(1) The renewed commitment of the world com-
munity to the formulation of government policies
that contribute to global population stabilization and
to improvements in the status of women owes much
to the efforts of the United Nations and its special-
ized agencies and organizations, particularly the
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
(2) Over one-half of the UNFPA’s assistance is
devoted to maternal and child health programs, in-
cluding the provision of family planning services,
and it is a major supplier of modern methods of con-
traception. UNFPA also supports efforts aimed at
preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexu-
ally-transmitted diseases and activities aimed specifi-
cally at enhancing the status of women.
(3) UNFPA does not fund abortion services,
rather, UNFPA seeks to reduce the incidence of
abortion by improving access to contraceptive serv-
ices and to reduce deaths and injuries related to un-
safe abortion by supporting treatment of women suf-
fering from its complications.
(4) Operating in over 160 nations in all regions
of the world and as a politically neutral source of
funds, UNFPA complements the important work of
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment population assistance program.
(5) As a result of the withdrawal of the United
States contribution to UNFPA as of 1999, it is esti-
mated that 870,000 women in the developing world
will be deprived of effective modern contraception,
leading to 500,000 unintended pregnancies, 234,000
births, 200,000 abortions, and thousands of mater-
nal and child deaths.
(6) Many global environmental problems, in-
cluding water shortages, pollution, tropical deforest-
ation, and the loss of wildlife habitat are linked to
rapid population growth. UNFPA has assisted coun-
tries around the world plan for and slow population
growth, therefore reducing its effects on the environ-
ment.
(7) Assistance provided by UNFPA conforms to
the principle, affirmed at the 1994 International
Conference on Population and Development by 180
nations, including the United States, that ‘‘all cou-
ples and individuals have the basic right to decide
freely and responsibly the number and spacing of
their children and to have the information, edu-
cation, and means to do so.’’.
(8) UNFPA opposes coercion in any form. All
of UNFPA’s programs are designed in conformity
with universally recognized human rights principles.
(9) An appropriate way to express the legiti-
mate concerns of the United States Government
about the population policies of the People’s Repub-
lic of China is by placing those concerns on the bi-
lateral agenda along with other important human
rights issues, not by singling out a United Nations
agency by withholding all funding thereby punishing
the women and families around the world who de-
pend on its humanitarian aid.
(10) UNFPA can and should play a construc-
tive role in helping to reduce the incidence of coer-
cive practices in China through its new country pro-
gram that aims to expand voluntarism and contra-
ceptive method choice, to strengthen a broader range
of reproductive health services, and to enhance the
status of women.
SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF THE UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
POPULATION FUND.
In addition to amounts otherwise available to carry
out the purposes of chapter 3 of part 1 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $35,000,000
for fiscal year 2001 to be available only for United States
voluntary contributions to the United Nations Population
Fund.
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON THE UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
POPULATION FUND.
(a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of the funds appropriated for voluntary con-
tributions to the United Nations Population Fund for each
of the fiscal years 2000 and 2001, an amount equal to
the amount allocated by the United Nations Population
Fund for the country program in the People’s Republic
of China during each fiscal year shall be withheld from
obligation and expenditure unless during such fiscal year,
the President submits to the appropriate congressional
committees the certification described in subsection (b).
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The President shall certify
that the country program of the United Nations Popu-
lation Fund in the People’s Republic of China—
(1) focuses on improving the delivery of vol-
untary family planning information and services;
(2) is designed in conformity with the human
rights principles affirmed at the International Con-
ference on Population and Development with the
support of 180 nations including the United States;
(3) is implemented only in counties of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China where all quotas and targets
for the recruitment of program participants have
been abolished and the use of coercive measures has
been eliminated;
(4) is carried out in consultation with and
under the oversight and approval of the UNFPA ex-
ecutive board, including the United States represent-
ative;
(5) is subject to regular, independent monitor-
ing to ensure compliance with the principles of in-
formed consent and voluntary participation; and
(6) suspends operations in project counties
found to be in violation of program guidelines.
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