---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 5324"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "5324"
heading: "Statement of policy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/5324"
units:
  - "Chapter 62 — International Financial Policy"
  - "Subchapter II — International Debt"
  - "Part A — Findings, Purposes, and Statement of Policy"
---

# §5324. Statement of policy


It is the policy of the United States that—

- (1) increasing growth in the developing world is a major goal of international economic policy;
- (2) it is necessary to broaden the range of options in dealing with the debt problem to include improved mechanisms to restructure existing debt;
- (3) active consideration of a new multilateral authority to improve the management of the debt problem and to share the burdens of adjustment more equitably must be undertaken; and
- (4) countries with strong current account surpluses bear a major responsibility for providing the financial resources needed for growth in the developing world.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–418, title III, § 3104, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1376.)