Sec. 106. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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## SEC. 106 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ###
(a)Authorization of Appropriations ####
(1)In general There are authorized to be appropriated under the heading “Contributions to International Organizations” $940,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2001 for the Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States with respect to international organizations and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with such purposes. ####
(2)Availability of funds for civil budget of nato Of the amounts authorized in paragraph (1), $48,977,000 are authorized in fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary in fiscal year 2001 for the United States assessment for the civil budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ###
(b)No Growth Budget Of the funds made available under subsection (a), $80,000,000 may be made available during each calendar year only after the Secretary of State certifies that the United Nations has taken no action during the preceding calendar year to increase funding for any United Nations program without identifying an offsetting decrease during that calendar year elsewhere in the United Nations budget of $2,533,000,000, and cause the United Nations to exceed the initial 1998–99 United Nations biennium budget adopted in December 1997. ###
(c)Inspector General of the United Nations ####
(1)Withholding of funds Twenty percent of the funds made available in each fiscal year under subsection
(a)for the assessed contribution of the United States to the United Nations shall be withheld from obligation and expenditure until a certification is made under paragraph (2). ####
(2)Certification A certification under this paragraph is a certification by the Secretary of State in the fiscal year concerned that the following conditions are satisfied: #####
(A)Action by the united nations The United Nations— ######
(i)has met the requirements of paragraphs
(1)through
(6)of section 401(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 287e note), as amended by paragraph (3); ######
(ii)has established procedures that require the Under Secretary General of the Office of Internal Oversight Services to report directly to the Secretary General on the adequacy of the Office's resources to enable the Office to fulfill its mandate; and ######
(iii)has made available an adequate amount of funds to the Office for carrying out its functions. #####
(B)Authority by oios The Office of Internal Oversight Services has authority to audit, inspect, or investigate each program, project, or activity funded by the United Nations, and each executive board created under the United Nations has been notified of that authority. ####
(3)Amendment of the foreign relations authorization act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995 Section 401(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 is amended— #####
(A)by amending paragraph
(6)to read as follows: > > #### “(6) > > the United Nations has procedures in place to ensure that all reports submitted by the Office of Internal Oversight Services are made available to the member states of the United Nations without modification except to the extent necessary to protect the privacy rights of individuals.” > ; and #####
(B)by striking “Inspector General” each place it appears and inserting “Office of Internal Oversight Services”. ###
(d)Prohibition on Certain Global Conferences None of the funds made available under subsection
(a)shall be available for any United States contribution to pay for any expense related to the holding of any United Nations global conference, except for any conference scheduled prior to October 1, 1998. ###
(e)Prohibition on Funding Other Framework Treaty-Based Organizations None of the funds made available for the 1998–1999 biennium budget under subsection
(a)for United States contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations shall be available for the United States proportionate share of any other framework treaty-based organization, including the Framework Convention on Global Climate Change, the International Seabed Authority, the Desertification Convention, and the International Criminal Court. ###
(f)Foreign Currency Exchange Rates ####
(1)Authorization of appropriations In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 to offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. ####
(2)Availability of funds Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall be available for obligation and expenditure only to the extent that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines and certifies to Congress that such amounts are necessary due to such fluctuations. ###
(g)Refund of Excess Contributions The United States shall continue to insist that the United Nations and its specialized and affiliated agencies shall credit or refund to each member of the agency concerned its proportionate share of the amount by which the total contributions to the agency exceed the expenditures of the regular assessed budgets of these agencies.
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