Sec. 311. POLICY REGARDING THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
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## SEC. 311 POLICY REGARDING THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ###
(a)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the United States should use its voice, vote, and influence at the United Nations to work to ensure that— ####
(1)the United Nations Human Rights Council takes steps to remove permanent items on the United Nations Human Rights Council’s agenda or program of work that target or single out a specific country or a specific territory or territories; ####
(2)the United Nations Human Rights Council does not include a Member State of the United Nations— #####
(A)subject to sanctions by the United Nations Security Council; #####
(B)under a United Nations Security Council-mandated investigation for human rights abuses; #####
(C)which the Secretary 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; #####
(D)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; #####
(E)which has been designated as a Tier 3 country in the annual Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107); or #####
(F)which is identified as having failed to prevent or address gross violations of human rights in the annual Department of State Human Rights Report under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974; and ####
(3)the percentage of United States citizens employed at the senior level in each of the Research and Right to Development Division, the Human Rights Treaties Division, the Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division, and the Human Rights Council and Special Procedures Division of the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner during the most recently completed plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly is at least equivalent to the percentage of the total United States assessed contribution to the United Nations regular budget during such plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly. ###
(b)Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for each of the following 5 years, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes— ####
(1)the resolutions that were considered in the United Nations Human Rights Council during the previous 12 months; ####
(2)the steps that have been taken during that 12-month period to remove permanent items on the United Nations Human Rights Council’s agenda or program of work that target or single out a specific country or a specific territory or territories; ####
(3)a detailed list of any country currently on, or running for a seat on, the United Nations Human Rights Council that meets any of the criteria described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or
(D)of subsection (a)(3); and ####
(4)the current employment breakdown by nationality at each of the four major divisions of the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner as specified in subsection (a)(4).
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POLICY REGARDING THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
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