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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§276c–4 Employment of United States Citizens by Certain International Organizations

Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › § 276c–4

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State must send Congress a report no later than 180 days after December 16, 2016, and then once a year for 3 years. For every international organization that had a geographic distribution formula on January 1, 1991, the report must say whether the group is making sincere efforts to hire more United States citizens, what more it could do, and whether it met its distribution rules. The report must also review U.S. staffing in professional and senior jobs at the United Nations, including the share of U.S. citizens at the UN Secretariat and at all UN agencies, funds, and programs, whether they follow any distribution rules, and what the United States has done or plans to do to increase U.S. citizen staffing there.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §276c–4

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Not later than 180 days after December 16, 2016, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report that provides—
(1)for each international organization that had a geographic distribution formula in effect on January 1, 1991, an assessment of whether that organization—
(A)is taking good faith steps to increase the staffing of United States citizens, including, as appropriate, as assessment of any additional steps the organization could be taking to increase such staffing; and
(B)has met the requirements of its geographic distribution formula; and
(2)an assessment of United States representation among professional and senior-level positions at the United Nations, including—
(A)an assessment of the proportion of United States citizens employed at the United Nations Secretariat and at all United Nations specialized agencies, funds, and programs relative to the total employment at the United Nations Secretariat and at all such agencies, funds, and programs;
(B)an assessment of compliance by the United Nations Secretariat and such agencies, funds, and programs with any applicable geographic distribution formula; and
(C)a description of any steps taken or planned to be taken by the United States to increase the staffing of United States citizens at the United Nations Secretariat and such agencies, funds and programs.

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Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–323 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Not less than 180 days after
October 28, 1991, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Congress concerning each international organization which had a geographic distribution formula in effect on
January 1, 1991, of whether each such organization— “(1) is taking good faith steps to increase the staffing of United States citizens; and “(2) has met its geographic distribution formula.”

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 276c–4

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60