(3) PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION.— 
(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—Consistent 
with 
the recommendations of the High Level Panel 
Report, the United Nations should establish a 
Peacebuilding Commission, supported by a 
Peacebuilding Support Office, to marshal the 
efforts of the United Nations, international fi-
nancial institutions, donors, and non-govern-
mental organizations to assist countries in tran-
sition from war to peace. 
(B) STRUCTURE AND MEMBERSHIP.—The 
Commission should— 
(i) be a subsidiary body of the United 
Nations Security Council, limited in size to 
ensure efficiency; 
(ii) include members of the United 
Nations Security Council, major donors, 
major troop contributing countries, appro-
priate United Nations organizations, the 
World Bank, and the International Mone-
tary Fund; and 
(iii) invite the President of ECOSOC, 
regional actors, Member States that con-
tribute troops, regional development banks, 
and other concerned parties that are not
already members, as determined appro-
priate, to consult or participate in meet-
ings as observers. 
(C) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Commission 
should seek to ease the demands currently 
placed upon the Department of Peacekeeping 
Operations to undertake tasks that fall beyond 
the scope of traditional peacekeeping, by— 
(i) developing and integrating coun-
try-specific and system-wide conflict pre-
vention, post-conflict reconstruction, and 
long-term development policies and strate-
gies; and 
(ii) serving as the key coordinating 
body for the design and implementation of 
military, humanitarian, and civil adminis-
tration aspects of complex missions. 
(D) RESOURCES.—The establishment of 
the Peacebuilding Commission and the related 
Peacebuilding Support Office, should be staffed 
within existing resources. 
SEC. 403. CERTIFICATION. 
(a) NEW
OR EXPANDED PEACEKEEPING OPER-
ATIONS
CONTINGENT
UPON
PRESIDENTIAL
CERTIFI-
CATION OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS REFORMS.—
(1) NO NEW OR EXPANDED PEACEKEEPING OP-
ERATIONS.— 
(A) CERTIFICATION.—Except as provided 
in subparagraph (B), until the Secretary of 
State certifies that the requirements described 
in paragraph (2) have been satisfied, the Presi-
dent 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 oppose the creation of 
new, or expansion of existing, United Nations 
peacekeeping operations. 
(B) EXCEPTION AND NOTIFICATION.—The 
requirements described under subparagraphs 
(F) and (G) of paragraph (2) may be waived 
until January 1, 2007, if the President deter-
mines that such is in the national interest of 
the United States. If the President makes such 
a determination, the President shall, not later 
than 15 days before the exercise of such waiver, 
notify the appropriate congressional committees 
of such determination and resulting waiver. 
(2) CERTIFICATION OF PEACEKEEPING OPER-
ATIONS REFORMS.—The certification referred to in 
paragraph (1) is a certification made by the Sec-
retary to the appropriate congressional committees 
that the following reforms, or an equivalent set of 
reforms, related to peacekeeping operations have 
been adopted by the United Nations Department of 
Peacekeeping Operations or the General Assembly, 
as appropriate: 
(A) 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, has been adopted by the Gen-
eral Assembly and mechanisms have been estab-
lished for training such personnel concerning 
the requirements of the Code and enforcement 
of the Code. 
(B) All personnel, regardless of category or 
rank, serving in a peacekeeping operation have 
been trained concerning the requirements of the 
Code of Conduct and each has been given a per-
sonal copy of the Code, translated into the na-
tional language of such personnel. 
(C) All personnel, regardless of category or 
rank, are required to sign an oath that each has 
received a copy of the Code of Conduct, that 
each pledges to abide by the Code, and that
each understands the consequences of violating 
the Code, including the immediate termination 
of the participation of such personnel in the 
peacekeeping operation to which such personnel 
is assigned as a condition of the appointment to 
such operation. 
(D) All peacekeeping operations have de-
signed and implemented educational outreach 
programs to reach local communities where 
peacekeeping personnel of such operations are 
based to explain prohibited acts on the part of 
United Nations peacekeeping personnel and to 
identify the individual to whom the local popu-
lation may direct complaints or file allegations 
of exploitation, abuse, or other acts of mis-
conduct. 
(E) A centralized data base has been cre-
ated and is being maintained in the United Na-
tions Department of Peacekeeping Operations 
that tracks cases of misconduct, including the 
outcomes of investigations and subsequent pros-
ecutions, to ensure that personnel, regardless of 
category or rank, who have engaged in mis-
conduct or other criminal activities are perma-
nently barred from participation in future 
peacekeeping operations. 
(F) A Model Memorandum of Under-
standing between the United Nations and each 
Member State that contributes troops to a 
peacekeeping operation has been adopted by the 
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping 
Operations that specifically obligates each such 
Member State to— 
(i) designate a competent legal au-
thority, preferably a prosecutor with exper-
tise in the area of sexual exploitation and 
abuse, to participate in any investigation 
into an allegation of misconduct brought 
against an individual of such Member 
State; 
(ii) refer to its competent national or 
military authority for possible prosecution, 
if warranted, any investigation of a viola-
tion of the Code of Conduct or other crimi-
nal activity by an individual of such Mem-
ber State; 
(iii) report to the Department of 
Peacekeeping Operations on the outcome 
of any such investigation;