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PUBLIC LAWS--H . 583- -DEC. 20, 1945 Other appoint- (d) The President may also appoint from time to time such other es persons as he may deem necessary to represent the United States in the organs and agencies of the United Nations at such salaries, not EconomicandSocial to exceed $12,000 each per annum, as he shall determine, but therepre- sconhip ad TrCou te sentative 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 the 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 meeting thereof in the absence or disability of the regular representative, or (B) in connection with a specified subject matter at any specified meeting of either such Commission with Council in lieu of the regular representative. The advice and consent respect to atomic enrgy etc. of the Senate shall also be required for the appointment by the Presi- dent of the representative of the United States in any commission that may be formed by the United Nations with respect to atomic energy or in any other commission of the United Nations to which the United States is entitled to appoint a representative. Representation of (e) Nothing contained in this section shall preclude the President SRetry of state.e or the Secretary of State, at the direction of the President, from rep- resenting the United States at any meeting or session of any organ or agency of the United Nations. Acts of representa- SEC. 3. The representatives provided for in section 2 hereof, when tPrsident's instuc representing the United States in the respective organs and agencies of tions. the United Nations, shall, at all times, act in accordance with the in- structions of the President transmitted by the Secretary of State unless other means of transmission is directed by the President, and such representatives shall, in accordance with such instructions, cast any and all votes under the Charter of the United Nations. ReportstoCongress. SEO. 4 . The President shall, from time to time as occasion may require, but not less than once each year, make reports to the Congress of the activities of the United Nations and of the participation of the United States therein. He shall make special current reports on decisions of the Security Council to take enforcement measures under the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, and on the par- ticipation therein under his instructions, of the representative of the United States. Application of en- SEC. 5 . (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, forement mesures whenever the United States is called upon by the Security Council to apply measures which said Council has decided, pursuant to article 41 of said Charter, are to be employed to give effect to its decisions under said Charter, the President may, to the extent necessary to apply such measures, through any agency which he may designate, and under such orders, rules, and regulations as may be prescribed by him, investigate, regulate, or prohibit, in whole or in part, economic relations or rail, sea, air, postal, telegraphic, radio, and other means of com- munication between any foreign country or any national thereof or any person therein and the United States or any person subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or involving any property subject to the juris- diction of the United States. Penalprovisions. (b) Any person who willfully violates or evades or attempts to violate or evade any order, rule, or regulation issued by the President pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section shall, upon conviction, be find not more than $10,000 or, if a natural person, be imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both; and the officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in such violation or evasion shall be punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both, and any property, funds, securities, papers, or other articles or documents, [59 STAT.