Sec. 7. Increasing contributions and other humanitarian and development assistance through international organizations
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The President should instruct the United States permanent representative or executive director, as the case may be, to the United Nations voluntary agencies, including the World Food Program, the United Nations Development Program, United Nations Children’s Fund, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other appropriate international organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross to use the voice and vote of the United States to support additional humanitarian and development assistance for the people of Syria in order to accomplish the policy objectives described in section 3.
The President is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to permit the United States to vote and take action in favor of the provision of assistance for Syria at any international financial institution in order to support the transition to peace, democracy, and sustainable development in Syria. In cases where the authority in this section is relied upon to overcome applicable restrictions on the provision of assistance to Syria, obligation of such funds shall be subject to the regular 15-day notification procedures.
Notification under paragraph
(1)may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare, in which case notification shall be provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable. The waiver shall be accompanied by an explanation of the emergency circumstances necessitating the waiver.