Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§287k Congressional expression of satisfaction that expenditures relating to operations in Middle East and in the Congo are “expenses of the Organization”
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVI— - UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION › § 287k
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Congress is satisfied the International Court of Justice decided that UN General Assembly costs for the Middle East and Congo are UN expenses, so all members must pay those assessments.
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Title 22, §287k
Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Congress expresses its satisfaction that the International Court of Justice has decided that the expenditures authorized in resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly relating to operations in the Middle East and in the Congo are “expenses of the Organization” within the meaning of the United Nations Charter, thereby providing a sound basis for obtaining prompt payment of assessments for such expenditures by making them obligations of all members of the United Nations.
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Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Dec. 20, 1945, ch. 583, 59 Stat. 619, known as the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, which comprises this subchapter.
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22 U.S.C. § 287k
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73