§ 287. Representation in Organization
(a) Appointment of representative; rank, status,
and tenure; duties
The President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint a representa-
tive of the United States to the United Nations
who shall have the rank and status of Ambas-
sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and
shall hold office at the pleasure of the President.
Such representative shall represent the United
States in the Security Council of the United Na-
tions and may serve ex officio as representative
of the United States in any organ, commission,
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or other body of the United Nations other than
specialized agencies of the United Nations, and
shall perform such other functions in connection
with the participation of the United States in
the United Nations as the President may, from
time to time, direct.
(b) Appointment of additional representatives;
rank, status, and tenure; duties; reappoint-
ment unnecessary
The President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint additional per-
sons with appropriate titles, rank, and status to
represent the United States in the principal or-
gans of the United Nations and in such organs,
commissions, or other bodies as may be created
by the United Nations with respect to nuclear
energy or disarmament (control and limitation
of armament). Such persons shall serve at the
pleasure of the President and subject to the di-
rection of the Representative of the United
States to the United Nations. They shall, at the
direction of the Representative of the United
States to the United Nations, represent the
United States in any organ, commission, or
other body of the United Nations, including the
Security C
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and the Secretary of the Treasury, the functions and
authorities vested in the President by section 7133 of
the Act [133 Stat. 2253].
(f) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense, the functions
and authorities vested in the President by section 1227
of the Act [133 Stat. 1646].
SEC. 2. The delegations in this memorandum shall
apply to any provisions of any future public laws that
are the same or substantially the same as those provi-
sions referenced in this memorandum.
SEC. 3. The Secretary of State is authorized and di-
rected to publish this memorandum in the Federal Reg-
ister.
DONALD J. TRUMP.
§ 286zz. Capital stock increases
(a) Increases authorized
The United States Governor of the Bank is au-
thorized—
(1)(A) to vote in favor of a resolution to in-
crease the capital stock of the Bank on a se-
lective basis by 245,773 shares; and
(B) to subscribe on behalf of the United
States to 42,298 additional shares of the cap-
ital stock of the Bank, as part of the selective
increase in the capital stock of the Bank, ex-
cept that any subscription to such additional
shares shall be effective only to the extent or
in such amounts as are provided in advance in
appropriations Acts; and
(2)(A) to vote in favor of a resolution to in-
crease the capital stock of the Bank on a gen-
eral basis by 230,500 shares; and
(B) to subscribe on behalf of the United
States to 38,662 additional shares of the capital
stock of the Bank, as part of the general in-
crease in the capital stock of the Bank, except
that any subscription to such additional
shares shall be effective only to the extent or
in such amounts as are provided in advance in
appropriations Acts.
(b) Limitations on authorization of appropria-
tions
(1) In order to pay for the increase in the
United States subscription to the Bank under
subsection (a)(2)(B), there are authorized to be
appropriated, without fiscal year limitation,
$4,663,990,370 for payment by the Secretary of
the Treasury.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraph (1), $932,798,074 shall be
for paid in shares of the Bank, and $3,731,192,296
shall be for callable shares of the Bank.
(3) In order to pay for the increase in the
United States subscription to the Bank under
subsection (a)(1)(B), there are authorized to be
appropriated, without fiscal year limitation
$5,102,619,230 for payment by the Secretary of
the Treasury.
(4) Of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraph (3), $306,157,153.80 shall
be for paid in shares of the Bank, and
$4,796,462,076.20 shall be for callable shares of the
Bank.
(July 31, 1945, ch. 339, § 73, as added Pub. L.
116–94, div. P, title XIX, § 1901, Dec. 20, 2019, 133
Stat. 3222.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Another section 73 of the Bretton Woods Agreements
Act was enacted by Pub. L. 116–92 and is classified to
section 286yy of this title.
§ 286aaa. Congressional notification with respect
to exceptional access lending
(a) In general
The United States Executive Director at the
Fund may not support any proposal that would
alter the criteria used by the Fund for excep-
tional access lending if the proposal would per-
mit a country that is ineligible, before the pro-
posed alteration, to receive exceptional access
lending, unless, not later than 15 days before
consideration of the proposal by the Board of
Executive Directors of the Fund, the Secretary
of the Treasury has submitted to the Committee
on Financial Services of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate a report on the justification for
the proposal and the effects of the proposed al-
teration on moral hazard and repayment risk at
the Fund.
(b) Waiver
The Secretary of the Treasury may reduce the
applicable notice period required under sub-
section (a) to not less than 7 days on reporting
to the Committee on Financial Services of the
House of Representatives and Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate that the reduc-
tion is important to the national interest of the
United States, with an explanation of the rea-
sons therefor.
(July 31, 1945, ch. 339, § 74, as added Pub. L.
118–47, div. F, title VII, § 7071(d), Mar. 23, 2024, 138
Stat. 852.)
REPEAL OF SECTION
Pub. L. 118–47, div. F, title VII, § 7071(d)(2),
Mar. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 852, provided that, effec-
tive on the date that is 10 years after Mar. 23,
2024, this section is repealed.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Pub. L. 118–47, div. F, title VII, § 7071(d)(2), Mar. 23,
2024, 138 Stat. 852, provided that the repeal of this sec-
tion is effective on the date that is 10 years after Mar.
23, 2024.
SUBCHAPTER XVI—UNITED NATIONS
ORGANIZATION
§ 287. Representation in Organization
(a) Appointment of representative; rank, status,
and tenure; duties
The President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint a representa-
tive of the United States to the United Nations
who shall have the rank and status of Ambas-
sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and
shall hold office at the pleasure of the President.
Such representative shall represent the United
States in the Security Council of the United Na-
tions and may serve ex officio as representative
of the United States in any organ, commission,
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or other body of the United Nations other than
specialized agencies of the United Nations, and
shall perform such other functions in connection
with the participation of the United States in
the United Nations as the President may, from
time to time, direct.
(b) Appointment of additional representatives;
rank, status, and tenure; duties; reappoint-
ment unnecessary
The President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint additional per-
sons with appropriate titles, rank, and status to
represent the United States in the principal or-
gans of the United Nations and in such organs,
commissions, or other bodies as may be created
by the United Nations with respect to nuclear
energy or disarmament (control and limitation
of armament). Such persons shall serve at the
pleasure of the President and subject to the di-
rection of the Representative of the United
States to the United Nations. They shall, at the
direction of the Representative of the United
States to the United Nations, represent the
United States in any organ, commission, or
other body of the United Nations, including the
Security Council, the Economic and Social
Council, and the Trusteeship Council, and per-
form such other functions as the Representative
of the United States is authorized to perform in
connection with the participation of the United
States in the United Nations. Any Deputy Rep-
resentative or any other officer holding office at
the time the provisions of this Act, as amended,
become effective shall not be required to be re-
appointed by reason of the enactment of this
Act, as amended.
(c) Appointment of special and alternate rep-
resentatives; number; senior representative;
duties
The President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall designate from time to
time to attend a specified session or specified
sessions of the General Assembly of the United
Nations not to exceed five representatives of the
United States and such number of alternates as
he may determine consistent with the rules of
procedure of the General Assembly. One of the
representatives shall be designated as the senior
representative.
(d) Additional appointees; conditions governing
certain appointments; designation of certain
State Department officers to sit on Security
Council
The President may also appoint from time to
time such other persons as he may deem nec-
essary to represent the United States in organs
and agencies of the United Nations. The Presi-
dent may, without the advice and consent of the
Senate, designate any officer of the United
States to act without additional compensation
as the representative of the United States in ei-
ther the Economic and Social Council or the
Trusteeship Council (1) at any specified session
thereof where the position is vacant or in the
absence or disability of the regular representa-
tive or (2) in connection with a specified subject
matter at any specified session of either such
Council in lieu of the regular representative.
The President may designate any officer of the
Department of State, whose appointment is sub-
ject to confirmation by the Senate, to act, with-
out additional compensation, for temporary pe-
riods as the representative of the United States
in the Security Council of the United Nations in
the absence or disability of the representatives
provided for under subsections (a) and (b) or in
lieu of such representatives in connection with a
specified subject matter.
(e) Appointment of representative to European
office of United Nations; rank, status, and
tenure; duties
The President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint a representa-
tive of the United States to the European office
of the United Nations, with appropriate rank
and status who shall serve at the pleasure of the
President and subject to the direction of the
Secretary of State. Such person shall, at the di-
rection of the Secretary of State, represent the
United States at the European office of the
United Nations, and perform such other func-
tions there in connection with the participation
of the United States in international organiza-
tions as the Secretary of State may, from time
to time, direct.
(f) Representation by President or Secretary of
State
Nothing contained in this section shall pre-
clude the President or the Secretary of State, at
the direction of the President, from representing
the United States at any meeting or session of
any organ or agency of the United Nations.
(g) Compensation
All persons appointed in pursuance of author-
ity contained in this section shall receive com-
pensation at rates determined by the President
upon the basis of duties to be performed but not
in excess of rates authorized by sections 3961,
3962, and 3963 of this title for chiefs of mission,
members of the Senior Foreign Service, and For-
eign Service officers occupying positions of
equivalent importance, except that no member
of the Senate or House of Representatives or of-
ficer of the United States who is designated
under subsections (c) and (d) of this section as a
representative of the United States or as an al-
ternate to attend any specified session or speci-
fied sessions of the General Assembly shall be
entitled to receive such compensation.
(h) Appointment of representative to Vienna of-
fice of United Nations; rank, status, and ten-
ure; duties
The President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint a representa-
tive of the United States to the Vienna office of
the United Nations with appropriate rank and
status, who shall serve at the pleasure of the
President and subject to the direction of the
Secretary of State. Such individual shall, at the
direction of the Secretary of State, represent
the United States at the Vienna office of the
United Nations and perform such other func-
tions there in connection with the participation
of the United States in international organiza-
tions as the Secretary of State from time to
time may direct. The representative of the
United States to the Vienna office of the United
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Nations shall also serve as representative of the
United States to the International Atomic En-
ergy Agency.
(Dec. 20, 1945, ch. 583, § 2, 59 Stat. 619; Oct. 10,
1949, ch. 660, §§ 1, 2, 63 Stat. 734, 735; Pub. L.
89–206, §§ 1, 2, Sept. 28, 1965, 79 Stat. 841, 842; Pub.
L. 96–465, title II, § 2206(a)(2)(A), Oct. 17, 1980, 94
Stat. 2160; Pub. L. 97–241, title I, § 118, Aug. 24,
1982, 96 Stat. 279; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B,
§ 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII, § 708(a)], Nov. 29,
1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–461.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (b), is
Pub. L. 89–206, Sept. 28, 1965, 79 Stat. 841, which amend-
ed this section. For complete classification of this Act
to the Code, see Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1999—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 106–113 inserted at end ‘‘The
representative of the United States to the Vienna office
of the United Nations shall also serve as representative
of the United States to the International Atomic En-
ergy Agency.’’
1982—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 97–241 added subsec. (h).
1980—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 96–465 substituted ‘‘sections
3961, 3962, and 3963 of this title for chiefs of mission,
members of the Senior Foreign Service,’’ for ‘‘sections
866 and 867 of this title for chiefs of mission’’.
1965—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–206, § 1(a), struck out pro-
visions which related to the appointment, rank and sta-
tus, tenure and duties of a deputy representative of the
United States to the United Nations.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–206, § 1(a), substituted provi-
sions that the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall appoint additional persons
with appropriate titles, rank, and status to represent
the United States in the principal organs of the United
Nations and in such organs, commissions, or other bod-
ies as may be created by the United Nations with re-
spect to nuclear energy or disarmament, that they
shall serve at the pleasure of the President and subject
to the direction of the Representative of the United
States to the United Nations, that they shall, at the di-
rection of the Representative of the United States to
the United Nations, represent the United States in any
organ, commission, or other body of the United Na-
tions, including the Security Council, the Economic
and Social Council, and the Trusteeship Council, and
perform such other functions as the Representative of
the United States is authorized to perform in connec-
tion with the participation of the United States in the
United Nations, and that any Deputy Representative or
any other officer holding office at the time the provi-
sions of this Act, as amended, become effective shall
not be required to be reappointed by reason of the en-
actment of this Act, as amended, for provisions which
authorized the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, to appoint an additional deputy
representative of the United States to the Security
Council who shall hold office at the pleasure of the
President, and which required the deputy representa-
tive to represent the United States in the Security
Council of the United Nations in the event of the ab-
sence or disability of both the representative and the
deputy representative of the United States to the
United Nations.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89–206, § 1(b), struck out provi-
sions which required the representative of the United
States in the Economic and Social Council and in the
Trusteeship Council of the United Nations to be ap-
pointed only by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate and which required the advice and consent of
the Senate for the appointment by the President of the
representative of the United States in any commission
that may be formed by the United Nations with respect
to atomic energy or in any other commission of the
United Nations to which the United States is entitled
to appoint a representative.
Subsecs. (e) to (g). Pub. L. 89–206, § 2, added subsec. (e)
and redesignated former subsecs. (e) and (f) as (f) and
(g), respectively.
1949—Subsec. (a). Act Oct. 10, 1949, § 1, created new
post of deputy representative, and allowed the principal
and deputy representatives to serve ex officio on any
organ, commission, or body, other than specialized
agencies, of the United Nations.
Subsec. (b). Act Oct. 10, 1949, § 1, amended subsec. (b)
generally, to provide for appointment of an additional
deputy representative.
Subsec. (c). Act Oct. 10, 1949, § 1, amended subsec. (c)
generally, to provide for appointment of special and al-
ternate representatives.
Subsec. (d). Act Oct. 10, 1949, § 1, allowed the designa-
tion by the President of any State Department officer,
whose appointment is subject to confirmation by the
Senate, to sit on the Security Council in certain in-
stances.
Subsec. (f). Act Oct. 10, 1949, § 2, added subsec. (f).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1999 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII,
§ 708(c)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–462, provided
that: ‘‘The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
[amending this section and section 2021 of this title]
shall apply to individuals appointed on or after the
date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1999].’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–465 effective Feb. 15, 1981,
except as otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L.
96–465, set out as an Effective Date note under section
3901 of this title.
SHORT TITLE
Act Dec. 20, 1945, ch. 583, § 1, 59 Stat. 619, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited
as the ‘United Nations Participation Act of 1945’.’’
PREVENTING CHILD MARRIAGE IN DISPLACED
POPULATIONS
Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title IV, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat.
3058, provided that:
‘‘SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Preventing Child
Marriage in Displaced Populations Act’.
‘‘SEC. 402. FINDINGS.
‘‘Congress finds the following:
‘‘(1) According to United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF), 12,000,000 girls marry before the age of 18
every year.
‘‘(2) Early marriage denies children, especially
girls, their right to make vital decisions about their
well-being, including relating to their health, family,
and career. Child brides are less likely to finish their
education, and are at higher risk for abuse, con-
tracting HIV, and dying while pregnant or giving
birth.
‘‘(3) Child marriage also imposes substantial eco-
nomic costs to developing countries, impeding devel-
opment and prosperity gains.
‘‘(4) Displaced populations are particularly vulner-
able to child marriage, in communities where pov-
erty, instability, and displacement put pressure on
families to marry children, particularly young girls,
off at a young age.
‘‘(5) One United Nations (UN) study found that child
marriage rates were 4 times higher among displaced
Syrian refugees than among Syrians before the crisis.
This indicates that displacement, instability, and
poverty are driving child marriages.
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‘‘(6) United Nations agencies, including UNICEF
and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu-
gees (UNHCR), have acknowledged the dangers of
child marriage and taken steps to address its risk in
the populations they serve.
‘‘(7) The UN Joint Program on Child Marriage sup-
ports this work by building the resilience of popu-
lations to indirectly prevent child marriage and by
generating new data and evidence on the prevalence
of child marriage in humanitarian and fragile set-
tings. For example, in Uganda, the UN Joint Program
on Child Marriage helped 27,000 adolescent girls
strengthen critical skills through school clubs and Go
Back to School campaigns, as well as life skills and
financial literacy training.
‘‘(8) After the UN Joint Program on Child Marriage
identified Yemen as one of its focus countries, 65,000
people, of whom 45,000 are adolescents, were reached
with awareness-raising activities on the harms of
child marriage in 2018 alone. As a result, local council
representatives, elders, and community leaders from
6 districts signed a pledge to support advocacy efforts
to end child marriage.
‘‘SEC. 403. PREVENTING CHILD MARRIAGE IN DIS-
PLACED POPULATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall direct the
United States Permanent Representative to the United
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the
United States at the United Nations to call for an adop-
tion of an agreed upon definition of ‘child marriage’
across United Nations agencies.
‘‘(b) STRATEGY.—The President shall direct the
United States Permanent Representative to the United
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the
United States at the United Nations to call for the de-
velopment of a comprehensive strategy to address child
marriage in refugee settlements administered by the
United Nations. The strategy should include the fol-
lowing elements:
‘‘(1) A mandate to regularly collect and report data
related to the number of known or suspected child
marriages taking place inside each such settlement.
‘‘(2) Protocols for United Nations personnel regard-
ing prevention and monitoring of child marriages in-
side each such settlement.
‘‘(3) A description of United Nations programs ad-
ministered at such settlements that include—
‘‘(A) physical, mental, and emotional rehabilita-
tion and support to children who have extricated
themselves from child marriage; and
‘‘(B) alternatives to child marriage, such as edu-
cation initiatives.
‘‘(4) Protocols regarding how United Nations per-
sonnel should—
‘‘(A) report adults participating in illegal child
marriages in each such settlement; and
‘‘(B) monitor the prosecution of such adults by
the authorities of the country in which the settle-
ment at issue is located.
‘‘(c) RESEARCH.—The President shall direct the
United States Permanent Representative to the United
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the
United States at the United Nations to advocate for the
United Nations and its appropriate agencies to include,
as appropriate, in all of its research regarding child
marriage, the relationship between child marriage and
violence against girls, including young children and in-
fants.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) CHILD
MARRIAGE.—The term ‘child marriage’
means a formal marriage or informal union involving
at least one person younger than age 18.
‘‘(2) ILLEGAL
CHILD
MARRIAGE.—The term ‘illegal
child marriage’ means a child marriage that is illegal
under the laws of the country in which the child mar-
riage occurs.’’
RESTRICTION ON FUNDING FOR THE PREPARATORY COM-
MISSION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN
TREATY ORGANIZATION
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, § 1279E, Dec. 12, 2017,
131 Stat. 1704, provided that:
‘‘(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress declares that
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2310 (Sep-
tember 23, 2016) does not obligate the United States nor
does it impose an obligation on the United States to re-
frain from actions that would run counter to the object
and purpose of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
Treaty.
‘‘(b) RESTRICTION ON FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No United States funds may be
made available to the Preparatory Commission for
the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organi-
zation.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The restriction under paragraph
(1) shall not apply with respect to the availability
of—
‘‘(A) United States funds for the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban
Treaty
Organization’s
Inter-
national Monitoring System; or
‘‘(B) United States funds used solely for analysis
and dissemination of data collected under the Inter-
national Monitoring System.’’
UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS;
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Pub. L. 114–323, title III, §§ 301–305, Dec. 16, 2016, 130
Stat. 1917–1920, as amended by Pub. L. 115–94, §§ 2(c), 3,
Dec. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 2038, 2039, provided that:
‘‘SEC. 301. OVERSIGHT OF AND ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR PEACEKEEPER ABUSES.
‘‘(a) STRATEGY TO ENSURE REFORM
AND ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act [Dec. 16, 2016], the Secretary [of
State] shall submit, in unclassified form, to the appro-
priate congressional committees [Committees on For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives] and the Committees on Appropriations of
the Senate and the House of Representatives—
‘‘(1) a United States strategy for combating sexual
exploitation and abuse in United Nations peace-
keeping operations; and
‘‘(2) an implementation plan for achieving the ob-
jectives set forth in the strategy described in para-
graph (1).
‘‘(b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the strategy re-
quired under subsection (a) shall be the following:
‘‘(1) To dramatically reduce the incidence of sexual
exploitation and abuse committed by civilian and
military personnel assigned to United Nations peace-
keeping operations.
‘‘(2) To ensure the introduction and implementa-
tion by the United Nations of improved training,
oversight, and accountability mechanisms for United
Nations peacekeeping operations and the personnel
involved with such operations.
‘‘(3) To ensure swift justice for any such personnel
who are found to have committed sexual exploitation
or abuse.
‘‘(4) To assist the United Nations and troop- or po-
lice-contributing countries, as necessary and appro-
priate, to improve their ability to prevent, identify,
and prosecute sexual exploitation or abuse by per-
sonnel involved in peacekeeping operations.
‘‘(c) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following elements and ob-
jectives:
‘‘(1) The amendment of the model memorandum of
understanding and review of all current memoran-
dums of understanding for troop- or police-contrib-
uting countries participating in United Nations
peacekeeping operations to strengthen provisions re-
lating to the investigation, repatriation, prosecution,
and discipline of troops or police that are credibly al-
leged to have engaged in cases of misconduct.
‘‘(2) The establishment of onsite courts-martial, as
appropriate, for the prosecution of crimes committed
by military peacekeeping personnel, that is con-
sistent with each peacekeeping operations’ status of
forces agreement with its host country.
‘‘(3) The exploration of appropriate arrangements
to waive the immunity of civilian employees of the
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United Nations and its specialized agencies, funds,
and programs to enable the prosecution of such em-
ployees who are credibly alleged to have engaged in
sexual exploitation, abuse, or other crimes.
‘‘(4) The creation of a United Nations Security
Council ombudsman office that—
‘‘(A) is authorized to conduct ongoing oversight
of peacekeeping operations;
‘‘(B) reports directly to the Security Council on—
‘‘(i) offenses committed by peacekeeping per-
sonnel or United Nations civilian staff or volun-
teers; and
‘‘(ii) the actions taken in response to such of-
fenses; and
‘‘(C) provides reports to the Security Council on
the conduct of personnel in each peacekeeping oper-
ation not less frequently than annually and before
the expiration or renewal of the mandate of any
such peacekeeping operation.
‘‘(5) The provision of guidance from the United Na-
tions on the establishment of a standing claims com-
mission for each peacekeeping operation—
‘‘(A) to address any grievances by a host coun-
try’s civilian population against United Nations
personnel in cases of alleged abuses by peace-
keeping personnel; and
‘‘(B) to provide means for the government of the
country of which culpable United Nations peace-
keeping or civilian personnel are nationals to com-
pensate the victims of such crimes.
‘‘(6) The adoption of a United Nations policy and
plan that increases the number of troop- or police-
contributing countries that—
‘‘(A) obtain and maintain DNA samples from each
national of such country who is a member of a
United Nations military contingent or formed po-
lice unit, consistent with national laws, of such
contingent or unit; and
‘‘(B) make such DNA samples available to inves-
tigators from the troop- or police-contributing
country (except that such should not be made avail-
able to the United Nations) if allegations of sexual
exploitation or abuse arise.
‘‘(7) The adoption of a United Nations policy that
bars troop- or police-contributing countries that fail
to fulfill their obligation to ensure good order and
discipline among their troops from providing any fur-
ther troops for peace operations or restricts peace-
keeper reimbursements to such countries until appro-
priate training, institutional reform, and oversight
mechanisms to prevent such problems from recurring
have been put in place.
‘‘(8) The implementation of appropriate risk reduc-
tion policies, including refusal by the United Nations
to deploy uniformed personnel from any troop- or po-
lice-contributing country that does not adequately—
‘‘(A) investigate allegations of sexual exploi-
tation or abuse involving nationals of such country;
and
‘‘(B) ensure justice for those personnel deter-
mined to have been responsible for such sexual ex-
ploitation or abuse.
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The United States Permanent
Representative to the United Nations shall use the
voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the
United Nations to advance the objectives of the strat-
egy required by subsection (a).
‘‘(e) PEACEKEEPING
TRAINING.—The United States
should deny further United States peacekeeper training
or related assistance, except for training specifically
designed to reduce the incidence of sexual exploitation
or abuse, or to assist in its identification or prosecu-
tion, to any troop- or police-contributing country that
does not—
‘‘(1) implement and maintain effective measures to
investigate allegations of sexual exploitation and
abuse offenses committed by peacekeeping personnel
who are nationals of such country;
‘‘(2) appropriately hold accountable personnel who
are found to have committed such offenses; and
‘‘(3) provide detailed reporting to the ombudsman
described in subsection (c)(4) (or other appropriate
United Nations official) that describes the offenses
committed by the nationals of such country and such
country’s responses to such offenses, including com-
pensation to victims, as appropriate.
‘‘(f) ASSISTANCE.—The United States should develop
support mechanisms to assist troop- or police-contrib-
uting countries, as necessary and appropriate—
‘‘(1) to improve their capacity to investigate allega-
tions of sexual exploitation and abuse offenses com-
mitted by nationals of such countries while partici-
pating in a United Nations peacekeeping operation;
and
‘‘(2) to appropriately hold accountable personnel
who are found to have committed acts of sexual ex-
ploitation or abuse.
‘‘(g) HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING.—In coordination with
the ombudsman described in subsection (c)(4) (or other
appropriate United Nations official), the Secretary [of
State] shall identify, in the Department [of State]’s an-
nual country reports on human rights practices, the
countries of origin of any peacekeeping personnel or
units that—
‘‘(1) are characterized by patterns of sexual exploi-
tation or abuse; or
‘‘(2) have failed to institute appropriate institu-
tional and procedural reforms after being made aware
of any such patterns.
‘‘SEC. 302. REIMBURSEMENT OF CONTRIBUTING
COUNTRIES.
‘‘It is the policy of the United States that—
‘‘(1) the present formula for determining the troop
reimbursement rate paid to troop- and police-contrib-
uting countries for United Nations peacekeeping op-
erations should be clearly explained and made avail-
able to the public on the United Nations Department
of Peacekeeping Operations website;
‘‘(2) regular audits of the nationally-determined
pay and benefits given to personnel from troop- and
police-contributing countries participating in United
Nations peacekeeping operations should be conducted
to help inform the reimbursement rate referred to in
paragraph (1); and
‘‘(3) the survey mechanism developed by the United
Nations Secretary General’s Senior Advisory Group
on Peacekeeping Operations for collecting troop- and
police-contributing country data on common and ex-
traordinary expenses associated with deploying per-
sonnel to peacekeeping operations should be coordi-
nated with the audits described in paragraph (2) to
ensure proper oversight and accountability.
‘‘SEC. 303. WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE.
‘‘It is the policy of the United States that security
assistance should not be provided to any unit of the se-
curity forces of a foreign country if such unit has en-
gaged in a gross violation of human rights or in acts of
sexual exploitation or abuse, including while serving in
a United Nations peacekeeping operation.
‘‘SEC. 304. UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING AS-
SESSMENT FORMULA.
‘‘The Secretary [of State] shall direct the United
States Permanent Representative to the United Na-
tions to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United
States at the United Nations to urge the United Na-
tions to share the raw data used to calculate Member
State peacekeeping assessment rates and to make
available the formula for determining peacekeeping as-
sessments.
‘‘SEC. 305. REIMBURSEMENT OR APPLICATION OF
CREDITS.
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
President shall direct the United States Permanent
Representative to the United Nations to use the voice,
vote, and influence of the United States at the United
Nations to seek and timely obtain a commitment from
the United Nations to make available to the United
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States any peacekeeping credits that are generated
from a closed peacekeeping operation.’’
[For definition of ‘‘peacekeeping credits’’ as used in
sections 301–305 of Pub. L. 114–323, set out above, see
section 2 of Pub. L. 114–323, set out as a note under sec-
tion 2651 of this title.]
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR UNITED NATIONS
PERSONNEL
Pub. L. 114–323, title III, § 307, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat.
1921, provided that: ‘‘The President shall direct the
United States Permanent Representative to the United
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the
United States at the United Nations to—
‘‘(1) call for the removal of any official of the
United Nations or of any United Nations agency, pro-
gram, commission, or fund who the Secretary [of
State] has determined has failed to uphold the high-
est standards of ethics and integrity established by
the United Nations, including such standards speci-
fied in United Nations Codes of Conduct and Codes of
Ethics, or whose conduct, with respect to preventing
sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations
peacekeepers, has resulted in the erosion of public
confidence in the United Nations;
‘‘(2) ensure that best practices with regard to whis-
tleblower protections are extended to all personnel
serving the United Nations or serving any United Na-
tions agency, program, commission, or fund, espe-
cially personnel participating in United Nations
peacekeeping operations, United Nations police offi-
cers, United Nations staff, contractors, and victims of
misconduct, wrongdoing, or criminal behavior involv-
ing United Nations personnel;
‘‘(3) ensure that the United Nations implements
protective measures for whistleblowers who report
significant allegations of misconduct, wrongdoing, or
criminal behavior by personnel serving the United
Nations or serving any United Nations agency, pro-
gram, commission, or fund, especially personnel par-
ticipating in United Nations peacekeeping oper-
ations, United Nations staff, or contractors, specifi-
cally by implementing best practices for the protec-
tion of such whistleblowers from retaliation, includ-
ing—
‘‘(A) protection against retaliation for internal
and lawful public disclosures;
‘‘(B) legal burdens of proof;
‘‘(C) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia-
tion;
‘‘(D) access to independent adjudicative bodies,
including external arbitration; and
‘‘(E) results that eliminate the effects of proven
retaliation;
‘‘(4) insist that the United Nations provides ade-
quate redress to any whistleblower who has suffered
from retribution in violation of the protective meas-
ures specified in paragraph (3), including reinstate-
ment to any position from which such whistleblower
was wrongfully removed, or reassignment to a com-
parable position at the same level of pay, plus any
compensation for any arrearage in salary to which
such whistleblower would have otherwise been enti-
tled but for the wrongful retribution;
‘‘(5) call for public disclosure of the number and
general description of—
‘‘(A) complaints submitted to the United Nations’
Ethics Office, local Conduct and Discipline teams,
or other entity designated to receive complaints
from whistleblowers;
‘‘(B) determinations that probable cause exists to
conduct an investigation, and specification of the
entity conducting such investigation, including the
Office of Internal Oversight Services, the Office of
Audit and Investigations (for UNDP), the Office of
Internal Audit (for UNICEF), and the Inspector
General’s Office (for UNHCR);
‘‘(C) dispositions of such investigations, including
dismissal and referral for adjudication, specifying
the adjudicating entity, such as the United Nations
Dispute Tribunal; and
‘‘(D) results of adjudication, including discipli-
nary measures proscribed and whether such meas-
ures were effected, including information with re-
spect to complaints regarding allegations of sexual
exploitation and abuse by United Nations peace-
keepers, allegations of fraud in procurement and
contracting, and all other allegations of mis-
conduct, wrongdoing, or criminal behavior;
‘‘(6) insist that the full, unredacted text of any in-
vestigation or adjudication referred to in paragraph
(5) are made available to Member States upon re-
quest; and
‘‘(7) call for an examination of the feasibility of es-
tablishing a stand-alone agency at the United Na-
tions, independent of the Secretary General, to inves-
tigate all allegations of misconduct, wrongdoing, or
criminal behavior, reporting to the Member States of
the General Assembly, paid for from the United Na-
tions regular budget, to replace existing investigative
bodies, including the Office of Internal Oversight
Services, the Office of Audit and Investigations, the
Office of Internal Audit, and the offices of inspectors
general of relevant United Nations agencies.’’
QUALIFICATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY
GENERAL
Pub. L. 114–323, title III, § 310, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat.
1924, as amended by Pub. L. 115–94, § 4, Dec. 18, 2017, 131
Stat. 2039, provided that:
‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Secretary [of State]
shall direct the United States Permanent Representa-
tive to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and
influence of the United States at the United Nations to
urge each future candidate for the position of the
United Nations Secretary General to circulate to the
Member States of the General Assembly a description
of his or her priorities and objectives for leading the or-
ganization and ensuring that it upholds the principles
outlined by the United Nations Charter, including spe-
cific recommendations to improve strategic planning
and enact far-reaching management, performance, and
accountability reforms.
‘‘(b) PROPOSAL FOR UNITED NATIONS REFORM.—In addi-
tion to the descriptions referred to in subsection (a),
each such candidate shall be urged to describe the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) A process for determining the goals, objectives,
and benchmarks for the timely withdrawal of peace-
keeping forces prior to the approval by the United
Nations Security Council of a new or expanded peace-
keeping operation.
‘‘(2) A proposal for ensuring that the numbers and
qualifications of staff are clearly aligned with the
specific needs of each United Nations agency, mis-
sion, and program, including measures to ensure that
such agencies, missions, and programs have the flexi-
bility needed to hire and release employees as work-
force needs change over time.
‘‘(c) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the
United States to withhold support for any candidate for
the position of United Nations Secretary General un-
less such candidate has produced a clear vision for lead-
ing the United Nations, including a robust reform agen-
da as described in subsection (b), and circulated such
agenda to the Member States of the General Assem-
bly.’’
UNITED STATES MEMBERSHIP
ON
THE UNITED NATIONS
COMMISSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS
AND INTERNATIONAL
NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD
Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title IV, § 408, Sept. 30, 2002, 116
Stat. 1391, provided that: ‘‘The United States, in con-
nection with its voice and vote in the United Nations
General Assembly and the United Nations Economic
and Social Council, shall make every reasonable ef-
fort—
‘‘(1) to secure a seat for the United States on the
United Nations Commission on Human Rights;
‘‘(2) to secure a seat for a United States national on
the United Nations International Narcotics Control
Board; and
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‘‘(3) to prevent membership on the Human Rights
Commission by any member nation the government
of which, in the judgment of the Secretary, based on
the Department’s Annual Country Reports on Human
Rights and the Annual Report on International Re-
port on Religious Freedom, consistently violates
internationally recognized human rights or has en-
gaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of
religious freedom in that country.’’
[For definitions of ‘‘Secretary’’ and ‘‘Department’’ as
used in section 408 of Pub. L. 107–228, set out above, see
section 3 of Pub. L. 107–228, set out as a note under sec-
tion 2651 of this title.]
UNITED NATIONS POLICY ON ISRAEL AND THE
PALESTINIANS
Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII,
§ 721], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–462, as amended
by Pub. L. 114–323, title VII, § 715(b)(2), Dec. 16, 2016, 130
Stat. 1946, provided that:
‘‘(a) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT.—It shall be the pol-
icy of the United States to promote an end to the per-
sistent inequity experienced by Israel in the United Na-
tions whereby Israel is the only longstanding member
of the organization to be denied acceptance into any of
the United Nations regional blocs.
‘‘(b) POLICY ON ABOLITION OF CERTAIN UNITED NATIONS
GROUPS.—It shall be the policy of the United States to
seek the abolition of certain United Nations groups the
existence of which is inimical to the ongoing Middle
East peace process, those groups being the Special
Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting
the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and other
Arabs of the Occupied Territories; the Committee on
the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Pales-
tinian People; the Division for the Palestinian Rights;
and the Division on Public Information on the Question
of Palestine.
‘‘(c) ANNUAL CONSULTATION.—At the time of the sub-
mission of each annual report under subsection (c), the
Secretary of State shall consult with the appropriate
congressional committees on specific responses re-
ceived by the Secretary of State from each of the na-
tions of the Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG)
on their position concerning Israel’s acceptance into
their organization.’’
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON IMPROVING THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Pub. L. 100–204, title VII, part B, Dec. 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 1391, as amended by Pub. L. 101–246, title IV, § 409,
Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 68, provided for establishment,
membership, etc., of United States Commission on Im-
proving the Effectiveness of the United Nations to ex-
amine the United Nations system as a whole and iden-
tify and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses and to
transmit to President and Congress, not later than 18
months after the date on which all members of the
Commission have been appointed, a report containing a
detailed statement of the findings, conclusions, and
recommendations of the Commission, which report was
dated Sept. 10, 1993, and the Commission terminated
Sept. 30, 1993.
SOVIET MISSION AT THE UNITED NATIONS
Pub. L. 99–569, title VII, § 702, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat.
3204, related to policy of Congress of limiting number of
Soviet nationals serving as members of Soviet mission
at the United Nations to number not to substantially
exceed number of United States nationals serving as
members of United States mission, required Secretary
of State to report numbers of Soviet nationals so serv-
ing, and provided that spouses and dependents were not
to be included in such numbers, prior to repeal by Pub.
L. 103–199, title V, § 501(d), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2325.
UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN THE UNITED NATIONS
IF ISRAEL IS ILLEGALLY EXPELLED
Pub. L. 98–164, title I, § 115, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1021,
as amended by Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 142, Aug. 16, 1985,
99 Stat. 424; Pub. L. 100–204, title VII, § 704, Dec. 22, 1987,
101 Stat. 1389, provided that:
‘‘(a) The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the United Nations was founded on the prin-
ciple of universality;
‘‘(2) the United Nations Charter stipulates that
members may be suspended by the General Assembly
only ‘upon the recommendation of the Security Coun-
cil’; and
‘‘(3) any move by the General Assembly that would
illegally deny Israel its credentials in the Assembly
would be a direct violation of these provisions of the
Charter.
‘‘(b) If Israel is illegally expelled, suspended, denied
its credentials, or in any other manner denied its right
to participate in any principal or subsidiary organ or in
any specialized, technical, or other agency of the
United Nations, the United States shall suspend its
participation in any such organ or agency until the il-
legal action is reversed. The United States shall reduce
its annual assessed contribution to the United Nations
or such specialized agency by 8.34 percent for each
month in which United States participation is sus-
pended pursuant to this section. Nothing in this section
may be construed to diminish or to affect United
States participation in the United Nations Security
Council or the Safeguards Program of the International
Atomic Energy Agency.’’
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD
Pub. L. 95–561, title XV, §§ 1501–1507, Nov. 1, 1978, 92
Stat. 2373–2375, described the purpose of the Inter-
national Year of the Child (designated as 1979 by the
United Nations General Assembly) as promotion of
lasting improvements in the well-being of children,
provided for the establishment of a National Commis-
sion on the International Year of the Child, and for the
Commission’s membership, functions, coordination and
administration, and waiver of certain provisions of law
relating to advertising, competitive bidding, and print-
ing, authorized appropriations, and terminated the life
of the Commission thirty days after the submission of
its final report, which was to be submitted not later
than Mar. 31, 1980, but which life was in no case to be
extended beyond Apr. 30, 1980.
Pub. L. 97–35, title V, § 511(b)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat.
443, provided that: ‘‘No funds are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out part A of title XV of the Edu-
cation Amendments of 1978 [sections 1501 to 1507 of Pub.
L. 95–561, see note above] for fiscal year 1982, 1983, or
1984.’’
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM
PARTICIPATION
Pub. L. 93–188, Dec. 15, 1973, 87 Stat. 713, provided:
‘‘[SEC. 1. Short Title] That this Act [enacting this
note] may be cited as the ‘United Nations Environment
Program Participation Act of 1973’.
‘‘SEC. 2. [Congressional Declaration of Policy] It is
the policy of the United States to participate in coordi-
nated international efforts to solve environmental
problems of global and international concern, and in
order to assist the implementation of this policy, to
contribute funds to the United Nations Environmental
Fund for the support of international measures to pro-
tect and improve the environment.
‘‘SEC. 3. [Authorization of Appropriations] There is
authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for contribu-
tions to the United Nations Environment Fund, which
amount is authorized to remain available until ex-
pended, and which may be used upon such terms and
conditions as the President may specify: Provided, That
not more than $10,000,000 may be appropriated for use in
fiscal year 1974.’’
UNITED STATES GRANT FOR EXPANSION AND
IMPROVEMENT OF UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
Pub. L. 91–622, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1867, provided:
‘‘That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to
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the Secretary of State out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, a sum not to exceed
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a
grant to be made at the discretion of the Secretary of
State, to the United Nations to defray a portion of the
cost of the expansion and improvement of its head-
quarters in the city of New York on such terms and
conditions as the Secretary of State may determine.
Such grant shall not be considered a contribution to
the United Nations for purpose of any other applicable
law limiting contributions.’’
UNITED STATES LOAN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY
Act Aug. 11, 1948, ch. 834, 62 Stat. 1286, authorized the
President to loan to the United Nations $65,000,000 to
construct a permanent headquarters in New York City,
provided for the repayment of the loan without interest
in installments beginning July 1, 1951, and continuing
until July 1, 1982, and authorized the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation to advance to the United Nations
up to $25,000,000 until such time as the $65,000,000 is ap-
propriated by Congress.
ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS IN NEW
YORK; AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
UNITED
NATIONS
AND
UNITED STATES
Joint Res. Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 482, 61 Stat. 756, provided
that:
‘‘Whereas the Charter of the United Nations was
signed on behalf of the United States on June 26, 1945,
and was ratified on August 8, 1945, by the President of
the United States, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, and the instrument of ratification of the
said Charter was deposited on August 8, 1945; and
‘‘Whereas the said Charter of the United Nations
came into force with respect to the United States on
October 24, 1945; and
‘‘Whereas article 104 of the Charter provides that
‘The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each
of its Members such legal capacity as may be necessary
for the exercise of its functions and the fulfillment of
its purposes’; and
‘‘Whereas article 105 of the Charter provides that:
‘‘1. The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of
each of its Members such privileges and immunities as
are necessary for the fulfillment of its purposes.
‘‘2. Representatives of the Members of the United Na-
tions and officials of the Organization shall similarly
enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary
for the independent exercise of their functions in con-
nection with the Organization.
‘‘3. The General Assembly may make recommenda-
tions with a view to determining the details of the ap-
plication of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article or may
propose conventions to the Members of the United Na-
tions for this purpose; and
‘‘Whereas article 28 and other articles of the Charter
of the United Nations contemplate the establishment of
a seat for the permanent headquarters of the Organiza-
tion; and
‘‘Whereas the interim arrangements concluded on
June 26, 1945, by the governments represented at the
United Nations Conference on International Organiza-
tion instructed the Preparatory Commission estab-
lished in pursuance of the arrangements to ‘make stud-
ies and prepare recommendations concerning the loca-
tion of the permanent headquarters of the Organiza-
tion’; and
‘‘Whereas during the labors of the said Preparatory
Commission, the Congress of the United States in H.
Con. Res. 75, passed unanimously by the House of Rep-
resentatives December 10, 1945, and agreed to unani-
mously by the Senate December 11, 1945, invited the
United Nations ‘to locate the seat of the United Na-
tions Organization within the United States’; and
‘‘Whereas the General Assembly on December 14, 1946,
resolved ‘that the permanent headquarters of the
United Nations shall be established in New York City
in the area bounded by First Avenue, East Forty-eighth
Street, the East River, and East Forty-second Street’;
and
‘‘Whereas the General Assembly resolved on Decem-
ber 14, 1946, ‘That the Secretary-General be authorized
to negotiate and conclude with the appropriate au-
thorities of the United States of America an agreement
concerning the arrangements required as a result of the
establishment of the permanent headquarters of the
United Nations in the city of New York’ and to be guid-
ed in these negotiations by the provisions of a prelimi-
nary draft agreement which had been negotiated by the
Secretary-General and the Secretary of State of the
United States; and
‘‘Whereas the General Assembly resolved on Decem-
ber 14, 1946, that pending the coming into force of the
agreement referred to above ‘the Secretary-General be
authorized to negotiate and conclude arrangements
with the appropriate authorities of the United States of
America to determine on a provisional basis the privi-
leges, immunities, and facilities needed in connection
with the temporary headquarters of the United Na-
tions.’; and
‘‘Whereas the Secretary of State of the United
States, after consultation with the appropriate au-
thorities of the State and city of New York, signed at
Lake Success, New York, on June 26, 1947, on behalf of
the United States an agreement with the United Na-
tions regarding the headquarters of the United Nations,
which agreement is incorporated herein; and
‘‘Whereas the aforesaid agreement provides that it
shall be brought into effect by an exchange of notes be-
tween the United States and the Secretary-General of
the United Nations: Therefore be it
‘‘Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
the President is hereby authorized to bring into effect
on the part of the United States the agreement between
the United States of America and the United Nations
regarding the headquarters of the United Nations,
signed at Lake Success, New York, on June 26, 1947
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘agreement’), with such
changes therein not contrary to the general tenor
thereof and not imposing any additional obligations on
the United States as the President may deem necessary
and appropriate, and at his discretion, after consulta-
tion with the appropriate State and local authorities,
to enter into such supplemental agreements with the
United Nations as may be necessary to fulfill the pur-
poses of the said agreement: Provided, That any supple-
mental agreement entered into pursuant to section 5 of
the agreement incorporated herein shall be submitted
to the Congress for approval. The agreement follows:
‘‘AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RE-
GARDING THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED
NATIONS
THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA:
Desiring to conclude an agreement for the purpose of
carrying out the Resolution adopted by the General As-
sembly on 14 December 1946 to establish the seat of the
United Nations in The City of New York and to regu-
late questions arising as a result thereof;
Have appointed as their representatives for this pur-
pose:
The United Nations:
TRYGVE LIE,
and
Secretary-General,
The United States of America:
GEORGE C. MARSHALL,
Secretary of State,
Who have agreed as follows:
‘‘ARTICLE I—DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1
In this agreement:
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(a) The expression ‘headquarters district’ means (1)
the area defined as such in Annex 1, (2) any other lands
or buildings which from time to time may be included
therein by supplemental agreement with the appro-
priate American authorities;
(b) the expression ‘appropriate American authorities’
means such federal, state, or local authorities in the
United States as may be appropriate in the context and
in accordance with the laws and customs of the United
States, including the laws and customs of the state and
local government involved;
(c) the expression ‘General Convention’ means the
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the
United Nations approved by the General Assembly of
the United Nations 13 February 1946, as acceded to by
the United States;
(d) the expression ‘United Nations’ means the inter-
national organization established by the Charter of the
United Nations, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Charter’:
(e) the expression ‘Secretary-General’ means the Sec-
retary-General of the United Nations.
‘‘ARTICLE II—THE HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT
SECTION 2
The seat of the United Nations shall be the head-
quarters district.
SECTION 3
The appropriate American authorities shall take
whatever action may be necessary to assure that the
United Nations shall not be dispossessed of its property
in the headquarters district, except as provided in Sec-
tion 22 in the event that the United Nations ceases to
use the same; provided that the United Nations shall
reimburse the appropriate American authorities for
any costs incurred, after consultation with the United
Nations, in liquidating by eminent domain proceedings
or otherwise any adverse claims.
SECTION 4
(a) The United Nations may establish and operate in
the headquarters district:
(1) its own short-wave sending and receiving radio
broadcasting
facilities
(including
emergency
link
equipment) which may be used on the same frequencies
(within the tolerances prescribed for the broadcasting
service by applicable United States regulations) for ra-
diotelegraph,
radioteletype,
radiotelephone,
radiotelephoto, and similar services;
(2) one point-to-point circuit between the head-
quarters district and the office of the United Nations in
Geneva (using single sideband equipment) to be used
exclusively for the exchange of broadcasting programs
and interoffice communications;
(3) low power micro-wave, low or medium frequency
facilities
for
communication
within
headquarters
buildings only, or such other buildings as may tempo-
rarily be used by the United Nations;
(4) facilities for point-to-point communication to the
same extent and subject to the same conditions as per-
mitted under applicable rules and regulations for ama-
teur operation in the United States, except that such
rules and regulations shall not be applied in a manner
inconsistent with the inviolability of the headquarters
district provided by Section 9(a);
(5) such other radio facilities as may be specified by
supplemental agreement between the United Nations
and the appropriate American authorities.
(b) The United Nations shall make arrangements for
the operation of the services referred to in this section
with the International Telecommunication Union, the
appropriate agencies of the Government of the United
States and the appropriate agencies of other affected
governments with regard to all frequencies and similar
matters.
(c) The facilities provided for in this section may, to
the extent necessary for efficient operation, be estab-
lished and operated outside the headquarters district.
The appropriate American authorities will, on request
of the United Nations, make arrangements, on such
terms and in such manner as may be agreed upon by
supplemental agreement, for the acquisition or use by
the United Nations of appropriate premises for such
purposes and the inclusion of such premises in the
headquarters district.
SECTION 5
In the event that the United Nations should find it
necessary and desirable to establish and operate an
aerodrome, the conditions for the location, use and op-
eration of such an aerodrome and the conditions under
which there shall be entry into and exit therefrom shall
be the subject of a supplemental agreement.
SECTION 6
In the event that the United Nations should propose
to organize its own postal service, the conditions under
which such service shall be set up shall be the subject
of a supplemental agreement.
‘‘ARTICLE III—LAW AND AUTHORITY IN THE
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT
SECTION 7
(a) The headquarters district shall be under the con-
trol and authority of the United Nations as provided in
this agreement.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this agreement or
in the General Convention, the federal, state and local
law of the United States shall apply within the head-
quarters district.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this agreement or
in the General Convention, the federal, state and local
courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over
acts done and transactions taking place in the head-
quarters district as provided in applicable federal, state
and local laws.
(d) The federal, state and local courts of the United
States, when dealing with cases arising out of or relat-
ing to acts done or transactions taking place in the
headquarters district, shall take into account the regu-
lations enacted by the United Nations under Section 8.
SECTION 8
The United Nations shall have the power to make
regulations, operative within the headquarters district
for the purpose of establishing therein conditions in all
respects necessary for the full execution of its func-
tions. No federal, state or local law or regulation of the
United States which is inconsistent with a regulation
of the United Nations authorized by this section shall,
to the extent of such inconsistency, be applicable with-
in the headquarters district. Any dispute, between the
United Nations and the United States, as to whether a
regulation of the United Nations is authorized by this
section or as to whether a federal, state or local law or
regulation is inconsistent with any regulation of the
United Nations authorized by this section, shall be
promptly settled as provided in Section 21. Pending
such settlement, the regulation of the United Nations
shall apply, and the federal, state or local law or regu-
lation shall be inapplicable in the headquarters district
to the extent that the United Nations claims it to be
inconsistent with the regulation of the United Nations.
This section shall not prevent the reasonable applica-
tion of fire protection regulations of the appropriate
American authorities.
SECTION 9
(a) The headquarters district shall be inviolable. Fed-
eral, state or local officers or officials of the United
States, whether administrative, judicial, military or
police, shall not enter the headquarters district to per-
form any official duties therein except with the con-
sent of and under conditions agreed to by the Sec-
retary-General. The service of legal process, including
the seizure of private property, may take place within
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the headquarters district only with the consent of and
under conditions approved by the Secretary-General.
(b) Without prejudice to the provisions of the General
Convention or Article IV of this agreement, the United
Nations shall prevent the headquarters district from
becoming a refuge either for persons who are avoiding
arrest under the federal, state, or local law of the
United States or are required by the Government of the
United States for extradition to another country, or for
persons who are endeavoring to avoid service of legal
process.
SECTION 10
The United Nations may expel or exclude persons
from the headquarters district for violation of its regu-
lations adopted under Section 8 or for other cause. Per-
sons who violate such regulations shall be subject to
other penalties or to detention under arrest only in ac-
cordance with the provisions of such laws or regula-
tions as may be adopted by the appropriate American
authorities.
‘‘ARTICLE IV—COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSIT
SECTION 11
The federal, state or local authorities of the United
States shall not impose any impediments to transit to
or from the headquarters district of (1) representatives
of Members or officials of the United Nations, or of spe-
cialized agencies as defined in Article 57, paragraph 2,
of the Charter, or the families of such representatives
or officials, (2) experts performing missions for the
United Nations or for such specialized agencies, (3) rep-
resentatives of the press, or of radio, film or other in-
formation agencies, who have been accredited by the
United Nations (or by such a specialized agency) in its
discretion after consultation with the United States,
(4) representatives of nongovernmental organizations
recognized by the United Nations for the purpose of
consultation under Article 71 of the Charter, or (5)
other persons invited to the headquarters district by
the United Nations or by such specialized agency on of-
ficial business. The appropriate American authorities
shall afford any necessary protection to such persons
while in transit to or from the headquarters district.
This section does not apply to general interruptions of
transportation which are to be dealt with as provided
in Section 17, and does not impair the effectiveness of
generally applicable laws and regulations as to the op-
eration of means of transportation.
SECTION 12
The provisions of Section 11 shall be applicable irre-
spective of the relations existing between the Govern-
ments of the persons referred to in that section and the
Government of the United States.
SECTION 13
(a) Laws and regulations in force in the United States
regarding the entry of aliens shall not be applied in
such manner as to interfere with the privileges referred
to in Section 11. When visas are required for persons re-
ferred to in that Section, they shall be granted without
charge and as promptly as possible.
(b) Laws and regulations in force in the United States
regarding the residence of aliens shall not be applied in
such manner as to interfere with the privileges referred
to in Section 11 and, specifically, shall not be applied
in such manner as to require any such person to leave
the United States on account of any activities per-
formed by him in his official capacity. In case of abuse
of such privileges of residence by any such person in ac-
tivities in the United States outside his official capac-
ity, it is understood that the privileges referred to in
Section 11 shall not be construed to grant him exemp-
tion from the laws and regulations of the United States
regarding the continued residence of aliens, provided
that:
(1) No proceedings shall be instituted under such laws
or regulations to require any such person to leave the
United States except with the prior approval of the
Secretary of State of the United States. Such approval
shall be given only after consultation with the appro-
priate Member in the case of a representative of a
Member (or a member of his family) or with the Sec-
retary-General or the principal executive officer of the
appropriate specialized agency in the case of any other
person referred to in Section 11;
(2) A representative of the Member concerned, the
Secretary-General, or the principal executive officer of
the appropriate specialized agency, as the case may be,
shall have the right to appear in any such proceedings
on behalf of the person against whom they are insti-
tuted;
(3) Persons who are entitled to diplomatic privileges
and immunities under Section 15 or under the General
Convention shall not be required to leave the United
States otherwise than in accordance with the cus-
tomary procedure applicable to diplomatic envoys ac-
credited to the United States.
(c) This section does not prevent the requirement of
reasonable evidence to establish that persons claiming
the rights granted by Section 11 come within the class-
es described in that section, or the reasonable applica-
tion of quarantine and health regulations.
(d) Except as provided above in this section and in
the General Convention, the United States retains full
control and authority over the entry of persons or prop-
erty into the territory of the United States and the
conditions under which persons may remain or reside
there.
(e) The Secretary-General shall, at the request of the
appropriate American authorities, enter into discus-
sions with such authorities, with a view to making ar-
rangements for registering the arrival and departure of
persons who have been granted visas valid only for
transit to and from the headquarters district and so-
journ therein and in its immediate vicinity.
(f) The United Nations shall, subject to the foregoing
provisions of this section, have the exclusive right to
authorize or prohibit entry of persons and property
into the headquarters district and to prescribe the con-
ditions under which persons may remain or reside
there.
SECTION 14
The Secretary-General and the appropriate American
authorities shall, at the request of either of them, con-
sult as to methods of facilitating entrance into the
United States, and the use of available means of trans-
portation, by persons coming from abroad who wish to
visit the headquarters district and do not enjoy the
rights referred to in this Article.
‘‘ARTICLE V—RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE
UNITED NATIONS
SECTION 15
(1) Every person designated by a Member as the prin-
cipal resident representative to the United Nations of
such Member or as a resident representative with the
rank of ambassador or minister plenipotentiary,
(2) such resident members of their staffs as may be
agreed upon between the Secretary-General, the Gov-
ernment of the United States and the Government of
the Member concerned,
(3) every person designated by a Member of a special-
ized agency, as defined in Article 57, paragraph 2, of the
Charter, as its principal resident representative, with
the rank of ambassador or minister plenipotentiary, at
the headquarters of such agency in the United States,
and
(4) such other principal resident representatives of
members to a specialized agency and such resident
members of the staffs of representatives to a special-
ized agency as may be agreed upon between the prin-
cipal executive officer of the specialized agency, the
Government of the United States and the Government
of the Member concerned, shall, whether residing inside
or outside the headquarters district, be entitled in the
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territory of the United States to the same privileges
and immunities, subject to corresponding conditions
and obligations, as it accords to diplomatic envoys ac-
credited to it. In the case of Members whose govern-
ments are not recognized by the United States, such
privileges and immunities need be extended to such
representatives, or persons on the staffs of such rep-
resentatives, only within the headquarters district, at
their residences and offices outside the district, in
transit between the district and such residences and of-
fices, and in transit on official business to or from for-
eign countries.
‘‘ARTICLE VI—POLICE PROTECTION OF THE
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT
SECTION 16
(a) The appropriate American authorities shall exer-
cise due diligence to ensure that the tranquility of the
headquarters district is not disturbed by the unauthor-
ized entry of groups of persons from outside or by dis-
turbances in its immediate vicinity and shall cause to
be provided on the boundaries of the headquarters dis-
trict such police protection as is required for these pur-
poses.
(b) If so requested by the Secretary-General, the ap-
propriate American authorities shall provide a suffi-
cient number of police for the preservation of law and
order in the headquarters district, and for the removal
therefrom of persons as requested under the authority
of the United Nations. The United Nations shall, if re-
quested, enter into arrangements with the appropriate
American authorities to reimburse them for the rea-
sonable cost of such services.
‘‘ARTICLE VII—PUBLIC SERVICES AND PROTECTION OF
THE HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT
SECTION 17
(a) The appropriate American authorities will exer-
cise to the extent requested by the Secretary-General
the powers which they possess with respect to the sup-
plying of public services to ensure that the head-
quarters district shall be supplied on equitable terms
with the necessary public services, including elec-
tricity, water, gas, post, telephone, telegraph, transpor-
tation, drainage, collection of refuse, fire protection,
snow removal, et cetera. In case of any interruption or
threatened interruption of any such services, the ap-
propriate American authorities will consider the needs
of the United Nations as being of equal importance
with the similar needs of essential agencies of the Gov-
ernment of the United States, and will take steps ac-
cordingly, to ensure that the work of the United Na-
tions is not prejudiced.
(b) Special provisions with reference to maintenance
of utilities and underground construction are contained
in Annex 2.
SECTION 18
The appropriate American authorities shall take all
reasonable steps to ensure that the amenities of the
headquarters district are not prejudiced and the pur-
poses for which the district is required are not ob-
structed by any use made of the land in the vicinity of
the district. The United Nations shall on its part take
all reasonable steps to ensure that the amenities of the
land in the vicinity of the headquarters district are not
prejudiced by any use made of the land in the head-
quarters district by the United Nations.
SECTION 19
It is agreed that no form of racial or religious dis-
crimination shall be permitted within the headquarters
district.
‘‘ARTICLE VIII—MATTERS RELATING TO THE OPERATION
OF THIS AGREEMENT
SECTION 20
The Secretary-General and the appropriate American
authorities shall settle by agreement the channels
through which they will communicate regarding the
application of the provisions of this agreement and
other questions affecting the headquarters district, and
may enter into such supplemental agreements as may
be necessary to fulfill the purposes of this agreement.
In making supplemental agreements with the Sec-
retary-General, the United States shall consult with
the appropriate state and local authorities. If the Sec-
retary-General so requests, the Secretary of State of
the United States shall appoint a special representative
for the purpose of liaison with the Secretary-General.
SECTION 21
(a) Any dispute between the United Nations and the
United States concerning the interpretation or applica-
tion of this agreement or of any supplemental agree-
ment, which is not settled by negotiation or other
agreed mode of settlement, shall be referred for final
decision to a tribunal of three arbitrators, one to be
named by the Secretary-General, one to be named by
the Secretary of State of the United States, and the
third to be chosen by the two, or, if they should fail to
agree upon a third, then by the President of the Inter-
national Court of Justice.
(b) The Secretary-General or the United States may
ask the General Assembly to request of the Inter-
national Court of Justice an advisory opinion on any
legal question arising in the course of such proceedings.
Pending the receipt of the opinion of the Court, an in-
terim decision of the arbitral tribunal shall be observed
on both parties. Thereafter, the arbitral tribunal shall
render a final decision, having regard to the opinion of
the Court.
‘‘ARTICLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 22
(a) The United Nations shall not dispose of all or any
part of the land owned by it in the headquarters dis-
trict without the consent of the United States. If the
United States is unwilling to consent to a disposition
which the United Nations wishes to make of all or any
part of such land, the United States shall buy the same
from the United Nations at a price to be determined as
provided in paragraph (d) of this section.
(b) If the seat of the United Nations is removed from
the headquarters district, all right, title and interest of
the United Nations in and to real property in the head-
quarters district or any part of it shall, on request of
either the United Nations or the United States, be as-
signed and conveyed to the United States. In the ab-
sence of such request, the same shall be assigned and
conveyed to the subdivision of a state in which it is lo-
cated or, if such subdivision shall not desire it, then to
the state in which it is located. If none of the foregoing
desires the same, it may be disposed of as provided in
paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) If the United Nations disposes of all or any part
of the headquarters district, the provisions of other
sections of this agreement which apply to the head-
quarters district shall immediately cease to apply to
the land and buildings so disposed of.
(d) The price to be paid for any conveyance under this
section shall, in default of agreement, be the then fair
value of the land, buildings and installations, to be de-
termined under the procedure provided in Section 21.
SECTION 23
The seat of the United Nations shall not be removed
from the headquarters district unless the United Na-
tions should so decide.
SECTION 24
This agreement shall cease to be in force if the seat
of the United Nations is removed from the territory of
the United States, except for such provisions as may be
applicable in connection with the orderly termination
of the operations of the United Nations at its seat in
the United States and the disposition of its property
therein.
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SECTION 25
Wherever this agreement imposes obligations on the
appropriate American authorities, the Government of
the United States shall have the ultimate responsi-
bility for the fulfillment of such obligations by the ap-
propriate American authorities.
SECTION 26
The provisions of this agreement shall be complemen-
tary to the provisions of the General Convention. In so
far as any provision of this agreement and any provi-
sions of the General Convention relate to the same sub-
ject matter, the two provisions shall, wherever pos-
sible, be treated as complementary, so that both provi-
sions shall be applicable and neither shall narrow the
effect of the other; but in any case of absolute conflict,
the provisions of this agreement shall prevail.
SECTION 27
This agreement shall be construed in the light of its
primary purpose to enable the United Nations at its
headquarters in the United States, fully and efficiently
to discharge its responsibilities and fulfill its purposes.
SECTION 28
This agreement shall be brought into effect by an ex-
change of notes between the Secretary-General, duly
authorized pursuant to a resolution of the General As-
sembly of the United Nations, and the appropriate ex-
ecutive officer of the United States, duly authorized
pursuant to appropriate action of the Congress.
In witness whereof the respective representatives
have signed this Agreement and have affixed their seals
hereto.
Done in duplicate, in the English and French lan-
guages, both authentic, at Lake Success the twenty-
sixth day of June 1947.
For the Government of the United States of America:
G. C. MARSHALL,
Secretary of State
For the United Nations:
TRYGVE LIE,
Secretary-General
‘‘ANNEX 1
The area referred to in Section 1(a)(1) consists of (a)
the premises bounded on the East by the westerly side
of Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive, on the West by the eas-
terly side of First Avenue, on the North by the south-
erly side of East Forty-eighth Street, and on the South
by the northerly side of East Forty-second Street, all
as proposed to be widened, in the Borough of Manhat-
tan, City and State of New York, and (b) an easement
over Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive, above a lower lim-
iting plane to be fixed for the construction and mainte-
nance of an esplanade, together with the structures
thereon and foundations and columns to support the
same in locations below such limiting plane, the entire
area to be more definitely defined by supplemental
agreement between the United Nations and the United
States of America.
‘‘ANNEX 2—MAINTENANCE OF UTILITIES AND
UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 1
The Secretary-General agrees to provide passes to
duly authorized employees of The City of New York,
the State of New York, or any of their agencies or sub-
divisions, for the purpose of enabling them to inspect,
repair, maintain, reconstruct and relocate utilities,
conduits, mains and sewers within the headquarters
district.
SECTION 2
Underground constructions may be undertaken by
The City of New York, or the State of New York, or any
of their agencies or subdivisions, within the head-
quarters district only after consultation with the Sec-
retary-General, and under conditions which shall not
disturb the carrying out of the functions of the United
Nations.
SEC. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the obliga-
tions of the United States under said agreement and
supplemental agreements with respect to United States
assurances that the United Nations shall not be dispos-
sessed of its property in the headquarters district, and
with respect to the establishment of radio facilities and
the possible establishment of an airport:
(a) The President of the United States, or any official
or governmental agency authorized by the President,
may acquire in the name of the United States any prop-
erty or interest therein by purchase, donation, or other
means of transfer, or may cause proceedings to be insti-
tuted for the acquisition of the same by condemnation.
(b) Upon the request of the President, or such officer
as the President may designate, the Attorney General
of the United States shall cause such condemnation or
other proceedings to be instituted in the name of the
United States in the district court of the United States
for the district in which the property is situated and
such court shall have full jurisdiction of such pro-
ceedings, and any condemnation proceedings shall be
conducted in accordance with the Act of August 1, 1888
(25 Stat. 357), as amended [now 40 U.S.C. 3113] and the
Act of February 26, 1931 (46 Stat. 1421), as amended [now
40 U.S.C. 3114–3116, 3118].
(c) After the institution of any such condemnation
proceedings, possession of the property may be taken
at any time the President, or such officer as he may
designate, determines is necessary, and the court shall
enter such orders as may be necessary to effect entry
and occupancy of the property.
(d) The President of the United States, or any officer
or governmental agency duly authorized by the Presi-
dent, may, in the name of the United States, transfer
or convey possession of and title to any interest in any
property acquired or held by the United States, pursu-
ant to paragraph (a) above, to the United Nations on
the terms provided in the agreement or in any supple-
mental agreement, and shall execute and deliver such
conveyances and other instruments and perform such
other acts in connection therewith as may be necessary
to carry out the provisions of the agreement.
(e) There are authorized to be appropriated, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
such sums as may be required to enable the United
States to carry out the undertakings hereby author-
ized: Provided, That any money appropriated under this
authorization shall be spent only on a basis of reim-
bursement by the United Nations in accordance with
section 3 of the agreement, and that the money thus re-
imbursed shall be deposited and covered into the Treas-
ury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
SEC. 3. The President, or the Secretary of State under
his direction, is authorized to enter into agreements
with the State of New York or any other State of the
United States and to the extent not inconsistent with
State law, with any one or more of the political sub-
divisions thereof in aid of effectuating the provisions of
the agreement.
SEC. 4. Any States, or, to the extent not inconsistent
with State law any political subdivisions thereof, af-
fected by the establishment of the headquarters of the
United Nations in the United States are authorized to
enter into agreements with the United Nations or with
each other consistent with the agreement and for the
purpose of facilitating compliance with the same: Pro-
vided, That, except in cases of emergency and agree-
ments of a routine contractual character, a representa-
tive of the United States, to be appointed by the Sec-
retary of State, may, at the discretion of the Secretary
of State, participate in the negotiations, and that any
such agreement entered into by such State or States or
political subdivisions thereof shall be subject to ap-
proval by the Secretary of State.
SEC. 5. The President is authorized to make effective
with respect to the temporary headquarters of the
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United Nations in the State of New York, on a provi-
sional basis, such of the provisions of the agreement as
he may deem appropriate, having due regard for the
needs of the United Nations at its temporary head-
quarters.
SEC. 6. Nothing in the agreement shall be construed
as in any way diminishing, abridging, or weakening the
right of the United States to safeguard its own security
and completely to control the entrance of aliens into
any territory of the United States other than the head-
quarters district and its immediate vicinity, as to be
defined and fixed in a supplementary agreement be-
tween the Government of the United States and the
United Nations in pursuance of section 13(3)(e) of the
agreement, and such areas as it is reasonably necessary
to traverse in transit between the same and foreign
countries. Moreover, nothing in section 14 of the agree-
ment with respect to facilitating entrance into the
United States by persons who wish to visit the head-
quarters district and do not enjoy the right of entry
provided in section 11 of the agreement shall be con-
strued to amend or suspend in any way the immigra-
tion laws of the United States or to commit the United
States in any way to effect any amendment or suspen-
sion of such laws.’’
UN MEMBERSHIP FOR COMMUNIST CHINA
Pub. L. 91–472, title I, § 105, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1044,
provided that it was the sense of the Congress that the
United Nations should not admit the Communist Chi-
nese Government to membership as the representative
of China. Similar provisions were contained in the fol-
lowing prior acts:
Dec. 24, 1969, Pub. L. 91–153, title I, § 105, 83 Stat. 407.
Aug. 9, 1968, Pub. L. 90–470, title I, § 105, 82 Stat. 672.
Nov. 8, 1967, Pub. L. 90–133, title I, § 105, 81 Stat. 416.
Nov. 8, 1966, Pub. L. 89–797, title I, § 105, 80 Stat. 1484.
Sept. 2, 1965, Pub. L. 89–164, title I, § 105, 79 Stat. 625.
Aug. 31, 1964, Pub. L. 88–527, title I, § 105, 78 Stat. 716.
Dec. 30, 1963, Pub. L. 88–245, title I, § 105, 77 Stat. 781.
Oct. 18, 1962, Pub. L. 87–843, title I, § 105, 76 Stat. 1085.
Sept. 21, 1961, Pub. L. 87–264, title I, § 105, 75 Stat. 550.
Aug. 31, 1960, Pub. L. 86–678, title I, § 105, 74 Stat. 561.
July 13, 1959, Pub. L. 86–84, title I, § 105, 73 Stat. 186.
June 30, 1958, Pub. L. 85–474, title I, § 105, 72 Stat. 249.
June 11, 1957, Pub. L. 85–49, title I, § 105, 71 Stat. 60.
June 20, 1956, ch. 414, title I, § 110, 70 Stat. 304.
July 7, 1955, ch. 279, title I, § 110, 69 Stat. 270.
July 2, 1954, ch. 456, title I, § 110, 68 Stat. 418.
Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328, title I, § 111, 67 Stat. 372.
TRUSTEESHIP AGREEMENT RELATING TO TERRITORY OF
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Act of July 18, 1947, ch. 271, 61 Stat. 397, authorized
the President to approve the trusteeship agreement be-
tween the United States and the Security Council of
the United Nations for the Territory of the Pacific Is-
lands.
Executive Documents
EX. ORD. NO. 10108. DESIGNATION OF U.S. MISSION TO
UNITED NATIONS
Ex. Ord. No. 10108, Feb. 9, 1950, 15 F.R. 757, provided:
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the United
Nations Participation Act of 1945 (59 Stat. 619) [this
subchapter], as amended by the act of October 10, 1949,
63 Stat. 734, and as President of the United States, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
1. The Representative of the United States to the
United Nations, the Deputy Representative of the
United States to the United Nations, the Deputy Rep-
resentative of the United States to the Security Coun-
cil of the United Nations, representatives of the United
States in the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations and its Commissions, representatives of
the United States in the Trusteeship Council, the
Atomic Energy Commission, the Commission for Con-
ventional Armaments, and the Military Staff Com-
mittee of the United Nations, and representatives to
organs and agencies of the United Nations appointed or
designated and included within the United States Mis-
sion to the United Nations as herein designated, to-
gether with their deputies, staffs, and offices—shall
constitute and be known as the United States Mission
to the United Nations.
2. The Representative of the United States to the
United Nations shall be the Chief of Mission in charge
of the United States Mission to the United Nations.
The Chief of Mission shall coordinate at the seat of the
United Nations the activities of the Mission in carrying
out the instructions of the President transmitted ei-
ther by the Secretary of State or by other means of
transmission as directed by the President. Instructions
to the representatives of the United States Joint Chiefs
of Staff in the Military Staff Committee of the United
Nations shall be transmitted by the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. On request of the Chief of Mission, such rep-
resentatives shall, in addition to their responsibilities
under the Charter of the United Nations, serve as advis-
ers in the United States Mission to the United Nations.
3. The Chief of Mission shall be responsible for the ad-
ministration of the Mission, including personnel, budg-
et, obligation and expenditure of funds, and the central
administrative services; provided that he shall not be
responsible for the internal administration of the per-
sonnel, budget, and obligation and expenditure of funds
of the representatives of the United States Joint Chiefs
of Staff in the Military Staff Committee of the United
Nations. The Chief of Mission shall discharge his re-
sponsibilities under this paragraph in accordance with
such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State
may from time to time prescribe.
4. The Deputy Representative of the United States to
the United Nations shall be the Deputy Chief of Mis-
sion, who shall act as Chief of Mission in the absence
of the Representative of the United States to the
United Nations.
5. This order supersedes Executive Order No. 9844 of
April 28, 1947, entitled ‘‘Designating the United States
Mission to the United Nations and Providing for Its Di-
rection and Administration.’’
EX. ORD. NO. 10422. LOYALTY PROCEDURES FOR
EMPLOYEES
Ex. Ord. No. 10422, Jan. 9, 1953, 18 F.R. 239, as amended
by Ex. Ord. No. 10459, June 2, 1953, 18 F.R. 3183; Ex. Ord.
No. 10763, Apr. 23, 1958, eff. July 1, 1958, 23 F.R. 2767; Ex.
Ord. No. 11890, Dec. 10, 1975, 40 F.R. 57775; Ex. Ord. No.
12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, provided:
PART I—INVESTIGATION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS EM-
PLOYED OR BEING CONSIDERED FOR EMPLOYMENT ON THE
SECRETARIAT OF THE UNITED NATIONS
1. Whenever the Secretary of State receives, from the
Secretary General of the United Nations, the name of
and other necessary identifying data concerning each
United States citizen employed or being considered for
employment by the United Nations, the Secretary of
State shall, consistent with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a) and other applicable law, cause an inves-
tigation to be conducted as provided in paragraph 2 of
this Part, or forward the information received from the
Secretary General to the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment, which shall conduct an investigation, consistent
with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) and other
applicable law, as provided in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this
Part.
2. With respect to all applicants for short term ap-
pointments which will not exceed six months and which
are not appointments to United Nations Secretariat
professional posts or posts subject to geographical dis-
tribution, the Secretary of State shall cause an inves-
tigation to be conducted, which investigation shall be
limited to a search of the files of the Department of
State. If the investigation reveals any derogatory in-
formation within the meaning of the standard set forth
in Part II of this order, the information received from
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the Secretary General of the United Nations shall be
forwarded to the Office of Personnel Management,
which shall conduct an investigation.
3. (a) Whenever the Office of Personnel Management
receives the information forwarded by the Secretary
General to the Secretary of State, the Office of Per-
sonnel Management shall conduct a National Agency
Check. Each National Agency Check shall include ref-
erence to the following: (1) Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation files; (2) Office of Personnel Management files;
(3) Military Intelligence files as appropriate; and (4)
files of any other appropriate Government investiga-
tive or intelligence agency.
(b) If the investigation conducted by the Office of
Personnel Management reveals that a favorable Na-
tional Agency Check was previously completed, and the
investigation conducted by the Office of Personnel
Management has not disclosed any derogatory informa-
tion within the meaning of the standard set forth in
Part II of this order, completion of a new National
Agency Check is not required if: (1) the applicant is or
was previously employed by the same or another inter-
national organization without an immediately prior
break in such service exceeding one year; (2) the appli-
cant is or was a United States Government civilian or
military employee, or a United States Government
contract employee, without an immediately prior
break in such employment exceeding one year; or (3)
the applicant is transferred or detailed from an agency
of the United States Government pursuant to the pro-
visions of sections 3343, 3581, 3582, 3583, or 3584 of Title
5 of the United States Code.
4. Whenever information disclosed with respect to
any person being investigated is derogatory, within the
standard set forth in Part II of this order, the Office of
Personnel Management shall forward such information
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Bureau
shall conduct a full field investigation of such persons.
5. Reports of full field investigations shall be for-
warded through the Office of Personnel Management to
the International Organizations Employees Loyalty
Board, established by Part IV of this order and herein-
after referred to as the Board. Whenever such a report
contains derogatory information, under the standard
set forth in Part II of this order, there shall be made
available to the person in question the procedures of
the Board provided or authorized by Part IV of this
order (including the opportunity of a hearing) for in-
quiring into the loyalty of the person as a United
States citizen in accordance with the standard set forth
in Part II of this order. The Board shall transmit its de-
terminations, as advisory opinions, together with the
reasons therefor stated in as much detail as the Board
determines that security considerations permit, to the
Secretary of State for transmission to the Secretary
General of the United Nations for his use in exercising
his rights and duties with respect to the personnel of
the United Nations as set out in the Charter and in reg-
ulations and decisions of the competent organs of the
United Nations.
6. At any stage during the investigation or Board pro-
ceeding, the Board may transmit to the Secretary of
State, for forwarding to the Secretary General, in as
much detail as the Board determines that security con-
siderations permit, the derogatory information dis-
closed by investigation. This shall be for the purpose of
assisting the Secretary General in determining whether
or not he should take action with respect to the em-
ployee, or the person being considered for employment,
prior to the completion of the procedures outlined in
this order. The making available of any such informa-
tion shall be without prejudice to the right of full hear-
ing as provided for herein.
7. The Secretary of State shall notify the Secretary
General in all cases in which no derogatory informa-
tion has been developed.
PART II—STANDARD
1. The standard to be used by the Board in making an
advisory determination as provided for in paragraph 5
of Part I of this order with respect to a United States
citizen who is an employee of, or is being considered for
employment by, the United Nations, shall be whether
or not on all the evidence there is a reasonable doubt
as to the loyalty of the person involved to the Govern-
ment of the United States.
2. Activities and associations of a United States cit-
izen who is an employee or being considered for em-
ployment by the United Nations which may be consid-
ered in connection with the determination whether or
not on all the evidence there is a reasonable doubt as
to the loyalty of the person involved to the Govern-
ment of the United States may include one or more of
the following:
(a) Sabotage, espionage, or attempts or preparations
therefor, or knowingly associating with spies or sabo-
teurs.
(b) Treason or sedition or advocacy thereof.
(c) Advocacy of revolution or force or violence to
alter the constitutional form of government of the
United States.
(d) Intentional, unauthorized disclosure to any per-
son, under circumstances which may indicate dis-
loyalty to the United States, of United States docu-
ments or United States information of a confidential or
non-public character obtained by the person making
the disclosure as a result of his previous employment
by the Government of the United States or otherwise.
(e) Performing or attempting to perform his duties,
or otherwise acting, while an employee of the United
States Government during a previous period, so as to
serve the interests of another government in preference
to the interests of the United States.
(f) Knowing membership with the specific intent of
furthering the aims of, or adherence to and active par-
ticipation in, any foreign or domestic organization, as-
sociation, movement, group or combination of persons,
which unlawfully advocates or practices the commis-
sion of acts of force or violence to prevent others from
exercising their rights under the Constitution or laws
of the United States, or of any State, or which seeks to
overthrow the Government of the United States or any
State or subdivision thereof by unlawful means.
PART III—OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The provisions of Parts I and II of this order shall be
applicable to United States citizens who are employees
of, or are being considered for employment by, other
public international organizations of which the United
States Government is a member, by arrangement be-
tween the executive head of the international organiza-
tion concerned and the Secretary of State or other offi-
cer of the United States designated by the President.
PART IV—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYEES
LOYALTY BOARD
1. There is hereby established in the Office of Per-
sonnel Management an International Organizations
Employees Loyalty Board of not less than three impar-
tial persons, the members of which shall be officers or
employees of the Office.
2. The Board shall have authority in cases referred to
it under this order to inquire into the loyalty to the
Government of the United States of United States citi-
zens employed, or considered for employment, by inter-
national organizations of which the United States is a
member, and to make advisory determinations in such
cases, under the standard set forth in Part II of this
order, for transmission by the Secretary of State to the
executive heads of the international organizations
coming under the arrangements made pursuant to
Parts I and III of this order.
3. The Board shall make necessary rules and regula-
tions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this
order, for the execution of its functions. There shall be
included in such rules and regulations provisions for
furnishing each person whose case is considered by the
Board:
(a) A written statement of the alleged derogatory in-
formation, in as much detail as security considerations
permit.
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(b) An opportunity to answer or comment upon the
statement of alleged derogatory information, in writ-
ing, and to submit affidavits.
(c) An opportunity for hearing before the Board, or a
panel thereof of at least three members, including the
right of the person to be represented by counsel, to
present witnesses and other evidence in his behalf, and
to cross-examine witnesses offered in support of the de-
rogatory information: Provided, That the Board shall
conduct its hearings in such manner as to protect from
disclosure information affecting the national security.
4. Based upon all the evidence before it, including
such confidential information as it may have in its pos-
session, the Board shall make its determinations in
writing, and shall send to each person who is the sub-
ject thereof a copy. In cases in which hearing or other
action is by a panel of three members, the action or de-
termination of the panel shall constitute the action or
determination of the Board, except that rules and regu-
lations pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Part shall be
adopted by action of the Board as a whole.
5. Except as otherwise specified in this order, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management shall provide the nec-
essary investigative and other services required by the
Board. All agencies of the executive branch of the Gov-
ernment are authorized and directed to cooperate with
the Board, and, to the extent permitted by law, to fur-
nish the Board such information and assistance as it
may require in the performance of its functions.
6. All cases arising under this order which are pend-
ing before the Regional Loyalty Boards and the Loy-
alty Review Board of the Commission on the effective
date of Executive Order No. 10450 of April 27, 1953, shall
on that date be transferred to the Board.
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY ON RATES OF COMPENSATION
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVES TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Memorandum of President of the United States, Apr.
1, 1997, 62 F.R. 18261, provided:
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Con-
stitution and laws of the United States of America, in-
cluding section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code,
I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the func-
tions vested in the President by section 2(g) of the
United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (Public Law
79–264, 22 U.S.C. 287(g)).
You are authorized and directed to publish this
memorandum in the Federal Register.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON.
§ 287a. Action by representatives in accordance
with Presidential instructions; voting
The representatives provided for in section 287
of this title, when representing the United
States in the respective organs and agencies of
the United Nations, shall, at all times, act in ac-
cordance with the instructions of the President
transmitted by the Secretary of State unless
other means of transmission is directed by the
President, and such representatives shall, in ac-
cordance with such instructions, cast any and
all votes under the Charter of the United Na-
tions.
(Dec. 20, 1945, ch. 583, § 3, 59 Stat. 620.)
§ 287b. Reports to Congress by President
(a) Periodic reports
The President shall, from time to time as oc-
casion may require, but not less than once each
year, make reports to the Congress of the activi-
ties of the United Nations and of the participa-
tion of the United States therein.
(b) Annual report on financial contributions
Not later than July 1 of each year, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report to the des-
ignated congressional committees on the extent
and disposition of all financial contributions
made by the United States during the preceding
year to international organizations in which the
United States participates as a member.
(c) Annual report
In addition to the report required by sub-
section (a), the President, at the time of submis-
sion of the annual budget request to the Con-
gress, shall submit to the designated congres-
sional committees a report that includes the fol-
lowing:
(1) Costs of peacekeeping operations
(A) A description of all assistance from the
United States to the United Nations to sup-
port peacekeeping operations that—
(i) was provided during the previous fiscal
year;
(ii) is expected to be provided during the
fiscal year; or
(iii) is included in the annual budget re-
quest to Congress for the forthcoming fiscal
year.
(B) With respect to United Nations peace-
keeping operations—
(i) the aggregate cost of all United Nations
peacekeeping operations for the prior fiscal
year;
(ii) the costs of each United Nations peace-
keeping operation for the prior fiscal year;
and
(iii) the amount of United States contribu-
tions (both assessed and voluntary) to
United Nations peacekeeping operations on
an operation-by-operation basis for the prior
fiscal year.
(C) With respect to other international
peacekeeping operations in which the United
States participates—
(i) the aggregate cost of all such oper-
ations for the prior fiscal year;
(ii) the costs of each such operation for the
prior fiscal year; and
(iii) the amount of United States contribu-
tions (both assessed and voluntary) to such
operations
on
an
operation-by-operation
basis for the prior fiscal year.
(D) For assessed or voluntary contributions
described in subparagraph (B)(iii) or (C)(iii)
that exceed $100,000 in value, including in-kind
contributions—
(i) the total amount or estimated value of
all such contributions to the United Nations
and to each of its affiliated agencies and re-
lated bodies;
(ii) the nature and estimated total value of
all in-kind contributions in support of
United Nations peacekeeping operations and
other
international
peacekeeping
oper-
ations, including—
(I) logistics;
(II) airlift;
(III) arms and materiel;
(IV) nonmilitary technology and equip-
ment;
(V) personnel; and
(VI) training;
(iii) the approximate percentage of all
such contributions to the United Nations
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**(a)** The United States Governor is authorized to agree on behalf of the United States to pay to the Association $2,400,000,000 as the United States contribution to the fifth replenishment of the Resources of the Association: Provided, however, That any commitment to make such contributions shall be made subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations.
**(b)** In order to pay for the United States contribution provided for in this section, there are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $2,400,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.
An officer of the Federal Government authorized to acquire real estate for the erection of a public building or for other public uses may acquire the real estate for the Government by condemnation, under judicial process, when the officer believes that it is necessary or advantageous to the Government to do so. The Attorney General, on application of the officer, shall have condemnation proceedings begun within 30 days from receipt of the application at the Department of Justice.
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§ 3113. Acquisition by condemnation
An officer of the Federal Government author-
ized to acquire real estate for the erection of a
public building or for other public uses may ac-
quire the real estate for the Government by con-
demnation, under judicial process, when the offi-
cer believes that it is necessary or advantageous
to the Government to do so. The Attorney Gen-
eral, on application of the officer, shall have
condemnation proceedings begun within 30 days
from receipt of the application at the Depart-
ment of Justice.
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1144.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
3113 ............
40:257.
Aug. 1, 1888, ch. 728, § 1, 25
Stat. 357; June 25, 1948, ch.
646, § 6, 62 Stat. 986.
The words ‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury or any
other’’ are omitted as unnecessary. The reference to
section 258 is omitted because 40:258 is superseded by
rule 71A of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28
App.: U.S.C.).
§ 3114. Declaration of taking
(a) FILING AND CONTENT.—In any proceeding in
any court of the United States outside of the
District of Columbia brought by and in the
name of the United States and under the author-
ity of the Federal Government to acquire land,
or an easement or right of way in land, for the
public use, the petitioner may file, with the pe-
tition or at any time before judgment, a declara-
tion of taking signed by the authority empow-
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**(a) Filing and Content.—** In any proceeding in any court of the United States outside of the District of Columbia brought by and in the name of the United States and under the authority of the Federal Government to acquire land, or an easement or right of way in land, for the public use, the petitioner may file, with the petition or at any time before judgment, a declaration of taking signed by the authority empowered by law to acquire the land described in the petition, declaring that the land is taken for the use of the Government. The declaration of taking shall contain or have annexed to it—
(1) a statement of the authority under which, and the public use for which, the land is taken;
(2) a description of the land taken that is sufficient to identify the land;
(3) a statement of the estate or interest in the land taken for public use;
(4) a plan showing the land taken; and
(5) a statement of the amount of money estimated by the acquiring authority to be just compensation for the land taken.
**(b) Vesting of Title.—** On filing the declaration of taking and depositing in the court, to the use of the persons entitled to the compensation, the amount of the estimated compensation stated in the declaration—
(1) title to the estate or interest specified in the declaration vests in the Government;
(2) the land is condemned and taken for the use of the Government; and
(3) the right to just compensation for the land vests in the persons entitled to the compensation.
**(c) Compensation.—**
(1) **Determination and award.—** — Compensation shall be determined and awarded in the proceeding and established by judgment. The judgment shall include interest, in accordance with [section 3116 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-tit
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§ 3114. Declaration of taking
(a) FILING AND CONTENT.—In any proceeding in
any court of the United States outside of the
District of Columbia brought by and in the
name of the United States and under the author-
ity of the Federal Government to acquire land,
or an easement or right of way in land, for the
public use, the petitioner may file, with the pe-
tition or at any time before judgment, a declara-
tion of taking signed by the authority empow-
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ered by law to acquire the land described in the
petition, declaring that the land is taken for the
use of the Government. The declaration of tak-
ing shall contain or have annexed to it—
(1) a statement of the authority under
which, and the public use for which, the land
is taken;
(2) a description of the land taken that is
sufficient to identify the land;
(3) a statement of the estate or interest in
the land taken for public use;
(4) a plan showing the land taken; and
(5) a statement of the amount of money esti-
mated by the acquiring authority to be just
compensation for the land taken.
(b) VESTING OF TITLE.—On filing the declara-
tion of taking and depositing in the court, to the
use of the persons entitled to the compensation,
the amount of the estimated compensation stat-
ed in the declaration—
(1) title to the estate or interest specified in
the declaration vests in the Government;
(2) the land is condemned and taken for the
use of the Government; and
(3) the right to just compensation for the
land vests in the persons entitled to the com-
pensation.
(c) COMPENSATION.—
(1) DETERMINATION AND AWARD.—Compensa-
tion shall be determined and awarded in the
proceeding and established by judgment. The
judgment shall include interest, in
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**(a) Definitions.—** For purposes of this section—
(1) the term “agency” means agency as defined in section 552(e) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title;
(2) the term “individual” means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence;
(3) the term “maintain” includes maintain, collect, use, or disseminate;
(4) the term “record” means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by an agency, including, but not limited to, his education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history and that contains his name, or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or a photograph;
(5) the term “system of records” means a group of any records under the control of any agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual;
(6) the term “statistical record” means a record in a system of records maintained for statistical research or reporting purposes only and not used in whole or in part in making any determination about an identifiable individual, except as provided by [section 8 of title 13](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title13-section8&num=0&edition=prelim);
(7) the term “routine use” means, with respect to the disclosure of a record, the use of such record for a purpose which is compatible with the purpose for which it was collected;
(8) the term “matching program”—
(A) means any computerized comparison of—
(i) two or more automated systems of records or a system of records with non-Federal records for the purpose
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§ 552a. Records maintained on individuals
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion—
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means agency as de-
fined in section 552(e) 1 of this title;
(2) the term ‘‘individual’’ means a citizen of
the United States or an alien lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence;
(3) the term ‘‘maintain’’ includes maintain,
collect, use, or disseminate;
(4) the term ‘‘record’’ means any item, col-
lection, or grouping of information about an
individual that is maintained by an agency,
including, but not limited to, his education, fi-
nancial transactions, medical history, and
criminal or employment history and that con-
tains his name, or the identifying number,
symbol, or other identifying particular as-
signed to the individual, such as a finger or
voice print or a photograph;
(5) the term ‘‘system of records’’ means a
group of any records under the control of any
agency from which information is retrieved by
the name of the individual or by some identi-
fying number, symbol, or other identifying
particular assigned to the individual;
(6) the term ‘‘statistical record’’ means a
record in a system of records maintained for
statistical research or reporting purposes only
and not used in whole or in part in making
any determination about an identifiable indi-
vidual, except as provided by section 8 of title
13;
(7) the term ‘‘routine use’’ means, with re-
spect to the disclosure of a record, the use of
such record for a purpose which is compatible
with the purpose for which it was collected;
(8) the term ‘‘matching program’’—
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(A) means any computerized comparison
of—
(i) two or more automated systems of
records or a system of records with non-
Federal records for
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