22 U.S.C. § 287 : US Code - Section 287: Representation in Organization

Search 22 U.S.C. § 287 : US Code - Section 287: Representation in Organization

(a) Appointment of representative; rank, status, and tenure; duties
The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
shall appoint a representative of the United States to the United
Nations who shall have the rank and status of Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and shall hold office at the
pleasure of the President. Such representative shall represent the
United States in the Security Council of the United Nations and may
serve ex officio as representative of the United States in any
organ, commission, or other body of the United Nations other than
specialized agencies of the United Nations, and shall perform such
other functions in connection with the participation of the United
States in the United Nations as the President may, from time to
time, direct.
(b) Appointment of additional representatives; rank, status, and
tenure; duties; reappointment unnecessary
The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
shall appoint additional persons with appropriate titles, rank, and
status to represent the United States in the principal organs of
the United Nations and in such organs, commissions, or other bodies
as may be created by the United Nations with respect to nuclear
energy or disarmament (control and limitation of armament). Such
persons shall serve at the pleasure of the President and subject to
the direction of the Representative of the United States to the
United Nations. They shall, at the direction of the Representative
of the United States to the United Nations, represent the United
States in any organ, commission, or other body of the United
Nations, including the Security Council, the Economic and Social
Council, and the Trusteeship Council, and perform such other
functions as the Representative of the United States is authorized
to perform in connection with the participation of the United
States in the United Nations. Any Deputy Representative or any
other officer holding office at the time the provisions of this
Act, as amended, become effective shall not be required to be
reappointed by reason of the enactment of this Act, as amended.
(c) Appointment of special and alternate representatives; number;
senior representative; duties
The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
shall designate from time to time to attend a specified session or
specified sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations
not to exceed five representatives of the United States and such
number of alternates as he may determine consistent with the rules
of procedure of the General Assembly. One of the representatives
shall be designated as the senior representative.
(d) Additional appointees; conditions governing certain
appointments; designation of certain State Department officers to
sit on Security Council
The President may also appoint from time to time such other
persons as he may deem necessary to represent the United States in
organs and agencies of the United Nations. The President may,
without the advice and consent of the Senate, designate any officer
of the United States to act without additional compensation as the
representative of the United States in either the Economic and
Social Council or the Trusteeship Council (1) at any specified
session thereof where the position is vacant or in the absence or
disability of the regular representative or (2) in connection with
a specified subject matter at any specified session of either such
Council in lieu of the regular representative. The President may
designate any officer of the Department of State, whose appointment
is subject to confirmation by the Senate, to act, without
additional compensation, for temporary periods as the
representative of the United States in the Security Council of the
United Nations in the absence or disability of the representatives
provided for under subsections (a) and (b) of this section or in
lieu of such representatives in connection with a specified subject
matter.
(e) Appointment of representative to European office of United
Nations; rank, status, and tenure; duties
The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
shall appoint a representative of the United States to the European
office of the United Nations, with appropriate rank and status who
shall serve at the pleasure of the President and subject to the
direction of the Secretary of State. Such person shall, at the
direction of the Secretary of State, represent the United States at
the European office of the United Nations, and perform such other
functions there in connection with the participation of the United
States in international organizations as the Secretary of State
may, from time to time, direct.
(f) Representation by President or Secretary of State
Nothing contained in this section shall preclude the President or
the Secretary of State, at the direction of the President, from
representing the United States at any meeting or session of any
organ or agency of the United Nations.
(g) Compensation
All persons appointed in pursuance of authority contained in this
section shall receive compensation at rates determined by the
President upon the basis of duties to be performed but not in
excess of rates authorized by sections 3961, 3962, and 3963 of this
title for chiefs of mission, members of the Senior Foreign Service,
and Foreign Service officers occupying positions of equivalent
importance, except that no member of the Senate or House of
Representatives or officer of the United States who is designated
under subsections (c) and (d) of this section as a representative
of the United States or as an alternate to attend any specified
session or specified sessions of the General Assembly shall be
entitled to receive such compensation.
(h) Appointment of representative to Vienna office of United
Nations; rank, status, and tenure; duties
The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
shall appoint a representative of the United States to the Vienna
office of the United Nations with appropriate rank and status, who
shall serve at the pleasure of the President and subject to the
direction of the Secretary of State. Such individual shall, at the
direction of the Secretary of State, represent the United States at
the Vienna office of the United Nations and perform such other
functions there in connection with the participation of the United
States in international organizations as the Secretary of State
from time to time may direct. The representative of the United
States to the Vienna office of the United Nations shall also serve
as representative of the United States to the International Atomic
Energy Agency.