international organizations and programs

international organizations and programs Sec. 117. (a) Section 302(a) (1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended in the first sentence by striking out “for the fiscal year 1977, $219,900,000 and for the fiscal year 1978, $252,000,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$285,450,000 for the fiscal year 1979 of which not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for contribution to the United Nations Trust Fund on South Africa”. (b) (1) Section 302(a) (1) of such Act is further amended— (A) by striking out “$42,500,000” in the third sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “$52,000,000”; and (B) by inserting immediately after the third sentence the following: “Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this subsection for the fiscal year 1979, not to exceed $52,000,000 shall be available for voluntary contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, except that not more than $42,500,000 of this amount may be obligated unless the President certifies to the Congress that any contributions above this level have been matched by equivalent contributions by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.”. 92 STAT. 953 (2) Not later than January 31, 1979, the Secretary of State shall provide the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives with a full and detailed report on the progress made by the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to improve the ration distribution system so that food to Palestine refugees can be more equitably distributed on the basis of need, rather than entitlement. (c) Section 302(a) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(3) None of the funds made available under this subsection for the fiscal year 1979 may be used for the United Nations Institute for Namibia unless the President determines that such funds will not be used to support the military or paramilitary activities of the Southwest African Peoples Organization.”. (d) Section 301 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(g) It is the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the appropriate representatives of the United States to the United Nations to encourage the specialized agencies of the United Nations to transfer the funding of technical assistance programs carried out by such agencies to the United Nations Development Program.”. (e) In addition to amounts otherwise available for such purpose, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President not to exceed $1,000,000 for contributions to the World Assembly on Aging to be convened under the auspices of the United Nations, except that the amount so contributed may not exceed 25 percent of the expenditures of such Assembly. Amounts appropriated under this subsection are authorized to remain available until expended.