118 STAT. 3794 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 on public diplomacy and the tools and technology of mass communication. (b) PERSONNEL.— (1) QUALIFICATIONS.—In the recruitment, training, and assignment of members of the Foreign Service, the Secretary of State— (A) should emphasize the importance of public diplo- macy and applicable skills and techniques; (B) should consider the priority recruitment into the Foreign Service, including at middle-level entry, of individ- uals with expertise and professional experience in public diplomacy, mass communications, or journalism; and (C) shall give special consideration to individuals with language facility and experience in particular countries and regions. (2) LANGUAGES OF SPECIAL INTEREST.—The Secretary of State shall seek to increase the number of Foreign Service officers proficient in languages spoken in countries with predominantly Muslim populations. Such increase should be accomplished through the recruitment of new officers and incen- tives for officers in service. (c) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SUGGESTED FOR PROMOTION IN FOREIGN SERVICE.—Section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4003(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The precepts for selection boards shall include, whether the member of the Service or the member of the Senior Foreign Service, as the case may be, has demonstrated— (1) a willingness and ability to explain United States poli- cies in person and through the media when occupying positions for which such willingness and ability is, to any degree, an element of the member’s duties, or (2) other experience in public diplomacy. SEC. 7111. PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS AT INTER- NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. (a) SUPPORT AND EXPANSION OF DEMOCRACY CAUCUS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through the Sec- retary of State and the relevant United States chiefs of mission, should— (A) continue to strongly support and seek to expand the work of the democracy caucus at the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Human Rights Commission; and (B) seek to establish a democracy caucus at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament and at other broad- based international organizations. (2) PURPOSES OF THE CAUCUS.—A democracy caucus at an international organization should— (A) forge common positions, including, as appropriate, at the ministerial level, on matters of concern before the organization and work within and across regional lines to promote agreed positions; (B) work to revise an increasingly outmoded system of membership selection, regional voting, and decision- making; and (C) establish a rotational leadership agreement to pro- vide member countries an opportunity, for a set period VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00328 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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