Rental of Office Space in the Secretariat by the Group of 77 and China

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 118 Programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009, published in 2009.

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China Housing Rent Payments Arrangements

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At its 74th plenary meeting, on 24 December 2008, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee,102 recalling its resolutions 41/213 of 19 December 1986 and 56/253 of 24 December 2001 concerning the arrangements for rental charges for the Office of the Group of 77 and China located at United Nations Headquarters:

(a) Decided to establish, effective 1 January 2009, a rental charge in the amount of 6 United States dollars per square foot per annum for the office space occupied by the Office of the Group of 77 and China at United Nations Headquarters, which included the provision of furniture and photocopying machine;

(b) Recognized the receivables associated with the rental obligations of the Group of 77 and China for the office space occupied by the Group at United Nations Headquarters, and decided that, as an exceptional measure, the outstanding receivables as at 31 December 2008 should be written off;

(d) Also emphasized that in the future, the Secretary-General, as Chief Administrative Officer, should handle rental issues with individual tenants in accordance with existing procedures, without recourse to the General Assembly.

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