Public Information Activities of the United Nations

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1961.

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6 versions · 1952–1961

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4 topics

Information Centres Least Developed Countries Non-Self-Governing Territories Public Information

What does this mandate say?

23 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appredation of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the administrative budgets for 1961 of the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency ;17

Invites the attention of the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency to the comments and observations made in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and to the views expressed in the Fifth Committee at the fifteenth session of the General Assembly.

18 December 1960.

1556 (XV). Report of the Negotiating Committee for Extra-Budgetary Funds A

Expresses its appreciation of the work of the Committee;

Decides that:

An ad hoe Committee of the whole Assembly, under the chairmanship of the President of the session, shall be convened as soon as practicable after the opening of the sixteenth session, where pledges of voluntary contributions for the refugee programmes for the following year would be announced ;

( b) States not Members of the United Nations, but members of one or more of the specialized agencies, shall be invited to attend the meetings of the ad hoe Committee for the purpose of announcing their pledges to the refugee programmes ;

( c) In order to ensure maximum attendance, as great advance publicity as possible shall be given to the meetings of the ad hoe Committee and they shall be so scheduled that no other meetings are held at the same time.

954th plenary mectin[J,

18 December 1960.

B

Requests the President of the General Assembly to appoint a Negotiating Committee for Extra-Budgetary Funds consisting of not more than fourteen members, with the same terms of reference as those laid down in Assembly resolution 693 (VII) of 25 October 1952, to serve from the close of the fifteenth session to the close of the sixteenth session of the Assembly;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixteenth session the item entitled "Report of the N egotiating Committee for Extra-Budgetary Funds".

18 Deceniber 1960.

* * * The members of the Negotiating Committee for Extra- Budgeta,ry Funds -will be appointed at the resumed fifteenth session.

1557 (XV). Organization and work of the Secretariat

Takes note of the interim report of the Committee of Experts on the Review of the Activities and Organization of the Secretariat19 and the related observations of the Secretary-General20 and of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions ;21

Confirms the provisional decision of the Secretary- General that, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of the General Assembly resolution 1446 (XIV) of 5 December 1959, the composition of the Committee of Experts should be increased from six to eight members;

Endorses the recommendation of the Committee of Experts that, pending examination of its final report by the General Assembly, United Nations organs should not, save in cases of real urgency, propose the initiation of studies or other projects involving additions to the budget or to the permanent establishment of the Secretariat.

18 December 1960.

1558

(XV). Public information activities of the United Nations

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Consultative Panel on Public Information and the

17 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 54, document A/4599.

18 Ibid., agenda item 55, document A/4623.

19 Ibid., agenda item 58, document A/4536, annex.

20 Ibid:, document A/4536, paras. 1-7.

2 1 Ibid., document A/4554.

22 Ibid., agenda item 59, document A/4429.

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Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, as appropriate :

To give high priority to the opening of information centres or arranging for adequate information facilities in the less-developed areas, particularly in the newly independent countries and Trust and Non-Self- Governing Territories, by effecting economies in other directions ;

( b) To intensify his efforts to achieve a more effective regional representation at the policy-making level of the Office of Public Information ;

To report to the General Assembly at its sixteenth session on the progress made in implementing the present resolution.

954th plenary merting,

18 December 1960.

1559 (XV). Geographical distribution of the staff of the Secretariat

Requests the Committee of Experts appointed by 1. General Assembly resolution 1446 (XIV) of 5 December 1959 to study the categories of posts subject to geographical distribution and the criteria for determining the range of posts for each Member State with a view to securing a wide geographical distribution of the staff of the Secretariat, taking into account, inter alia, the relative importance of various posts, and to report to the Assembly at its sixteenth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts to implement the General Assembly resolutions on the question of the geographical distribution of the staff of the Secretariat ;

Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixteenth session on the implementation of the above-mentioned provisions.

954 plenary meeting,

18 December 196fJ.

23 Jbid., agenda item 60, documents A/C.5/833 and Addl and A/C.5/834. Fifteenth Session

1560 (XV). Annual report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

Takes note of the annual report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board ;24

Approves, with effect from 1 May 1960, the draft agreement between the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development on the transfer of pension rights of participants in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and of participants in the Staff Retirement Plan of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ;211

Approves, with effect from 1 May 1960, the draft agreement between the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund on the transfer of pension rights of participants in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and of participants in the Staff Retirement Plan of the International Monetary Fund.26

18 December 1960.

1561 (XV). United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

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Decides that, for the purposes of contributions payable to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, the pensionable remuneration of the staff with effect from 1 April 1961 shall be established as follows:

Base pensionable remuneration:

For staff who are subject to the Staff Assessment Plan under staff regulation 3.3, the base pensionable remuneration shall be the annual rate of the United Nations gross salary, expressed in United States dollars or such other currency as may be agreed between the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and the organization, applicable to the grade and step (including any language allowance) of the official, less one half of the

24 Ibid., Fifteenth Session, Supplement No. 8 (A/4469 and Corr.I). 25 Ib;d., Fifteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 62, document A/C.5/846, annex A. 26 Ibid., annex B. 27 Ibid., agenda item 63, document A/4427. 28 Ibid., document A/4467. 29 Ibid., document A/4468.

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