§2227 Withholding of United States Proportionate Share for Certain Programs of International Organizations

Summary

Stops U.S. money from paying the U.S. share for programs of international organizations that benefit Burma, North Korea, Syria, Iran, Cuba, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), projects that help the PLO or groups tied to it, and, if the President chooses, communist countries named in section 2370(f). The Secretary of State must review the budgets of any international organization getting these U.S. funds at least once a year and must report to the proper congressional committees how much each organization spent on the banned purposes and how much the United States paid. The rule does not normally apply to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) or UNICEF. But IAEA work in Cuba is covered by the ban except for programs that shut down, dismantle, inspect, or make nuclear sites safer or prevent weapons work. Even those safety exceptions do not apply to the Juragua power plant or the Pedro Pi research center unless Cuba (1) ratifies the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or the Treaty of Tlatelolco, (2) negotiates full‑scope IAEA safeguards within two years after ratification, and (3) adopts internationally accepted nuclear safety standards. If the Secretary of State finds IAEA programs in Iran help Iran build weapons, are inconsistent with U.S. nonproliferation goals, or are being used to acquire sensitive technology, the ban applies to those programs for one year and the Secretary must notify the congressional committees.