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Development and Assistance Act, as amended, to remain available until expended, $7,400,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be used for the purchase of currencies available in the Treasury for the purposes of section 104(f) of such Act unless such currencies are excess to the normal requirements of the United States.

RAMA ROAD, NICARAGUA

For an additional amount for necessary expenses for the survey and construction of the Rama Road, Nicaragua, in accordance with the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 213, and the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1709), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That transfer of funds may be made from this appropriation to the Department of Commerce for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made.

GENERAL PROVISIONS-DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SEC. 102. Appropriations under this title for "Salaries and expenses", "International conferences and contingencies", and "Missions to international organizations" are available for reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services for protection of confidential files.

SEC. 103. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any person assigned to or serving in any office of any of the several States of the United States or any political subdivision thereof.

SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be used (1) to pay the United States contribution to any international organization which engages in the direct or indirect promotion of the principle or doctrine of one world government or one world citizenship: (2) for the promotion, direct or indirect, of the principle or doctrine of one world government or one world citizenship.

SEC. 105. It is the sense of the Congress that the Communist Chinese Government should not be admitted to membership in the United Nations as the representative of China.

This title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropriation Act, 1962".

667. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1962: Public Law 87-332, Approved September 30, 1961 (Excerpts)16

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following

1 H.R. 9169, 87th Cong.: 75 Stat. 733, 745-746. See S. Doc. 217, 87th Cong.. Aug. 8, 1961; Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1962: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, 87th Congress, 1st Session: H. Rept. 1175, 87th Cong., Sept. 12, 1961: Supplemental Appropriation Bill for 1962: Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate, 87th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 9169; S. Rept. 1111, 87th Cong., Sept. 22, 1961; and H. Rept. 1272, 87th Cong., Sept. 27, 1961 (the conference report).

sums are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise. appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act may be cited as the "Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1962") for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes, namely:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $1,950,000.

ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT ACTIVITIES

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for arms control and disarmament activities, as authorized by law, $1,000,000: Provided, That this paragraph shall be effective only upon the enactment into law of S. 2180 or H.R. 9118, Eighty-seventh Congress," or similar legislation.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES

MISSIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

For an additional amount for "Missions to international organizations", $15,000.

UNITED STATES CITIZENS COMMISSION ON NATO

Not to exceed $100,000 of the amount appropriated under this head in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961,18 shall remain available until June 30, 1962.

EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE

CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST

AND WEST

To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960,19 by grant to any appropriate agency of the State of Hawaii, $3,300,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay the salary, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, to any individual in excess of $20,000 per annum.

PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT NUBIAN MONUMENTS

(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)

For purchase of Egyptian pounds which accrue under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes authorized by section 104 (k) of that Act, $4,000,000.

17 Ante, doc. 550.

18

Text in American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1960, p. 933. 19 Text ibid., pp. 850-851.

OTHER

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION BUILDING SITE

For an additional amount for necessary expenses of carrying out the provisions of the Act of March 28, 1960 (Public Law 86–395),"0 authorizing the acquisition of land for conveyance, without consideration, to the Pan American Health Organization for use as a headquarters site, $217,150, to be transferred to the General Services Administration.

C. Contributions to International Organizations

668. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 1960, TO JUNE 30, 1961: Tenth Annual Report to Congress by the Secretary of State Pursuant to Public Law 806, 81st Congress, Transmitted June 25, 1962 (Excerpt)1

INTRODUCTION

Public Law 806, 81st Congress, 2d session, provides that the Secretary of State shall report annually on the extent and disposition of financial contributions by the United States to international organizations.

This, the 10th report to the Congress, covers fiscal year 1961 U.S. contributions to multilateral organizations and programs. Contributions to bilateral organizations are not included. Although the text of this report includes a short description of the Inter-American Development Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Monetary Fund, International Finance Corporation, and International Development Association, no amounts are included in the tabular presentations because these agencies are financed by capital subscriptions from member governments and income from operations rather than by annual contributions.

Essentially there are two kinds of contributions provided by the United States. "Assessed" contributions, which go to finance the regular expenses of those organizations in which this Government par

20 74 Stat. 9.

1H. Doc. 460, 87th Cong., June 26, 1962, pp. 1-7.

2 Act of Sept. 21, 1960; 64 Stat. 902.

ticipates by virtue of a treaty, convention, special act of Congress, or executive agreement, and "voluntary" contributions which this Government makes in its own interest to special programs for economic development, scientific cooperation, refugee relief, and other humanitarian purposes. In a number of cases, such as the United Nations peace and security operations in the Middle East and in the Congo, a combination of assessed and voluntary contributions have been made.

The United Nations and the other organizations and programs to which the United States contributes carry out activities which support one or both of two basic aims of U.S. foreign policy: First, the promotion of peace and security; second, the promotion of economic and social growth, which may well be one of the best ways to achieve peace and security in the long run.

The concept of multilateral cooperation and action has been actively supported by the United States as one of several means of achieving a better world in which to live. Some, but not all, of these international programs are similar in character to activities which we also help finance bilaterally. In any given case, one may be more feasible or desirable than the other, or a combination of both may be more effective. These international organizations, most of which were established after World War II, are emerging from their infancy and are gradually gaining the capability to handle international tasks of greater dimensions. Their capacity to act benefits both the United States and the rest of the world.

In fiscal year 1961, the United States contributed a total of $261,286,379 to 73 organizations and programs. (In 1946, the amount was $10.5 million and the number was 41.) The 1961 amount is substantial; but at the same time it represents only three-tenths of 1 percent of our national budget; five one-hundredths of 1 percent of our national product; and amounts to a per capita outlay of $1.43. The proportion of the total which the United States provides is sizable because we are both a wealthy and a generous country. Nevertheless, over the years the U.S. percentage share has declined in many instances. For example, in 1946, our United Nations assessment was 39.89 percent. In 1962, it is 32.02 percent. Even in the case of voluntary contributions there has been a downward trend in the percentage provided by the United States as our contributions have the effect of "seed money" and stimulate other countries to contribute to help themselves. For example, in 1947, we contributed to the United Nations Children's Fund about 72 percent and other countries about 28 percent. Currently the ratio is 46 percent to 54 percent. The U.S. contributions to the Expanded Technical Assistance Program have gone down from a high of almost 61 percent to 40 percent, and these funds are contributed on a matching basis. The World Health Organization's Malaria Eradication Program, an initiative of the United States, is being phased from a special voluntary program into the World Health Organization's regular budget. This transfer,

when completed, will have the effect of reducing our contribution from the initial 91 percent to about 32 percent.

The organizations and programs covered in this report fall into four groups:

(1) The United Nations, including its two peace-keeping operations in the Middle East and in the Congo, and the specialized agencies, which support constructive work in such fields as food and agriculture, world health, educational development, civil aviation, telecommunications, meteorology, etc.;

(2) The Inter-American organizations, such as the Pan American Union and the Pan American Health Organization, which concentrate their efforts in the Western Hemisphere;

(3) Other regional organizations such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization; and

(4) Other international organizations which fit none of the preceding groups, but which represent a variety of interests ranging from the modern-the International Atomic Energy Agency, the largest in this group-to the traditional-the International Seed Testing Association, the smallest in the group.

These four groupings also include special voluntary programs, which deal with relatively large-scale problems that require intensive effort. Most of these special programs are sponsored by one or more international organizations working in different areas of the world, or on different, yet complementary aspects of a widespread need. In the field of technical assistance, for example, the United Nations Expanded Technical Assistance Program does much of its work on a person-toperson basis by providing experts to impart the needed know-how to nationals of the less-developed countries. This program is complemented by the Special Fund which provides assistance to these same countries by helping them make their economic development plans and by carrying out preinvestment studies which should precede actual economic or industrial development. The Organization of American States and the Central Treaty Organization also provide technical assistance in their respective areas, the Western Hemisphere and the Middle East.

GENERAL NOTES ON THE CONTENTS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT

For the most part, these contributions are paid by the Department of State from funds appropriated or allocated to it. Where another Department of the Federal Government administers the contributions, this fact is so stated.

The text of the report follows the groupings referred to above plus a section on the capital-subscription agencies. It contains an explanation of each contribution which was made by the United States during the fiscal year 1961. For the major organizations the United Nations, its specialized agencies, the Pan American Union, and the International Atomic Energy Agency-a schedule of each member country's assessment is included in the text.

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