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PUBLIC LAW 101-167—NOV. 21, 1989 103 STAT. 1223 that does not have the internationaly recognized attributes of statehood, or (2) to the United Nations, if the United Nations grants full membership as a state in the United Nations to any organiza- tion or group that does not have the internationaly recognized attributes of statehood, during any period in which such membership is effective. UNITED NATIONS VOTING RECORD SEC. 527. (a) IN GENERAL.— Not later than March 31 of each year. Reports. the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of 22 USC 2414a. Representatives and the President of the Senate a full and complete annual report which assesses for the prior calendar year, with respect to each foreign country member of the United Nations, the voting practices of the governments of such countries at the United Nations, and evaluates General Assembly and Security Council actions and the responsiveness of those governments to United States policy on issues of special importance to the United States. Qa) INFORMATION ON VOTING PRACTICES IN THE UNITED NATIONS.— Such report shall include, with respect to voting practices and plenary actions in the United Nations during the preceding year, information to be compiled and supplied by the Permanent Rep- resentative of the United States to the United Nations, consisting of- (1) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with the Secretary of State, of the extent to which member countries supported United States policy objectives at the United Nations; (2) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with the Secretary of State, of actions taken by the United Nations by consensus; (3) with respect to plenary votes of the United Nations Gen- r eral Assembly— (A) a listing of all such votes on issues which directly affected important United States interests and on which the United States lobbied extensively and a brief descrip- tion of the issues involved in each such vote; (B) a listing of the votes described in subparagraph (A) which provides a comparison of the vote cast by each member country with the vote cast by the United States; (C) a country-by-country listing of votes described in subparagraph (A); and (D) a listing of votes described in subparagraph (A) dis- played in terms of United Nations regional caucus groups; (4) a listing of all plenary votes cast by member countries of the United Nations in the General Assembly which provides a comparison of the vote cast by each member country with the vote cast by the United States; (5) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with the Secretary of State, of the extent to which other members supported United States policy objectives in the Security Coun- cil and a separate listing of all Security Council votes of each . member country in comparison with the United States; and (6) a side-by-side comparison of agreement on important and overall votes for each member country and the United States. (c) FORMAT.— Information required pursuant to subsection (b)(3) shall also be submitted, together with an explanation of the statis-