22 USC 2414a - Annual report to Congress on voting practices at United Nations

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§ 2414a.

Annual report to Congress on voting practices at United Nations

(a)

In general

(b)

Information on voting practices in United Nations

Such report shall include, with respect to voting practices and plenary actions in the United Nations during the preceding calendar year, information to be compiled and supplied by the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, consisting of—

(1)

an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with the Secretary of State, of the extent to which member countries supported United States policy objectives at the United Nations;

(2)

an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with the Secretary of State, of actions taken by the United Nations by consensus;

(3)

with respect to plenary votes of the United Nations General Assembly—

(A)

a listing of all such votes on issues which directly affected important United States interests and on which the United States lobbied extensively and a brief description of the issues involved in each such vote;

(B)

a listing of the votes described in subparagraph (A) which provides a comparison of the vote cast by each member country with the vote cast by the United States;

(C)

a country-by-country listing of votes described in subparagraph (A); and

(D)

a listing of votes described in subparagraph (A) displayed in terms of United Nations regional caucus groups;

(4)

a listing of all plenary votes cast by member countries of the United Nations in the General Assembly which provides a comparison of the votes cast by each member country with the vote cast by the United States, including a separate listing of all plenary votes cast by member countries of the United Nations in the General Assembly on resolutions specifically related to Israel that are opposed by the United States;

(5)

an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with the Secretary of State, of the extent to which other members supported United States policy objectives in the Security Council and a separate listing of all Security Council votes of each member country in comparison with the United States; and

(6)

a side-by-side comparison of agreement on important and overall votes for each member country and the United States.

(c)

Format

(d)

Statement by Secretary of State

(Pub. L. 101–246, title IV, § 406, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 66; Pub. L. 108–447, div. D, title V, § 534(k), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3007.)

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