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 101 STAT. 1386

PUBLIC LAW 100-204—DEC. 22, 1987

the American people that the hiring freeze continue indefi^ nitely, or until the United Nations has complied with the Group of 18 recommendations and can thus afford to make exceptions to the freeze; ' (3) the Secretary-General should revoke all exceptions to the hiring freeze rule, excepting those member-nations which have 15 or fewer nationals serving in the United Nations Secretariat, J or those positions not subject to geographical representation, such as those of the general service category; (4) the long-term, flagrant violations of Articles 100 and 101 of J. the United Nations Charter and the abuse of secondment by the 4 Soviet Union and Soviet-bloc member-nations are reprehensible; Contracts. (5) the United Nations should adopt the recommendations of member-nation be allowed to have more than 50 percent of its nationals employed under fixed-term contracts; o-y-.- (6) the Soviet Union is hereby condemned for— (A) its refusal to adhere to the principles of the United ms^U Nations Charter calling for an international civil service, (B) its abuse of secondment, and / > ti (C) its absolute disregard of the solemn purpose of the United Nations to be an international civil service; and (7) if the Soviet Union and the Soviet-bloc intend to remain member-nations of the United Nations, they should adhere to .":.". Articles 100, 101, and all other principles of the United Nations "' Charter to which every other member-nation must adhere. (d) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the term "Soviet-bloc" means the countries of Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Nicaragua, North Korea, Poland, and Romania. SEC. 702. REFORM IN THE BUDGET DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.
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(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that the consensus based decision-making procedure established by General Assembly Resolution 41/213 is a significant step toward complying with the intent of section 143 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 287e note; 99 Stat. 405), as in effect before the date of enactment of this Act. (b) REFORM.—Section 143 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 287e note; 99 Stat. 405), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 143. REFORM IN BUDGET DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES. "(a)

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achieve greater financial responsibility in preparation of the assessed budgets of the United Nations and its specialized agencies, the President should continue vigorous efforts to secure implementation by the United Nations, and adoption and implementation by its specialized agencies, of decision-making procedures on budgetary matters which assures that sufficient attention is paid to the views of the United States and other member states who are major financial contributors to such assessed budgets. "(b) LIMITATION ON ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS.—

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