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

Summary

The United States must not spend any money authorized under this part to pay its 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 its associated groups, or, if the President chooses, certain Communist countries listed in section 2370(f). The Secretary of State must review at least once a year the budgets and accounts of every international organization that gets these funds and must tell Congress how much each group spent on the banned purposes and how much the U.S. paid. Contributions to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and UNICEF are generally exempt. But IAEA projects in Cuba are covered by the ban unless they shut down, dismantle, inspect, or prevent nuclear weapons; that safety exception does not cover the Juragua or Pedro Pi sites unless Cuba ratifies the NPT or the Treaty of Tlatelolco, agrees to full-scope IAEA safeguards within two years of ratification, and adopts international nuclear safety standards. If the Secretary of State finds IAEA work in Iran threatens U.S. nonproliferation or helps Iran get weapons-related know-how, the ban applies to those programs and that decision lasts one year.