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H. R. 4053 - UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP
ACT OF 2004 Introduced in the House of Representatives on March 29, 2004 by Mr. Lantos
(CA-12). The bill was received in the Senate on June 24, 2004, Read
twice and referred to the Foreign Relations Committee.
Cosponsors
Background:
This bill seeks to improve the workings of international organizations and
multilateral institutions. The United States must actively work to improve the
workings of international organizations and multilateral institutions,
particularly by creating a caucus of democratic countries that will advance
United States interests. In the second Ministerial Conference of the Community
of Democracies in Seoul, Korea, on November 10-20, 2002, numerous countries
recommended working together as a democracy caucus in international
organizations such as the United Nations and ensuring that international and
regional institutions develop and apply democratic standards for member states.
The Secretary of State, acting through the principal officers responsible for
advising the Secretary on international organizations, shall ensure that a
high-level delegation from the United States Government, on an annual basis, is
sent to consult with key foreign governments in every region in order to promote
the United States agenda at key international fora.
Provisions: The President of the United States, acting
through the Secretary of State and relevant U.S. chiefs of mission shall
seek to:
Forge common positions, including, as appropriate,
at the ministerial level, on matters of concern before the organization
and work within and across regional lines to promote agreed positions; Work to revise an increasingly outmoded system of
regional voting and decision making; Set up a rotational leadership scheme to provide
member states an opportunity, for a set period of time, to serve as the
designated president of the caucus, responsible for serving as its voice
in each organizati Reform of the criteria for leadership and, in
appropriate cases for membership, at all United Nations bodies and at
other international organizations and multilateral institutions to which
the United States is a member so as to exclude nations that violate the
principles of the specific organization; Make it a policy of the United Nations, other
international organizations and multilateral institutions, of which the
United States is a member, that a member state may not stand in nomination
or be in rotation for a leadership position in such bodies if the member
state is subject to sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security
Council;
The bill also seeks to: Establish a series of training courses for officers
of the Service, including appropriate chiefs of mission, on the conduct of
diplomacy at international organizations and other multilateral
institutions and at broad-based multilateral negotiations of international
instruments; Ensure officers of the Service receive training on
the conduct of diplomacy at international organizations and other
multilateral institutions and at broad-based multilateral negotiations of
international instruments as part of their training upon entry of the
Service. Provide training for judges and prosecutors,
including in the interpretation of intellectual property laws. Provide assistance in complying with obligations
under appropriate international copyright and intellectual property
treaties and agreements.
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