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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§287n Representatives in General Conference; Number; Citizenship; Compensation

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER XVII — UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION › § 287n

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President, with the Senate’s approval, chooses up to five U.S. representatives and up to five alternates to attend specified session(s) of the General Conference of the Organization. Each person must be a U.S. citizen, and one representative is named the senior representative. Those representatives and alternates may be paid at the pay rates for Senior Foreign Service members (section 3962) or Foreign Service officers (section 3963) for the periods the President sets. Members of Congress or U.S. officers who serve as representatives or alternates cannot receive that pay. If a representative is elected to the Executive Board or as President of the General Conference and becomes an adviser under Article V, the President may extend the same pay while they serve on the Executive Board.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §287n

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The President by and with the consent of the Senate shall designate from time to time to attend a specified session or specified sessions of the General Conference of the Organization not to exceed five representatives of the United States and such number of alternates not to exceed five as he may determine consistent with the rules of procedure of the General Conference: Provided, however, That each such representative and each such alternate must be an American citizen. One of the representatives shall be designated as the senior representative. Such representatives and alternates shall each be entitled to receive compensation at such rates provided for members of the Senior Foreign Service under section 3962 of this title, or provided for Foreign Service officers under section 3963 of this title, as the President may determine, for such periods as the President may specify, except that no Member of the Senate or House of Representatives or officer of the United States who is designated under this section as a representative of the United States or as an alternate to attend any specified session or specified sessions of the General Conference shall be entitled to receive such compensation. Whenever a representative of the United States is elected by the General Conference to serve on the Executive Board, or is elected President of the General Conference and thus becomes an ex officio adviser to the Executive Board, under provision of article V of the constitution of the Organization, the President may extend the above provisions for compensation to such representative during periods of service in connection with the Executive Board.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Article V of the constitution of the Organization, referred to in text, is article V of the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, which is set out as a note under section 287m of this title.

Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–465 substituted “members of the Senior Foreign Service under section 3962 of this title, or provided for Foreign Service officers under section 3963 of this title,” for “Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 867 of this title,”. 1964—Pub. L. 88–426, § 306(g), substituted provisions permitting payment of compensation at such rates provided for Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 867 of this title for provisions which limited compensation at not more than $15,000 per annum. 1956—Act July 31, 1956, increased maximum compensation of representatives and alternatives from $12,000 to $15,000.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–465 effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 3901 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1964 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 88–426 effective on first day of first pay period which begins on or after July 1, 1964, except to the extent provided in section 501(c) of Pub. L. 88–426, see section 501 of Pub. L. 88–426.

Repeals

section 112 of act July 31, 1956, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by section 305(1) of Pub. L. 88–426.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

22 U.S.C. § 287n

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102