PUBLIC LAW 105-119—NOV. 26, 1997 111 STAT. 2497 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $129,935,000. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES 22 USC 269a note. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet annual obligations of membership in international multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conventions or specific Acts of Congress, $955,515,000, of which not to exceed $54,000,000 shall remain available until expended for payment of arrearages: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for payment of arrearages may be obligated or expended unless such obligation or expenditure is expressly authorized by the enactment of an Act that makes payment of arrearages contingent upon reforms that should include the following: (1) a reduction in the United States assessed share of the United Nations regular budget to 20 percent and of peacekeeping operations to 25 percent; (2) reimbursement for goods and services provided by the United States to the United Nations; (3) certification that the United Nations and its specialized or affiliated agencies have not taken any action to infringe on the sovereignty of the United States; (4) a ceiling on United States contributions to international organizations after fiscal year 1998 of $900,000,000; (5) establishment of a merit-based personnel system at the United Nations that includes a code of conduct and a personnel evaluation system; (6) United States membership on the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions that oversees the United Nations budget; (7) access to United Nations financial data by the General Accounting Office; (8) achievement of a negative growth budget and the establishment of independent inspectors general for affiliated organizations; and (9) improved consultation procedures with the Congress: Provided further. That any payment of arrearages shall be directed toward special activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respective international organization: Provided further. That 20 percent of the funds appropriated in this paragraph for the assessed contribution of the United States to the United Nations shall be withheld from obligation and expenditure until a certification is made under section 401(b) of Public Law 103-236 and under such other require^^^ ments related to the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the United Nations as may be enacted into law for fiscal year 1998: Provided further. That certification under section 401(b) of Public Law 103—236 for fiscal year 1998 may only be made if the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and International Relations of the House of Representatives are notified of the steps taken, and anticipated, to meet the requirements of section 401(b) of Public Law 103-236 at least 15 days in advance of the proposed certification: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for a United States contribution to an international organization for the United States share of interest costs made known to the United States Government by
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