(2) According to the United States Department 
of State, in 2005 the Government of the United 
States contributed $108 million to the general fund 
of the UNDP. This amount accounts for 11.8 per-
cent of the total funding of the UNDP. 
(3) The Government of North Korea has devel-
oped and tested nuclear weapons in violation of 
international treaties. 
(4) North Korea continues to pose a threat to 
East Asia and the world in the form of its nuclear 
weapons program. 
(5) The Government of North Korea maintains 
a police state wherein citizens are prevented from 
access to the outside world. 
(6) Kim Jong-Il and other senior officials of the 
Government of North Korea have used their power 
to purchase personal luxuries, possibly with UNDP 
funds, while citizens face starvation. 
(7) Representatives of the Government of North 
Korea are members of the executive board of the 
UNDP, thereby governing the amount of UNDP as-
sistance that North Korea will receive and over-
seeing UNDP programs around the world. 
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(8) The Government of North Korea maintains 
a state of war with the democratically-elected Gov-
ernment of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). 
(9) Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein used 
United Nations programs to launder approximately 
$100 billion into his regime in what has become 
known as the ‘‘Oil-for-Food Scandal’’. 
(10) Illicit funding of this kind undermines the 
strong sanctions that have been imposed by the 
United States and the United Nations against North 
Korea. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United Nations— 
(A) should ensure that the United Nations 
Development Program (UNDP) enforces its 
rules regarding financing, staffing, accounting, 
and auditing of its activities in the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea); 
(B) should authorize an external investiga-
tion of all UNDP activities in North Korea; and 
(C) should ensure that— 
(i) any local staff of the UNDP in 
North Korea who may have committed 
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crimes are prosecuted in the appropriate 
court of law; and 
(ii) any local staff of the UNDP in 
North Korea who have violated UNDP 
regulations are appropriately sanctioned; 
and 
(2) the President should instruct the United 
States representative on the Executive Board of the 
UNDP to use the voice, vote, and influence of the 
United States to ensure that— 
(A) the UNDP ceases any activities in 
North Korea that are in violation of UNDP 
regulations; 
(B) the UNDP conducts a full audit, open 
for review to all members of the Executive 
Board, of UNDP activities in North Korea 
since 1998; and 
(C) the UNDP establishes regulations to 
ensure that no funds allocated to UNDP activi-
ties in North Korea are provided to the Govern-
ment of North Korea. 
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SEC. 3. WITHHOLDING OF UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of State shall withhold any United 
States contribution to the general funds of the United Na-
tions Development Program (UNDP) until such time as 
the Secretary certifies to Congress that the UNDP meets 
the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (C) of sec-
tion 2(2) of this Act. 
Æ 
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