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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1313 

To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within the United 

Nations system, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 17, 2013 

Mr. RUBIO introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within 

the United Nations system, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Re6 form Act of 2013’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is 

8 as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—UNITED STATES POLICY AT THE UNITED NATIONS 


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Sec. 101. United States contributions to the United Nations system. 

Sec. 102. Budget justification for United States contributions to the regular 

budget of the United Nations. 

Sec. 103. Annual publication. 

Sec. 104. Annual financial disclosure. 

Sec. 105. Policy with respect to expansion of the United Nations Security 

Council. 

Sec. 106. Access to reports and audits. 

Sec. 107. Waiver of immunity. 

Sec. 108. Terrorism and the United Nations. 

Sec. 109. United Nations treaty bodies. 

Sec. 110. Anti-semitism and the United Nations. 

Sec. 111. United States policy on tier 3 human rights violators. 

TITLE II—TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR UNITED 

STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS 

Sec. 201. Definitions. 

Sec. 202. Establishment and management of the Office of the United States 

Inspector General for Contributions to the United Nations System. 

Sec. 203. Transparency for United States contributions. 

Sec. 204. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—STATUS OF PALESTINIAN ENTITIES AT THE UNITED 

NATIONS 

Sec. 301. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 302. Implementation. 

TITLE IV—UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 

Sec. 401. United Nations Human Rights Council. 

TITLE V—GOLDSTONE REPORT 

Sec. 501. Goldstone Report. 

TITLE VI—DURBAN PROCESS 

Sec. 601. Non-participation in the Durban process. 

Sec. 602. Withholding of funds; refund of United States taxpayer dollars. 

TITLE VII—UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR 

PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST 

Sec. 701. United States contributions to UNRWA. 

Sec. 702. Sense of Congress. 

TITLE VIII—INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY 

Sec. 801. Technical Cooperation Program. 

Sec. 802. United States policy at the IAEA. 

Sec. 803. Sense of Congress regarding the Nuclear Security Action Plan of the 

IAEA. 

TITLE IX—PEACEKEEPING 

Sec. 901. Policy relating to reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations. 


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Sec. 902. Certification. 

TITLE X—REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 

Sec. 1001. Report on United Nations reform. 

Sec. 1002. Report on United States contributions to the United Nations. 

Sec. 1003. Report to Congress on voting practices in the United Nations. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committees on Foreign Relations, 

7 Appropriations, and Homeland Security and 

8 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

9 (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 

10 Appropriations, and Oversight and Government 

11 Reform of the House of Representatives. 

12 (2) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means 

13 an individual who is employed in the general serv14 ices, professional staff, or senior management of the 

15 United Nations, including consultants, contractors, 

16 and subcontractors. 

17 (3) GENERAL ASSEMBLY.—The term ‘‘General 

18 Assembly’’ means the General Assembly of the 

19 United Nations. 

20 (4) MEMBER STATE.—The term ‘‘Member 

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1 tions. Such term is synonymous with the term 

2 ‘‘country’’. 

3 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

4 the Secretary of State. 

5 (6) SECRETARY-GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Sec6 retary-General’’ means the Secretary-General of the 

7 United Nations. 

8 (7) SECURITY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Security 

9 Council’’ means the Security Council of the United 

10 Nations. 

11 (8) UN.—The term ‘‘UN’’ means the United 

12 Nations. 

13 (9) UNITED NATIONS ENTITY.—The term 

14 ‘‘United Nations entity’’ means any United Nations 

15 agency, commission, conference, council, court, de16 partment, forum, fund, institute, office, organiza17 tion, partnership, program, subsidiary body, tri18 bunal, trust, university or academic body, related or19 ganization or subsidiary body, wherever located, that 

20 flies the United Nations flag or is authorized to use 

21 the United Nations logo, including but not limited to 

22 those United Nations affiliated agencies and bodies 

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1 ner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

2 Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2424). 

3 (10) UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM.—The term 

4 ‘‘United Nations system’’ means the aggregation of 

5 all United Nations entities, as defined in paragraph 

6 (9). 

7 (11) UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION.—The 

8 term ‘‘United States contribution’’ means an as9 sessed or voluntary contribution, whether financial, 

10 in-kind, or otherwise, from the United States Fed11 eral Government to a United Nations entity, includ12 ing contributions passed through other entities for 

13 ultimate use by a United Nations entity. United 

14 States contributions include those contributions 

15 identified pursuant to section 1225(b)(3)(E) of the 

16 John Warner National Defense Authorization Act 

17 for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 

18 Stat. 2424). 

19 TITLE I—UNITED STATES POL20 ICY AT THE UNITED NATIONS 

21 SEC. 101. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED 

22 NATIONS SYSTEM. 

23 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

24 of the United States— 


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1 (1) to pursue the goal of zero nominal growth 

2 of the regular budget of the United Nations above 

3 the 2012–2013 regular budget; 

4 (2) to maintain the 22-percent cap on assessed 

5 contributions to the United Nations regular budget, 

6 and to establish similar maximum assessments for 

7 other United Nations entities; 

8 (3) to establish a 25-percent cap on United 

9 States contributions to the United Nations Peace10 keeping Operations budget; and 

11 (4) to shift funding for the regular budget of 

12 the United Nations from assessed to voluntary con13 tributions. 

14 (b) REQUIREMENT TO SEEK CHANGE.—The Presi15 dent shall direct the United States Permanent Represent16 ative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and 

17 influence of the United States at the United Nations to 

18 shift the funding mechanism for the regular budget of the 

19 United Nations to a voluntary basis, and to make it a pri20 ority to build support for such a transformational change 

21 among Member States, particularly key United Nations 

22 donors. 


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1 SEC. 102. BUDGET JUSTIFICATION FOR UNITED STATES 

2 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE REGULAR BUDGET 

3 OF THE UNITED NATIONS. 

4 (a) DETAILED ITEMIZATION.—The President shall 

5 include in the budget justification documents submitted 

6 to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 

7 United States Code, a detailed itemized request in support 

8 of the contribution of the United States to the regular 

9 budget of the United Nations. 

10 (b) CONTENTS OF DETAILED ITEMIZATION.—The 

11 detailed itemization required under subsection (a) shall— 

12 (1) contain information relating to the amounts 

13 requested in support of each of the various sections 

14 and programs of the regular budget of the United 

15 Nations; and 

16 (2) compare the amounts requested for the cur17 rent year with the actual or estimated amounts con18 tributed by the United States in previous fiscal years 

19 for the same sections and titles. 

20 (c) ADJUSTMENTS AND NOTIFICATION.—If the 

21 United Nations proposes an adjustment to its regular as22 sessed budget, the Secretary shall, at the time such adjust23 ment is presented to the Advisory Committee on Adminis24 trative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), notify and 

25 consult with the appropriate congressional committees. 


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1 SEC. 103. ANNUAL PUBLICATION. 

2 The President shall direct the United States Perma3 nent Representative to the United Nations to use the 

4 voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 

5 United Nations to ensure the United Nations publishes 

6 annually, including on a publicly searchable internet 

7 website, a list of all United Nations subsidiary bodies and 

8 their functions, budgets, staff, and contributions, both vol9 untary and assessed, sorted by donor. 

10 SEC. 104. ANNUAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. 

11 The President shall direct the United States Perma12 nent Representative to the United Nations to use the 

13 voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 

14 United Nations to adopt and implement a system wide re15 quirement at the United Nations for the filing of indi16 vidual annual financial disclosure forms by each employee 

17 of the United Nations and its specialized agencies, pro18 grams, and funds at the D–1 level and above, which shall 

19 be made available to the Office of Internal Oversight Serv20 ices, to Member States, and to the public at a similar level 

21 of detail as that required of United States Government 

22 officials under title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 

23 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 4 101 et seq.). 


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1 SEC. 105. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO EXPANSION OF THE 

2 UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. 

3 It is the policy of the United States to use the voice, 

4 vote, and influence of the United States at the United Na5 tions to oppose any proposals on expansion of the Security 

6 Council if such expansion would— 

7 (1) diminish the influence of the United States 

8 on the Security Council; 

9 (2) include new members without a record and 

10 ongoing commitment to fully share the responsibil11 ities and burdens as full members of the United Na12 tions, including financial support for the regular 

13 budget and peacekeeping operations of the United 

14 Nations; 

15 (3) include new members that are unable or un16 willing to fully enforce United Nations Security 

17 Council judgments and sanctions; or 

18 (4) include veto rights for any new members of 

19 the Security Council. 

20 SEC. 106. ACCESS TO REPORTS AND AUDITS. 

21 The President shall direct the United States Perma22 nent Representative to the United Nations to use the 

23 voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 

24 United Nations to ensure that Member States may, upon 

25 request, have access to all reports and audits completed 

26 by the Board of External Auditors. 


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1 SEC. 107. WAIVER OF IMMUNITY. 

2 The President shall direct the United States Perma3 nent Representative to the United Nations to use the 

4 voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 

5 United Nations to ensure that the Secretary-General exer6 cises the right and duty of the Secretary-General under 

7 section 20 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immu8 nities of the United Nations to waive the immunity of any 

9 United Nations official in any case in which such immu10 nity would impede the course of justice. In exercising such 

11 waiver, the Secretary-General is urged to interpret the in12 terests of the United Nations as favoring the investigation 

13 or prosecution of a United Nations official who is credibly 

14 under investigation for having committed a serious crimi15 nal offense or who is credibly charged with a serious crimi16 nal offense. 

17 SEC. 108. TERRORISM AND THE UNITED NATIONS. 

18 The President shall direct the United States Perma19 nent Representative to the United Nations to use the 

20 voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 

21 United Nations to work toward adoption by the General 

22 Assembly of— 

23 (1) a definition of terrorism that— 

24 (A) builds upon the recommendations of 

25 the December 2004 report of the High-Level 

26 Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change; 


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1 (B) includes as an essential component of 

2 such definition any action that is intended to 

3 cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians 

4 with the purpose of intimidating a population 

5 or compelling a government or an international 

6 organization to do, or abstain from doing, any 

7 act; and 

8 (C) does not propose a legal or moral 

9 equivalence between an action described in sub10 paragraph (B) and measures taken by a gov11 ernment or international organization in self-de12 fense against an action described in subpara13 graph (B); and 

14 (2) a comprehensive convention on terrorism 

15 that includes the definition described in paragraph 

16 (1). 

17 SEC. 109. UNITED NATIONS TREATY BODIES. 

18 The United States shall withhold from United States 

19 contributions to the regular assessed budget of the United 

20 Nations for a biennial period amounts that are propor21 tional to the percentage of such budget that are expended 

22 with respect to a United Nations human rights treaty 

23 monitoring body or committee that was established by— 


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1 (1) a convention (without any protocols) or an 

2 international covenant (without any protocols) to 

3 which the United States is not party; or 

4 (2) a convention, with a subsequent protocol, if 

5 the United States is a party to neither. 

6 SEC. 110. ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE UNITED NATIONS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct the 

8 United States permanent representative to the United Na9 tions to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 

10 States at the United Nations to make every effort to— 

11 (1) ensure the issuance and implementation of 

12 a directive by the Secretary-General or the Secre13 tariat, as appropriate, that— 

14 (A) requires all employees of the United 

15 Nations and its specialized agencies to officially 

16 and publicly condemn anti-Semitic statements 

17 made at any session of the United Nations or 

18 its specialized agencies, or at any other session 

19 sponsored by the United Nations; 

20 (B) requires employees of the United Na21 tions and its specialized agencies, programs, 

22 and funds to be subject to punitive action, in23 cluding immediate dismissal, for making anti24 Semitic statements or references; 


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1 (C) proposes specific recommendations to 

2 the General Assembly for the establishment of 

3 mechanisms to hold accountable employees and 

4 officials of the United Nations and its special5 ized agencies, programs, and funds, or Member 

6 States, that make such anti-Semitic statements 

7 or references in any forum of the United Na8 tions or of its specialized agencies; 

9 (D) continues to develop and implements 

10 education awareness programs about the Holo11 caust and anti-Semitism throughout the world, 

12 as part of an effort to combat intolerance and 

13 hatred; and 

14 (E) requires the Office of the United Na15 tions High Commissioner for Human Rights 

16 (OHCHR) to develop programming and other 

17 measures that address anti-Semitism; 

18 (2) secure the adoption of a resolution by the 

19 General Assembly that establishes the mechanisms 

20 described in paragraph (1)(C); and 

21 (3) continue working toward further reduction 

22 of anti-Semitism in the United Nations and its spe23 cialized agencies, programs, and funds. 

24 (b) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 

25 any other provision of law, of the amounts appropriated 


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1 or otherwise made available for the United Nations and 

2 its affiliated agencies under the heading ‘‘Contributions 

3 for International Organizations’’ for fiscal year 2013 and 

4 each fiscal year thereafter, $100,000,000 shall be withheld 

5 from obligation or expenditure until the President certifies 

6 to the Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropria7 tions of the Senate and the Committees on Foreign Affairs 

8 and Appropriations of the House of Representative that 

9 no United Nations agency or United Nations affiliated 

10 agency grants any official status, accreditation, or recogni11 tion to any organization which promotes or condones anti12 Semitism, or which includes as a subsidiary or member 

13 any such organization. Funds appropriated for use as a 

14 United States contribution to the United Nations but 

15 withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to this 

16 subsection shall revert to the United States Treasury at 

17 the end of said fiscal year and shall not be considered ar18 rears to be repaid to any United Nations entity. 

19 SEC. 111. UNITED STATES POLICY ON TIER 3 HUMAN 

20 RIGHTS VIOLATORS. 

21 The President shall direct the United States Perma22 nent Representative to the United Nations to use the 

23 voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 

24 United Nations to ensure that no representative of a coun25 try designated by the Department of State pursuant to 


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1 section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) as a Tier 3 country presides as 

3 Chair or President of any United Nations entity. 

4 TITLE II—TRANSPARENCY AND 

5 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 

6 UNITED STATES CONTRIBU7 TIONS TO THE UNITED NA8 TIONS 

9 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this title: 

11 (1) TRANSPARENCY CERTIFICATION.—The term 

12 ‘‘transparency certification’’ means an annual, writ13 ten affirmation by the head or authorized designee 

14 of a United Nations entity that the entity will co15 operate with the Inspector General, including by 

16 providing the Inspector General, upon request, with 

17 full access to oversight information. 

18 (2) OVERSIGHT INFORMATION.—The term 

19 ‘‘oversight information’’ includes— 

20 (A) internally and externally commissioned 

21 audits, investigatory reports, program reviews, 

22 performance reports, and evaluations; 

23 (B) financial statements, records, and bill24 ing systems; 


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1 (C) program budgets and program budget 

2 implications, including revised estimates and re3 ports on budget related matters; 

4 (D) operational plans, budgets, and budg5 etary analyses for peacekeeping operations; 

6 (E) analyses and reports regarding the 

7 scale of assessments; 

8 (F) databases and other data systems con9 taining financial or programmatic information; 

10 (G) documents or other records alleging or 

11 involving improper use of resources, mis12 conduct, mismanagement, or other violations of 

13 rules and regulations applicable to a United 

14 Nations entity; and 

15 (H) other documentation relevant to the 

16 audit and investigative work of the Inspector 

17 General with respect to United States contribu18 tions to the United Nations system. 

19 SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE OF20 FICE OF THE UNITED STATES INSPECTOR 

21 GENERAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 

22 UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM. 

23 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 

24 make possible the independent and objective conduct of 

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1 tributions to the United Nations system and the use of 

2 those contributions by United Nations entities, in an effort 

3 to eliminate and deter waste, fraud, and abuse in the use 

4 of those contributions, and thereby to contribute to the 

5 development of greater transparency, accountability, and 

6 internal controls throughout the United Nations system. 

7 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 

8 the Office of the United States Inspector General for Con9 tributions to the United Nations System. 

10 (c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

11 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The head of the Office of 

12 the United States Inspector General for Contribu13 tions to the United Nations System is the Inspector 

14 General for Contributions to the United Nations 

15 System, who shall be appointed by the President, by 

16 and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on 

17 the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in ac18 counting, auditing, financial analysis, law, manage19 ment analysis, public administration, or investiga20 tions. 

21 (2) NOMINATION.—The nomination of an indi22 vidual as Inspector General shall be made not later 

23 than 30 days after the enactment of this Act. 

24 (3) REMOVAL.—The Inspector General may be 

25 removed from office by the President. The President 


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1 shall communicate the reasons for any such removal 

2 to both Houses of Congress. 

3 (4) COMPENSATION.—The annual rate of basic 

4 pay of the Inspector General shall be the annual rate 

5 of basic pay provided for positions at level IV of the 

6 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (5) RELATIONSHIP TO BOARD.— 

9 (A) Except as provided in subparagraph 

10 (B), the Inspector General shall report directly 

11 to and be under the general supervision of, the 

12 Board of Directors established under subsection 

13 (d). 

14 (B) Neither the Board, any officer of the 

15 Board, nor any officer of a Federal department 

16 or agency shall prevent or prohibit the Inspec17 tor General from initiating, carrying out, or 

18 completing any audit or investigation. 

19 (6) DUTIES.—The Inspector General shall carry 

20 out the following duties: 

21 (A) In accordance with section 4(b)(1) of 

22 the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

23 App.), conducting, supervising, and coordi24 nating audits and investigations of— 


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1 (i) the treatment, handling, expendi2 ture, and use of United States contribu3 tions by and to United Nations entities; 

4 and 

5 (ii) the adequacy of accounting, over6 sight, and internal control mechanisms at 

7 United Nations entities that receive United 

8 States contributions. 

9 (B) In accordance with section 4(b)(1) of 

10 the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

11 App.), establishing, maintaining, and overseeing 

12 such systems, procedures, and controls as the 

13 Inspector General considers appropriate to dis14 charge the duty under subparagraph (A). 

15 (C) Collecting and maintaining current 

16 records regarding transparency certifications by 

17 all United Nations entities that receive United 

18 States contributions. 

19 (D) Keeping the Board of Directors and 

20 Congress fully and promptly informed of how 

21 United Nations entities are spending United 

22 States contributions by means of reports, testi23 mony, and briefings. 

24 (E) Promptly reporting to the United 

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1 eral has reasonable grounds to believe a United 

2 States Federal criminal law has been violated 

3 by a United Nations entity or one of its employ4 ees, contractors, or representatives. 

5 (F) Promptly reporting, when appropriate, 

6 to the Secretary-General or the head of the ap7 propriate United Nations entity cases where the 

8 Inspector General reasonably believes that mis9 management, misfeasance, or malfeasance is 

10 likely to have taken place within a United Na11 tions entity and disciplinary proceedings are 

12 likely justified. 

13 (7) PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND OTHER RE14 SOURCES.— 

15 (A) OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.—The In16 spector General may select, appoint, and em17 ploy such officers and employees as may be nec18 essary for carrying out the duties of the Inspec19 tor General. 

20 (B) SERVICES.—The Inspector General 

21 may obtain services as authorized by section 

22 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at daily 

23 rates not to exceed the equivalent rate pre24 scribed for grade GS–15 of the General Sched25 ule by section 5332 of such title. 


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1 (C) PROPERTY.—The Inspector General 

2 may lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire, im3 prove, and use such real property wherever situ4 ated, as may be necessary for carrying out this 

5 section. 

6 (D) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—To the ex7 tent and in such amounts as may be provided 

8 in advance by appropriations Acts, the Inspec9 tor General my enter into contracts and other 

10 arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and 

11 other services with public agencies and with pri12 vate persons, and make such payments as may 

13 be necessary to carry out the duties of the In14 spector General. 

15 (E) DETAILS.—Upon request by the In16 spector General, the head of a Federal agency 

17 may detail any employee of such agency to the 

18 Office of the United States Inspector General 

19 for Contributions to the United Nations System 

20 on a reimbursable basis. Any employee so de21 tailed remains, for the purpose of preserving 

22 such employee’s allowances, privileges, rights, 

23 seniority, and other benefits, an employee of the 

24 agency from which detailed. 


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1 (8) COOPERATION BY UNITED STATES GOVERN2 MENT ENTITIES.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the du4 ties, responsibilities, and authorities of the In5 spector General under this section, the Inspec6 tor General shall receive the cooperation of in7 spectors general of other Federal Government 

8 agencies. 

9 (B) INFORMATION SHARING.—Upon re10 quest of the Inspector General for information 

11 or assistance from any department, agency, or 

12 other entity of the Federal Government, the 

13 head of such entity shall, insofar as is prac14 ticable and not in contravention of any existing 

15 law, furnish such information or assistance to 

16 the Inspector General, or an authorized des17 ignee. 

18 (C) REPORTING OF NONCOOPERATION.— 

19 Whenever information or assistance requested 

20 by the Inspector General is, in the judgment of 

21 the Inspector General, unreasonably refused or 

22 not provided, the Inspector General shall report 

23 the circumstances to the Board of Directors 

24 and to the appropriate congressional commit25 tees without delay. 


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1 (9) CONFIRMATION OF TRANSPARENCY BY

2 UNITED NATIONS ENTITIES.— 

3 (A) PROMPT NOTICE BY INSPECTOR GEN4 ERAL.—Whenever information or assistance re5 quested from a United Nations entity by the In6 spector General pursuant to a transparency cer7 tification is, in the opinion of the Inspector 

8 General, unreasonably refused or not provided 

9 in a timely manner, the Inspector General shall 

10 notify the Board of Directors, the head of that 

11 particular United Nations entity, and the 

12 United Nations Secretary-General of the cir13 cumstances in writing, without delay. 

14 (B) NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE.—If and 

15 when the information or assistance being 

16 sought by the Inspector General in connection 

17 with a notification pursuant to subparagraph 

18 (A) is provided to the satisfaction of the Inspec19 tor General, the Inspector General shall so no20 tify in writing the United Nations entity, the 

21 Board of Directors, and the appropriate con22 gressional committees. 

23 (C) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the information 

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1 ant to subparagraph (A) is not provided to the 

2 satisfaction of the Inspector General within 90 

3 days of that notification, then the United Na4 tions entity that is the subject of the notifica5 tion is deemed to be noncompliant with its 

6 transparency certification, and the Inspector 

7 General shall provide prompt, written notifica8 tion of that fact to the Board of Directors, the 

9 appropriate congressional committees, the head 

10 of that United Nations entity, the United Na11 tions Secretary-General, and any office or agen12 cy of the Federal Government that has provided 

13 that United Nations entity with any United 

14 States contribution during the prior two years. 

15 (D) RESTORATION OF COMPLIANCE.—A 

16 finding of transparency certification noncompli17 ance pursuant to subparagraph (C) may be re18 versed by an affirmative vote of at least 5 of 

19 the 7 members of the Board of Directors if the 

20 Board finds that the entity has satisfactorily re21 solved the noncompliance issue. The Board 

22 shall promptly provide notification of such res23 toration, along with a description of the basis 

24 for the Board’s decision, to the Inspector Gen25 eral, the appropriate congressional committees, 


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1 the head of the affected United Nations entity, 

2 the United Nations Secretary-General, and the 

3 head of any office or agency of the Federal 

4 Government that has provided that United Na5 tions entity with any United States contribution 

6 during the prior two years. 

7 (E) COST REIMBURSEMENT.—The Inspec8 tor General may reimburse United Nations en9 tities for the reasonable cost of providing to the 

10 Inspector General information or assistance 

11 sought pursuant to a transparency certification. 

12 (10) REPORTS.— 

13 (A) AUDIT AND INVESTIGATION RE14 PORTS.—Promptly upon completion, the Inspec15 tor General shall provide copies of each audit 

16 and investigation report completed pursuant to 

17 paragraph (6) to the Board of Directors, the 

18 appropriate congressional committees, and, to 

19 the extent permissible under United States law, 

20 the head of each United Nations entity that is 

21 the subject of that particular report. 

22 (B) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later 

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1 appropriate congressional committees a report 

2 that, among other things— 

3 (i) meets the requirements of section 

4 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978; 

5 and 

6 (ii) includes a list of and detailed de7 scription of the circumstances surrounding 

8 any notification of noncompliance issued 

9 pursuant to paragraph (9)(C) during the 

10 covered timeframe, and whether and when 

11 the Board of Directors has reversed such 

12 finding of noncompliance. 

13 (C) PROHIBITED DISCLOSURES.—Nothing 

14 in this subsection shall be construed to author15 ize the public disclosure of information that 

16 is— 

17 (i) specifically prohibited from disclo18 sure by any other provision of law; 

19 (ii) specifically required by Executive 

20 order to be protected from disclosure in 

21 the interest of national defense or national 

22 security or in the conduct of foreign af23 fairs; or 

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1 (D) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—The Inspec2 tor General shall exempt from public disclosure 

3 information received from a United Nations en4 tity or developed during an audit or investiga5 tion that the Inspector General believes— 

6 (i) constitutes a trade secret or privi7 leged and confidential personal financial 

8 information; 

9 (ii) accuses a particular person of a 

10 crime; 

11 (iii) would, if publicly disclosed, con12 stitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 

13 personal privacy; or 

14 (iv) would compromise an ongoing law 

15 enforcement investigation or judicial trial 

16 in the United States. 

17 (E) PUBLICATION.—Subject only to the 

18 exceptions detailed in subparagraphs (C) and 

19 (D), the Inspector General shall promptly pub20 lish each report under this subsection on a pub21 licly available and searchable Internet website. 

22 (d) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 

23 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Office of the 

24 United States Inspector General for Contributions to 


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1 the United Nations System shall have a Board of 

2 Directors. 

3 (2) DUTIES.—The Board shall receive informa4 tion and reports of audits and investigations from 

5 the Office and the Inspector General, provide gen6 eral direction and supervision to the Office and the 

7 Inspector General, and determine the restoration of 

8 compliance by any United Nations entity with a 

9 transparency certification pursuant to subsection 

10 (c)(9)(D). 

11 (3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall consist of 

12 the Secretary of State (or the Secretary’s designee), 

13 the Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary’s designee), 

14 the Secretary of Agriculture (or the Secretary’s des15 ignee), the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary’s 

16 designee), the Administrator of the Environmental 

17 Protection Agency (or the Administrator’s designee), 

18 the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s 

19 designee), and the Director of the Office of Manage20 ment and Budget (or the Director’s designee). 

21 (4) CHAIRMANSHIP.—The Board shall be 

22 chaired by a board member, and the chairmanship 

23 shall rotate among the member departments and 

24 agencies on an annual basis. The first chair shall be 

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1 et (or such designee of the Director serving on the 

2 Board). 

3 SEC. 203. TRANSPARENCY FOR UNITED STATES CONTRIBU4 TIONS. 

5 (a) FUNDING PREREQUISITES.—Notwithstanding 

6 any other provision of law, no funds made available for 

7 use as a United States contribution to any United Nations 

8 entity may be obligated or expended if— 

9 (1) the intended United Nations entity recipient 

10 has not provided to the Inspector General within the 

11 preceding year a transparency certification; or 

12 (2) the intended United Nations entity recipient 

13 is noncompliant with its transparency certification 

14 as described in section 202(c)(9)(C). 

15 (b) TREATMENT OF FUNDS WITHHELD FOR NON16 COMPLIANCE.—At the conclusion of each fiscal year, any 

17 funds that had been appropriated for use as a United 

18 States contribution to a United Nations entity during that 

19 fiscal year, but could not be obligated or expended because 

20 of the restrictions of subsection (a), shall be returned to 

21 the United States Treasury, and are not subject to re22 programming for any other use. Any such funds returned 

23 to the Treasury shall not be considered arrears to be re24 paid to any United Nations entity. 


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1 (c) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER.—The President may 

2 waive the limitations of this section with respect to a par3 ticular United States contribution to a particular United 

4 Nations entity within a single fiscal year if the President 

5 determines that it is necessary for the national security 

6 interests of the United States and provides notification 

7 and explanation of that determination to the appropriate 

8 congressional committees. 

9 SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated out of funds 

11 available to the Department of State for International Or12 ganizations such sums as are necessary to carry out the 

13 activities of this title, provided that such sums are not less 

14 than one half of 1 percent of the total amount of all as15 sessed and voluntary contributions of the United States 

16 Government to the United Nations and United Nations 

17 affiliated agencies and related bodies during the prior fis18 cal year. 

19 TITLE III—STATUS OF PALES20 TINIAN ENTITIES AT THE 

21 UNITED NATIONS 

22 SEC. 301. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

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1 tinian observer mission at the United Nations, the Pal2 estine Liberation Organization, the Palestinian Authority, 

3 or any other Palestinian administrative organization or 

4 governing entity, at any United Nations entity, prior to 

5 the achievement of a final peace agreement negotiated be6 tween and agreed to by Israel and the Palestinians. 

7 SEC. 302. IMPLEMENTATION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct the 

9 United States Permanent Representative to the United 

10 Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 

11 States at the United Nations to advance the policy stated 

12 in section 301. 

13 (b) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall 

14 withhold United States contributions from any United Na15 tions entity that recognizes a Palestinian state or grants 

16 full membership to the Palestinian observer mission at the 

17 United Nations, the Palestine Liberation Organization, 

18 the Palestinian Authority, or any other Palestinian admin19 istrative organization or governing entity, at that United 

20 Nations entity, prior to the achievement of complete and 

21 final peace agreement negotiated between and agreed to 

22 by Israel and the Palestinians. Funds appropriated for use 

23 as a United States contribution to the United Nations but 

24 withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to this 

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1 Treasury and shall not be considered arrears to be repaid 

2 to any United Nations entity. 

3 TITLE IV—UNITED NATIONS 

4 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 

5 SEC. 401. UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year beginning 

7 after the effective date of this Act, until the Secretary sub8 mits to Congress a certification that the requirements de9 scribed in subsection (b) have been satisfied— 

10 (1) the Secretary shall withhold from the 

11 United States contribution each fiscal year to the 

12 regular budget of the United Nations an amount 

13 that is equal to the percentage of such contribution 

14 that the Secretary determines would be allocated by 

15 the United Nations to support the United Nations 

16 Human Rights Council or any of its Special Proce17 dures; 

18 (2) the Secretary shall not make a voluntary 

19 contribution to the United Nations Human Rights 

20 Council; or 

21 (3) the United States shall not run for a seat 

22 on the United Nations Human Rights Council. 

23 (b) CERTIFICATION.—The annual certification re24 ferred to in subsection (a) is a certification made by the 

25 Secretary to Congress that— 


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1 (1) the United Nations Human Rights Coun2 cil’s mandate from the United Nations General As3 sembly explicitly and effectively prohibits candidacy 

4 for Human Rights Council membership of a United 

5 Nations Member State— 

6 (A) subject to sanctions by the Security 

7 Council; and 

8 (B) under a Security Council-mandated in9 vestigation for human rights abuses; 

10 (2) the United Nations Human Rights Council 

11 does not include a United Nations Member State— 

12 (A) subject to sanctions by the Security 

13 Council; 

14 (B) under a Security Council-mandated in15 vestigation for human rights abuses; 

16 (C) that the Secretary has determined, for 

17 purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Adminis18 tration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pur19 suant to the International Emergency Economic 

20 Powers Act; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), section 40 

21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

22 2780), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 

23 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), or other provi24 sion of law, is a government that has repeatedly 


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1 provided support for acts of international ter2 rorism; 

3 (D) designated by the Department of State 

4 pursuant to section 110 of the Trafficking Vic5 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) 

6 as a Tier 3 country; or 

7 (E) that the President has designated as a 

8 country of particular concern for religious free9 dom under section 402(b) of the International 

10 Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

11 6442(b)); and 

12 (3) the United Nations Human Rights Coun13 cil’s agenda or programme of work does not include 

14 a permanent item with regard to the State of Israel. 

15 (c) REVERSION OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated for 

16 use as a United States contribution to the United Nations 

17 but withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to 

18 this section shall immediately revert to the United States 

19 Treasury and shall not be considered arrears to be repaid 

20 to any United Nations entity. 

21 TITLE V—GOLDSTONE REPORT 

22 SEC. 501. GOLDSTONE REPORT. 

23 (a) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall 

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1 to the percentage of such contribution that the Secretary 

2 determines would be or has been expended by the United 

3 Nations for any part of the Goldstone Report or its pre4 paratory or follow-on activities. 

5 (b) REFUND OF UNITED STATES TAXPAYER DOL6 LARS.—Funds appropriated for use as a United States 

7 contribution to the regular budget of the United Nations 

8 but withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to 

9 subsection (a) shall immediately revert to the United 

10 States Treasury and shall not be considered arrears to be 

11 repaid to any United Nations entity. 

12 TITLE VI—DURBAN PROCESS 

13 SEC. 601. NON-PARTICIPATION IN THE DURBAN PROCESS. 

14 None of the funds made available in any provision 

15 of law may be used for United States participation in any 

16 further part of the Durban process. 

17 SEC. 602. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS; REFUND OF UNITED 

18 STATES TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 

19 (a) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR THE DURBAN

20 PROCESS.—The Secretary shall withhold from the United 

21 States contribution to the regular budget of the United 

22 Nations an amount that is equal to the percentage of such 

23 contribution that the Secretary determines would be or 

24 has been expended by the United Nations for any part 

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1 (1) any public information campaign for the 

2 commemoration of the ‘‘Durban Declaration and 

3 Programme of Action’’ or any subsequent outcome 

4 documents; 

5 (2) the Intergovernmental Working Group on 

6 the Effective Implementation of the Durban Dec7 laration and Programme of Action; 

8 (3) the ‘‘group of independent eminent experts 

9 on the implementation of the Durban Declaration 

10 and Programme of Action’’; and 

11 (4) the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration 

12 of Complementary Standards. 

13 (b) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR OTHER BIASED

14 AND COMPROMISED ACTIVITIES.—Until the Secretary 

15 submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 

16 certification, on a case-by-case basis, that the require17 ments described in subsection (d) have been satisfied, the 

18 United States shall withhold from the United States con19 tribution to the regular budget of the United Nations an 

20 amount that is equal to the percentage of such contribu21 tion that the Secretary determines has been allocated by 

22 the United Nations for any conference, meeting, or other 

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1 forum, that is organized under the aegis or jurisdiction 

2 of the United Nations or of any United Nations entity. 

3 (c) REFUND OF UNITED STATES TAXPAYER DOL4 LARS.— 

5 (1) CONTRIBUTIONS TO REGULAR BUDGET OF

6 UNITED NATIONS.—Funds appropriated for use as a 

7 United States contribution to the regular budget of 

8 the United Nations but withheld from obligation and 

9 expenditure pursuant to subsection (a) shall imme10 diately revert to the United States Treasury and 

11 shall not be considered arrears to be repaid to any 

12 United Nations entity. 

13 (2) CONTRIBUTIONS TO BIENNIAL BUDGET OF

14 UNITED NATIONS.—Funds appropriated for use as a 

15 United States contribution to the regularly assessed 

16 biennial budget of the United Nations but withheld 

17 from obligation and expenditure pursuant to sub18 section (b) may be obligated and expended for that 

19 purpose upon the certification described in sub20 section (d). Such funds shall revert to the United 

21 States Treasury if no such certification is made by 

22 the date that is one year after such appropriation, 

23 and shall not be considered arrears to be repaid to 

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1 (d) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred to in 

2 subsection (b) is a certification made by the Secretary to 

3 the appropriate congressional committees concerning the 

4 following: 

5 (1) The specified conference, meeting, or other 

6 multilateral forum did not reaffirm, call for the im7 plementation of, or otherwise support the Durban 

8 Declaration and Programme of Action (2001) or the 

9 outcome document of the Durban II conference 

10 (2009) or the Durban III meeting (2011). 

11 (2) The specified conference or forum was not 

12 used to propagate racism, racial discrimination, anti13 Semitism, denial of the Holocaust, incitement to vio14 lence or genocide, xenophobia, or related intolerance. 

15 (3) The specified conference or forum was not 

16 used to advocate for restrictions on the freedoms of 

17 speech, expression, religion, the press, assembly, or 

18 petition, or for restrictions on other fundamental 

19 human rights and freedoms. 

20 (4) The leadership of the specified conference 

21 or forum does not include a Member State, or a rep22 resentative from a Member State— 

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1 (B) under a Security Council-mandated in2 vestigation for human rights abuses; or 

3 (C) the government of which the Secretary 

4 has determined, for purposes of section 6(j) of 

5 the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as con6 tinued in effect pursuant to the International 

7 Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 40 

8 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 620A 

9 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or other 

10 provision of law, is a government that has re11 peatedly provided support for acts of inter12 national terrorism. 

13 TITLE VII—UNITED NATIONS RE14 LIEF AND WORKS AGENCY 

15 FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES 

16 IN THE MIDDLE EAST 

17 SEC. 701. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA. 

18 Section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

19 (22 U.S.C. 2221) is amended by amending subsection (c) 

20 to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(c)(1) Contributions by the United States to the 

22 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine 

23 Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), to any successor 

24 or related entity, or to the regular budget of the United 

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1 (through staff positions provided by the United Nations 

2 Secretariat, or otherwise), may be provided only after the 

3 Secretary has submitted the annual report described in 

4 paragraph (2) to the appropriate congressional commit5 tees. 

6 ‘‘(2) A written report by the Secretary of State, based 

7 on all information available after diligent inquiry, and 

8 transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees 

9 along with a detailed description of the factual basis there10 for, that— 

11 ‘‘(A) no official, employee, consultant, con12 tractor, subcontractor, representative, or affiliate of 

13 UNRWA— 

14 ‘‘(i) is a member of a foreign terrorist or15 ganization; 

16 ‘‘(ii) has propagated, disseminated, or in17 cited anti-American, anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic 

18 rhetoric or propaganda; or 

19 ‘‘(iii) has used any UNRWA resources, in20 cluding publications or Internet websites, to 

21 propagate or disseminate political materials, in22 cluding political rhetoric regarding the Israeli23 Palestinian conflict; 

24 ‘‘(B) no UNRWA school, hospital, clinic, other 

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1 used by a foreign terrorist organization for oper2 ations, planning, training, recruitment, fundraising, 

3 indoctrination, communications, sanctuary, storage 

4 of weapons or other materials, or any other pur5 poses; 

6 ‘‘(C) UNRWA is subject to comprehensive fi7 nancial audits by an internationally recognized third 

8 party independent auditing firm and has imple9 mented an effective system of vetting and oversight 

10 to prevent the use, receipt, or diversion of any 

11 UNRWA resources by any foreign terrorist organiza12 tion or members thereof; 

13 ‘‘(D) no UNRWA-funded school or educational 

14 institution uses textbooks or other educational mate15 rials that propagate or disseminate anti-American, 

16 anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic rhetoric, propaganda or 

17 incitement; 

18 ‘‘(E) no recipient of UNRWA funds or loans is 

19 a member of a foreign terrorist organization; and 

20 ‘‘(F) UNRWA holds no accounts or other affili21 ations with financial institutions that the United 

22 States deems or believes to be complicit in money 

23 laundering and terror financing. 

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1 ‘‘(A) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’ means— 

4 ‘‘(i) the Committees on Foreign Relations, 

5 Appropriations, and Homeland Security and 

6 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 

8 Appropriations, and Oversight and Government 

9 Reform of the House of Representatives. 

10 ‘‘(B) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.— 

11 The term ‘foreign terrorist organization’ means an 

12 organization designated as a foreign terrorist organi13 zation by the Secretary of State in accordance with 

14 section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

15 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 

16 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—The United States may not con17 tribute to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency 

18 for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) or a 

19 successor entity an annual amount— 

20 ‘‘(A) greater than the highest annual contribu21 tion to UNRWA made by a member country of the 

22 League of Arab States; 

23 ‘‘(B) that, as a proportion of the total UNRWA 

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1 for the United Nations High Commissioner for Ref2 ugees (UNHCR) paid by the United States; or 

3 ‘‘(C) that exceeds 22 percent of the total budget 

4 of UNRWA.’’. 

5 SEC. 702. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that— 

7 (1) the President and the Secretary should lead 

8 a high-level diplomatic effort to encourage other re9 sponsible nations to withhold contributions to 

10 UNRWA, to any successor or related entity, or to 

11 the regular budget of the United Nations for the 

12 support of UNRWA or a successor entity (through 

13 staff positions provided by the United Nations Sec14 retariat, or otherwise) until UNRWA has met the 

15 conditions listed in subparagraphs (A) through (F) 

16 of section 301(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

17 1961 (as added by section 701); 

18 (2) citizens of recognized states should be re19 moved from UNRWA’s jurisdiction; 

20 (3) UNRWA’s definition of a ‘‘Palestine ref21 ugee’’ should be changed to that used for a refugee 

22 by the Office of the United Nations High Commis23 sioner for Refugees; and 

24 (4) it should be the goal of the United States 

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1 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

2 full responsibility for Palestinian refugees as defined 

3 under paragraph (3). 

4 TITLE VIII—INTERNATIONAL 

5 ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY 

6 SEC. 801. TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—No funds from any United States 

8 assessed or voluntary contribution to the IAEA may be 

9 used to support any assistance provided by the IAEA 

10 through its Technical Cooperation Program to any coun11 try, including North Korea, that— 

12 (1) is a country the government of which has 

13 been determined by the Secretary, for purposes of 

14 section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 

15 1979, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

16 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, 

17 or other provision of law, is a government that has 

18 repeatedly provided support for acts of international 

19 terrorism; 

20 (2) is in breach of or noncompliance with its 

21 obligations regarding— 

22 (A) its safeguards agreement with the 

23 IAEA; 

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1 (D) any relevant United Nations Security 

2 Council Resolution; or 

3 (E) the Charter of the United Nations; or 

4 (3) is under investigation for a breach of or 

5 noncompliance with the obligations specified in para6 graph (2). 

7 (b) WITHHOLDING OF VOLUNTARY CONTRIBU8 TIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the en9 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall withhold from the 

10 United States voluntary contribution to the IAEA an 

11 amount proportional to that spent by the IAEA in the pe12 riod from 2007 to 2008 on assistance through its Tech13 nical Cooperation Program to countries described in sub14 section (a). 

15 (c) WITHHOLDING OF ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

16 If, not later than 30 days of the date of the enactment 

17 of this Act, the amount specified in subsection (c) has not 

18 been withheld and the IAEA has not suspended all assist19 ance provided through its Technical Cooperation Program 

20 to the countries described in subsection (a), an amount 

21 equal to that specified in subsection (b) shall be withheld 

22 from the United States assessed contribution to the IAEA. 

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1 (1) the IAEA has suspended all assistance pro2 vided through its Technical Cooperation Program to 

3 the countries described in subsection (a); or 

4 (2) the President certifies that the countries de5 scribed in subsection (a) no longer pose a threat to 

6 the national security, interests, and allies of the 

7 United States. 

8 (e) UNITED STATES ACTIONS AT IAEA.—The Presi9 dent shall direct the United States Permanent Represent10 ative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence 

11 of the United States at the IAEA to block the allocation 

12 of funds for any assistance provided by the IAEA through 

13 its Technical Cooperation Program to any country de14 scribed in subsection (a). 

15 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit 

17 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

18 the implementation of this section. 

19 SEC. 802. UNITED STATES POLICY AT THE IAEA. 

20 (a) ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE.— 

21 (1) OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE.— 

22 (A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President 

23 shall direct the United States Permanent Rep24 resentative to the International Atomic Energy 

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1 ence of the United States at the IAEA to estab2 lish an Office of Compliance in the Secretariat 

3 of the IAEA. 

4 (B) OPERATION.—The Office of Compli5 ance shall— 

6 (i) function as an independent body 

7 composed of technical experts who shall 

8 work in consultation with IAEA inspectors 

9 to assess compliance by IAEA Member 

10 States with the Statute of the IAEA and 

11 the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nu12 clear Weapons (21 UST 483) (commonly 

13 referred to as the ‘‘Nuclear Nonprolifera14 tion Treaty’’ or the ‘‘NPT’’) and provide 

15 recommendations to the IAEA Board of 

16 Governors concerning penalties to be im17 posed on IAEA Member States that fail to 

18 fulfill their obligations under IAEA Board 

19 resolutions; 

20 (ii) base its assessments and rec21 ommendations on IAEA inspection reports; 

22 and 

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1 recognized by the Nuclear Nonproliferation 

2 Treaty. 

3 (C) STAFFING.—The Office of Compliance 

4 shall be staffed from existing personnel in the 

5 Department of Safeguards of the IAEA or the 

6 Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of 

7 the IAEA. 

8 (2) COMMITTEE ON SAFEGUARDS AND

9 VERIFICATION.—The President shall direct the 

10 United States Permanent Representative to the 

11 IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the 

12 United States at the IAEA to ensure that the Com13 mittee on Safeguards and Verification established in 

14 2005 shall develop and seek to put into force a 

15 workplan of concrete measures that will— 

16 (A) improve the ability of the IAEA to 

17 monitor and enforce compliance by Member 

18 States of the IAEA with the Nuclear Non19 proliferation Treaty and the Statute of the 

20 International Atomic Energy Agency; and 

21 (B) enhance the ability of the IAEA, be22 yond the verification mechanisms and authori23 ties contained in the Additional Protocol to the 

24 Safeguards Agreements between the IAEA and 

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1 high degree of confidence undeclared nuclear 

2 activities by a Member State. 

3 (3) PENALTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE IAEA.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall di5 rect the United States Permanent Representa6 tive to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and in7 fluence of the United States at the IAEA to en8 sure that a Member State of the IAEA that is 

9 under investigation for a breach of or non10 compliance with its IAEA obligations or the 

11 purposes and principles of the Charter of the 

12 United Nations has its privileges suspended, in13 cluding— 

14 (i) limiting its ability to vote on its 

15 case; 

16 (ii) being prevented from receiving 

17 any technical assistance; and 

18 (iii) being prevented from hosting 

19 meetings. 

20 (B) TERMINATION OF PENALTIES.—The 

21 penalties specified under subparagraph (A) 

22 shall be terminated when such investigation is 

23 concluded and such Member State is no longer 

24 in such breach or noncompliance. 


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1 (4) PENALTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE NU2 CLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY.—The Presi3 dent shall direct the United States Permanent Rep4 resentative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and 

5 influence of the United States at the IAEA to en6 sure that a Member State of the IAEA that is found 

7 to be in breach of, in noncompliance with, or has 

8 withdrawn from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty 

9 shall return to the IAEA all nuclear materials and 

10 technology received from the IAEA, any Member 

11 State of the IAEA, or any Member State of the Nu12 clear Nonproliferation Treaty. 

13 (b) UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

14 (1) VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.—Voluntary 

15 contributions of the United States to the IAEA 

16 should primarily be used to fund activities relating 

17 to nuclear safety and security or activities relating 

18 to nuclear verification. 

19 (2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The 

20 President shall direct the United States Permanent 

21 Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, 

22 and influence of the United States at the IAEA to— 

23 (A) ensure that funds for safeguards in24 spections are prioritized for countries that have 


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1 newly established nuclear programs or are initi2 ating nuclear programs; and 

3 (B) block the allocation of funds for any 

4 other IAEA development, environmental, or nu5 clear science assistance or activity to a coun6 try— 

7 (i) the government of which the Sec8 retary has determined, for purposes of sec9 tion 6(j) of the Export Administration Act 

10 of 1979, section 620A of the Foreign As11 sistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the 

12 Arms Export Control Act, or other provi13 sion of law, is a government that has re14 peatedly provided support for acts of inter15 national terrorism and which the Secretary 

16 has determined has not dismantled its 

17 weapons of mass destruction programs and 

18 surrendered all related materials under 

19 international verification; 

20 (ii) that is under investigation for a 

21 breach of or noncompliance with its IAEA 

22 obligations or the purposes and principles 

23 of the Charter of the United Nations; or 


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1 (iii) that is in violation of its IAEA 

2 obligations or the purposes and principles 

3 of the Charter of the United Nations. 

4 (3) DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES.—The Presi5 dent shall direct the United States Permanent Rep6 resentative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and 

7 influence of the United States at the IAEA to se8 cure, as part of the regular budget presentation of 

9 the IAEA to Member States of the IAEA, a detailed 

10 breakdown by country of expenditures of the IAEA 

11 for safeguards inspections and nuclear security ac12 tivities. 

13 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct 

15 the United States Permanent Representative to the 

16 IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the 

17 United States at the IAEA to block the membership 

18 on the Board of Governors of the IAEA of a Mem19 ber State of the IAEA that has not signed and rati20 fied the Additional Protocol and— 

21 (A) is under investigation for a breach of 

22 or noncompliance with its IAEA obligations or 

23 the purposes and principles of the Charter of 

24 the United Nations; or 


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1 (B) that is in violation of its IAEA obliga2 tions or the purposes and principles of the 

3 Charter of the United Nations. 

4 (2) CRITERIA.—The United States Permanent 

5 Representative to the IAEA shall make every effort 

6 to modify the criteria for Board membership to re7 flect the principles described in paragraph (1). 

8 (d) SMALL QUANTITIES PROTOCOL.—The President 

9 shall direct the United States Permanent Representative 

10 to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the 

11 United States at the IAEA to make every effort to ensure 

12 that the IAEA changes the policy regarding the Small 

13 Quantities Protocol in order to— 

14 (1) rescind and eliminate the Small Quantities 

15 Protocol; 

16 (2) require that any IAEA Member State that 

17 has previously signed a Small Quantities Protocol to 

18 sign, ratify, and implement the Additional Protocol, 

19 provide immediate access for IAEA inspectors to its 

20 nuclear-related facilities, and agree to the strongest 

21 inspections regime of its nuclear efforts; and 

22 (3) require that any IAEA Member State that 

23 does not comply with paragraph (2) to be ineligible 

24 to receive nuclear material, technology, equipment, 

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1 subject to the penalties described in subsection 

2 (a)(3). 

3 (e) NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN.— 

4 (1) UNITED STATES ACTION.—The President 

5 shall direct the United States Permanent Represent6 ative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influ7 ence of the United States at the IAEA to make 

8 every effort to ensure the adoption of a resolution by 

9 the IAEA Board of Governors that, in addition to 

10 the restrictions already imposed, makes Iran ineli11 gible to receive any nuclear material, technology, 

12 equipment, or assistance from any IAEA Member 

13 State and ineligible for any IAEA assistance not re14 lated to safeguards inspections or nuclear security 

15 until the IAEA Board of Governors determines that 

16 Iran— 

17 (A) is providing full access to IAEA in18 spectors to its nuclear-related facilities; 

19 (B) has fully implemented and is in com20 pliance with the Additional Protocol; and 

21 (C) has permanently ceased and disman22 tled all activities and programs related to nu23 clear-enrichment and reprocessing. 

24 (2) PENALTIES.—If an IAEA Member State is 

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1 sistance to Iran described in paragraph (1) before 

2 the IAEA Board of Governors determines that Iran 

3 has satisfied the conditions described in subpara4 graphs (A) through (C) of such paragraph, such 

5 Member State shall be subject to the penalties de6 scribed in subsection (a)(3), shall be ineligible to re7 ceive nuclear material, technology, equipment, or as8 sistance from any IAEA Member State, and shall be 

9 ineligible to receive any IAEA assistance not related 

10 to safeguards inspections or nuclear security until 

11 such time as the IAEA Board of Governors makes 

12 such determination with respect to Iran. 

13 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, and annually for 2 years 

15 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

16 congressional committees a report on the implementation 

17 of this section. 

18 SEC. 803. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE NUCLEAR 

19 SECURITY ACTION PLAN OF THE IAEA. 

20 It is the sense of Congress that the national security 

21 interests of the United States are enhanced by the Nuclear 

22 Security Action Plan of the IAEA and that the Board of 

23 Governors should recommend, and the General Conference 

24 should adopt, a resolution incorporating the Nuclear Secu25 rity Action Plan into the regular budget of the IAEA. 


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1 TITLE IX—PEACEKEEPING 

2 SEC. 901. POLICY RELATING TO REFORM OF UNITED NA3 TIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS. 

4 It shall be the policy of the United States to pursue 

5 reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations in the 

6 following areas: 

7 (1) PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT.— 

8 (A) GLOBAL AUDIT.—As the size, cost, 

9 and number of United Nations peacekeeping 

10 operations have increased substantially over the 

11 past decade, independent audits of each such 

12 operation should be conducted annually, with a 

13 view toward ‘‘right-sizing’’ operations and en14 suring that all operations are efficient and cost 

15 effective. 

16 (B) PROCUREMENT AND TRANS17 PARENCY.—The logistics established within the 

18 United Nations Department of Field Support 

19 should be streamlined and strengthened to en20 sure that all peacekeeping missions are 

21 resourced appropriately, transparently, and in a 

22 timely fashion while individual accountability 

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1 (C) REVIEW OF MANDATES AND CLOSING

2 OPERATIONS.—In conjunction with the audit 

3 described in subparagraph (A), the United Na4 tions Department of Peacekeeping Operations 

5 should conduct a comprehensive review of all 

6 United Nations peacekeeping operation man7 dates, with a view toward identifying objectives 

8 that are practical and achievable, and report its 

9 findings to the Security Council. In particular, 

10 the review should consider the following: 

11 (i) Except in extraordinary cases, in12 cluding genocide, the United Nations De13 partment of Peacekeeping Operations 

14 should not be tasked with activities that 

15 are impractical or unachievable without the 

16 cooperation of the Member State(s) 

17 hosting a United Nations peacekeeping op18 eration, or which amount to de-facto trust19 eeship outside of the procedures estab20 lished for such under Chapter XII of the 

21 United Nations Charter, thereby creating 

22 unrealistic expectations and obfuscating 

23 the primary responsibility of the Member 

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1 (ii) Long-standing operations that are 

2 static and cannot fulfill their mandate 

3 should be downsized or closed. 

4 (iii) Where there is legitimate concern 

5 that the withdrawal from a country of an 

6 otherwise static United Nations peace7 keeping operation would result in the re8 sumption of major conflict, a burden-shar9 ing arrangement that reduces the level of 

10 assessed contributions, similar to that cur11 rently supporting the United Nations 

12 Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, should be 

13 explored and instituted. 

14 (D) LEADERSHIP.—As peacekeeping oper15 ations become larger and increasingly complex, 

16 the Secretariat should adopt a minimum stand17 ard of qualifications for senior leaders and 

18 managers, with particular emphasis on specific 

19 skills and experience, and current senior leaders 

20 and managers who do not meet those standards 

21 should be removed. 

22 (E) PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING.—Pre-de23 ployment training on interpretation of the man24 date of the operation, specifically in the areas 

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1 ditions, the Code of Conduct, HIV/AIDS, and 

2 human rights should be mandatory, and all per3 sonnel, regardless of category or rank, should 

4 be required to sign an oath that each has re5 ceived and understands such training as a con6 dition of participation in the operation. 

7 (F) GRATIS MILITARY PERSONNEL.—The 

8 General Assembly should seek to strengthen the 

9 capacity the United Nations Department of 

10 Peacekeeping Operations and ease the extraor11 dinary burden currently placed upon the limited 

12 number of headquarters staff by lifting restric13 tions on the utilization of gratis military per14 sonnel by the Department so that the Depart15 ment may accept secondments from Member 

16 States of military personnel with expertise in 

17 mission planning, logistics, and other oper18 ational specialties. 

19 (2) CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE.— 

20 (A) ADOPTION OF A UNIFORM CODE OF

21 CONDUCT.—A single, uniform Code of Conduct 

22 that has the status of a binding rule and ap23 plies equally to all personnel serving in United 

24 Nations peacekeeping operations, regardless of 

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1 should be adopted and incorporated into legal 

2 documents governing participation in such an 

3 operation, including all contracts and Memoran4 dums of Understanding, promulgated and effec5 tively enforced. 

6 (B) UNDERSTANDING THE CODE OF CON7 DUCT.—All personnel, regardless of category or 

8 rank, should receive training on the Code of 

9 Conduct prior to deployment with a peace10 keeping operation, in addition to periodic fol11 low-on training. In particular— 

12 (i) all personnel, regardless of cat13 egory or rank, should be provided with a 

14 personal copy of the Code of Conduct that 

15 has been translated into the national lan16 guage of such personnel, regardless of 

17 whether such language is an official lan18 guage of the United Nations; 

19 (ii) all personnel, regardless of cat20 egory or rank, should sign an oath that 

21 each has received a copy of the Code of 

22 Conduct, that each pledges to abide by the 

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1 mination of participation in and permanent 

2 exclusion from all current and future 

3 peacekeeping operations, as well as the as4 sumption of personal liability and victims 

5 compensation, where appropriate, as a con6 dition of appointment to any such oper7 ation; and 

8 (iii) peacekeeping operations should 

9 continue and enhance educational outreach 

10 programs to reach local communities where 

11 peacekeeping personnel of such operations 

12 are based, including explaining prohibited 

13 acts on the part of United Nations peace14 keeping personnel and identifying the indi15 vidual to whom the local population may 

16 direct complaints or file allegations of ex17 ploitation, abuse, or other acts of mis18 conduct. 

19 (C) MONITORING MECHANISMS.—Dedi20 cated monitoring mechanisms, such as the Con21 duct and Discipline Teams already deployed to 

22 support most United Nations peacekeeping op23 erations, should be present in each operation to 

24 monitor compliance with the Code of Conduct, 

25 and should report simultaneously to the Head 


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1 of Mission, the United Nations Department of 

2 Field Support, the United Nations Department 

3 of Peacekeeping Operations, and the Associate 

4 Director of the Office of Internal Oversight 

5 Services for Peacekeeping Operations. 

6 (D) INVESTIGATIONS.—A permanent, pro7 fessional, and independent investigative body 

8 should be established and introduced into 

9 United Nations peacekeeping operations. In 

10 particular: 

11 (i) The investigative body should in12 clude professionals with experience in in13 vestigating sex crimes and the illegal ex14 ploitation of resources, as appropriate, as 

15 well as experts who can provide guidance 

16 on standards of proof and evidentiary re17 quirements necessary for any subsequent 

18 legal action. 

19 (ii) Provisions should be included in 

20 all Memorandums of Understanding, in21 cluding a Model Memorandum of Under22 standing, that obligate Member States that 

23 contribute troops to a peacekeeping oper24 ation to designate a military prosecutor 

25 who will participate in any investigation 


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1 into credible allegations of misconduct 

2 brought against an individual of such 

3 Member State, so that evidence is collected 

4 and preserved in a manner consistent with 

5 the military law of such Member State. 

6 (iii) The investigative body should be 

7 regionally based to ensure rapid deploy8 ment and should be equipped with modern 

9 forensics equipment for the purpose of 

10 positively identifying perpetrators and, 

11 where necessary, for determining paternity. 

12 (iv) The investigative body should re13 port directly to the Associate Director of 

14 the Office of Internal Oversight Services 

15 for Peacekeeping Operations, while pro16 viding copies of any reports to the Depart17 ment of Field Support, the Department of 

18 Peacekeeping Operations, the Head of Mis19 sion, and the Member State concerned. 

20 (E) FOLLOW-UP.—The Conduct and Dis21 cipline Unit in the headquarters of the United 

22 Nations Department of Field Support should be 

23 appropriately staffed, resourced, and tasked 

24 with— 


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1 (i) promulgating measures to prevent 

2 misconduct; 

3 (ii) receiving reports by field per4 sonnel and coordinating the Department’s 

5 response to allegations of misconduct; 

6 (iii) gathering follow-up information 

7 on completed investigations, particularly by 

8 focusing on disciplinary actions against the 

9 individual concerned that have been taken 

10 by the United Nations or by the individ11 ual’s Member State, and sharing such in12 formation with the Security Council, the 

13 Department of Peacekeeping Operations, 

14 the Head of Mission, and the community 

15 hosting the peacekeeping operation; and 

16 (iv) contributing pertinent data on 

17 conduct and discipline to the database re18 quired pursuant to subparagraph (H). 

19 (F) FINANCIAL LIABILITY AND VICTIMS

20 ASSISTANCE.—Although peacekeeping oper21 ations should provide immediate medical assist22 ance to victims of sexual abuse or exploitation, 

23 the responsibility for providing longer-term 

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1 the individual found guilty of the misconduct. 

2 In particular: 

3 (i) The United Nations should not as4 sume responsibility for providing long-term 

5 treatment or compensation under the Sex6 ual Exploitation and Abuse Victim Assist7 ance Mechanism by utilizing assessed con8 tributions to United Nations peacekeeping 

9 operations, thereby shielding individuals 

10 from personal liability and reinforcing an 

11 atmosphere of impunity. 

12 (ii) If an individual responsible for 

13 misconduct has been repatriated, reas14 signed, redeployed, or is otherwise unable 

15 to provide assistance, responsibility for 

16 providing assistance to a victim should be 

17 assigned to the Member State that contrib18 uted the contingent to which such indi19 vidual belonged or to the manager con20 cerned. 

21 (iii) In the case of misconduct by a 

22 member of a military contingent, appro23 priate funds shall be withheld from the 

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1 (iv) In the case of misconduct by a ci2 vilian employee or contractor of the United 

3 Nations, appropriate wages shall be gar4 nished from such individual or fines shall 

5 be imposed against such individual, con6 sistent with existing United Nations Staff 

7 Rules, and retirement funds shall not be 

8 shielded from liability. 

9 (G) MANAGERS AND COMMANDERS.—The 

10 manner in which managers and commanders 

11 handle cases of misconduct by those serving 

12 under them should be included in their indi13 vidual performance evaluations, so that man14 agers and commanders who take decisive action 

15 to deter and address misconduct are rewarded, 

16 while those who create a permissive environ17 ment or impede investigations are penalized or 

18 relieved of duty, as appropriate. 

19 (H) DATABASE.—A centralized database, 

20 including personnel photos, fingerprints, and bi21 ometric data, should be created and maintained 

22 within the United Nations Department of 

23 Peacekeeping Operations, the Department of 

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1 of misconduct, including the outcome of inves2 tigations and subsequent prosecutions, to en3 sure that personnel who have engaged in mis4 conduct or other criminal activities, regardless 

5 of category or rank, are permanently barred 

6 from participation in future peacekeeping oper7 ations. 

8 (I) COOPERATION OF MEMBER STATES.— 

9 If a Member State routinely refuses to cooper10 ate with the directives contained herein or acts 

11 to shield its nationals from personal liability, 

12 that Member State should be barred from con13 tributing troops or personnel to future peace14 keeping operations. 

15 (J) WELFARE.—Peacekeeping operations 

16 should continue to seek to maintain a minimum 

17 standard of welfare for mission personnel to 

18 ameliorate conditions of service, while adjust19 ments are made to the discretionary welfare 

20 payments currently provided to Member States 

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1 SEC. 902. CERTIFICATION. 

2 (a) NEW OR EXPANDED PEACEKEEPING OPER3 ATIONS CONTINGENT UPON PRESIDENTIAL CERTIFI4 CATION OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS REFORMS.— 

5 (1) NO NEW OR EXPANDED PEACEKEEPING OP6 ERATIONS.— 

7 (A) CERTIFICATION.—Except as provided 

8 in subparagraph (B), until the Secretary cer9 tifies that the requirements described in para10 graph (2) have been satisfied, the President 

11 shall direct the United States Permanent Rep12 resentative to the United Nations to use the 

13 voice, vote, and influence of the United States 

14 at the United Nations to oppose the creation of 

15 new, or the expansion of existing, United Na16 tions peacekeeping operations. 

17 (B) EXCEPTION AND NOTIFICATION.—The 

18 requirements described under paragraph (2) 

19 may be waived with respect to a particular 

20 peacekeeping operation if the President deter21 mines that failure to deploy new or additional 

22 peacekeepers in such situation will significantly 

23 contribute to the widespread loss of human life, 

24 genocide, or the endangerment of a vital na25 tional security interest of the United States. If 

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1 President shall, not later than 15 days before 

2 the exercise of such waiver, notify the appro3 priate congressional committees of such deter4 mination and resulting waiver. 

5 (2) CERTIFICATION OF PEACEKEEPING OPER6 ATIONS REFORMS.—The certification referred to in 

7 paragraph (1) is a certification made by the Sec8 retary to the appropriate congressional committees 

9 that the following reforms, or an equivalent set of 

10 reforms, related to peacekeeping operations have 

11 been adopted by the United Nations Department of 

12 Peacekeeping Operations or the General Assembly, 

13 as appropriate: 

14 (A) A single, uniform Code of Conduct 

15 that has the status of a binding rule and ap16 plies equally to all personnel serving in United 

17 Nations peacekeeping operations, regardless of 

18 category or rank, has been adopted by the Gen19 eral Assembly and duly incorporated into all 

20 contracts and a Model Memorandum of Under21 standing, and mechanisms have been estab22 lished for training such personnel concerning 

23 the requirements of the Code and enforcement 

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1 (B) All personnel, regardless of category or 

2 rank, serving in a peacekeeping operation have 

3 been trained concerning the requirements of the 

4 Code of Conduct and each has been given a per5 sonal copy of the Code, translated into the na6 tional language of such personnel. 

7 (C) All personnel, regardless of category or 

8 rank, are required to sign an oath that each has 

9 received a copy of the Code of Conduct, that 

10 each pledges to abide by the Code, and that 

11 each understands the consequences of violating 

12 the Code, including immediate termination of 

13 participation in and permanent exclusion from 

14 all current and future peacekeeping operations, 

15 as well as the assumption of personal liability 

16 for victims compensation as a condition of the 

17 appointment to such operation. 

18 (D) All peacekeeping operations have de19 signed and implemented educational outreach 

20 programs to reach local communities where 

21 peacekeeping personnel of such operations are 

22 based to explain prohibited acts on the part of 

23 United Nations peacekeeping personnel and to 

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1 of exploitation, abuse, or other acts of mis2 conduct. 

3 (E) The creation of a centralized database, 

4 including personnel photos, fingerprints, and bi5 ometric data, has been completed and is being 

6 maintained in the United Nations Department 

7 of Peacekeeping Operations that tracks cases of 

8 misconduct, including the outcomes of inves9 tigations and subsequent prosecutions, to en10 sure that personnel, regardless of category or 

11 rank, who have engaged in misconduct or other 

12 criminal activities are permanently barred from 

13 participation in future peacekeeping operations. 

14 (F) A Model Memorandum of Under15 standing between the United Nations and each 

16 Member State that contributes troops to a 

17 peacekeeping operation has been adopted by the 

18 United Nations Department of Peacekeeping 

19 Operations that specifically obligates each such 

20 Member State to— 

21 (i) uphold the uniform Code of Con22 duct which shall apply equally to all per23 sonnel serving in United Nations peace24 keeping operations, regardless of category 

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1 (ii) designate a competent legal au2 thority, preferably a prosecutor with exper3 tise in the area of sexual exploitation and 

4 abuse where appropriate, to participate in 

5 any investigation into an allegation of mis6 conduct brought against an individual of 

7 such Member State; 

8 (iii) refer to its competent national or 

9 military authority for possible prosecution, 

10 if warranted, any investigation of a viola11 tion of the Code of Conduct or other crimi12 nal activity by an individual of such Mem13 ber State; 

14 (iv) report to the Department of Field 

15 Support and the Department of Peace16 keeping Operations on the outcome of any 

17 such investigation; 

18 (v) undertake to conduct on-site court 

19 martial proceedings, where practical and 

20 appropriate, relating to allegations of mis21 conduct alleged against an individual of 

22 such Member State; and 

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1 of misconduct committed by an individual 

2 of such Member State. 

3 (G) A professional and independent inves4 tigative and audit function has been established 

5 within the United Nations Department of 

6 Peacekeeping Operations and the Office of In7 ternal Oversight Services to monitor United 

8 Nations peacekeeping operations. 

9 TITLE X—REPORTING 

10 REQUIREMENTS 

11 SEC. 1001. REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM. 

12 Section 4 of the United Nations Participation Act of 

13 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287b(c)(3)) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub15 paragraph (R); and 

16 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol17 lowing new subparagraphs: 

18 ‘‘(C) A description of progress toward the 

19 goal of shifting funding for the regular budget 

20 of the United Nations to voluntary funding as 

21 described in section 101 of the United Nations 

22 Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act 

23 of 2013, and a detailed description of efforts 

24 and activities by United States diplomats and 

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1 ‘‘(D) A description of progress toward each 

2 of the policy goals identified in title I of the 

3 United Nations Transparency, Accountability, 

4 and Reform Act of 2013, and a detailed, goal5 specific description of efforts and activities by 

6 United States diplomats and officials toward 

7 those ends. 

8 ‘‘(E) A description of the status of the im9 plementation of management reforms within the 

10 United Nations and its specialized entities. 

11 ‘‘(F) An accounting of the number of out12 puts, reports, or other mandates generated by 

13 General Assembly and Security Council resolu14 tions, a description of the status of the review 

15 by the General Assembly of all mandates older 

16 than 5 years and how resources have been redi17 rected to new challenges, and the number of 

18 mandates that have been eliminated since the 

19 date of the enactment of the United Nations 

20 Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act 

21 of 2013. 

22 ‘‘(G) A description of the progress of the 

23 General Assembly to modernize and streamline 

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1 puts, consistent with the March 2005 report of 

2 the Secretary-General entitled ‘In Larger Free3 dom: Towards Development, Security and 

4 Human Rights for All’. 

5 ‘‘(H) An assessment of the continued util6 ity and relevance of the Economic and Finan7 cial Committee and the Social, Humanitarian, 

8 and Cultural Committee, in light of the duplica9 tive agendas of those committees and the Eco10 nomic and Social Council. 

11 ‘‘(I) An examination of whether the United 

12 Nations or any of its specialized agencies has 

13 contracted with any party included on the List 

14 of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement 

15 and Nonprocurement Programs. 

16 ‘‘(J) A description of progress made by the 

17 General Assembly in modernizing human re18 source practices, consistent with the report de19 scribed in subparagraph (G). 

20 ‘‘(K) A comprehensive evaluation of human 

21 resources reforms at the United Nations, in22 cluding an evaluation of— 

23 ‘‘(i) tenure; 

24 ‘‘(ii) performance reviews; 

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1 ‘‘(iv) a merit-based hiring system and 

2 enhanced regulations concerning termi3 nation of employment; and 

4 ‘‘(v) the adoption and implementation 

5 of a United Nations systemwide code of 

6 conduct and ethics training. 

7 ‘‘(L) A description of the implementation 

8 at the United Nations of a system of proce9 dures for filing complaints and protective meas10 ures for workplace harassment, including sexual 

11 harassment. 

12 ‘‘(M) Policy recommendations relating to 

13 the establishment at the United Nations of a 

14 rotation requirement for nonadministrative po15 sitions. 

16 ‘‘(N) Policy recommendations relating to 

17 the establishment of limitations on the transfer 

18 of personnel and officials assigned to the mis19 sion of a member state to the United Nations 

20 to positions within the United Nations Secre21 tariat that are compensated at the P–5 level 

22 and above. 

23 ‘‘(O) Policy recommendations relating to a 

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1 tions personnel and attendant oversight with re2 spect to accommodations and airline flights. 

3 ‘‘(P) An evaluation of the recommenda4 tions of the Secretary-General relating to great5 er flexibility for the Secretary-General in staff6 ing decisions to accommodate changing prior7 ities.’’. 

8 SEC. 1002. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO 

9 THE UNITED NATIONS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

12 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

13 shall submit to Congress a report on all assessed and vol14 untary contributions, including in-kind, of the United 

15 States Government to the United Nations and its affili16 ated agencies and related bodies during the previous fiscal 

17 year. 

18 (b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection 

19 (a) shall include the following elements: 

20 (1) The total amount of all assessed and vol21 untary contributions, including in-kind, of the 

22 United States Government to the United Nations 

23 and United Nations affiliated agencies and related 

24 bodies. 


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1 (2) The approximate percentage of United 

2 States Government contributions to each United Na3 tions affiliated agency or body in such fiscal year 

4 when compared with all contributions to such agency 

5 or body from any source in such fiscal year. 

6 (3) For each such contribution— 

7 (A) the amount of the contribution; 

8 (B) a description of the contribution (in9 cluding whether assessed or voluntary); 

10 (C) the department or agency of the 

11 United States Government responsible for the 

12 contribution; 

13 (D) the purpose of the contribution; and 

14 (E) the United Nations or United Nations 

15 affiliated agency or related body receiving the 

16 contribution. 

17 (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—Not 

18 later than 14 days after submitting a report required 

19 under subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Man20 agement and Budget shall post a public version of the re21 port on a text-based, searchable, and publicly available 

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1 SEC. 1003. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON VOTING PRACTICES 

2 IN THE UNITED NATIONS. 

3 Section 406(b) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza4 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 

5 2414a(b)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

7 inserting a semicolon; 

8 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(7) a table detailing the amount of direct 

13 United States foreign assistance provided to each 

14 member country alongside a voting comparison as 

15 described in paragraph (5).’’. 

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