Senate Resolution
RESOLVED (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein)
That the Senate advise and consent to the deposit by the President of (the United States with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, of a declaration under paragraph 2 of article 36 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice recognizing as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other state accepting the same obligation, the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in all legal disputes hereafter arising concerning
a. the interpretation of a treaty;
b. any question of international law;
the existence of any fact which, if established, would constitute breach of an international obligation;
d. the nature or extent of the reparation to be made for the breach of an international obligation
PROVIDED
That such declaration shall not apply to
a. disputes the solution of which the parties shall entrust to other
tribunals by virtue of agreements already in existence or which may be
concluded in the future;
b. disputes with regard to matters which are essentially within the
domestic jurisdiction of the United States as determined by the United
States; or
. disputes arising under a multilateral treaty, unless (1) all parties to the treaty affected by the decision are also parties to the case before the Court, or (2) the United States specially agrees to jurisdiction.
PROVIDED FURTHER
That such a declaration shall remain in force for a period of five years and thereafter until the expiration of six months after notice may be given to terminate the declaration.
XII. Study the text of an amendment below, translate the words and phrases in bold type.
AMENDMENT
of United Nations Participation Act, October 10, 19__
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 2 of the United Nations Participation Act of 19 are hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a representative and a deputy representative of the United States to the United Nations, both of whom shall have the rankand status of envoy extraordinary and ambassador plenipotentiary and s hall hold office at the pleasure of the President. Such representative and deputy representative shall represent the United States in the Security Council of the United Nations and may serve ex officio as United States representative on 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) The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint an additional deputy representative of the United States to the Security Council who shall hold office at the pleasure of the President. Such deputy representative shall represent the United States in the event of the absence or disability of both the representative and the deputy representative of the United States to the United Nations. [... ]
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(d) The President may also appoint from time to time such other persons ashe may deem necessary to represent the United States in the organs and agencies of the United Nations, but the representative of the United States in the Economic and Social Council and in the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations shall be appointed only by and with (he advice and consent of the Senate, except that 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 such Council (A) at any specified session thereof where the position is vacant or in the absence or disability of the regular representative, or (B) 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 us the representative of the United States in the Security Council of the United Nations in the absence or disability of the representative and deputy representatives. [... ]
XIII. Translate into Russian.
EU Council Resolution
