Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 63 Part 1.djvu/773

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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 660 -OCT. 10 , 1949 735 cedure of the General Assembly. One of the representatives shall be designated as the senior representative. "(d) The President may also appoint from time to time such other Other appoint- persons as he may deem necessary to represent the United States men in the organs and agencies of the United Nations, but the represent- Economic and So- ative of the United States in the Economic and Social Council and teesiChiunpcidTr in the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations shall be appointed only by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, except that the President 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 either such Council (A) at any specified session thereof where the position is vacant or in the absence or disability of the regular representative, or (B) 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, Offi C er of Depart- whose appointment is subject to confirmation by the Senate, to act, rsentative toec without additional compensation, for temporary periods as the rep- rty Council resentative of the United States in the Security Council of the United Nations in the absence or disability of the representative and deputy representatives appointed under section 2 (a) and (b) or in lieu of such representatives in connection with a specified subject matter. The advice and consent of the Senate shall be required for the appoint- respe onmictnh ment by the President of the representative of the United States in erg, etc. 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." SEC. 2. Section 2 of such Act is further amended by adding the 2 s." 287. following new subsection: snpp. II, § 287 note. "(f) All persons appointed in pursuance of authority contained in Compention. this section shall receive compensation at rates determined by the President upon the basis of duties to be performed but not in excess of rates authorized by sections 411 and 412 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (Public Law 724, Seventy-ninth Congress) for chiefs of mis- 6 Stat. 1002 , 1003. 22U.s.c.ifs8 sion and Foreign Service officers occupying positions of equivalent s67. importance, except that no member of the Senate or House of Repre- At'C p. 40 sentatives or officer 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 alternate to attend any specified session or specified sessions of the General Assembly shall be entitled to receive such compensation." SEC. 3 . Subsection (b) of section 5 of such Act is hereby amended Sttit.C620. by inserting "or aircraft," after "or vehicle,"2 . . C.I (). SEC. 4 . The proviso in section 6 of such Act is hereby amended by 59 s te td inserting after "That" the following: ", except as authorized in sec- tion 7 of this Act,". SEC. 5. Such Act is hereby amended by inserting after section 6 the following new section: "SEC. 7 . (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the duthori of Presi- President, upon the request by the United Nations for cooperative action, and to the extent that he finds that it is consistent with the national interest to comply with such request, may authorize, in sup- port of such activities of the United Nations as are specifically directed to the peaceful settlement of disputes and not involving the employ- ment of armed forces contemplated by chapter VII of the United Nations Charter- 59 stat. 1043 . "(1) the detail to the United Nations, under such terms and of armeers'es. conditions as the President shall determine, of personnel of the