Sec. 411. UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

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## SEC. 411 UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP ###

(a)Findings The Congress makes the following findings: ####

(1)The effectiveness of the United Nations Security Council in maintaining international peace and security depends on its being representative of the membership of the United Nations. ####

(2)The requirement of equitable geographic distribution in Article 23 of the United Nations Charter requires that the members of the Security Council of the United Nations be chosen by nondiscriminatory means. ####

(3)The use of informal regional groups of the General Assembly as the sole means for election of the nonpermanent members of the Security Council is inherently discriminatory in the absence of guarantees that all member states will have the opportunity to join a regional group, and has resulted in discrimination against Israel. ###

(b)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the President should direct the Secretary of State to request the Secretary General of the United Nations to seek immediate resolution of the problem described in this section. The President shall inform the Congress of any progress in resolving this situation, together with the submission to Congress of the request for funding for the “Contributions to International Organizations” account of the Department of State for the fiscal year 1995.