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 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX G 113 STAT. 1501A-483 approved by the General Assembly, and to seek adoption by each designated specialized agency of a resolution requiring that each program of the agency, be subject to an evaluation referred to in this paragraph and have a specific termination date so that the program will not be renewed unless the evaluation demonstrates the continuing relevance and effectiveness of the program. (E) DEFINITION. — For purposes of this paragraph, the term "United Nations program approved by the General Assembly" means a program approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations which is administered or funded by the United Nations. (5) UNITED NATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRA- TIVE AND BUDGETARY QUESTIONS.— (A) IN GENERAL. —The United States has a seat on the United Nations Advisory Committets on Administrative and Budgetary Questions or the five largest member contributors each have a seat on the Advisory Committee. (B) DEFINITION. —As used in this paragraph, the term "5 largest member contributors" means the 5 United Nations member states that, during a United Nations budgetary biennium, have more total ass(jssed contributions than any other United Nations member state to the aggregate of the United Nations regular budget and the budget (or budgets) for United Nations peacekeeping operations. (6) ACCESS BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.— The United Nations has in effect procedures providing access by the United States General Accounting Office to United Nations financial data to assist the Office in performing nationally mandated reviews of United Nations operations. (7) PERSONNEL. — (A) APPOINTMENT AND SERVICE OF PERSONNEL.— The Secretary General— (i) has established and is implementing procedures that ensure that staff employed by the United Nations is appointed on the basis of merit consistent with Article 101 of the United Nations Charter; and (ii) is enforcing those contractual obligations requiring worldwide availability of all professional staff of the United Nations to serve and be relocated based on the needs of the United Nations. (B) CODE OF CONDUCT.— The General Assembly has adopted, and the Secretary General has the authority to enforce and is effectively enforcing, a code of conduct binding on all United Nations personnel, including the requirement of financial disclosure statements binding on senior United Nations personnel and the establishment of rules against nepotism that are binding on all United Nations personnel. (C) PERSONNEL EVALUATION SYSTEM.—The United Nations has adopted and is enforcing a personnel evaluation system. (D) PERIODIC ASSESSMENTS. — The United Nations has established and is implementing a mechanism to conduct periodic assessments of the United Nations pajo-oll to determine total staffing, and the results of such assessments

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