Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to withholding United States financial support from the United Nations unless that organization adopts certain reforms.

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Calls for the United States to withdraw all financial support from the United Nations (UN) and its specialized agencies unless the UN provides for: (1) a comprehensive, independent audit of the UN and its specialized agencies by an independent inspector general who has unrestricted access to all records of the UN and those agencies; (2) an audit that examines whether some UN functions can be carried out more efficiently by other organizations or within the private sector; (3) prompt implementation of the recommendations of such audits; (4) termination of New York City as the permanent UN headquarters and implementation of a rotating system for member countries to host the UN; (5) prior approval by the primary donor member countries of UN peacekeeping operations; and (6) no UN taxing power or right to raise revenues directly.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 7 January 1997

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