fied in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 
paragraph (4) of subsection (c). 
‘‘(3) POLICY WITH RESPECT TO 2008–2009 BIEN-
NIAL
PERIOD
AND
SUBSEQUENT
BIENNIAL
PERI-
ODS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall 
direct the United States Permanent Represent-
ative to the United Nations to make every ef-
fort, including the withholding of United States 
support for a consensus budget of the United 
Nations, to reduce the budgets of the organiza-
tional programs specified in subparagraph (B) 
of paragraph (2) for the 2008–2009 biennial 
period and each subsequent biennial period by 
20 percent against the budgets of such organi-
zational programs for the 2004–2005 biennial 
period. 
‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION.—In accordance with 
section 601, a certification shall be required 
that certifies that the reduction in budgets de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) has been imple-
mented.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (c) shall take effect and apply beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 2006.
SEC. 102. WEIGHTED VOTING. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to actively 
pursue weighted voting with respect to all budgetary and 
financial matters in the Administrative and Budgetary 
Committee and in the General Assembly in accordance 
with the level of the financial contribution of a Member 
State to the regular assessed budget of the United Na-
tions. 
SEC. 103. BUDGET CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) CERTIFICATION.—In accordance with section 
601, a certification shall be required that certifies that the 
conditions described in subsection (b) have been satisfied. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—The conditions under this sub-
section are the following: 
(1) NEW BUDGET PRACTICES FOR THE UNITED 
NATIONS.—The United Nations is implementing 
budget practices that— 
(A) require the maintenance of a budget 
not in excess of the level agreed to by the Gen-
eral Assembly at the beginning of each United 
Nations budgetary biennium, unless increases 
are agreed to by consensus and do not exceed 
ten percent; and 
(B) require the identification of expendi-
tures by the United Nations by functional cat-
egories such as personnel, travel, and equip-
ment. 
(2) PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 
(A) EXISTING AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 
General and the Director General of each spe-
cialized agency have used their existing authori-
ties to require program managers within the 
United Nations Secretariat and the Secretariats 
of the specialized agencies to conduct evalua-
tions in accordance with the standardized meth-
odology referred to in subparagraph (B) of— 
(i) United Nations programs approved 
by the General Assembly; and 
(ii) programs of the specialized agen-
cies. 
(B) DEVELOPMENT OF EVALUATION CRI-
TERIA.— 
(i) UNITED NATIONS.—The Office of 
Internal Oversight Services has developed 
a standardized methodology for the evalua-
tion of United Nations programs approved 
by the General Assembly, including specific 
criteria for determining the continuing rel-
evance and effectiveness of the programs.
(ii) 
SPECIALIZED
AGENCIES.—Pat-
terned on the work of the Office of Inter-
nal Oversight Services of the United Na-
tions, each specialized agency has devel-
oped a standardized methodology for the 
evaluation of the programs of the agency, 
including specific criteria for determining 
the continuing relevance and effectiveness 
of the programs. 
(C) REPORT.—The Secretary General is 
assessing budget requests and, on the basis of 
evaluations conducted under subparagraph (B) 
for the relevant preceding year, submits to the 
General Assembly a report containing the re-
sults of such evaluations, identifying programs 
that have satisfied the criteria for continuing 
relevance and effectiveness, and an identifica-
tion of programs that have not satisfied such 
criteria and should be terminated. 
(D) SUNSET
OF
PROGRAMS.—Consistent 
with the July 16, 1997, recommendations of the 
Secretary General regarding a sunset policy and 
results-based budgeting for United Nations pro-
grams, the United Nations and each specialized 
agency has established and is implementing
procedures to require all new programs ap-
proved by the General Assembly to have a spe-
cific sunset date. 
SEC. 104. ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) CERTIFICATION OF CREATION OF INDEPENDENT 
OVERSIGHT BOARD.—In accordance with section 601, a 
certification shall be required that certifies that the fol-
lowing reforms related to the establishment of an Inde-
pendent Oversight Board (IOB) have been adopted by the 
United Nations: 
(1) An IOB is established from existing United 
Nations budgetary and personnel resources. Except 
as provided in this subsection, the IOB shall be an 
independent entity within the United Nations and 
shall not be subject to budget authority or organiza-
tional authority of any entity within the United Na-
tions. 
(2) The head of the IOB shall be a Director, 
who shall be nominated by the Secretary General 
and who shall be subject to Security Council ap-
proval by a majority vote. The IOB shall also consist 
of four other board members who shall be nominated 
by the Secretary General and subject to Security 
Council approval by a majority vote. The IOB shall 
be responsible to the Security Council and the Direc-
tor and board members shall each serve terms of six 
years, except that the terms of the initial board shall 
be staggered so that no more than two board mem-
bers’ terms will expire in any one year. No board 
member may serve more than two terms. An IOB 
board member may be removed for cause by a ma-
jority vote of the Security Council. The Director 
shall appoint a professional staff headed by a Chief 
of Staff and may employ contract staff as needed. 
(3) The IOB shall receive operational and budg-
etary funding through appropriations by the General 
Assembly from existing levels of United Nations 
budgetary and personnel resources, and shall not be 
dependent upon any other entity, bureau, division, 
department, or specialized agency of the United Na-
tions for such funding. 
(4) While the IOB shall have the authority to 
evaluate all operations of the United Nations, the 
primary mission of the IOB is to oversee the Office 
of Internal Oversight Services and the Board of Ex-
ternal Auditors. The IOB may direct the Office of 
Internal Oversight Services or the Board of External 
Auditors to initiate, abandon, or modify the scope of 
an investigation. Every three months or more fre-
quently when appropriate, the IOB shall submit, as