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 PUBLIC LAW 101-246—FEB. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 65 (3) $450,000 for the fiscal year 1990 shall be available to support United States participation in the World Heritage Convention; and (4) $180,000 for the fiscal year 1990 shall be available to support United States participation in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. SEC. 404. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COMMISSION ON THE UKRAINE FAMINE. There are authorized to be appropriated for the Commission on the Ukraine Famine $100,000 for the fiscal year 1990, which amount is authorized to remain available until expended. SEC. 405. REFORM IN BUDGET DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURES OF THE 22 USC 287e UNITED NATIONS AND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES. note. (a) FINDINGS. — (1) The Congress finds that the United Nations and its specialized agencies have made progress in the formulation and implementation of budget reforms as called for by section 143 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (Public Law 99-93). Presidential determinations that were required by that and other laws confirm the progress that has been made in this respect. (2) The Congress remains concerned about the need to make further progress to protect the independence of the international civil service working at the United Nations and urges the President to make vigorous efforts to this end. (3) The Congress is specifically concerned with the practice of reserving certain professional staff slots in the United Nations Secretariat for nationals of certain member states, and urges the President to pursue vigorously a program of regular rotation in these staff positions among all member states of the United Nations. Qo) FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN BUDGET PROCEDURES. —To assure financial responsibility in preparation of the assessed budgets of the United Nations and its specialized agencies, it is the sense of the Congress that the President should continue vigorous efforts to ensure continued implementation by the United Nations and its specialized agencies of consensus-based decision-making procedures where applicable on budgetary matters which assure 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. (c) LIMITATION ON ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS.— President of U.S. (1) For assessed contributions authorized to be appropriated Reports. by section 102(a)(1) of this Act, the President shall withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the United States assessed contribution to the United Nations or to any of its specialized agencies for any calendar year until the President determines and reports to the Congress that the United Nations or any such agency— (A) has continued implementation of decision-making procedures on budgetary matters referred to in subsection (b); and (B) in the case of the United Nations— (i) is making further progress toward the elimination of the abuse of secondment in the United Nations Secretariat which undermines the independence of the international civil service; and

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