[Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1999]
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[DOCID:1999_app_sta-2]
From the Budget of the U.S., FY 1999 Online via GPO Access
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Contributions to International Organizations
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet annual
obligations of membership in international multilateral organizations,
pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the
Senate, conventions or specific Acts of Congress, [$955,515,000, of
which not to exceed $54,000,000 shall remain available until expended
for payment of arrearages] $930,773,000: Provided, [That none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for payment
of arrearages may be obligated or expended unless such obligation or
expenditure is expressly authorized by the enactment of an Act that
makes payment of arrearages contingent upon reforms that should include
the following: a reduction in the United States assessed share of the
United Nations regular budget to 20 percent and of peacekeeping
operations to 25 percent; reimbursement for goods and services provided
by the United States to the United Nations; certification that the
United Nations and its specialized or affiliated agencies have not taken
any action to infringe on the sovereignty of the United States; a
ceiling on United States contributions to international organizations
after fiscal year 1998 of $900,000,000; establishment of a merit-based
personnel system at the United Nations that includes a code of conduct
and a personnel evaluation system; United States membership on the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions that
oversees the United Nations budget; access to United Nations financial
data by the General Accounting Office; and achievement of a negative
growth budget and the establishment of independent inspectors general
for affiliated organizations; and improved consultation procedures with
the Congress: Provided further, That any payment of arrearages shall be
directed toward special activities that are mutually agreed upon by the
United States and the respective international organization: Provided
further, That 20 percent of the funds appropriated in this paragraph for
the assessed contribution of the United States to the United Nations
shall be withheld from obligation and expenditure until a certification
is made under section 401(b) of Public Law 103-236 and under such other
requirements related to the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the
United Nations as may be enacted
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into law for fiscal year 1998: Provided further, That certification
under section 401(b) of Public Law 103-236 for fiscal year 1998 may only
be made if the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and International Relations
of the House of Representatives are notified of the steps taken, and
anticipated, to meet the requirements of section 401(b) of Public Law
103-236 at least 15 days in advance of the proposed certification:
Provided further,] That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph
shall be available for a United States contribution to an international
organization for the United States share of interest costs made known to
the United States Government by such organization for loans incurred on
or after October 1, 1984, through external borrowings[: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $100,000,000
may be made available only on a semi-annual basis pursuant to a
certification by the Secretary of State on a semi-annual basis, that the
United Nations has taken no action during the preceding six months to
increase funding for any United Nations program without identifying an
offsetting decrease during that six-month period elsewhere in the United
Nations budget and cause the United Nations to exceed the expected
reform budget for the biennium 1998-1999 of $2,533,000,000: Provided
further, That not to exceed $12,000,000 shall be transferred from funds
made available under this heading to the ``International Conferences and
Contingencies'' account for U.S. contributions to the Comprehensive
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission, provided that such
transferred funds are obligated or expended only for Commission meetings
and sessions, provisional technical secretariat salaries and expenses,
other Commission administrative and training activities, including
purchase of training equipment, and upgrades to existing
internationally-based monitoring systems involved in cooperative data
sharing agreements with the United States as of date of enactment of
this Act, until the U.S. Senate ratifies the Comprehensive Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty]. (The Department of State and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 19-1126-0-1-153 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
United Nations and affiliated agencies:
00.01 Food and Agriculture
Organization.................. 68 81 81
00.02 International Atomic Energy
Agency........................ 64 58 50
00.03 International Civil Aviation
Organization.................. 12 14 15
00.04 International Labor Organization 54 60 60
00.05 International Maritime
Organization.................. 1 1 1
00.06 International Telecommunications
Union......................... 7 7 7
00.07 United Nations.................. 331 320 322
00.09 Universal Postal Union.......... 1 2 2
00.10 World Health Organization....... 87 107 108
00.11 World Intellectual Property
Organization.................. 1 1 1
00.12 World Meteorological
Organization.................. 10 11 11
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00.91 Subtotal...................... 636 662 658
Inter-American Organizations:
01.02 Inter-American Institute for
Cooperation on Agriculture.... 15 17 15
01.03 Organization of American States. 51 55 55
01.04 Pan American Health Organization 46 50 50
01.05 Pan American Institute of
Geography and History......... 1
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01.91 Subtotal...................... 112 122 121
Regional Organizations:
02.02 Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation................... 1 1 1
02.03 North Atlantic Assembly......... 1 1 1
02.04 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.................. 44 42 46
02.05 Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development... 55 56 61
02.06 South Pacific Commission........ 1 1 1
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02.91 Subtotal...................... 102 101 110
Other International Organizations:
03.03 World Trade Organization/
General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade..................... 12 13 13
03.04 Customs Cooperation Council..... 3 3 3
03.05 International Agency for
Research on Cancer............ 1 2 2
03.06 Int'l Center for Study of
Preservation & Restoration of
Cultural Prop................. 1 1 1
03.08 International Bureau of Weights
and Measures.................. 1 1 1
03.09 International Seabed Authority.. 1 1
03.10 International Tribunal of the
Law of the Sea................ 1 1
03.24 International Grains Council.... 1 1
03.25 Interparliamentary Union........ 1 1
03.26 Organization for Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons.............. 12 31 16
03.27 Other International
Organizations................. 2 2 2
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03.91 Subtotal...................... 33 56 42
05.01 Arrearage Payment................. 54
06.01 United Nations Tax Credit......... -27
07.01 UN Buydown........................ 19 -19
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 902 949 931
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 902 949 931
23.95 New obligations................... -902 -949 -931
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 892 955 931
41.00 Transferred to other accounts..... -7 -6
42.00 Transferred from other accounts... 17
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43.00 Appropriation (total)........... 902 949 931
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 902 949 931
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 21 60 43
73.10 New obligations................... 902 949 931
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -863 -966 -931
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 60 43 43
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 858 932 913
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 5 34 17
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 863 966 931
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 902 949 931
90.00 Outlays........................... 863 966 931
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As a member of the organizations listed above, the United States
contributes an assessed share of the budgets of those organizations net
of certain withholdings. The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure
continued American leadership within the United Nations and other
international organizations that serve important U.S. interests.
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Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses of
international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance or
restoration of international peace and security [$256,000,000, of which
not to exceed $46,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
payment of arrearages: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act for payment of arrearages may be
obligated or expended unless such obligation or expenditure is expressly
authorized by the enactment of an Act described in the first proviso
under the heading ``Contributions to International Organizations'' in
this title], $231,000,000 to remain available until expended, as
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2696(c): Provided [further], That none of the
funds made available under this Act shall be obligated or expended for
any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least
fifteen days in advance of voting for the new or expanded mission in the
United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency, as far in advance
as is practicable), (1) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate and other appropriate Committees of the
Congress are notified of the estimated cost and length of the mission,
the vital national interest that will be served, and the planned exit
strategy; and (2) a reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 605 of
this Act is submitted, and the procedures therein followed, setting
forth the source of funds that will be used to pay for the cost of the
new or expanded mission: Provided further, That funds shall be available
for peacekeeping expenses only upon a certification by the Secretary of
State to the appropriate committees of the Congress that American
manufacturers and suppliers are being given opportu
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nities to provide equipment, services, and material for United Nations
peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to foreign
manufacturers and suppliers. (The Department of State and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 U.N. disengagement observer force. 7 8 8
00.02 U.N. interim force in Lebanon..... 25 32 30
00.03 U.N. operations in Angola......... 59 25 5
00.04 U.N. Iraq-Kuwait observer mission. 4 5 5
00.05 UN Mission for the referendum in
the western Sahara.............. 27 12
00.07 War crimes tribunal--Rwanda....... 8 12
00.08 U.N. operations in the former
Yugoslavia...................... 155 67 110
00.09 War crimes tribunal--Yugoslavia... 8 12
00.10 UN peacekeeping operation in
Guatemala....................... 1
00.12 U.N. observer mission in Georgia.. 3 5 15
00.13 U.N. operations in Haiti.......... 17 7 4
00.14 U.N. observer mission in Liberia.. 6 4
00.16 U.N. force in Cyprus.............. 7 7 7
00.17 U.N. mission in Tajikistan........ 1 7 3
00.25 Contingency fund.................. 8
00.26 Arrearage payment................. 50 46
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 335 256 231
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 335 256 231
23.95 New obligations................... -335 -256 -231
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 352 256 231
41.00 Transferred to other accounts..... -17
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43.00 Appropriation (total)........... 335 256 231
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 335 256 231
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 232 78 76
73.10 New obligations................... 335 256 231
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -489 -258 -231
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 78 76 76
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 257 251 226
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 232 7 5
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 489 258 231
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 335 256 231
90.00 Outlays........................... 489 258 231
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The 1999 appropriation provides funds for the United States' share
of the expenses associated with United Nations (UN) peacekeeping
operations for which costs are distributed among UN members, and are
based on a scale of assessments. The cost estimates are based on a 25%
assessment rate. The purpose of this appropriation is to ensure
continued American leadership in support of United Nations peacekeeping
activities that serve U.S. interests in promoting international
security, stability and democracy.
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International Conferences and Contingencies
For contributions for the United States share of general expenses of
international organizations and conferences, and representation to such
organizations and conferences, and for other purposes, as provided by 22
U.S.C. 2656 and 2672, and for personal services notwithstanding 5 U.S.C.
5102, $1,223,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for these
purposes, to remain available until expended, as authorized by 22 U.S.C.
2696(c).
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
Participation in international conferences:
00.01 Meetings of international
organizations................. 4 2
00.02 International grains council...... 1
00.03 OPCW preparatory commission....... 4
00.04 Nonproliferation treaty conference 1
00.05 Comprehensive test ban treaty
organization.................... 6
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02.00 Total direct program............ 9 8 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 9 8 1
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 3 2
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 7 6 1
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 1
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 11 8 1
23.95 New obligations................... -9 -8 -1
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 2
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 1
42.00 Transferred from other accounts... 7 6
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43.00 Appropriation (total)........... 7 6 1
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 7 6 1
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 9 8 7
73.10 New obligations................... 9 8 1
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -9 -9 -4
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 8 7 4
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 4 5 1
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 5 4 3
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 9 9 4
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 7 6 1
90.00 Outlays........................... 9 9 4
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This appropriation funds, in part: official U.S. Government
participation in multilateral intergovernmental conferences; certain
expenses of international secretariats to meetings, conferences, and
related activities held under U.S. auspices; and, assessed contributions
to organizations with which U.S. relations are new or provisional.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 3 2
23.2 Rental payments to others......... 1
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 5 6 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 9 8 1
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