of civilian women at all levels to serve in peace-
keeping missions, including through innovative 
staffing formulas; 
(C) improve protection mechanisms in and 
around United Nations managed refugee and 
internally displaced persons camps; 
(D) strengthen efforts to implement a zero 
tolerance policy for sexual exploitation and 
abuse in United Nations peacekeeping and hu-
manitarian operations; 
(E) support troop and police contributing 
countries in taking appropriate actions to pre-
vent violence and abuse, including by providing 
materials for pre-deployment and in-theater 
awareness training, and other action to promote 
full accountability in cases of abusive conduct 
involving the personnel of such countries; 
(F) continue to expand appropriate mecha-
nisms to permit individuals to safely bring alle-
gations of violence against women and girls 
internationally to the attention of United Na-
tions peacekeeping commanders and heads of 
humanitarian missions; and 
(G) ensure the United Nations Office of 
Internal Oversight has the capacity to inves-
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tigate all credible allegations in a timely and ef-
ficient manner while protecting the whistle-
blower. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant 
Secretary of State for International Organization 
Affairs and the United States Representative to the 
United Nations, in consultation with the Ambas-
sador-at-Large of the Office for Global Women’s 
Issues, shall submit to Congress a report on United 
States efforts to support the implementation of 
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325, 
1820, and 1888. 
(g) EMERGENCY MEASURES
FOR CRITICAL OUT-
BREAKS OF VIOLENCE DURING CONFLICT OR POST-CON-
FLICT OPERATIONS.— 
(1) EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO CRITICAL OUT-
BREAKS.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Ambassador-at-Large of the Office for 
Global Women’s Issues, should identify and take 
emergency measures to respond to critical outbreaks 
of violence against women and girls in situations of 
armed conflict. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Violence against women 
and girls shall be determined to be a ‘‘critical out-
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break’’ if a United States Government report, allied 
government information, or credible nongovern-
mental or media accounts depict a widespread pat-
tern of violence against women or girls, particularly 
rape and other forms of sexual abuse, that is esca-
lating in the number of victims or brutality of at-
tacks and that takes place in an environment of rel-
ative impunity. 
(3) EMERGENCY MEASURES.—The Secretary of 
State should inform Congress immediately upon the 
identification of a critical outbreak of violence 
against women and girls and should, in consultation 
with the Ambassador-at-Large of the Office for 
Global Women’s Issues, identify emergency measures 
to respond to the outbreak identified under para-
graph (1) within 90 days and brief Congress, upon 
request, on those measures. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—In developing emergency 
measures under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State, with the assistance of the Ambassador-at- 
Large of the Office for Global Women’s Issues, shall 
consult with the heads of all relevant United States 
Government departments and agencies, as necessary, 
including the National Security Advisor, as well as 
international and nongovernmental organizations 
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working in prevention and response to violence 
against women and girls internationally. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts authorized to be appropriated under sub-
section (c), there is authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for emergency measures, in-
cluding the expansion of reporting mechanisms and pro-
grams, for each critical outbreak of violence identified 
under this section. 
TITLE II—OTHER PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. SUPPORT FOR MULTILATERAL EFFORTS TO END 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Inter-
national 
Organizations 
and 
Programs 
Account 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015 
to support the United Nations Development Fund for 
Women Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate 
Violence Against Women. 
SEC. 202. FUNDING LIMITATION. 
Assistance made available under this Act may be 
made available notwithstanding any other provision of law 
that restricts assistance to foreign countries, except for 
provisions of law that limit assistance to organizations 
that support or participate in a program of coercive abor-
tion or involuntary sterilization, including section 7079 of 
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the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111– 
8; 123 Stat. 909). 
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