAD0B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certification of creation of Independent Oversight Board</header><text>In accordance with section 601, a certification shall be required that certifies that the following reforms related to the establishment of an Independent Oversight Board (IOB) have been adopted by the United Nations:</text>
<paragraph id="HBA45B54F83224C19B439BF404EC7C08E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An IOB is established from existing United Nations budgetary and personnel resources. Except as provided in this subsection, the IOB shall be an independent entity within the United Nations and shall not be subject to budget authority or organizational authority of any entity within the United Nations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H641647453CF84231BCD35E66F7D60035"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The head of the IOB shall be a Director, who shall be nominated by the Secretary General and who shall be subject to Security Council approval by a majority vote. The IOB shall also consist of four other board members who shall be nominated by the Secretary General and subject to Security Council approval by a majority vote. The IOB shall be responsible to the Security Council and the Director and board members shall each serve terms of six years, except that the terms of the initial board shall be staggered so that no more than two board members’ terms will expire in any one year. No board member may serve more than two terms. An IOB board member may be removed for cause by a majority vote of the Security Council. The Director shall appoint a professional staff headed by a Chief of Staff and may employ contract staff as needed.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB90FCD0EC27E460D8CA0B1444D46BB48"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The IOB shall receive operational and budgetary funding through appropriations by the General Assembly from existing levels of United Nations budgetary and personnel resources, and shall not be dependent upon any other entity, bureau, division, department, or specialized agency of the United Nations for such funding.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5D90044882B46F792B9F5CF99BA00BD"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">While the IOB shall have the authority to evaluate all operations of the United Nations, the primary mission of the IOB is to oversee the Office of Internal Oversight Services and the Board of External Auditors. The IOB may direct the Office of Internal Oversight Services or the Board of External Auditors to initiate, abandon, or modify the scope of an investigation. Every three months or more frequently when appropriate, the IOB shall submit, as appropriate, to the Secretary General, the Security Council, the General Assembly, or the Economic and Social Council a report on its activities, relevant observations, and recommendations relating to its audit operations, including information relating to the inventory and status of investigations by the Office of Internal Oversight Services.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H88ECC42D42A14DC7A953FD17A0048B14"><enum>(5)</enum><text> In extraordinary circumstances and with the concurrence of the Secretary General or the Security Council by majority vote, the IOB may augment the Office of Internal Oversight Services with a special investigator and staff consisting of individuals who are not employees of the United Nations, to investigate matters involving senior officials of the United Nations or of its specialized agencies when allegations of serious misconduct have been made and such a special investigation is necessary to maintain public confidence in the integrity of the investigation. A special investigator and staff shall comply with all United Nations financial disclosure and conflict of interest rules, including the filing of an individual Annual Financial Disclosure Form in accordance with subsection (c).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3671743A8DA1494D9DA7A3753D11D747"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The IOB shall recommend annual budgets for the Office of Internal Oversight Services and the Board of External Auditors.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H82316F9447A848A39FEFA98E3867B1D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification of United Nations reforms of the Office of Internal Oversight Services</header><text>In accordance with section 601, a certification shall be required that certifies that the following reforms related to the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) have been adopted by the United Nations:</text>
<paragraph id="HF0E71668336A4195B486E7691B7EC63C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The OIOS is designated as an independent entity within the United Nations. The OIOS shall not be subject to budget authority or organizational authority of any entity within the United Nations except as provided in this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF0F52FA020B6408E8964DA00EB21AE5E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The regular assessed budget of the United Nations shall fully fund the Internal Oversight Budget from existing levels of United Nations budgetary and personnel resources and shall not be dependent upon any other entity, bureau, division, department, or specialized agency of the United Nations for such funding.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC3626C20A4014AA993308CE3FF3309A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>All United Nations officials, including officials from any entity, bureau, division, department, or specialized agency of the United Nations, may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2833F6C7BE4B433B958CF2A583CA4199"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make a recommendation to the OIOS to initiate an investigation of any aspect of the United Nations; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC4ADCE9D225249CB9C63005F00D4128"><enum>(B)</enum><text>report to the OIOS information or allegations of misconduct or inefficiencies within the United Nations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2166BC8D90F644CD00242071A423F802"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The OIOS may, <italic>sua sponte</italic>, initiate and conduct an investigation or audit of any entity, bureau, division, department, specialized agency, employee (including the Secretary General) of the United Nations, including any employee of the specialized agencies of the United Nations, or contractor or consultant for the United Nations or its specialized agencies.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04FF8C2B520848DAA99927442DE71B86"><enum>(5)</enum><text>At least every three months and more frequently when appropriate, the OIOS shall submit to the IOB a report containing an inventory and status of its investigations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB6ECB18D592451CBE8D4034EF9E0015"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The OIOS shall establish procedures for providing <quote>whistle-blower</quote> status and employment protections for all employees of the United Nations, including employees of the specialized agencies of the United Nations, who provide informational leads and testimony related to allegations of wrongdoing. Such procedures shall be adopted throughout the United Nations. Such status and protection may not be conferred on the Secretary General.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H471E45ADF341461181130176D65B38DD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The OIOS shall annually publish a public report determining the proper number, distribution, and expertise of auditors within the OIOS necessary to carry out present and future duties of the OIOS, including assessing the staffing requirements needed to audit United Nations contracting activities throughout the contract cycle from the bid process to contract performance.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EF68F12FD4548D7A10141BE8717ECA4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish a position of Associate Director of OIOS for Specialized Agencies and Funds and Programs who shall be responsible for supervising the OIOS liaison or oversight duties for each of the specialized agencies and funds and programs of the United Nations. With the concurrence of the Director, the Associate Director of OIOS for Specialized Agencies and Funds and Programs may, from existing levels of United Nations budgetary and personnel resources, hire and appoint necessary OIOS staff, including staff serving within and located at specialized agencies and funds and programs permanently or as needed to liaison with existing audit functions within each specialized agency and fund and program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7F781B3AE5C40F0AE0797E202B0B981"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish a position of Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping Operations, who shall be responsible for the oversight and auditing of the field offices attached to United Nations peacekeeping operations. The Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping Operations shall receive informational leads and testimony from any person regarding allegations of wrongdoing by United Nations officials or peacekeeping troops or regarding inefficiencies associated with United Nations peacekeeping operations. The Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping Operations shall be responsible for initiating, conducting, and overseeing investigations within peacekeeping operations. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD51F7C5EF9CA4914918CA1351CF83CE6"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish a position of Associate Director of OIOS for Procurement and Contract Integrity, who shall be responsible for auditing and inspecting procurement and contracting win the United Nations, including within the specialized agencies. The Associate Director of OIOS for Procurement and Contract Integrity shall receive informational leads and testimony from any person regarding allegations of wrongdoing by United Nations officials or regarding inefficiencies associated with United Nations procurement or contracting activities. The Associate Director of OIOS for Procurement and Contract Integrity shall be responsible for initiating, conducting, and overseeing investigations of procurement and contract activities. Not later than 12 months after the establishment of the position of Associate Director of OIOS for Procurement and Contract Integrity, the Director, with the assistance of the Associate Director of OIOS for Procurement and Contract Integrity, shall undertake a review of contract procedures to ensure that practices and policies are in place to ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB1A5FC04EA334CD7894CF8EBB17E68"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United Nations has ceased issuing single bid contracts except for such contracts issued during an emergency situation that is justified by the Under Secretary General for Management;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26BF11B7C26D45ABB9D0663582C99D00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the United Nations has established effective controls to prevent conflicts of interest in the award of contracts; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0703C6E9025F4D6B83E3BEE479F0E5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the United Nations has established effective procedures and policies to ensure effective and comprehensive oversight and monitoring of United Nations contract performance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H240FC11023DF4E6A8D988C964E0903E6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification of establishment of United Nations Office of Ethics</header><text>In accordance with section 601, a certification shall be required that certifies that the following reforms related to the establishment of a United Nations Office of Ethics have been adopted by the United Nations:</text>
<paragraph id="HC4A5F11A9ECE46DB81F7FF7BF4636800" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A United Nations Office of Ethics (UNOE) is established. The UNOE shall be an independent entity within the United Nations and shall not be subject to budget authority or organizational authority of any entity within the United Nations. The UNEO shall be responsible for establishing, managing, and enforcing a code of ethics for all employees of United Nations and its specialized agencies. The UNEO shall also be responsible for providing such employees with annual training related to such code. The head of the UNEO shall be a Director who shall be nominated by the Secretary General and who shall be subject to Security Council approval by majority vote.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73C08A08F8CD4A738FC689BD7D22D2CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The UNEO shall receive operational and budgetary funding through appropriations by the General Assembly from existing levels of United Nations budgetary and personnel resources and shall not be dependent upon any other entity, bureau, division, department, or specialized agency of the United Nations for such funding. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2F759E3F24849878BBED1B817000124"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Director of the UNEO shall, not later than six months after the date of its establishment, publish a report containing proposals for implementing a system for the filing and review of individual Annual Financial Disclosure Forms by each employee of the United Nations, including by each employee of its specialized agencies, at the P-5 level and above and by all contractors and consultants compensated at any salary level. Such system shall be in place and operational not later than six months after the date of the publication of the report. Such completed forms shall be made available to the Office of Internal Oversight Services at the request of the Director of the Office of Internal Oversight Services. Such system shall seek to identify and prevent conflicts of interest by United Nations employees and shall be comparable to the system used for such purposes by the United States Government. Such report shall also address broader reforms of the ethics program for the United Nations, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0BA53D25CE13467BB7F68C69C2D8E1B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effect of the establishment of ethics officers throughout all organizations within the United Nations; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H844ACD3F6E7645B9BFC4695E5971F394" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effect of retention by the UNEO of Annual Financial Disclosure Forms; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H89477C538EDD42DA9131BDF3373093"><enum>(C)</enum><text>proposals for making completed Annual Financial Disclosure Forms available to the public on request through their Member State’s mission to the United Nations; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H035A100ED7BA420981FAD3888546711"><enum>(D)</enum><text>proposals for annual disclosure to the public of information related to the annual salaries and payments, including pension payments and buyouts, of employees of the United Nations, including employees of its specialized agencies, and of consultants; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H966C0FF2EA674899874821EECDAD3CCC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>proposals for annual disclosure to the public of information related to per diem rates for all bureaus, divisions, departments, or specialized agencies within the United Nations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4EC3CC3139640F1B13D4048C5D1D0D1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">proposals for disclosure upon request by the Ambassador of a Member State of information related to travel and per diem payments made from United Nations funds to any person; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H00303B3D6DD241E1814FBFC059C2C2B0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>proposals for annual disclosure to the public of information related to travel and per diem rates and payments made from United Nations funds to any person.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H50A6BB9D53F140DFBFF9C8664008556" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certification of United Nations establishment of position of Chief Operating Officer</header><text>In accordance with section 601, a certification shall be required that certifies that the following reforms related to the establishment of the position of a Chief Operating Officer have been adopted by the United Nations:</text>
<paragraph id="H3B793B86371C4F6D8409E9F3A6330574" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> There is established the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). The COO shall report to the Secretary General.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E7A1C5606834B62BCAB8235D9F2043D" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The COO shall be responsible for formulating general policies and programs for the United Nations in coordination with the Secretary General and in consultation with the Security Council and the General Assembly. The COO shall be responsible for the daily administration, operation and supervision, and the direction and control of the business of the United Nations. The Chief Operating Officer shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to the COO by the Secretary General.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H674521DE889945D3BE246CF02979BBEA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Certification of access by Member States to reports and audits by Board of External Auditors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with section 601, a certification shall be required that certifies that Member States may, upon request, have access to all reports and audits completed by the Board of External Auditors.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H730F43BC11CC4E45ABB2F06659BB8300"><enum>105.</enum><header>Terrorism and the United Nations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to work toward adoption by the General Assembly of—</text>
<paragraph id="H7AA3539613E240308223A6DCA1A9095C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a definition of terrorism that builds upon the recommendations of the Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change, and includes as an essential component of such definition any action that is intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do, or abstain from doing, any act; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H252E842DD64D4378909062164C6F00D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comprehensive convention on terrorism that includes the definition described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H59A19B61137240A1A5AB8E91036B3F02"><enum>106.</enum><header>United Nations treaty bodies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United States shall withhold from United States contributions to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations for a biennial period amounts that are proportional to the percentage of such budget that are expended with respect to a United Nations human rights treaty monitoring body or committee that was established by—</text>
<paragraph id="H8B1A02D31F3645C484E3103786683BD2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a convention (without any protocols) or an international covenant (without any protocols) to which the United States is not party; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CDDC8E2CF094AC5008993CCFE448B7F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a convention, with a subsequent protocol, if the United States is a party to neither.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H31E80BD1797440EC8D437DB0DD83C2D4" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header>Equality at the United Nations</header>
<subsection id="H27B62561E41044CA91E37E8FA07DFBF7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion of Israel in WEOG</header>
<paragraph id="HF9250B2EB1794D0AACD5007F38358FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to expand the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) in the United Nations to include Israel as a permanent member with full rights and privileges.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H301C37DB09A24CCC932F998F63006294"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification to Congress</header><text>Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act and every six months thereafter for the next two years, the Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate congressional committees concerning the treatment of Israel in the United Nations and the expansion of WEOG to include Israel as a permanent member.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H750B78AC122343CA9619D95673A94528"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of State review and report</header>
<paragraph id="HED115A8FF41A4C899F165BB5983514F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To avoid duplicative efforts and funding with respect to Palestinian interests and to ensure balance in the approach to Israeli–Palestinian issues, the Secretary shall, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="H17A0F652D5A644919101E7AB5258D257"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct an audit of the functions of the entities listed in paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H01AA47F0B25A4AEE8D636151907FE514"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing recommendations for the elimination of such duplicative entities and efforts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0BC0DC78D8FC420A9C6CD4797D63C759"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Entities</header><text>The entities referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H69A9B1CB93294990AECCC95C3040C2F7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The United Nations Division for Palestinian Rights.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H163E9CF638BF451F915F212C0936A56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H09410891A4BC4EDEB76CB7BCC5048FE9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC42A9089A27449FFB7718C128B47515B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The NGO Network on the Question of Palestine.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3AB92BD87DD84AC1A439BD513BF6239D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation by Permanent Representative</header>
<paragraph id="H75B15B8F0CD9494D90DAA900EE6C68A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to seek the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report required under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB6BBF7628C64439496AE0097D351D500" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Withholding of funds</header><text>Until such recommendations have been implemented, the United States shall withhold from United States contributions to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations for a biennial period amounts that are proportional to the percentage of such budget that are expended for such entities.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE2235BD46F6C4569BA521B3F4381597F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>GAO audit</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States of the Government Accountability Office shall conduct an audit of—</text>
<paragraph id="H339D7DA26D7040A391B373768CCDC853"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report required under subsection (b)(1); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H32994FF8561E49C89FEB73D926214173"><enum>(2)</enum><text>United States actions and achievements under subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HBE236CA3C4994DB1BA87A6965193DD4F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header>Report on United Nations reform</header>
<subsection id="H23738E0A2AE6417C89BEDD5B106C4FEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and one year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on United Nations reform since 1990.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9B1A419DD7E14139985E14A6D0E048D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall describe—</text>
<paragraph id="H7404F6284BCB4C6CA3E7871F16CB547D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of the implementation of management reforms within the United Nations and its specialized agencies;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD478B7AFC3B34179ADE74EB1D585974B" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of outputs, reports, or other items generated by General Assembly resolutions that have been eliminated;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5C4ECEF729C4771AD9400A61F45B4CF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the progress of the General Assembly to modernize and streamline the committee structure and its specific recommendations on oversight and committee outputs, consistent with the March 2005 report of the Secretary General entitled <quote>In larger freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A8BBBE7EA11423E9B457358B1B2F02"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the status of the review by the General Assembly of all mandates older than five years and how resources have been redirected to new challenges, consistent with such March 2005 report of the Secretary General; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17E9DA794DC8439CB2C1C635433D2C13"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the continued utility and relevance of the Economic and Financial Committee and the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee, in light of the duplicative agendas of those committees and the Economic and Social Council.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H1D7A4056CFBE4D02950080FE72E62EE1" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header>Report on United Nations personnel</header>
<subsection id="H0A8D3E3E55AA409400BC8143C89A7EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report—</text>
<paragraph id="H4E3D4CFDF02F4860913282EABE06BC72"><enum>(1)</enum><text>concerning the progress of the General Assembly to modernize human resource practices, consistent with the March 2005 report of the Secretary General entitled <quote>In larger freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H411F682120134EC4A0869D5C666CC59D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>containing the information described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE96006E303DD4A06ACBCBC738CDC7125"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H53D2498040FF4FD790702FC62EFE21CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comprehensive evaluation of human resources reforms at the United Nations, including an evaluation of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H059C9AA3134743D4AC5BAC00983F8700"><enum>(A)</enum><text>tenure;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE392BFE911DE4709AC8292233370C973"><enum>(B)</enum><text>performance reviews;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0245292BD384490F88AAB1AECBE2F8E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the promotion system;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0C442DE8A8B54F1D967BE3E0CE6DF37B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a merit-based hiring system and enhanced regulations concerning termination of employment of employees; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E3822C24A9549719E2635D2685D36C1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the implementation of a code of conduct and ethics training.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H43E48F45D3AA4437A6F4EF4D3BFAE416"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the implementation of a system of procedures for filing complaints and protective measures for work-place harassment, including sexual harassment;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF37EC3EF665342DF994845F0F5E9B4F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>policy recommendations relating to the establishment of a rotation requirement for nonadministrative positions;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H799F467304384740AAE5D3DA6EE79065"><enum>(4)</enum><text>policy recommendations relating to the establishment of a prohibition preventing personnel and officials assigned to the mission of a Member State to the United Nations from transferring to a position within the United Nations Secretariat that is compensated at the P-5 level and above;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B68B3DC06204F4BABFC554C66691D86"><enum>(5)</enum><text>policy recommendations relating to a reduction in travel allowances and attendant oversight with respect to accommodations and airline flights; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3551239B0EBB4403A426C2944200E0F5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an evaluation of the recommendations of the Secretary General relating to greater flexibility for the Secretary General in staffing decisions to accommodate changing priorities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Human rights and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)</header>
<section id="H60CC021D18F04CB0A96D503880DA9CE5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Human rights</header>
<subsection id="H87624FAD64BF41B581D87291A37BE78C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be the policy of the United States to use its voice, vote, and influence at the United Nations to ensure that a credible and respectable Human Rights Council or other human rights body is established within the United Nations whose participating Member States uphold the values embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H00A7C48D4173465EBBE29DB2508E074F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Human rights reforms at the United Nations</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to ensure that the following human rights reforms have been adopted by the United Nations:</text>
<paragraph id="H3B0C26BD4EF84C22AA4FCD2765E9B92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A Member State that fails to uphold the values embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights shall be ineligible for membership on any United Nations human rights body.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H738284C1145D4704B4C7D0E5A300AF59"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Member State shall be ineligible for membership on any United Nations human rights body if such Member State is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD452A3580DB34790A36113E76570F942"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subject to sanctions by the Security Council; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H960EDD2D3D92498AA0C420EAFB904595"><enum>(B)</enum><text>under a Security Council-mandated investigation for human rights abuses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H48AFD25EACA94CC1B4CF4555453922C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A Member State that is currently subject to an adopted country specific resolution, in the principal body in the United Nations for the promotion and protection of human rights, relating to human rights abuses perpetrated by the government of such country in such country, or has been the subject of such an adopted country specific resolution in such principal body within the previous three years, shall be ineligible for membership on any United Nations human rights body. For purposes of this subsection, an adopted country specific resolution shall not include consensus resolutions on advisory services.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6AC9A66547434EB88474B3E7724E6E2E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A Member State that violates the principles of a United Nations human rights body to which it aspires to join shall be ineligible for membership on such body. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H92971876C99545929FB9B96CB0C33BA5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>No human rights body has a standing agenda item that relates only to one country or region.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCD4F1E83C0F445FCA8598FF4B4E38575"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>In accordance with section 601, a certification shall be required that certifies that the human rights reforms described under subsection (b) have been adopted by the United Nations.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4071BE8627BD43C1AB3CD2C8C345BF35"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prevention of abuse of <quote>no action</quote> motions</header><text>The United States Permanent Representative shall work to prevent abuse of “no action” motions, particularly as such motions relate to country specific resolutions.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H617A229657154932AA213E04540995B5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights</header>
<paragraph id="H6C1E81552DFE43C39B04813270714166"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States to continue to strongly support the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H86AD7B07F52647DFB5EA1C7EFFC3003B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with section 601, a certification shall be required that certifies that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has been given greater authority in field operation activities, such as in the Darfur region of Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in furtherance of the purpose and mission of the United Nations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HCBAE58390CF84EDDB9ECCDF57A95CF1"><enum>202.</enum><header>Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)</header>
<subsection id="H186DA2412AA14672A753F6666EBEE8F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be the policy of the United States to use its voice, vote, and influence at the United Nations to—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D35B603FB724602BFF4F205BB8B4C87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>abolish secret voting in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA29DD578E8724095B8FFBA2F301791F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that, until such time as the Commission on Human Rights of the United Nations is abolished, only countries that are not ineligible for membership on a human rights body in accordance with paragraph (1) through (4) of section 201(b) shall be considered for membership on the Commission on Human Rights; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9BC1F34CE87244F08695E1064E655601"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that after candidate countries are nominated for membership on the Commission on Human Rights, the Economic and Social Council conducts a recorded vote to determine such membership.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H42F49B637B75479BAA12E27381ACD0B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>In accordance with section 601, a certification shall be required that certifies that the policies described in subsection (a) have been implemented by the Economic and Social Council.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>International Atomic Energy Agency</header>
<section id="H931A7A0F3AF44615947353678B7BCED6" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>International Atomic Energy Agency</header>
<subsection id="H96F4EC20AAD141B2B81506E81CC28E00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enforcement and compliance</header>
<paragraph id="H013EAB12B3BE4CECB78CDC3515449B21"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Office of Compliance</header>
<subparagraph id="H6FC3313BA1F44C640037E42987B985F1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA to establish an Office of Compliance in the Secretariat of the IAEA.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA64189D1FA4F4866B3FAA7C7495DE861" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Operation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Compliance shall—</text>
<clause id="H26FAECD65312474392FDE32BCFE67D1" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>function as an independent body composed of technical experts who shall work in consultation with IAEA inspectors to assess compliance by IAEA Member States and provide recommendations to the IAEA Board of Governors concerning penalties to be imposed on IAEA Member States that fail to fulfill their obligations under IAEA Board resolutions;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7CCB045E9E704C4282CFF86C1199201F" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>base its assessments and recommendations on IAEA inspection reports; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HAA34792FFCEB46CABD100014FE825E1F" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall take into consideration information provided by IAEA Board Members that are one of the five nuclear weapons states as recognized by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (21 UST 483) (commonly referred to as the <quote>Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty</quote> or the <quote>NPT</quote>).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8710467B1C9A432083CF6D089D00C0A0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Staffing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Compliance shall be staffed from existing personnel in the Department of Safeguards of the IAEA or the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of the IAEA.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H365AFF59963A41B1B71C428000A600C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special Committee on Safeguards and Verification</header>
<subparagraph id="HA2502834EC664A9BB0E63B65A2C7D4F7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA to establish a Special Committee on Safeguards and Verification.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6FDA6C69441A4FB5A4AD728ED56866F5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Special Committee shall—</text>
<clause id="H836F2C85651A4BB1A5006CE585F776A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the ability of the IAEA to monitor and enforce compliance by Member States of the IAEA with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4C91F921F2594110AB52EC62701C92B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider which additional measures are necessary to enhance the ability of the IAEA, beyond the verification mechanisms and authorities contained in the Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreements between the IAEA and Member States of the IAEA, to detect with a high degree of confidence undeclared nuclear activities by a Member State.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC213FE7B54CE475697ACF919EE1013B" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Penalties</header>
<subparagraph id="HF7E3797B7B1145C18361508FA2922407"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA to ensure that a Member State of the IAEA that is under investigation for a breach of or noncompliance with its IAEA obligations or the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations has its privileges suspended, including—</text>
<clause id="H091BB5E5743A4AEC9B6CD49D8D17CE4" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limiting its ability to vote on its case;</text></clause>
<clause id="H60F3D8A0B3074F22A02684B6A6C341E9" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>being prevented from receiving any technical assistance; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HBF4665C4D1B947349B4DADEF9F3F951" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>being prevented from hosting meetings.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5B084C87F1584316856870F1DD72C96"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Termination of penalties</header><text>The penalties specified under subparagraph (A) shall be terminated when such investigation is concluded and such Member State is no longer in such breach or noncompliance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H39385527BD5445B9B813D1AA44E7C058"><enum>(b)</enum><header>United States contributions</header>
<paragraph id="H31DCC1486FFE4256B582CA6579363012"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Voluntary contributions</header><text>Voluntary contributions of the United States to the IAEA should primarily be used to fund activities relating to Nuclear Safety and Security or activities relating to Nuclear Verification.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD33E7A2AEE241A799BE8126DD405358"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1245C1B27EBA48D589E3B27F6CC15BA9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that funds for safeguards inspections are prioritized for countries that have newly established nuclear programs or are initiating nuclear programs; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1AD5DA1CC2BB4CBEA0470064F316D48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>block the allocation of funds for any other IAEA development, environmental, or nuclear science assistance or activity to a country—</text>
<clause id="HC27C87A5E3EC4F9692D8D279D1A7AF18"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism and the government of which the Secretary has determined has not dismantled and surrendered its weapons of mass destruction programs under international verification;</text></clause>
<clause id="H37AAC89D562E4556A1E7C55C69FDF1A5" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is under investigation for a breach of or noncompliance with its IAEA obligations or the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HE0FC79C11A664097A52D07147F119365"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is in violation of its IAEA obligations or the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H22C6DF2C5B414FCF84689052FF06B1D5" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Detail of expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA to secure, as part of the regular budget presentation of the IAEA to Member States of the IAEA, a detailed breakdown by country of expenditures of the IAEA for safeguards inspections and nuclear security activities.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3C83238825604AB3B9D543784ECFE511"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="HFD47FAF7823643F6BDE49F0054A2085C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA to block the membership on the Board of Governors of the IAEA for a Member State of the IAEA that has not signed and ratified the Additional Protocol and—</text>
<subparagraph id="H320E5E0F1A1F4E89AFC12E1FB6393ED1" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is under investigation for a breach of or noncompliance with its IAEA obligations or the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD67D730B7C1045828839377BDEC9BFE" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is in violation of its IAEA obligations or the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAFE18E343E1943B1A38CD803B77021C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA shall make every effort to modify the criteria for Board membership to reflect the principles described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H199C5DAF2C7343C3A81D11E982A050D5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually for two years thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H8B6F5FEDA9A443CFBD99FD25DEF5A3CB"><enum>302.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding the Nuclear Security Action Plan of the IAEA</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the national security interests of the United States are enhanced by the Nuclear Security Action Plan of the IAEA and the Board of Governors should recommend, and the General Conference should adopt, a resolution incorporating the Nuclear Security Action Plan into the regular budget of the IAEA.</text></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>Peacekeeping</header>
<section id="H3AAB65146349448C8EE7C5EA7B36E508" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HC65345F5E11F4631A7A400FFEE005960"><enum>(1)</enum><text>although United Nations peacekeeping operations have contributed greatly toward the promotion of peace and stability for the past 57 years and the majority of peacekeeping personnel who have served under the United Nations flag have done so with honor and courage, the record of United Nations peacekeeping has been severely tarnished by operational failures and unconscionable acts of misconduct; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA719F1BDD1FD459E950013B0911EFDF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the reputation of and confidence in United Nations peacekeeping operations is to be restored, fundamental and far-reaching reforms, particularly in the areas of planning, management, training, conduct, and discipline, must be implemented without delay.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HE60F970C5EA14B80AF39116F5CAC9C66" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Statement of policy relating to reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall be the policy of the United States to pursue reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations in the following areas:</text>
<paragraph id="H8832215168EB4D7C92F907CB273D41E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Planning and management</header>
<subparagraph id="H86F96246172343F6AF31693BC400A0BF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Global audit</header><text>As the size, cost, and number of United Nations peacekeeping operations have increased substantially over the past decade, an independent audit of each such operation, with a view toward <quote>right-sizing</quote> operations and ensuring that such operations are cost effective, should be conducted and its findings reported to the Security Council.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H013BC2CBF9464F01BDD694658C90E65" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review of mandates and closing operations</header><text>In conjunction with the audit described in subparagraph (A), the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations should conduct a comprehensive review of all United Nations peacekeeping operation mandates, with a view toward identifying objectives that are practical and achievable, and report its findings to the Security Council. In particular, the review should consider the following:</text>
<clause id="H207F1413F67C4495A765A543F85545CC" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Activities that fall beyond the scope of traditional peacekeeping activities should be delegated to a new Peacebuilding Commission, described in paragraph (3).</text></clause>
<clause id="HDB60EAE85F1A4FB2A820E14E94D02A8" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Long-standing operations that are static and cannot fulfill their mandate should be downsized or closed.</text></clause>
<clause id="H3EB762540A2748B4AB4592782780B567" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Where there is legitimate concern that the withdrawal from a country of an otherwise static United Nations peacekeeping operation would result in the resumption of major conflict, a burden-sharing arrangement that reduces the level of assessed contributions, similar to that currently supporting the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, should be explored and instituted.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D4F605F80D74C2E00D1AFB08B48BF0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Leadership</header><text>As peacekeeping operations become larger and increasingly complex, the Secretariat should adopt a minimum standard of qualifications for senior leaders and managers, with particular emphasis on specific skills and experience, and current senior leaders and managers who do not meet those standards should be removed or reassigned.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H875F97A4601F4353816FCCF2769D7639"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Pre-deployment training</header><text>Pre-deployment training on interpretation of the mandate of the operation, specifically in the areas of use of force, civilian protection and field conditions, the Code of Conduct, HIV/AIDS, and human rights should be mandatory, and all personnel, regardless of category or rank, should be required to sign an oath that each has received and understands such training as a condition of participation in the operation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE8A582C4D2142338CF233517E1750C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conduct and discipline</header>
<subparagraph id="H651F6294633A4D1692CF346BB72D5D9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Adoption of a Uniform Code of Conduct</header><text>A single, uniform Code of Conduct that has the status of a binding rule and applies equally to all personnel serving in United Nations peacekeeping operations, regardless of category or rank, should be promulgated, adopted, and enforced.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB0F40E292244839B49B9000CE787485"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Understanding the Code of Conduct</header><text>All personnel, regardless of category or rank, should receive training on the Code of Conduct prior to deployment with a peacekeeping operation, in addition to periodic follow-on training. In particular—</text>
<clause id="HD9820117BC6E48EBBBB41EE638095D1B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all personnel, regardless of category or rank, should be provided with a personal copy of the Code of Conduct that has been translated into the national language of such personnel, regardless of whether such language is an official language of the United Nations;</text></clause>
<clause id="H255004A5A49D42B9ABB3BF16FB30AFF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all personnel, regardless of category or rank, should sign an oath that each has received a copy of the Code of Conduct, that each pledges to abide by the Code of Conduct, and that each understands the consequences of violating the Code of Conduct, including immediate termination of the participation of such personnel in the peacekeeping operation to which such personnel is assigned as a condition of appointment to such operation; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0BB586199C59439E81FE853D6CE70015"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>peacekeeping operations should conduct educational outreach programs to reach local communities where peacekeeping personnel of such operations are based, including explaining prohibited acts on the part of United Nations peacekeeping personnel and identifying the individual to whom the local population may direct complaints or file allegations of exploitation, abuse, or other acts of misconduct.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCD7D5CA88572485FA17C677EC81014B3" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Monitoring Mechanisms</header><text>Dedicated monitoring mechanisms, such as the Personnel Conduct Units already deployed to support United Nations peacekeeping operations in Haiti, Liberia, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, should be present in each operation to monitor compliance with the Code of Conduct, and—</text>
<clause id="H9133B9139F744C3EB3B6002E2B2781CF" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>should report simultaneously to the Head of Mission, the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and the Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping Operations (established under section 104(b)(10)); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H474C5F7B18CC4427A7340072F3BEBC" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>should be tasked with designing and implementing mission-specific measures to prevent misconduct, conduct follow-on training for personnel, coordinate community outreach programs, and assist in investigations, as OIOS determines necessary and appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H772DCABA72F848C1A655A680E4E73201"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Investigations</header><text>A permanent, professional, and independent investigative body should be established and introduced into United Nations peacekeeping operations. In particular—</text>
<clause id="H774DA8BBC3904124BCAFDDBF070C2C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the investigative body should include professionals with experience in investigating sex crimes, as well as experts who can provide guidance on standards of proof and evidentiary requirements necessary for any subsequent legal action;</text></clause>
<clause id="H768EDC8508E541F28C89E0447D935100"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provisions should be included in a Model Memorandum of Understanding that obligate Member States that contribute troops to a peacekeeping operation to designate a military prosecutor who will participate in any investigation into an allegation of misconduct brought against an individual of such Member State, so that evidence is collected and preserved in a manner consistent with the military law of such Member State;</text></clause>
<clause id="H551EEA398CC04F50B6889D4EF7564B24"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the investigative body should be regionally based to ensure rapid deployment and should be equipped with modern forensics equipment for the purpose of positively identifying perpetrators and, where necessary, for determining paternity; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC6BC7604242947D98B8276CEC84D8814"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the investigative body should report directly to the Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping Operations, while providing copies of any reports to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Head of Mission, and the Member State concerned.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BEC8A22B35C41028362F3CEA720CFF7" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Follow-up</header><text>A dedicated unit, similar to the Personnel Conduct Units, staffed and funded through existing resources, should be established within the headquarters of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations and tasked with—</text>
<clause id="HE96AD21EF0954809B227E9E23938B0E1" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promulgating measures to prevent misconduct;</text></clause>
<clause id="H1FF33F2BD8884289A77CF56C27DB693C" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>coordinating allegations of misconduct, and reports received by field personnel; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC5130C4AE9AF4A65BE97EB52F3360090" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>gathering follow-up information on completed investigations, particularly by focusing on disciplinary actions against the individual concerned taken by the United Nations or by the Member State that is contributing troops to which such individual belongs, and sharing such information with the Security Council, the Head of Mission, and the community hosting the peacekeeping operation.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6736174F3A7E47CE96A884EBA814865E"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Financial liability and victims assistance</header><text>Although peacekeeping operations should provide immediate medical assistance to victims of sexual abuse or exploitation, the responsibility for providing longer-term treatment, care, or restitution lies solely with the individual found guilty of the misconduct. In particular, the following reforms should be implemented:</text>
<clause id="H09E17E42620C47D794D0991DCAC44074"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The United Nations should not assume responsibility for providing long-term treatment or compensation by creating a <quote>Victims Trust Fund</quote>, or any other such similar fund, financed through assessed contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations, thereby shielding individuals from personal liability and reinforcing an atmosphere of impunity.</text></clause>
<clause id="HBF9CB5F0D5704135A74BA2CDB70ED42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If an individual responsible for misconduct has been repatriated, reassigned, redeployed, or is otherwise unable to provide assistance, responsibility for providing assistance to a victim should be assigned to the Member State that contributed the troops to which such individual belonged or to the manager concerned.</text></clause>
<clause id="H3FE87913DF204A5EA052F7C1D504CE45" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In the case of misconduct by a member of a military contingent, appropriate funds shall be withheld from the troop contributing country concerned.</text></clause>
<clause id="H3E05122F36334ED5AEAECA5419BD6CB3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>In the case of misconduct by a civilian employee or contractor of the United Nations, appropriate wages shall be garnished from such individual or fines shall be imposed against such individual, consistent with existing United Nations Staff Rules.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF831F9E8BC74D90AD3E4221B89847C1"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Managers and Commanders</header><text>The manner in which managers and commanders handle cases of misconduct by those serving under them should be included in their individual performance evaluations, so that managers and commanders who take decisive action to deter and address misconduct are rewarded, while those who create a permissive environment or impede investigations are penalized or relieved of duty, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HECC0023A955C4900B94D7C125BDD7974"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Data Base</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A centralized data base should be created and maintained within the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations to track cases of misconduct, including the outcome of investigations and subsequent prosecutions, to ensure that personnel who have engaged in misconduct or other criminal activities, regardless of category or rank, are permanently barred from participation in future peacekeeping operations.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3909FE812CB64E0BB63F3D95C6831299" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Welfare</header><text>Peacekeeping operations should assume responsibility for maintaining a minimum standard of welfare for mission personnel to ameliorate conditions of service, while adjustments are made to the discretionary welfare payments currently provided to Member States that contribute troops to offset the cost of operation-provided recreational facilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE4CADF2C9E20419799CDB399E0D6F781"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Peacebuilding Commission</header>
<subparagraph id="H4F1C52A1384F4C7EBB07D26B9194A2F6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Consistent with the recommendations of the High Level Panel Report, the United Nations should establish a Peacebuilding Commission, supported by a Peacebuilding Support Office, to marshal the efforts of the United Nations, international financial institutions, donors, and non-governmental organizations to assist countries in transition from war to peace.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H204460214117417CB44E7B22513BF61C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Structure and membership</header><text>The Commission should—</text>
<clause id="HB97882601D924290AA8297CB5CC5325"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be a subsidiary body of the United Nations Security Council, limited in size to ensure efficiency;</text></clause>
<clause id="H44FE3CD9FEFA46699720CFFA644D8CC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include members of the United Nations Security Council, major donors, major troop contributing countries, appropriate United Nations organizations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0E24C0D1A948481DB7779F96AD55D7D4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>invite the President of ECOSOC, regional actors, Member States that contribute troops, regional development banks, and other concerned parties that are not already members, as determined appropriate, to consult or participate in meetings as observers.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F5E51E844FE43C0944EF88578DE9607"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The Commission should seek to ease the demands currently placed upon the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to undertake tasks that fall beyond the scope of traditional peacekeeping, by—</text>
<clause id="HB56DD13DCC6A4F119856ADB38535291E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>developing and integrating country-specific and system-wide conflict prevention, post-conflict reconstruction, and long-term development policies and strategies; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HEE06F468FB2E43E3A3BA10A629C08564"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>serving as the key coordinating body for the design and implementation of military, humanitarian, and civil administration aspects of complex missions.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1E027D5E6DE2448AB9203EBBEE700953"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Resources</header><text>The establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission and the related Peacebuilding Support Office, should be staffed within existing resources.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H33718CE2D9C84E6B9F50C7D995BE341B" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Certification</header>
<subsection id="HAE04A9C1471346AABF4CD16D1426E66E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>New or expanded peacekeeping operations contingent upon Presidential certification of peacekeeping operations reforms</header>
<paragraph id="H6182DA881DBB47128976C63E5222E9B0" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No new or expanded peacekeeping operations</header>
<subparagraph id="H6060A04FF20A46019B1DB48EA7691135" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), until the Secretary of State certifies that the requirements described in paragraph (2) have been satisfied, the President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to oppose the creation of new, or expansion of existing, United Nations peacekeeping operations.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2DE6C0CA45145ADB5004F4D30E871D8" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception and notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements described under subparagraphs (F) and (G) of paragraph (2) may be waived until January 1, 2007, if the President determines that such is in the national interest of the United States. If the President makes such a determination, the President shall, not later than 15 days before the exercise of such waiver, notify the appropriate congressional committees of such determination and resulting waiver.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H95B1999566684233A29DDDE8537E4FD5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification of peacekeeping operations reforms</header><text>The certification referred to in paragraph (1) is a certification made by the Secretary to the appropriate congressional committees that the following reforms, or an equivalent set of reforms, related to peacekeeping operations have been adopted by the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations or the General Assembly, as appropriate:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5DD82F6428D840F7A9B2A508459EA5A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A single, uniform Code of Conduct that has the status of a binding rule and applies equally to all personnel serving in United Nations peacekeeping operations, regardless of category or rank, has been adopted by the General Assembly and mechanisms have been established for training such personnel concerning the requirements of the Code and enforcement of the Code.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF83C60EE69024E7C9CF00000FB6CE12C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>All personnel, regardless of category or rank, serving in a peacekeeping operation have been trained concerning the requirements of the Code of Conduct and each has been given a personal copy of the Code, translated into the national language of such personnel.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4227B6CA8D384008A284BC092487EDAE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>All personnel, regardless of category or rank, are required to sign an oath that each has received a copy of the Code of Conduct, that each pledges to abide by the Code, and that each understands the consequences of violating the Code, including the immediate termination of the participation of such personnel in the peacekeeping operation to which such personnel is assigned as a condition of the appointment to such operation.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H16C7A9493EF14DB78EC69D45E9DDAAA8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>All peacekeeping operations have designed and implemented educational outreach programs to reach local communities where peacekeeping personnel of such operations are based to explain prohibited acts on the part of United Nations peacekeeping personnel and to identify the individual to whom the local population may direct complaints or file allegations of exploitation, abuse, or other acts of misconduct.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4257509B8714E6D97AD613507DA0FD" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A centralized data base has been created and is being maintained in the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations that tracks cases of misconduct, including the outcomes of investigations and subsequent prosecutions, to ensure that personnel, regardless of category or rank, who have engaged in misconduct or other criminal activities are permanently barred from participation in future peacekeeping operations.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA7DB4033A292432FA34D2829E0F81466"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A Model Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations and each Member State that contributes troops to a peacekeeping operation has been adopted by the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations that specifically obligates each such Member State to—</text>
<clause id="H2E61F8F626D9469E8714D3BA8217E613"><enum>(i)</enum><text>designate a competent legal authority, preferably a prosecutor with expertise in the area of sexual exploitation and abuse, to participate in any investigation into an allegation of misconduct brought against an individual of such Member State;</text></clause>
<clause id="H74A6C29ACCFD4C848CCD3000FEB97EC4" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>refer to its competent national or military authority for possible prosecution, if warranted, any investigation of a violation of the Code of Conduct or other criminal activity by an individual of such Member State;</text></clause>
<clause id="H814D22AB2EA64AA8007B9B5288BB359D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>report to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations on the outcome of any such investigation;</text></clause>
<clause id="HBEFF0FCAF5334F7BA1A2803E03EE139C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>undertake to conduct on-site court martial proceedings relating to allegations of misconduct alleged against an individual of such Member State; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H9CAF461895284E69A107ECA1D835B41"><enum>(v)</enum><text>assume responsibility for the provision of appropriate assistance to a victim of misconduct committed by an individual of such Member State.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE0F847B80C4945B79DD91C196DE6D353"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A professional and independent investigative and audit function has been established within the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the OIOS to monitor United Nations peacekeeping operations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>V</enum><header>Department of State and Government Accountability Office</header>
<section id="H6E0E37DF242A4DB29993DB6814FF2311" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>501.</enum><header>Positions for United States citizens at international organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall make every effort to recruit United States citizens for positions within international organizations.</text></section>
<section id="H88F7B1E82E2244AF975B9CAE21C1DF1E"><enum>502.</enum><header>Budget justification for regular assessed budget of the United Nations</header>
<subsection id="H8425FA456F8447F5AB463626C9784076"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Detailed itemization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The annual congressional budget justification shall include a detailed itemized request in support of the assessed contribution of the United States to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H893CCCAC62154E908D28229979D738D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of detailed itemization</header><text>The detailed itemization required under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H6EBE8DBB8E0A48BCA85640C333017F2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contain information relating to the amounts requested in support of each of the various sections and titles of the regular assessed budget of the United Nations; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA9D8F69CDC2434880F11DB0129C4B22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>compare the amounts requested for the current year with the actual or estimated amounts contributed by the United States in previous fiscal years for the same sections and titles.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA529A6BCD0544E8F98551FA71798F24"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Adjustments and notification</header><text>If the United Nations proposes an adjustment to its regular assessed budget, the Secretary of State shall, at the time such adjustment is presented to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), notify and consult with the appropriate congressional committees.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HBF6EECBD2ECE4D538EAAFF32E9E7472B"><enum>503.</enum><header>Review and report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall conduct a review of programs of the United Nations that are funded through assessed contributions and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H7F5E23CD742A4408A62DBD1CECA26BA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the findings of such review; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H63AFEBA7AE1A477FA800EBC77767E0EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H56C735D02714489095655091309DCB52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the continuation of such programs; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0EF57C689261430AB045FF60FC7FBD66"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which of such programs should be voluntarily funded, other than those specified in subparagraphs (A) through (R) of subsection (c)(2) of section 11 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended by section 101(c) of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H1341C84F7E114558A5FDD559D6D1CE92" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header>Government Accountability Office</header>
<subsection id="HE9F1AD16E49E45B3B5CDA0053495D39"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report on United Nations reforms</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act and again 12 months thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States of the Government Accountability Office shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of the 1997, 2002, and 2005 management reforms initiated by the Secretary General and on the reforms mandated by this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H26865F4D17B34B86AB7063B73E502900"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on Department of State certifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than six months after each certification submitted by the Secretary of State to the appropriate congressional committees under this Act and subsection (d)(3) of section 11 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (as amended by section 101(c) of this Act), the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on each such certification. The Secretary shall provide the Comptroller General with any information required by the Comptroller General to submit any such report.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>Certifications and withholding of contributions</header>
<section id="H8BD531742034471F8F75BE44215F87E"><enum>601.</enum><header>Certifications and withholding of contributions</header>
<subsection id="H60F25DBC27934B5DBD008058D02D5743"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certifications</header>
<paragraph id="HFEF9361A77EB4CFBA98C096796A2F41C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), the certifications required under subsection (d)(3) of section 11 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (as amended by section 101(c) of this Act) and section 103, sections 104(a) through 104(e), sections 201(c) and 201(e), and section 202 of this Act are certifications submitted to the appropriate congressional committees by the Secretary of State that the requirements of each such section have been satisfied with respect to reform of the United Nations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6868D0EBCCA14507822936A02BDB128"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alternate certification mechanism</header>
<subparagraph id="HDFE26187B5DC47F4B29169BE4B2C31EF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the event that the Secretary is unable to submit a certification in accordance with paragraph (1), the Secretary may submit to the appropriate congressional committees, in accordance with subparagraph (B), an alternate certification that certifies that the requirements of the section to which the original certification applies have been implemented through reforms that are substantially similar to the requirements of such section or accomplish the same purposes as the requirements of such section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9C8279A86FE486D96B72688734F63CE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Equivalency</header><text>Reforms are substantially similar or accomplish the same purposes if—</text>
<clause id="HCC81DDCE3FA24EF6B7CC438E004C46A7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such reforms are formally adopted in written form by the entity or committee of the United Nations or of its specialized agency that has authority to enact or implement such reforms or are issued by the Secretariat or the appropriate entity or committee in written form; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H1629AD52346C48BBAAE7517F2B39BB9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such reforms are not identical to the reforms required by a particular certification but in the determination of the Secretary will have the same, or nearly the same effect, as such reforms.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0EFBA30166624AF38B82B62B2B624300"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Written justification and consultation</header>
<clause id="HC0CEB1389F5B4E08836300FBED8549DE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Written justification</header><text>Not later than 30 days before submitting an alternate certification in accordance with subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a written justification explaining in detail the basis for such alternate certification.</text></clause>
<clause id="H50A38F89CE94420D815FD128BE940069" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>After the Secretary has submitted the written justification under clause (i), but no later than 15 days before the Secretary exercises the alternate certification mechanism described under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees regarding such exercise.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA8048ED3964C49F28263B0AF8FDC008F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limited exception for substantial compliance</header>
<subparagraph id="H06C42605A6574C5C94E01F187D76A409"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Substantial compliance</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), if at least 32 of the 39 reforms represented by the ten certifications specified under paragraph (1) have been implemented, all such reforms (including the unimplemented reforms) so represented shall be deemed to have been implemented for the year in which the Secretary submits such certifications.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H64BD4457104F475AA77865113B871D40"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Mandatory implementation of certain reforms</header>
<clause id="H86763C2B66F243BCAD00A9B17CD9F633"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The provisions of subparagraph (A) shall not apply unless the reforms under the following sections have been implemented for the year to which subparagraph (A) applies:</text>
<subclause id="HCAB2BEE98C1144D38285655B0045C22F" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (d)(3) of section 11 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (as amended by section 101(c) of this Act).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA471D971B02843F0B36EE8DF1D6790D6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Section 103(b)(1)(A).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H198CB9A6A0E24AE88137B2031189F31F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Section 103(b)(2)(D).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HBB6C3979F43F454A8800DDAF3491A426"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Section 104(a)(1).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC0C05CFAD35E4A87A7EA13F01C574B4D"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Section 104(a)(6).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HADD44D128BD94E4BA46416941CCF5431"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Section 104(b)(1).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA2966BADFF9F4C35A3BA13C4CA393795"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Section 104(b)(2).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H7A318242FE6E49E78236016D6471324B"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Section 104(c)(1).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H32676AB6A0174338BEEBFB4FEA7FA6D7"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Section 201(b)(1).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H93FEA439B4CE402D9E4BE30952B650AC"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Section 201(b)(2).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF9405BFD6A074086A633F06564B62E55"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>Section 201(b)(3).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H30A28D71FE0642ECBFDD37D8562600B5"><enum>(XII)</enum><text>Section 201(b)(5).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3AE5EA812A8B4F29A17445190911B0F8"><enum>(XIII)</enum><text>Section 202(a)(1).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HE5EA0BA69F7A44C6B384258D78B84791"><enum>(XIV)</enum><text>Section 202(a)(2).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H4F684C5CED474FC3B241005D4CA0089"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Full compliance in succeeding year</header><text>If the unimplemented reforms under subparagraph (A) are not implemented in the year succeeding the year to which subparagraph (A) applies, the provisions of subsection (b) shall apply for such succeeding year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9F6F8B3A8ABD46AE827CD0358BA8E425"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Withholding of United States contributions to regular assessed budget of the United Nations</header>
<paragraph id="HBD695A0E259047C8856E7DFF3080C224"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (4) and in accordance with paragraph (2), until such time as all certifications (or alternate certifications) are submitted in accordance with subsection (a), the United States shall appropriate, but withhold from expenditure, 50 percent of the contributions of the United States to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations for a biennial period.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD385EA1FAEAB43B090EC2CC4335B294"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Available until expended</header><text>The contributions appropriated but withheld from expenditure under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H049411A2BC794D9C98658CACD9524EAB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application with respect to section 11(b) of the United Nation Participation Act of 1945</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Until such time as all certifications (or alternate certifications) are submitted in accordance with subsection (a), subsection (b) of section 11 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (as amended by section 101(c) of this Act) shall be administered as though such section reads as follows: <quote>The Secretary may not make a contribution to a regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Nations in an amount greater than 11 percent of the amount calculable under subsection (c).</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B8FB5314A69423C95AF8E8DAC00FA02"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Section 11(d)(3) of United Nations Participation Act of 1945</header>
<subparagraph id="H97B9B86AA2C248C1BBE77EAAB42DC69C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A certification under subsection (d)(3) of section 11 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (as amended by section 101(c) of this Act) (relating to the 2008–2009 biennial period and subsequent biennial periods) shall not be required until such time as the United Nations makes its formal budget presentation for the 2008–2009 biennial period.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCCB38891B49D4773814820E7DF898DD5" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary does not submit a certification under such section, the 50 percent withholding described under paragraph (1) shall apply.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBA304B02DCAA4A389E000222E74530CD" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Release of funds</header><text>At such time as all certifications (or alternate certifications) are submitted in accordance with subsection (a), the United States shall transfer to the United Nations amounts appropriated but withheld from expenditure under subsection (b).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD5DD2AB59E6B40B2AF7D5CB84F9F9B29"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual reviews</header>
<paragraph id="H8A33B2C40B344770B7BABDAAFA1F97DE" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct annual reviews, beginning one year after the date on which the Secretary submits the final certification (or alternate certification) in accordance with subsection (a), to determine if the United Nations continues to remain in compliance with all such certifications (or alternate certifications). Not later than 30 days after the completion of each such review, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing the findings of each such review.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE82ACBABA0DD43CB94FAC3C9C371000" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If during the course of any such review the Secretary determines that the United Nations has failed to remain in compliance with a certification (or an alternate certification) that was submitted in accordance with subsection (a), the 50 percent withholding described under subsection (b) shall re-apply with respect to United States contributions each fiscal year to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations beginning with the fiscal year immediately following such review and subsequent fiscal years until such time as all certifications (or alternate certifications) under subsection (a) have been submitted.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB0A5A989214F47369E4788C405D22190"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The certifications (or alternate certifications) specified under subsection (a) shall be required with respect to United States contributions towards payment of regular assessed dues of the United Nations for 2007 and subsequent years.</text></subsection></section>
June 10, 2005
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed