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NATIONAL COMMISSION ON EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL COOPERATION

SEC. 106. (a) Section 5 of the joint resolution entitled "Joint Resolution providing for membership and participation by the United States in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, and authorizing an appropriation therefor", approved July 30, 1946 (22 U.S.C. 287q), is amended by repealing the eighth sentence.

(b) of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for "Administration of Foreign Affairs" by section 102(1) of this Act, $250,000 for each of the fiscal years 1984 and 1985 shall be available only for the expenses of the secretariat of the National Commission on Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation.

COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON EXPORT CONTROLS

SEC. 107. Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1984 under paragraph (2) of section 102, $2,000,000 shall be used to modernize the facilities and operating procedures of the Coordinating Committee on Export Controls. The Congress finds that the executive branch should seek cost sharing arrangements with other member countries to modernize both the facilities and operations of the Coordinating Committee on Export Controls.

WORLD HERITAGE TRUST FUND

SEC. 108. Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (2) of section 102, not less than $248,500 for each of the fiscal years 1984 and 1985 shall be available only for the United States contribution to the World Heritage Trust Fund.

INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUPS

SEC. 109. (a) 10* *

(b) There are authorized to be appropriate each fiscal year $50,000, to be equally divided between delegations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, to assist in 11 meeting the expenses of the United States Group 12 of the British-American Parliamentary Group.12 Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized to remain available until expended.

10 Subsec. (a) amended the Act of July 11, 1956 (22 U.S.C. 1928e) authorizing U.S. participation in parliamentary conferences of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. For text of this Act, see Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 1994, vol. IV, sec. N.

11 Sec. 304(bX1) of the Department of State Appropriations Act (Public Law 101-515; 104 Stat. 2128) struck out “Of the amount appropriated for the purposes authorized by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section, up to $25,000 may be used to meet the expenses incurred in hosting the spring 1984" and inserted in lieu thereof "There are authorized to be appropriate each fiscal year $50,000, to be equally divided between delegations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, to assist in".

12 Sec. 304(bX2) of the Department of State Appropriations Act (Public Law 101-515; 104 Stat. 2128) inserted "the expenses of the United States Group" after "meeting".

Sec. 304(bX3) and (4) of that Act, respectively, struck out "which is to be held in the United States" after "Group", and added the last sentence.

(c) 13 There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year $50,000 for expenses of United States participation in the United States-European Community Interparliamentary Group.

PIRACY IN THE GULF OF THAILAND

SEC. 110. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for "Migration and Refugee Assistance" by section 102(4) of this Act, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1984 and 1985 shall be used for assistance to combat piracy in the Gulf of Thailand.

RELIEF ASSISTANCE FOR EL SALVADOR AND LEBANON

SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1984 under section 102(4) of this Act

(1) $10,000,000 shall be available only for El Salvador for relief assistance for displaced persons; and

(2) up to $25,000,000, but not less than $5,000,000 shall be available only for Lebanon for relief and rehabilitation assistance for refugees and displaced persons.

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION

SEC. 112. The joint resolution entitled "Joint Resolution to authorize appropriations incident to United States participation in the International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property", approved July 12, 1960 (22 U.S.C. 269(f)), is amended by striking out all after the resolving clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "That funds appropriated to the Secretary of State for 'International Organizations and Conferences' shall be available for the payment by the United States of its proportionate share of the expenses of the International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property for any year after 1981 as determined under article 16(4) of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, as revised, except that in no event shall the payment for any year exceed 6.6 percent of all expenses of the Bureau apportioned among countries for that year.".

RESTRICTION ON ASSESSED PAYMENTS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

SEC. 113. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act shall be used to make assessed payments to the United Nations, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the International Labor Organization which, in the aggregate, are in excess of the aggregate calendar year 1983 United States assessed contributions to such organizations.

13 Sec. 303 of the Department of State Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-459; 102 Stat. 2207), extensively amended subsec. (c), to take effect October 1, 1988. It formerly read as follows:

"Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year for 'International Organizations and Conferences' $50,000 may be used for expenses of United States participation in the United States-European Community Interparliamentary Group.".

Subsec. (c) was amended previously by sec. 7(b) of Public Law 99-415 (100 Stat. 949).

RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION AND THE SOUTH WEST AFRICA PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION

SEC. 114.14 (a) Funds appropriated for any fiscal year for the Department of State for "International Organizations and Conferences" may not be used for payment by the United States, as its contribution toward the assessed budget of the United Nations for any year, of any amount which would cause the total amount paid by the United States as its assessed contribution for that year to exceed the amount assessed as the United States contribution for that year less

(1) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for the Committee on the Exercise for the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (for any similar successor entity);

(2) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights (for any similar successor entity);

(3) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories (or any similar successor entity);

(4) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for projects whose primary purpose is to provide benefits to the Palestine Liberation Organization or entities associated with it or to the South West Africa People's Organization;

(5) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;

14 22 U.S.C. 287e note. Sec. 705 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 101 Stat. 1331), added subpar. (3) and redesignated the subpars. that follow. Subpars. (5), (6) and (7) were originally added as subpars. (4), (5), and (6) respectively by sec. 144 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (Public Law 99-93; 99 Stat. 405).

In a memorandum for the Secretary of State, issued on January 14, 1994, the President, pursuant to the authority stated in the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103– 125):

"A) certified] that it is in the national interest to suspend the application of the following provisions of law until July 1, 1994:

(1) Section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227), as it applies with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization or entities associated with it; "(2) Section 114 of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 U.S.C. 287e note), as it applies with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization or entities associated with it;

"(3) Section 1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5202); and

"(4) Section 37 of the Bretton Woods Agreement [sic] Act (22 U.S.C. 286w), as it ap plies to the granting of the Palestine Liberation Organization of observer status or other official status at any meeting sponsored by or associated with the International Monetary Fund.

"(B) certified) that the Palestine Liberation Organization continues to abide by its commitments: in its letter of September 9, 1993, to the Prime Minister of Israel; in its letter of September 9, 1993, to the Foreign Minister of Norway; and in, and resulting from the implementation of the Declaration of Principles on interim self-government arrangements signed on September 13, 1993.

"II. Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 516 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, Public Law 103-87, I hereby determine that the suspension of section 516(a) of that Act with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), programs for the PLO, and programs for the benefit of entities associated with it, which accept the commitments made by the PLO on September 9, 1993, is in the national interest." (Presidential Determination No. 94–13 of January 14, 1994; 59 F.R. 4777).

This certification was extended in Presidential Determination No. 94-30 of June 30, 1994 (59 F.R. 35607), and in Presidential Determination No. 95-12 of December 31, 1994 (60 F.R. 2673). Sec. 583(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236; 108 Stat. 490), authorized the suspension of provisions in this section when certain conditions, detailed in subsec. 583(a), were met.

(6) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for any other United Nations agency or conference whose sole or partial purpose is to implement the provisions of General Assembly Resolution 33/79; and

(7) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for the General Assembly-approved $73,500,000 conference center to be constructed for the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.

(b) Funds appropriated for any fiscal year for the Department of State for "International Organizations and Conferences" may not be used for payment by the United States, as its contribution toward the assessed budget of any specialized agency of the United Nations for any year, of any amount which would cause the total amount paid by the United States as its assessed contribution for that year to exceed the amount assessed as the United States contribution for that year less 25 percent of the amount budgeted by such agency for that year for projects whose primary purpose is to provide benefits to the Palestine Liberation Organization or entities associated with it or to the South West Africa People's Organization.

(c) The President shall annually review the budgets of the United Nations and its specialized agencies to determine which projects have the primary purpose of providing benefits to the Palestine Liberation Organization or to the South West Africa People's Organization. The President shall report to the Congress on any such project for which a portion of the United States assessed contribution is withheld and the amount withheld.

(d) Subsections (a)(3) and (b) shall not be construed as limiting United States contributions to the United Nations or its specialized agencies for projects whose primary purpose is to provide humanitarian, educational, developmental, and other nonpolitical benefits.

UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN THE UNITED NATIONS IF ISRAEL IS ILLEGALLY EXPELLED

SEC. 115.15 (a) The Congress finds that

(1) the United Nations was founded on the principle of universality;

(2) the United Nations Charter stipulates that members may be suspended by the General Assembly only "upon the recommendation of the Security Council"; and

(3) any move by the General Assembly that would illegally deny Israel its credentials in the Assembly would be a direct violation of these provisions of the Charter.

(b) 16 If Israel is illegally expelled, suspended, denied its credentials, or in any other manner denied its right to participate in any principal or subsidiary organ or in any specialized, technical, or other agency of the United Nations, the United States shall sus

16 22 U.S.C. 287e note.

16 The first sentence of subsec. (b) was amended and restated by sec. 704 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 101 Stat. 1331). It formerly read as follows:

"If Israel is illegally expelled, suspended, denied its credentials, or in any other manner denied its right to participate in the General Assembly of the United Nations or any specialized agency of the United Nations, the United States shall suspend its participation in the General Assembly or such specialized agency until the illegal action is reversed.".

pend its participation in any such organ or agency until the illegal action is reversed. The United States shall reduce its annual assessed contribution to the United Nations or such specialized agency by 8.34 percent for each month in which United States participation is suspended pursuant to this section. 17 Nothing in this section may be construed to diminish or to affect United States participation in the United Nations Security Council or the Safeguards Program of the International Atomic Energy Agency. 18

REVIEW OF UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN THE UNITED NATIONS

SEC. 116. (a) The Congress finds that

(1) the United Nations was founded for the primary purpose of maintaining international peace and security by encouraging peaceful resolution of disputes and the development of friendly relations among nations;

(2) the United States, as a founding member of the United Nations and the largest contributor to the United Nations, became and remains a member of the United Nations in order to contribute to collective efforts among the nations of the world to realize the ends of international peace and security;

(3) the United States is committed to upholding and strengthening the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter upon which the United Nations was founded. (b) It is the sense of the Congress that

(1) a review of United States participation in the United Nations is urgently called for with a view to examining

(A) the extent and levels of United States financial contributions to the United Nations;

(B) the importance of the United Nations, as presently constituted, to fulfilling the policies and objectives of the United States;

(C) the benefits derived by the United States from participation in the United Nations;

(2) the President should review and make recommendations to the Congress regarding the matters described in this section by June 30, 1984; and

(3) the Secretary of State should communicate to the member states of the General Assembly of the United Nations the policy contained in this section.

SEC. 117.19*** [Repealed-1994]

1985 CONFERENCE-UNITED NATIONS DECADE FOR WOMEN

SEC. 118. The President shall use every available means at his disposal to ensure that the 1985 Conference to commemorate the conclusion of the United Nations Decade for Women is not dominated by political issues extraneous to the goals of the 1985 Wom

17 Sec. 142 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (Public Law 99-93; 99 Stat. 405), substituted this sentence in lieu of: "The United States shall withhold payment of its assessed contribution to the United Nations or a specialized agency during any period in which United States participation is suspended pursuant to this section.".

18 The last sentence of subsec. (b) was added by sec. 704(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 101 Stat. 1331).

19 Formerly at 22 U.S.C. 287b note. Repealed by sec. 139(27) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236; 108 Stat. 399). Had required a report on policies pursued by other countries in international organizations.

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