Amendments to constitution of Organization involving new obligations
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Title
22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter
CH7
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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Unless Congress by law authorizes such action, neither the President nor any person or agency shall on behalf of the United States approve any amendment under article XIII of the constitution of the Organization involving any new obligation for the United States.
(July 30, 1946, ch. 700, § 7, 60 Stat. 714.)
Editorial Notes
References in TextArticle XIII of the constitution of the Organization, referred to in text, is article XIII of the constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, which is set out as a note under section 287m of this title.
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