Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§3002 Function and duties of Commission
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 45— - COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE › § 3002
Summary
The Commission must watch how the countries that signed the Final Act follow it, especially the parts about human rights and humanitarian cooperation. It must also encourage and support U.S. government and private programs that use the Final Act to boost East‑West economic ties and more exchange of people and ideas.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §3002
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The Commission is authorized and directed to monitor the acts of the signatories which reflect compliance with or violation of the articles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, with particular regard to the provisions relating to human rights and Cooperation in Humanitarian Fields. The Commission is further authorized and directed to monitor and encourage the development of programs and activities of the United States Government and private organizations with a view toward taking advantage of the provisions of the Final Act to expand East-West economic cooperation and a greater interchange of people and ideas between East and West.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, referred to in text, means part four of the Helsinki Declaration which deals with follow-up to the Conference and possible steps to encourage compliance with its purposes and undertakings. The Declaration was signed on August 1, 1975 by the nine members of the European Economic Community and the 35 participants to the Conference included all the European States, both Communist (except Albania) and non-Communist, the United States, Canada, and several non-participating Mediterranean states. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe is now called the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Amendments
1985—Pub. L. 99–7 inserted “human rights and” after “relating to”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1985 Amendment Pub. L. 99–7, § 6, Mar. 27, 1985, 99 Stat. 20, provided that: “(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the
Amendments
made by this Act [amending this section and section 3003, 3007, and 3008 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 3003 of this title] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 27, 1985] or
April 15, 1985, whichever is later. “(b)(1) The amendment made by subsection (b) of the first section [amending section 3003 of this title] shall take effect on the first day of the One Hundredth Congress [which convenes in January 1987]. “(2) Subsection (d) of section 8 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe’, approved
June 3, 1976 (as added by section 5 of this Act) [section 3008(d) of this title], shall be effective as of
June 3, 1976.”
Executive Documents
Change of Name
The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to be called the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe effective Jan. 1, 1995, pursuant to Ex. Ord. No. 13029, Dec. 3, 1996, 61 F.R. 64591.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 3002
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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