Sec. 941. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

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## SEC. 941 CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ###

(a)In General ####

(1)In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), a certification described in this section is a certification by the Secretary of State that the conditions in subsection

(b)are satisfied. ####

(2)Specified certification A certification described in this section is a certification that, with respect to the United Nations or a particular designated specialized agency, the conditions applicable to that organization are satisfied, regardless of whether the conditions applicable to any other organization are satisfied. ####

(3)Effect of specified certification Funds made available under section 912(b)(3) upon a certification made under this section with respect to the United Nations or a particular designated specialized agency shall be limited to that portion of the funds available under that section that is allocated for the organization with respect to which the certification is made. ####

(4)Limitation A certification described in this section shall not be made by the Secretary if the Secretary determines that any of the conditions set forth in sections 921 and 931 are no longer satisfied. ###

(b)Conditions The conditions under this subsection are the following: ####

(1)Limitation on assessed share of regular budget The share of the total of all assessed contributions for the regular budget of the United Nations, or any designated specialized agency of the United Nations, does not exceed 20 percent for any single United Nations member. ####

(2)Inspectors general for certain organizations #####

(A)Establishment of offices Each designated specialized agency has established an independent office of inspector general to conduct and supervise objective audits, inspections, and investigations relating to the programs and operations of the organization. #####

(B)Appointment of inspectors general The Director General of each designated specialized agency has appointed an inspector general, with the approval of the member states, and that appointment was made principally on the basis of the appointee's integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or investigations. #####

(C)Assigned functions Each inspector general appointed under subparagraph

(A)is authorized to— ######

(i)make investigations and reports relating to the administration of the programs and operations of the agency concerned; ######

(ii)have access to all records, documents, and other available materials relating to those programs and operations of the agency concerned; and ######

(iii)have direct and prompt access to any official of the agency concerned. #####

(D)Complaints Each designated specialized agency has procedures in place designed to protect the identity of, and to prevent reprisals against, any staff member making a complaint or disclosing information to, or cooperating in any investigation or inspection by, the inspector general of the agency. #####

(E)Compliance with recommendations Each designated specialized agency has in place procedures designed to ensure compliance with the recommendations of the inspector general of the agency. #####

(F)Availability of reports Each designated specialized agency has in place procedures to ensure that all annual and other relevant reports submitted by the inspector general to the agency are made available to the member states without modification except to the extent necessary to protect the privacy rights of individuals. ####

(3)Budget practices for the united nations The United Nations is implementing budget practices that— #####

(A)result in the maintenance of a budget not in excess of the level agreed to by the General Assembly at the beginning of each United Nations budgetary biennium, unless increases are agreed to by consensus; and #####

(B)result in the system-wide identification of expenditures by functional categories such as personnel, travel, and equipment. ####

(4)Sunset policy for certain united nations programs #####

(A)Existing authority The Secretary General and the Director General of each designated specialized agency have used their existing authorities to require program managers within the United Nations Secretariat and the Secretariats of the designated specialized agencies to conduct evaluations of United Nations programs approved by the General Assembly, and of programs of the designated specialized agencies, in accordance with the standardized methodology referred to in subparagraph (B). #####

(B)Development of evaluation criteria ######

(i)United nations The Office of Internal Oversight Services has developed a standardized methodology for the evaluation of United Nations programs approved by the General Assembly, including specific criteria for determining the continuing relevance and effectiveness of the programs. ######

(ii)Designated specialized agencies Patterned on the work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the United Nations, each designated specialized agency has developed a standardized methodology for the evaluation of the programs of the agency, including specific criteria for determining the continuing relevance and effectiveness of the programs. #####

(C)Procedures Consistent with the July 16, 1997, recommendations of the Secretary General regarding a sunset policy and results-based budgeting for United Nations programs, the United Nations and each designated specialized agency has established and is implementing procedures— ######

(i)requiring the Secretary General or the Director General of the agency, as the case may be, to report on the results of evaluations referred to in this paragraph, including the identification of programs that have met criteria for continuing relevance and effectiveness and proposals to terminate or modify programs that have not met such criteria; and ######

(ii)authorizing an appropriate body within the United Nations or the agency, as the case may be, to review each evaluation referred to in this paragraph and report to the General Assembly on means of improving the program concerned or on terminating the program. #####

(D)United states policy It shall be the policy of the United States to seek adoption by the United Nations of a resolution requiring that each United Nations program approved by the General Assembly, and to seek adoption by each designated specialized agency of a resolution requiring that each program of the agency, be subject to an evaluation referred to in this paragraph and have a specific termination date so that the program will not be renewed unless the evaluation demonstrates the continuing relevance and effectiveness of the program. #####

(E)Definition For purposes of this paragraph, the term “**United Nations program approved by the General Assembly**” means a program approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations which is administered or funded by the United Nations. ####

(5)United nations advisory committee on administrative and budgetary questions #####

(A)In general The United States has a seat on the United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions or the five largest member contributors each have a seat on the Advisory Committee. #####

(B)Definition As used in this paragraph, the term “**5 largest member contributors**” means the 5 United Nations member states that, during a United Nations budgetary biennium, have more total assessed contributions than any other United Nations member state to the aggregate of the United Nations regular budget and the budget (or budgets) for United Nations peacekeeping operations. ####

(6)Access by the general accounting office The United Nations has in effect procedures providing access by the United States General Accounting Office to United Nations financial data to assist the Office in performing nationally mandated reviews of United Nations operations. ####

(7)Personnel #####

(A)Appointment and service of personnel The Secretary General— ######

(i)has established and is implementing procedures that ensure that staff employed by the United Nations is appointed on the basis of merit consistent with Article 101 of the United Nations Charter; and ######

(ii)is enforcing those contractual obligations requiring worldwide availability of all professional staff of the United Nations to serve and be relocated based on the needs of the United Nations. #####

(B)Code of conduct The General Assembly has adopted, and the Secretary General has the authority to enforce and is effectively enforcing, a code of conduct binding on all United Nations personnel, including the requirement of financial disclosure statements binding on senior United Nations personnel and the establishment of rules against nepotism that are binding on all United Nations personnel. #####

(C)Personnel evaluation system The United Nations has adopted and is enforcing a personnel evaluation system. #####

(D)Periodic assessments The United Nations has established and is implementing a mechanism to conduct periodic assessments of the United Nations payroll to determine total staffing, and the results of such assessments are reported in an unabridged form to the General Assembly. #####

(E)Review of united nations allowance system The United States has completed a thorough review of the United Nations personnel allowance system. The review shall include a comparison of that system with the United States civil service system, and shall make recommendations to reduce entitlements to allowances and allowance funding levels from the levels in effect on January 1, 1998. ####

(8)Reduction in budget authorities The designated specialized agencies have achieved zero nominal growth in their biennium budgets for 2000–01 from the 1998–99 biennium budget levels of the respective agencies. ####

(9)Budget practices and financial regulations The practices of each designated specialized agency— #####

(A)result in the maintenance of a budget that does not exceed the level agreed to by the member states of the organization at the beginning of each budgetary biennium, unless increases are agreed to by consensus; #####

(B)result in the identification of expenditures by functional categories such as personnel, travel, and equipment; and #####

(C)result in approval by the member states of the agency's supplemental budget requests to the Secretariat in advance of expenditures under those requests. ####

(10)Limitation on assessed share of regular budget for the designated specialized agencies The share of the total of all assessed contributions for any designated specialized agency does not exceed 22 percent for any single member of the agency. ## Subtitle C Miscellaneous Provisions