appropriate, to the Secretary General, the Security 
Council, the General Assembly, or the Economic and 
Social Council a report on its activities, relevant ob-
servations, and recommendations relating to its 
audit operations, including information relating to 
the inventory and status of investigations by the Of-
fice of Internal Oversight Services. 
(5) In extraordinary circumstances and with the 
concurrence of the Secretary General or the Security 
Council by majority vote, the IOB may augment the 
Office of Internal Oversight Services with a special 
investigator and staff consisting of individuals who 
are not employees of the United Nations, to inves-
tigate matters involving senior officials of the United 
Nations or of its specialized agencies when allega-
tions of serious misconduct have been made and 
such a special investigation is necessary to maintain 
public confidence in the integrity of the investiga-
tion. A special investigator and staff shall comply 
with all United Nations financial disclosure and con-
flict of interest rules, including the filing of an indi-
vidual Annual Financial Disclosure Form in accord-
ance with subsection (c).
(6) The IOB shall recommend annual budgets 
for the Office of Internal Oversight Services and the 
Board of External Auditors. 
(b) CERTIFICATION OF UNITED NATIONS REFORMS 
OF THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES.— 
In accordance with section 601, a certification shall be re-
quired that certifies that the following reforms related to 
the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) have 
been adopted by the United Nations: 
(1) The OIOS is designated as an independent 
entity within the United Nations. The OIOS shall 
not be subject to budget authority or organizational 
authority of any entity within the United Nations 
except as provided in this section. 
(2) The regular assessed budget of the United 
Nations shall fully fund the Internal Oversight 
Budget from existing levels of United Nations budg-
etary and personnel resources and shall not be de-
pendent upon any other entity, bureau, division, de-
partment, or specialized agency of the United Na-
tions for such funding. 
(3) All United Nations officials, including offi-
cials from any entity, bureau, division, department, 
or specialized agency of the United Nations, may—
(A) make a recommendation to the OIOS 
to initiate an investigation of any aspect of the 
United Nations; or 
(B) report to the OIOS information or al-
legations of misconduct or inefficiencies within 
the United Nations. 
(4) The OIOS may, sua sponte, initiate and 
conduct an investigation or audit of any entity, bu-
reau, division, department, specialized agency, em-
ployee (including the Secretary General) of the 
United Nations, including any employee of the spe-
cialized agencies of the United Nations, or con-
tractor or consultant for the United Nations or its 
specialized agencies. 
(5) At least every three months and more fre-
quently when appropriate, the OIOS shall submit to 
the IOB a report containing an inventory and status 
of its investigations. 
(6) The OIOS shall establish procedures for 
providing ‘‘whistle-blower’’ status and employment 
protections for all employees of the United Nations, 
including employees of the specialized agencies of 
the United Nations, who provide informational leads 
and testimony related to allegations of wrongdoing. 
Such procedures shall be adopted throughout the
United Nations. Such status and protection may not 
be conferred on the Secretary General. 
(7) The OIOS shall annually publish a public 
report determining the proper number, distribution, 
and expertise of auditors within the OIOS necessary 
to carry out present and future duties of the OIOS, 
including assessing the staffing requirements needed 
to audit United Nations contracting activities 
throughout the contract cycle from the bid process 
to contract performance. 
(8) Not later than six months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director shall estab-
lish a position of Associate Director of OIOS for 
Specialized Agencies and Funds and Programs who 
shall be responsible for supervising the OIOS liaison 
or oversight duties for each of the specialized agen-
cies and funds and programs of the United Nations. 
With the concurrence of the Director, the Associate 
Director of OIOS for Specialized Agencies and 
Funds and Programs may, from existing levels of 
United Nations budgetary and personnel resources, 
hire and appoint necessary OIOS staff, including 
staff serving within and located at specialized agen-
cies and funds and programs permanently or as
needed to liaison with existing audit functions within 
each specialized agency and fund and program. 
(9) Not later than six months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director shall estab-
lish a position of Associate Director of OIOS for 
Peacekeeping Operations, who shall be responsible 
for the oversight and auditing of the field offices at-
tached to United Nations peacekeeping operations. 
The Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping 
Operations shall receive informational leads and tes-
timony from any person regarding allegations of 
wrongdoing by United Nations officials or peace-
keeping troops or regarding inefficiencies associated 
with United Nations peacekeeping operations. The 
Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping Oper-
ations shall be responsible for initiating, conducting, 
and overseeing investigations within peacekeeping 
operations. 
(10) Not later than six months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall es-
tablish a position of Associate Director of OIOS for 
Procurement and Contract Integrity, who shall be 
responsible for auditing and inspecting procurement 
and contracting win the United Nations, including 
within the specialized agencies. The Associate Direc-
tor of OIOS for Procurement and Contract Integrity 
shall receive informational leads and testimony from 
any person regarding allegations of wrongdoing by 
United Nations officials or regarding inefficiencies 
associated with United Nations procurement or con-
tracting activities. The Associate Director of OIOS 
for Procurement and Contract Integrity shall be re-
sponsible for initiating, conducting, and overseeing 
investigations of procurement and contract activities. 
Not later than 12 months after the establishment of 
the position of Associate Director of OIOS for Pro-
curement and Contract Integrity, the Director, with 
the assistance of the Associate Director of OIOS for 
Procurement and Contract Integrity, shall undertake 
a review of contract procedures to ensure that prac-
tices and policies are in place to ensure that— 
(A) the United Nations has ceased issuing 
single bid contracts except for such contracts 
issued during an emergency situation that is 
justified by the Under Secretary General for 
Management; 
(B) the United Nations has established ef-
fective controls to prevent conflicts of interest 
in the award of contracts; and
(C) the United Nations has established ef-
fective procedures and policies to ensure effec-
tive and comprehensive oversight and moni-
toring of United Nations contract performance. 
(c) CERTIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED 
NATIONS OFFICE OF ETHICS.—In accordance with sec-
tion 601, a certification shall be required that certifies 
that the following reforms related to the establishment of 
a United Nations Office of Ethics have been adopted by 
the United Nations: 
(1) A United Nations Office of Ethics (UNOE) 
is established. The UNOE shall be an independent 
entity within the United Nations and shall not be 
subject to budget authority or organizational author-
ity of any entity within the United Nations. The 
UNEO shall be responsible for establishing, man-
aging, and enforcing a code of ethics for all employ-
ees of United Nations and its specialized agencies. 
The UNEO shall also be responsible for providing 
such employees with annual training related to such 
code. The head of the UNEO shall be a Director 
who shall be nominated by the Secretary General 
and who shall be subject to Security Council ap-
proval by majority vote.
(2) The UNEO shall receive operational and 
budgetary funding through appropriations by the 
General Assembly from existing levels of United Na-
tions budgetary and personnel resources and shall 
not be dependent upon any other entity, bureau, di-
vision, department, or specialized agency of the 
United Nations for such funding. 
(3) The Director of the UNEO shall, not later 
than six months after the date of its establishment, 
publish a report containing proposals for imple-
menting a system for the filing and review of indi-
vidual Annual Financial Disclosure Forms by each 
employee of the United Nations, including by each 
employee of its specialized agencies, at the P–5 level 
and above and by all contractors and consultants 
compensated at any salary level. Such system shall 
be in place and operational not later than six 
months after the date of the publication of the re-
port. Such completed forms shall be made available 
to the Office of Internal Oversight Services at the 
request of the Director of the Office of Internal 
Oversight Services. Such system shall seek to iden-
tify and prevent conflicts of interest by United Na-
tions employees and shall be comparable to the sys-
tem used for such purposes by the United States
Government. Such report shall also address broader 
reforms of the ethics program for the United Na-
tions, including— 
(A) the effect of the establishment of eth-
ics officers throughout all organizations within 
the United Nations; 
(B) the effect of retention by the UNEO of 
Annual Financial Disclosure Forms; 
(C) proposals for making completed An-
nual Financial Disclosure Forms available to 
the public on request through their Member 
State’s mission to the United Nations; 
(D) proposals for annual disclosure to the 
public of information related to the annual sala-
ries and payments, including pension payments 
and buyouts, of employees of the United Na-
tions, including employees of its specialized 
agencies, and of consultants; 
(E) proposals for annual disclosure to the 
public of information related to per diem rates 
for all bureaus, divisions, departments, or spe-
cialized agencies within the United Nations; 
(F) proposals for disclosure upon request 
by the Ambassador of a Member State of infor-
mation related to travel and per diem payments
made from United Nations funds to any person; 
and 
(G) proposals for annual disclosure to the 
public of information related to travel and per 
diem rates and payments made from United 
Nations funds to any person. 
(d) CERTIFICATION OF UNITED NATIONS ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF POSITION OF CHIEF OPERATING OFFI-
CER.—In accordance with section 601, a certification shall 
be required that certifies that the following reforms re-
lated to the establishment of the position of a Chief Oper-
ating Officer have been adopted by the United Nations: 
(1) There is established the position of Chief 
Operating Officer (COO). The COO shall report to 
the Secretary General. 
(2) The COO shall be responsible for formu-
lating general policies and programs for the United 
Nations in coordination with the Secretary General 
and in consultation with the Security Council and 
the General Assembly. The COO shall be responsible 
for the daily administration, operation and super-
vision, and the direction and control of the business 
of the United Nations. The Chief Operating Officer 
shall also perform such other duties and may exer-
cise 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 
AUDITORS.—In accordance with section 601, a certifi-
cation 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 Nations 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 intimidating 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 
monitoring 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 Euro-
pean and Others Group (WEOG) in the United Na-
tions 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 ap-
propriate congressional committees concerning the 
treatment of Israel in the United Nations and the 
expansion of WEOG to include Israel as a perma-
nent member. 
(b) DEPARTMENT
OF STATE REVIEW
AND RE-
PORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To avoid duplicative efforts 
and funding with respect to Palestinian interests 
and to ensure balance in the approach to Israeli– 
Palestinian issues, the Secretary shall, not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act— 
(A) conduct an audit of the functions of 
the entities listed in paragraph (2); and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report containing rec-
ommendations for the elimination of such dupli-
cative entities and efforts. 
(2) ENTITIES.—The entities referred to in 
paragraph (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 Lib-
eration Organization and the Palestinian Au-
thority. 
(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 con-
tained 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 
Nations for a biennial period amounts that are pro-
portional to the percentage of such budget that are 
expended 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 congres-
sional committees a report on United Nations reform since 
1990. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under para-
graph (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 
modernize and streamline the committee structure 
and its specific recommendations on oversight and 
committee outputs, consistent with the March 2005 
report of the Secretary General entitled ‘‘In larger 
freedom: towards 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 chal-
lenges, consistent 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 As-
sembly to modernize human resource practices, con-
sistent with the March 2005 report of the Secretary
General entitled ‘‘In larger freedom: towards devel-
opment, security 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 con-
duct and ethics training. 
(2) the implementation of a system of proce-
dures for filing complaints and protective measures 
for work-place harassment, including sexual harass-
ment; 
(3) policy recommendations relating to the es-
tablishment of a rotation requirement for non-
administrative positions; 
(4) policy recommendations relating to the es-
tablishment of a prohibition preventing personnel
and officials assigned to the mission of a Member 
State to the United Nations from transferring to a 
position within the United Nations Secretariat that 
is compensated at the P–5 level and above; 
(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 re-
spectable Human Rights Council or other human rights 
body is established within the United Nations whose par-
ticipating Member States uphold the values embodied in 
the Universal Declaration 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 adopt-
ed by the United Nations: 
(1) A Member State that fails to uphold the 
values embodied in the Universal Declaration of 
Human Rights shall be ineligible for membership on 
any United Nations human rights body. 
(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, par-
ticularly as such motions relate to country specific resolu-
tions. 
(e) OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMIS-
SIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the 
policy of the United States to continue to strongly 
support the Office of the United Nations High Com-
missioner for Human Rights. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—In accordance with sec-
tion 601, a certification shall be required that cer-
tifies that the Office of the United Nations High 
Commissioner for Human Rights has been given 
greater authority in field operation activities, such 
as in the Darfur region of Sudan and in the Demo-
cratic Republic 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 
abolished, only countries that are not ineligible for 
membership on a human rights body in accordance 
with paragraph (1) through (4) of section 201(b) 
shall be considered for membership on the Commis-
sion 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 
policies 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 Rep-
resentative to International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) to use the voice, vote, and influ-
ence of the United States at the IAEA to estab-
lish an Office of Compliance in the Secretariat 
of the IAEA. 
(B) OPERATION.—The Office of Compli-
ance 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-
ons states as recognized by the Treaty on 
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 
(21 UST 483) (commonly referred to as 
the ‘‘Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty’’ or 
the ‘‘NPT’’). 
(C) STAFFING.—The Office of Compliance 
shall be staffed from existing personnel in the 
Department of Safeguards of the IAEA or the 
Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of 
the IAEA. 
(2) SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SAFEGUARDS AND 
VERIFICATION.— 
(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
President 
shall direct the United States Permanent Rep-
resentative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, 
and influence of the United States at the IAEA
to establish a Special Committee on Safeguards 
and Verification. 
(B) 
RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 
Special 
Committee shall— 
(i) improve the ability of the IAEA to 
monitor and enforce compliance by Mem-
ber States of the IAEA with the Nuclear 
Nonproliferation Treaty and the Statute of 
the International Atomic Energy Agency; 
and 
(ii) consider which additional meas-
ures are necessary to enhance the ability of 
the IAEA, beyond the verification mecha-
nisms and authorities contained in the Ad-
ditional Protocol to the Safeguards Agree-
ments between the IAEA and Member 
States of the IAEA, to detect with a high 
degree of confidence undeclared nuclear ac-
tivities by a Member State. 
(3) PENALTIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall di-
rect the United States Permanent Representa-
tive to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and in-
fluence of the United States at the IAEA to en-
sure that a Member State of the IAEA that is
under investigation for a breach of or non-
compliance with its IAEA obligations or the 
purposes and principles of the Charter of the 
United Nations has its privileges suspended, in-
cluding— 
(i) limiting its ability to vote on its 
case; 
(ii) being prevented from receiving 
any technical assistance; and 
(iii) being prevented from hosting 
meetings. 
(B) TERMINATION
OF
PENALTIES.—The 
penalties specified under subparagraph (A) 
shall be terminated when such investigation is 
concluded and such Member State is no longer 
in such breach or noncompliance. 
(b) UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
(1) VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Voluntary 
contributions of the United States to the IAEA 
should primarily be used to fund activities relating 
to Nuclear Safety and Security or activities relating 
to Nuclear Verification. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS.—The 
President shall direct the United States Permanent
Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, 
and influence of the United States at the IAEA to— 
(A) ensure that funds for safeguards in-
spections are prioritized for countries that have 
newly established nuclear programs or are initi-
ating nuclear programs; and 
(B) block the allocation of funds for any 
other IAEA development, environmental, or nu-
clear science assistance or activity to a coun-
try— 
(i) the government of which the Sec-
retary of State has determined, for pur-
poses of section 6(j) of the Export Admin-
istration Act of 1979, section 620A of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 
of the Arms Export Control Act, or other 
provision of law, is a government that has 
repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism and the government 
of which the Secretary has determined has 
not dismantled and surrendered its weap-
ons of mass destruction programs under 
international verification; 
(ii) that is under investigation for a 
breach of or noncompliance with its IAEA
obligations or the purposes and principles 
of the Charter of the United Nations; or 
(iii) that is in violation of its IAEA 
obligations or the purposes and principles 
of the Charter of the United Nations. 
(3) DETAIL
OF
EXPENDITURES.—The Presi-
dent shall direct the United States Permanent Rep-
resentative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and 
influence of the United States at the IAEA to se-
cure, as part of the regular budget presentation of 
the IAEA to Member States of the IAEA, a detailed 
breakdown by country of expenditures of the IAEA 
for safeguards inspections and nuclear security ac-
tivities. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct 
the United States Permanent Representative to the 
IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the 
United States at the IAEA to block the membership 
on the Board of Governors of the IAEA for a Mem-
ber State of the IAEA that has not signed and rati-
fied the Additional Protocol and— 
(A) is under investigation for a breach of 
or noncompliance with its IAEA obligations or
the purposes and principles of the Charter of 
the United Nations; or 
(B) that is in violation of its IAEA obliga-
tions or the purposes and principles of the 
Charter of the United Nations. 
(2) CRITERIA.—The United States Permanent 
Representative to the IAEA shall make every effort 
to modify the criteria for Board membership to re-
flect the principles described in paragraph (1). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually for two 
years thereafter, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the implemen-
tation of this section. 
SEC. 302. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE NUCLEAR 
SECURITY ACTION PLAN OF THE IAEA. 
It is the sense of Congress that the national security 
interests of the United States are enhanced by the Nuclear 
Security Action Plan of the IAEA and the Board of Gov-
ernors should recommend, and the General Conference 
should adopt, a resolution incorporating the Nuclear Secu-
rity Action Plan into the regular budget of the IAEA.
TITLE IV—PEACEKEEPING 
SEC. 401. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING REFORM OF 
UNITED 
NATIONS 
PEACEKEEPING 
OPER-
ATIONS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) although United Nations peacekeeping oper-
ations have contributed greatly toward the pro-
motion of peace and stability for the past 57 years 
and the majority of peacekeeping personnel who 
have served under the United Nations flag have 
done so with honor and courage, the record of 
United Nations peacekeeping has been severely tar-
nished by operational failures and unconscionable 
acts of misconduct; and 
(2) if the reputation of and confidence in 
United Nations peacekeeping operations is to be re-
stored, fundamental and far-reaching reforms, par-
ticularly in the areas of planning, management, 
training, conduct, and discipline, must be imple-
mented without delay.
SEC. 402. STATEMENT OF POLICY RELATING TO REFORM 
OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPER-
ATIONS. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to pursue 
reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations in the 
following areas: 
(1) PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT.— 
(A) GLOBAL
AUDIT.—As the size, cost, 
and number of United Nations peacekeeping 
operations have increased substantially over the 
past decade, an independent audit of each such 
operation, with a view toward ‘‘right-sizing’’ op-
erations and ensuring that such operations are 
cost effective, should be conducted and its find-
ings reported to the Security Council. 
(B) REVIEW OF MANDATES AND CLOSING 
OPERATIONS.—In conjunction with the audit 
described in subparagraph (A), the United Na-
tions Department of Peacekeeping Operations 
should conduct a comprehensive review of all 
United Nations peacekeeping operation man-
dates, with a view toward identifying objectives 
that are practical and achievable, and report its 
findings to the Security Council. In particular, 
the review should consider the following:
(i) Activities that fall beyond the 
scope of traditional peacekeeping activities 
should be delegated to a new Peacebuilding 
Commission, described in paragraph (3). 
(ii) Long-standing operations that are 
static and cannot fulfill their mandate 
should be downsized or closed. 
(iii) Where there is legitimate concern 
that the withdrawal from a country of an 
otherwise static United Nations peace-
keeping operation would result in the re-
sumption of major conflict, a burden-shar-
ing arrangement that reduces the level of 
assessed contributions, similar to that cur-
rently supporting the United Nations 
Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, should be 
explored and instituted. 
(C) LEADERSHIP.—As peacekeeping oper-
ations become larger and increasingly complex, 
the Secretariat should adopt a minimum stand-
ard of qualifications for senior leaders and 
managers, with particular emphasis on specific 
skills and experience, and current senior leaders 
and managers who do not meet those standards 
should be removed or reassigned.
(D) PRE-DEPLOYMENT
TRAINING.—Pre- 
deployment training on interpretation of the 
mandate of the operation, specifically in the 
areas of use of force, civilian protection and 
field conditions, the Code of Conduct, HIV/ 
AIDS, and human rights should be mandatory, 
and all personnel, regardless of category or 
rank, should be required to sign an oath that 
each has received and understands such train-
ing as a condition of participation in the oper-
ation. 
(2) CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE.— 
(A) ADOPTION OF A UNIFORM CODE OF 
CONDUCT.—A single, uniform Code of Conduct 
that has the status of a binding rule and ap-
plies equally to all personnel serving in United 
Nations peacekeeping operations, regardless of 
category or rank, should be promulgated, adopt-
ed, and enforced. 
(B) UNDERSTANDING THE CODE OF CON-
DUCT.—All personnel, regardless of category or 
rank, should receive training on the Code of 
Conduct prior to deployment with a peace-
keeping operation, in addition to periodic fol-
low-on training. In particular—
(i) all personnel, regardless of cat-
egory or rank, should be provided with a 
personal copy of the Code of Conduct that 
has been translated into the national lan-
guage of such personnel, regardless of 
whether such language is an official lan-
guage of the United Nations; 
(ii) all personnel, regardless of cat-
egory or rank, should sign an oath that 
each has received a copy of the Code of 
Conduct, that each pledges to abide by the 
Code of Conduct, and that each under-
stands the consequences of violating the 
Code of Conduct, including immediate ter-
mination of the participation of such per-
sonnel in the peacekeeping operation to 
which such personnel is assigned as a con-
dition of appointment to such operation; 
and 
(iii) peacekeeping operations should 
conduct educational outreach programs to 
reach local communities where peace-
keeping personnel of such operations are 
based, including explaining prohibited acts 
on the part of United Nations peace-
keeping personnel and identifying the indi-
vidual to whom the local population may 
direct complaints or file allegations of ex-
ploitation, abuse, or other acts of mis-
conduct. 
(C) 
MONITORING
MECHANISMS.—Dedi-
cated monitoring mechanisms, such as the Per-
sonnel Conduct Units already deployed to sup-
port United Nations peacekeeping operations in 
Haiti, Liberia, Burundi, and the Democratic 
Republic of Congo, should be present in each 
operation to monitor compliance with the Code 
of Conduct, and— 
(i) should report simultaneously to the 
Head of Mission, the United Nations De-
partment of Peacekeeping Operations, and 
the Associate Director of OIOS for Peace-
keeping Operations (established under sec-
tion 104(b)(10)); and 
(ii) should be tasked with designing 
and implementing mission-specific meas-
ures to prevent misconduct, conduct follow- 
on training for personnel, coordinate com-
munity outreach programs, and assist in
investigations, as OIOS determines nec-
essary and appropriate. 
(D) INVESTIGATIONS.—A permanent, pro-
fessional, and independent investigative body 
should be established and introduced into 
United Nations peacekeeping operations. In 
particular— 
(i) the investigative body should in-
clude professionals with experience in in-
vestigating sex crimes, as well as experts 
who can provide guidance on standards of 
proof and evidentiary requirements nec-
essary for any subsequent legal action; 
(ii) provisions should be included in a 
Model Memorandum of Understanding 
that obligate Member States that con-
tribute troops to a peacekeeping operation 
to designate a military prosecutor who will 
participate in any investigation into an al-
legation of misconduct brought against an 
individual of such Member State, so that 
evidence is collected and preserved in a 
manner consistent with the military law of 
such Member State;
(iii) the investigative body should be 
regionally based to ensure rapid deploy-
ment and should be equipped with modern 
forensics equipment for the purpose of 
positively identifying perpetrators and, 
where necessary, for determining paternity; 
and 
(iv) the investigative body should re-
port directly to the Associate Director of 
OIOS for Peacekeeping Operations, while 
providing copies of any reports to the De-
partment of Peacekeeping Operations, the 
Head of Mission, and the Member State 
concerned. 
(E) FOLLOW-UP.—A dedicated unit, simi-
lar to the Personnel Conduct Units, staffed and 
funded through existing resources, should be es-
tablished within the headquarters of the United 
Nations Department of Peacekeeping Oper-
ations and tasked with— 
(i) promulgating measures to prevent 
misconduct; 
(ii) coordinating allegations of mis-
conduct, and reports received by field per-
sonnel; and
(iii) gathering follow-up information 
on completed investigations, particularly by 
focusing on disciplinary actions against the 
individual concerned taken by the United 
Nations or by the Member State that is 
contributing troops to which such indi-
vidual belongs, and sharing such informa-
tion with the Security Council, the Head of 
Mission, and the community hosting the 
peacekeeping operation. 
(F) FINANCIAL
LIABILITY
AND
VICTIMS 
ASSISTANCE.—Although 
peacekeeping 
oper-
ations should provide immediate medical assist-
ance to victims of sexual abuse or exploitation, 
the responsibility for providing longer-term 
treatment, care, or restitution lies solely with 
the individual found guilty of the misconduct. 
In particular, the following reforms should be 
implemented: 
(i) The United Nations should not as-
sume responsibility for providing long-term 
treatment or compensation by creating a 
‘‘Victims Trust Fund’’, or any other such 
similar fund, financed through assessed 
contributions to United Nations peace-
keeping operations, thereby shielding indi-
viduals from personal liability and rein-
forcing an atmosphere of impunity. 
(ii) If an individual responsible for 
misconduct has been repatriated, reas-
signed, redeployed, or is otherwise unable 
to provide assistance, responsibility for 
providing assistance to a victim should be 
assigned to the Member State that contrib-
uted the troops to which such individual 
belonged or to the manager concerned. 
(iii) In the case of misconduct by a 
member of a military contingent, appro-
priate funds shall be withheld from the 
troop contributing country concerned. 
(iv) In the case of misconduct by a ci-
vilian employee or contractor of the United 
Nations, appropriate wages shall be gar-
nished from such individual or fines shall 
be imposed against such individual, con-
sistent with existing United Nations Staff 
Rules. 
(G) MANAGERS AND COMMANDERS.—The 
manner in which managers and commanders 
handle cases of misconduct by those serving
under them should be included in their indi-
vidual performance evaluations, so that man-
agers and commanders who take decisive action 
to deter and address misconduct are rewarded, 
while those who create a permissive environ-
ment or impede investigations are penalized or 
relieved of duty, as appropriate. 
(H) DATA BASE.—A centralized data base 
should be created and maintained within the 
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping 
Operations to track cases of misconduct, includ-
ing the outcome of investigations and subse-
quent prosecutions, to ensure that personnel 
who have engaged in misconduct or other crimi-
nal activities, regardless of category or rank, 
are permanently barred from participation in 
future peacekeeping operations. 
(I) WELFARE.—Peacekeeping operations 
should assume responsibility for maintaining a 
minimum standard of welfare for mission per-
sonnel to ameliorate conditions of service, while 
adjustments are made to the discretionary wel-
fare payments currently provided to Member 
States that contribute troops to offset the cost 
of operation-provided recreational facilities.