22 U.S.C. § 262e — Comparability of salaries and benefits of

Page 39 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 262g States Governor of the International Bank for Recon- struction and Development, the United States Gov- ernor of the International Finance Corporation, the United States Governor of the International Develop- ment Association, the United States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank, the United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank, and the United States Governor of the African Development Fund, to consult with the other Governors of those in- stitutions concerning adoption of an amendment to the Articles of Agreement of their respective institutions to establish human rights standards to be considered in connection with each application for assistance.’’ AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT OF INTER- NATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS TO BE CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH ASSISTANCE APPLICATION Pub. L. 95–481, title VI, § 611, Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1602, provided that: ‘‘The President shall direct the United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the United States Governor of the International Finance Corporation, the United States Governor of the International Develop- ment Association, the United States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank, the United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank, and the United States Governor of the African Development Fund, to propose and seek adoption of an amendment to the Articles of Agreement for their respective insti- tutions to establish human rights standards to be con- sidered in connection with each application for assist- ance.’’ § 262d–1. Congressional statement of policy of human rights and United States assistance policies with international institutions It is the sense of the Congress that, where other means have proven ineffective in pro- moting international human rights, and except where the President determines that the cause of international human rights is served more ef- fectively by actions other than voting against such assistance or where the assistance is di- rected to programs that serve the basic needs of the impoverished majority of the country in question, United States representatives to the International Bank for Reconstruction and De- velopment, the International Development Asso- ciation, the African Development Fund, the Asian Development Bank, and the Inter-Amer- ican Development Bank should oppose loans and other financial or technical assistance to any country that persists in a systematic pattern of gross violations of fundamental human rights. (Pub. L. 95–148, title V, § 507, Oct. 31, 1977, 91 Stat. 1240.) § 262e. Comparability of salaries and benefits of employees of international financial institu- tions with employees of American private business and governmental service The President shall direct the United States Executive Directors of such international finan- cial institutions to take all appropriate actions to keep the salaries and benefits of the employ- ees of such institutions to levels comparable to salaries and benefits of employees of private business and the United States Government in comparable positions. (Pub. L. 95–118, title VII, § 704, Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1071.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 3, 1977, see section 1001 of Pub. L. 95–118, set out as a note under section 282i of this title. § 262f. Promotion of development and utilization of light capital technologies and United States assistance policies with international financial institutions The United States Government, in connection with its voice and vote in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter- American Development Bank, the African De- velopment Fund, the Asian Development Bank, and the African Development Bank, shall pro- mote the development and utilization of light capital technologies, otherwise known as inter- mediate, appropriate, or village technologies, by such international institutions as major facets of their development strategies, with major em- phasis on the production and conservation of en- ergy through light capital technologies. (Pub. L. 95–118, title VIII, § 801, Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1071; Pub. L. 97–35, title XIII, §§ 1342(c), 1371(b)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 743, 746.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1981—Pub. L. 97–35 redesignated subsec. (a) as entire section, inserted reference to African Development Bank, and struck out subsec. (b) which related to an annual report to Congress on progress toward achieving goals of this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Aug. 13, 1981, see section 1372 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as an Effective Date note under section 290i of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 3, 1977, see section 1001 of Pub. L. 95–118, set out as a note under section 282i of this title. § 262g. Human nutrition in developing countries and United States assistance policies with international financial institutions; declara- tion of policy The Congress declares it to be the policy of the United States, in connection with its voice and vote in the International Bank for Recon- struction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Fi- nance Corporation, the Inter-American Develop- ment Bank, the African Development Fund, the Asian Development Fund, and the Asian Devel- opment Bank, to combat hunger and malnutri- tion and to encourage economic development in the developing countries, with emphasis on as- sistance to those countries that are determined to improve their own agricultural production, by seeking to channel assistance for agricultur- ally related development to projects that would aid in fulfilling domestic food and nutrition needs and in alleviating hunger and malnutri-