Sec. 202. Limitations relating to the United Nations Human Rights Council and the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner membership and funding
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No funding from the United States Government, including assessed, voluntary, or in-kind contributions, may be made available to support the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) or the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) until after the Secretary certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that— participation in the UNHRC is in the national interest of the United States; the UNHRC has removed Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories and any other specific item targeted at the State of Israel as permanent items on the Council’s agenda or programme of work; the UNHRC does not include a Member State— subject to sanctions by the Security Council; under a Security Council-mandated investigation for human rights abuses; the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; which the President has designated as a country of particular concern for religious freedom under section 402(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998; or designated by the Department of State as a Tier 3 country pursuant to section 110(b)(1)(C) of the Trafficking in Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)(C) ) as a Tier 3 country; and the percentage of United States citizens employed at the senior level in each of the OHCHR’s four major divisions—the Research and Right to Development Division (RRDD), the Human Rights Treaties Division (HRTD), the Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD), and the Human Rights Council and Special Procedures Division (HRCSPD)—is at least equivalent to the percentage of the total United States assessed contributions to the United Nations regular budget.
The certification under subsection
(a)shall include an explanation of the reasoning behind the certification. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes— the resolutions that were considered in the UNHRC during the previous 12 months; steps that have been taken during that 12-month period to remove Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories and any other specific item targeted at the State of Israel as permanent agenda items for the UNHRC; a detailed list of any country currently on, or running for a seat on, the UNHRC that meets any of the criteria as set out in subsection (a)(3); and the current employment breakdown by nationality at each of the four major divisions of the OHCHR. Funds appropriated for use as a United States contribution to the United Nations but withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to this section shall immediately revert to the United States Treasury and shall not be considered arrears to be repaid to any United Nations entity.
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Sec. 202
Limitations relating to the United Nations Human Rights Council and the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner membership and funding
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