Congress: 119 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: Lee, Mike (R-Utah)
The bill directs the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to negotiate a supplemental agreement to the 1947 UN Headquarters Agreement that would prohibit the UN from allowing the International Criminal Court to use facilities at UN headquarters in New York. The US is not a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC and does not recognize its jurisdiction over American persons or interests.
The ICC's New York office has become a focal point in US-ICC relations, particularly given investigations into Israeli officials. This bill would bar the ICC from operating at UN headquarters in the US, limiting its institutional footprint and symbolic presence on American soil, which could affect the court's ability to conduct investigations and outreach involving American stakeholders.