Sec. 5. Reports on manipulation of United Nations by the Assad regime in Syria
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for a period not to exceed 5 years, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that describes the manipulation of the United Nations by the Assad regime, including— a description of conditions, both explicit and implicit, set by the Assad regime with respect to United Nations operations in Syria, including with respect to implementing partners, hiring practices, allocation of grants and contracts, and procurement of goods and services; the identification of officials or employees of the United Nations (including funds, programs, and specialized agencies of the United Nations) with ties to the Assad regime, or persons designated for sanctions by United Nations donor countries; an account of access restrictions imposed by the Assad regime and the overall impact of such restrictions on the ability of the United Nations to equitably deliver international assistance to target beneficiaries in areas outside the control of the Assad regime; a description of ways in which United Nations aid directly benefits the Assad regime and its associates; a description of the due diligence mechanisms and vetting procedures in place to ensure entities contracted by the United Nations to ensure goods, supplies, or services provided to Syria do not have links to the Assad regime, known human rights abusers, or persons designated for sanctions by United Nations donor countries; the identification of entities affiliated with the Assad regime (including the Syria Trust for Development and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent), foreign government ministries, and private corporations owned or controlled by the Assad regime, which have received United Nations funding, contracts, or grants or have otherwise entered into a formalized partnership with the United Nations; an assessment of how the Assad regime sets arbitrary or punitive exchange rates to extract funding from the United Nations, and the total amount extracted by such means; and a strategy for— reducing the ability of the Assad regime to manipulate or otherwise influence the United Nations and other aid operations in Syria; and ensuring that United States and international aid is delivered in a neutral and impartial manner consistent with basic humanitarian principles.
The report required under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.