Nations. The Chief Operating Officer shall also per-
form such other duties and may exercise such other 
powers as from time to time may be assigned to the 
COO by the Secretary General. 
(e) CERTIFICATION OF ACCESS BY MEMBER STATES 
TO REPORTS AND AUDITS BY BOARD OF EXTERNAL AUDI-
TORS.—In accordance with section 601, a certification shall 
be required that certifies that Member States may, upon 
request, have access to all reports and audits completed by 
the Board of External Auditors. 
SEC. 105. TERRORISM AND THE UNITED NATIONS. 
The President shall direct the United States Perma-
nent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, 
vote, and influence of the United States at the United Na-
tions to work toward adoption by the General Assembly 
of—
(1) a definition of terrorism that builds upon the 
recommendations of the Secretary General’s High-
Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change, and 
includes as an essential component of such definition 
any action that is intended to cause death or serious 
bodily harm to civilians with the purpose of intimi-
dating a population or compelling a government or 
an international organization to do, or abstain from 
doing, any act; and
(2) a comprehensive convention on terrorism that 
includes the definition described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 106. UNITED NATIONS TREATY BODIES. 
The United States shall withhold from United States 
contributions to the regular assessed budget of the United 
Nations for a biennial period amounts that are propor-
tional to the percentage of such budget that are expended 
with respect to a United Nations human rights treaty moni-
toring body or committee that was established by—
(1) a convention (without any protocols) or an 
international covenant (without any protocols) to 
which the United States is not party; or 
(2) a convention, with a subsequent protocol, if 
the United States is a party to neither. 
SEC. 107. EQUALITY AT THE UNITED NATIONS. 
(a) INCLUSION OF ISRAEL IN WEOG.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct the 
United States Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence 
of the United States to expand the Western European 
and Others Group (WEOG) in the United Nations to 
include Israel as a permanent member with full 
rights and privileges. 
(2) NOTIFICATION
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than six months after the date of the enactment of this
Act and every six months thereafter for the next two 
years, the Secretary of State shall notify the appro-
priate congressional committees concerning the treat-
ment of Israel in the United Nations and the expan-
sion of WEOG to include Israel as a permanent mem-
ber. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AND REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To avoid duplicative efforts 
and funding with respect to Palestinian interests and 
to ensure balance in the approach to Israeli–Pales-
tinian issues, the Secretary shall, not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act—
(A) conduct an audit of the functions of the 
entities listed in paragraph (2); and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report containing recommendations 
for the elimination of such duplicative entities 
and efforts. 
(2) ENTITIES.—The entities referred to in para-
graph (1) are the following: 
(A) The United Nations Division for Pales-
tinian Rights. 
(B) The Committee on the Exercise of the 
Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
(C) The United Nations Special Coordi-
nator for the Middle East Peace Process and 
Personal Representative to the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization and the Palestinian Author-
ity. 
(D) The NGO Network on the Question of 
Palestine. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION BY PERMANENT REPRESENTA-
TIVE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct the 
United States Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence 
of the United States at the United Nations to seek the 
implementation of the recommendations contained in 
the report required under subsection (b)(1). 
(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Until such rec-
ommendations have been implemented, the United 
States shall withhold from United States contribu-
tions to the regular assessed budget of the United Na-
tions for a biennial period amounts that are propor-
tional to the percentage of such budget that are ex-
pended for such entities. 
(d) GAO AUDIT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States of the Government Accountability Office shall 
conduct an audit of—
(1) the status of the implementation of the rec-
ommendations contained in the report required under 
subsection (b)(1); and 
(2) United States actions and achievements 
under subsection (c). 
SEC. 108. REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and one year thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on United Nations reform since 1990. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under paragraph 
(1) shall describe—
(1) the status of the implementation of manage-
ment reforms within the United Nations and its spe-
cialized agencies; 
(2) the number of outputs, reports, or other items 
generated by General Assembly resolutions that have 
been eliminated; 
(3) the progress of the General Assembly to mod-
ernize and streamline the committee structure and its 
specific recommendations on oversight and committee 
outputs, consistent with the March 2005 report of the 
Secretary General entitled ‘‘In larger freedom: to-
wards development, security and human rights for 
all’’;
(4) the status of the review by the General As-
sembly of all mandates older than five years and how 
resources have been redirected to new challenges, con-
sistent with such March 2005 report of the Secretary 
General; and 
(5) the continued utility and relevance of the 
Economic and Financial Committee and the Social, 
Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee, in light of 
the duplicative agendas of those committees and the 
Economic and Social Council. 
SEC. 109. REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report—
(1) concerning the progress of the General Assem-
bly to modernize human resource practices, consistent 
with the March 2005 report of the Secretary General 
entitled ‘‘In larger freedom: towards development, se-
curity and human rights for all’’; and 
(2) containing the information described in sub-
section (b). 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report shall include—
(1) a comprehensive evaluation of human re-
sources reforms at the United Nations, including an 
evaluation of— 
(A) tenure; 
(B) performance reviews; 
(C) the promotion system; 
(D) a merit-based hiring system and en-
hanced regulations concerning termination of 
employment of employees; and 
(E) the implementation of a code of conduct 
and ethics training; 
(2) the implementation of a system of procedures 
for filing complaints and protective measures for 
work-place harassment, including sexual harassment; 
(3) policy recommendations relating to the estab-
lishment of a rotation requirement for nonadminis-
trative positions; 
(4) policy recommendations relating to the estab-
lishment of a prohibition preventing personnel and 
officials assigned to the mission of a Member State to 
the United Nations from transferring to a position 
within the United Nations Secretariat that is com-
pensated at the P–5 level and above; 
(5) policy recommendations relating to a reduc-
tion in travel allowances and attendant oversight
with respect to accommodations and airline flights; 
and 
(6) an evaluation of the recommendations of the 
Secretary General relating to greater flexibility for 
the Secretary General in staffing decisions to accom-
modate changing priorities. 
TITLE II—HUMAN RIGHTS AND 
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL 
COUNCIL (ECOSOC) 
SEC. 201. HUMAN RIGHTS. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy of 
the United States to use its voice, vote, and influence at 
the United Nations to ensure that a credible and respectable 
Human Rights Council or other human rights body is estab-
lished within the United Nations whose participating Mem-
ber States uphold the values embodied in the Universal Dec-
laration of Human Rights. 
(b) HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS AT THE UNITED NA-
TIONS.—The President shall direct the United States Per-
manent Representative to the United Nations to ensure that 
the following human rights reforms have been adopted by 
the United Nations: 
(1) A Member State that fails to uphold the val-
ues embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights shall be ineligible for membership on any 
United Nations human rights body. 
(2) A Member State shall be ineligible for mem-
bership on any United Nations human rights body if 
such Member State is—
(A) subject to sanctions by the Security 
Council; or 
(B) under a Security Council-mandated in-
vestigation for human rights abuses. 
(3) A Member State that is currently subject to 
an adopted country specific resolution, in the prin-
cipal body in the United Nations for the promotion 
and protection of human rights, relating to human 
rights abuses perpetrated by the government of such 
country in such country, or has been the subject of 
such an adopted country specific resolution in such 
principal body within the previous three years, shall 
be ineligible for membership on any United Nations 
human rights body. For purposes of this subsection, 
an adopted country specific resolution shall not in-
clude consensus resolutions on advisory services. 
(4) A Member State that violates the principles 
of a United Nations human rights body to which it 
aspires to join shall be ineligible for membership on 
such body.
(5) No human rights body has a standing agen-
da item that relates only to one country or region. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—In accordance with section 601, 
a certification shall be required that certifies that the 
human rights reforms described under subsection (b) have 
been adopted by the United Nations. 
(d) PREVENTION OF ABUSE OF ‘‘NO ACTION’’ MO-
TIONS.—The United States Permanent Representative shall 
work to prevent abuse of ‘‘no action’’ motions, particularly 
as such motions relate to country specific resolutions. 
(e) OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMIS-
SIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.—
(1) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the pol-
icy of the United States to continue to strongly sup-
port the Office of the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Human Rights. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—In accordance with section 
601, a certification shall be required that certifies 
that the Office of the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Human Rights has been given greater au-
thority in field operation activities, such as in the 
Darfur region of Sudan and in the Democratic Re-
public of the Congo, in furtherance of the purpose and 
mission of the United Nations.
SEC. 202. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC). 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy of 
the United States to use its voice, vote, and influence at 
the United Nations to—
(1) abolish secret voting in the Economic and 
Social Council (ECOSOC); 
(2) ensure that, until such time as the Commis-
sion on Human Rights of the United Nations is abol-
ished, only countries that are not ineligible for mem-
bership on a human rights body in accordance with 
paragraph (1) through (4) of section 201(b) shall be 
considered for membership on the Commission on 
Human Rights; and 
(3) ensure that after candidate countries are 
nominated for membership on the Commission on 
Human Rights, the Economic and Social Council 
conducts a recorded vote to determine such member-
ship. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—In accordance with section 601, 
a certification shall be required that certifies that the poli-
cies described in subsection (a) have been implemented by 
the Economic and Social Council. 
TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL 
ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY 
SEC. 301. INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY. 
(a) ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE.—
(1) OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE.—
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall 
direct the United States Permanent Representa-
tive to International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA) to use the voice, vote, and influence of 
the United States at the IAEA to establish an 
Office of Compliance in the Secretariat of the 
IAEA. 
(B) OPERATION.—The Office of Compliance 
shall—
(i) function as an independent body 
composed of technical experts who shall 
work in consultation with IAEA inspectors 
to assess compliance by IAEA Member 
States and provide recommendations to the 
IAEA Board of Governors concerning pen-
alties to be imposed on IAEA Member 
States that fail to fulfill their obligations 
under IAEA Board resolutions; 
(ii) base its assessments and rec-
ommendations on IAEA inspection reports; 
and 
(iii) shall take into consideration in-
formation provided by IAEA Board Mem-
bers that are one of the five nuclear weap-