Sec. 107. United Nations peacekeeping assessment formula
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— conduct a study of the formula and methods by which the United Nations assesses member states for financial support to peacekeeping operations to determine an appropriate standard by which the United Nations should assess such member states in proportion to their capacity to contribute financially to such operations; and submit the results of the study conducted under paragraph
(1)to the appropriate congressional committees. The study required under subsection
(a)shall include— an explanation and analysis of the formula and methods used by the United Nations to determine the peacekeeping assessments for each member state, including— whether it is appropriate to use per capita gross domestic product as the method of calculation for determining a member country’s capacity to contribute; whether, and to what degree, member countries should qualify for discounts through the United Nations regular budget, the peacekeeping budget, or both; and a survey and analysis of various methods of calculating capacity to contribute including— the relative share of quota subscription and voting shares at international financial institutions such as the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund; the size and nature of the country’s reserves, including the size and composition of its other external assets; and whether the country runs large and prolonged current account surpluses; and recommendations, based on the analysis conducted under paragraph (1), for improving the formula used by the United Nations to determine the peacekeeping assessments for each member state to better reflect each state’s capacity to contribute and appropriate burden-sharing among member states.