H. CON. RES. 116 - DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS AND WITHHOLDING OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UN

Introduced March 25, 2003 into the Senate by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX).  Cosponsors.

This resolution expresses that the US should hold contributions to the UN until the UN Charter is reoriented to disallow non-democratically elected governments to be members of the Security Council or to chair UN agencies.

Resolution expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should withhold its assessed and voluntary contributions to the United Nations until the Charter of the United Nations is amended to ensure that a member state may not be a member of the Security Council, or serve as chair of, or in any other position of responsibility in, any organ or agency of the United Nations, unless the government of that country has been democratically elected.

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. CON. RES. 116

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should withhold its assessed and voluntary contributions to the United Nations until the Charter of the United Nations is amended to ensure that a member state may not be a member of the Security Council, or serve as chair of, or in any other position of responsibility in, any organ or agency of the United Nations , unless the government of that country has been democratically elected.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 25, 2003

Mr. SESSIONS submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should withhold its assessed and voluntary contributions to the United Nations until the Charter of the United Nations is amended to ensure that a member state may not be a member of the Security Council, or serve as chair of, or in any other position of responsibility in, any organ or agency of the United Nations , unless the government of that country has been democratically elected.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should withhold its assessed and voluntary contributions to the United Nations until the Charter of the United Nations is amended to ensure that a member state may not be a member of the Security Council, or serve as chair of, or in any other position of responsibility in, any organ or agency of the United Nations , unless the government of that country has been democratically elected.

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