Sec. 7111. PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS AT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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## SEC. 7111 PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS AT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ###
(a)Support and Expansion of Democracy Caucus ####
(1)In general The President, acting through the Secretary of State and the relevant United States chiefs of mission, should— #####
(A)continue to strongly support and seek to expand the work of the democracy caucus at the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Human Rights Commission; and #####
(B)seek to establish a democracy caucus at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament and at other broad-based international organizations. ####
(2)Purposes of the caucus A democracy caucus at an international organization should— #####
(A)forge common positions, including, as appropriate, at the ministerial level, on matters of concern before the organization and work within and across regional lines to promote agreed positions; #####
(B)work to revise an increasingly outmoded system of membership selection, regional voting, and decisionmaking; and #####
(C)establish a rotational leadership agreement to provide member countries an opportunity, for a set period of time, to serve as the designated president of the caucus, responsible for serving as its voice in each organization. ###
(b)Leadership and Membership of International Organizations The President, acting through the Secretary of State, the relevant United States chiefs of mission, and, where appropriate, the Secretary of the Treasury, should use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to— ####
(1)where appropriate, reform the criteria for leadership and, in appropriate cases, for membership, at all United Nations bodies and at other international organizations and multilateral institutions to which the United States is a member so as to exclude countries that violate the principles of the specific organization; ####
(2)make it a policy of the United Nations and other international organizations and multilateral institutions of which the United States is a member that a member country may not stand in nomination for membership or in nomination or in rotation for a significant leadership position in such bodies if the member country is subject to sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council; and ####
(3)work to ensure that no member country stand in nomination for membership, or in nomination or in rotation for a significant leadership position in such organizations, or for membership on the United Nations Security Council, if the government of the member country has been determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. ###
(c)Increased Training in Multilateral Diplomacy ####
(1)Statement of policy It shall be the policy of the United States that training courses should be established for Foreign Service Officers and civil service employees of the State Department, including appropriate chiefs of mission, on the conduct of multilateral diplomacy, including the conduct of negotiations at international organizations and multilateral institutions, negotiating skills that are required at multilateral settings, coalition-building techniques, and lessons learned from previous United States multilateral negotiations. ####
(2)Personnel #####
(A)In general The Secretary shall ensure that the training described in paragraph
(1)is provided at various stages of the career of members of the Service. #####
(B)Actions of the Secretary The Secretary shall ensure that— ######
(i)officers of the Service receive training on the conduct of diplomacy at international organizations and other multilateral institutions and at broad-based multilateral negotiations of international instruments as part of their training upon entry into the Service; and ######
(ii)officers of the Service, including chiefs of mission, who are assigned to United States missions representing the United States to international organizations and other multilateral institutions or who are assigned in Washington, D.C., to positions that have as their primary responsibility formulation of policy toward such organizations and institutions or toward participation in broad-based multilateral negotiations of international instruments, receive specialized training in the areas described in paragraph
(1)prior to beginning of service for such assignment or, if receiving such training at that time is not practical, within the first year of beginning such assignment. ####
(3)Training for civil service employees The Secretary shall ensure that employees of the Department of State who are members of the civil service and who are assigned to positions described in paragraph
(2)receive training described in paragraph
(1)prior to the beginning of service for such assignment or, if receiving such training at such time is not practical, within the first year of beginning such assignment.