[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HENRY J. HYDE U.N. REFORM ACT

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, in 1994, staffers at UNICEF's Kenya office 
defrauded or squandered up to $10 million. In the Congo in the last 
year, U.N. peacekeepers and civilian personnel stand accused of 
widespread sexual exploitation of refugees of the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo and a $10 billion oil-for-food scandal. Mr. Speaker, it is 
time for U.N. reform with teeth. It is time for the Henry J. Hyde U.N. 
Reform Act.
  In the Hyde bill, this Congress will bring about a new prioritization 
of programs, increased accountability and oversight, and strengthen 
human rights institutions within the body. Under the Hyde bill, the 
U.N. must meet 32 of 39 reforms, 14 of which are mandatory, or they 
face the potential consequences of a 50 percent reduction in U.N. 
assessed dues in the very near future.
  It is time to save the U.N. from scandals and mismanagement. It is 
time for U.N. reform with teeth. Let us pass tomorrow the Henry J. Hyde 
U.N. Reform Act.

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