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Unforeseen and Extraordinary Expenses for the Financial Year 1970

A/RES/2614(XXIV)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1970.

What else is in this group?

23 documents · 1949–1973
Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1973).
  • 1973A/RES/3045(XXVII)Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the financial year 1973Compare with earlier document
  • 1972A/RES/2900(XXVI)Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the financial year 1972Compare with earlier document
  • 1971A/RES/2739(XXV)Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the financial year 1971Compare with earlier document
  • 1970A/RES/2614(XXIV)Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the financial year 1970Compare with earlier document
  • 1969A/RES/2483(XXIII)Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the financial year 1969Compare with earlier document

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

iGrouped automatically by matching titles within the same organ.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
Disaster ReliefExtrabudgetary FinancingInternational CourtsInternational SecurityJudges

What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs
1
Authorizes the Secretary-General, with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and subject to the Financial Regulations of the United Nations and the provisions of paragraph 3 below, to enter into commitments to meet unforeseen and extraordinary expenses in the financial year 1970, provided that the concurrence of the Advisory Committee shall not be necessary for:
a
Such commitments, not exceeding a total of $US 2 million, as the Secretary-General certifies relate to the maintenance of peace and security;
b
Such commitments as the President of the International Court of Justice certifies relate to expenses occasioned by:
i
The designation of ad hoe judges (Statute of the Court, Article 31 ) , not exceeding a total of $37,500;
ii
The appointment of assessors (Statute, Article 3 0), or the calling of witnesses and the appointment of experts (Statute, Article 50),
not exceeding a total of $25,000;
iii
The holding of sessions of the Court away from The Hague (Statute, Article 22), not exceeding a total of $75,000;
c
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 2435 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968:
i
Such commitments, not exceeding a total of $150,000, as the Secretary-General certifies relate to emergency aid in connexion with natural disasters, with a normal ceiling of $15,000 per country in the case of any one disaster, on the understanding that the Secretary-General would have the authority to grant a maximum of $20,000 at his discretion;
ii
Such commitments,
within the total of $150,000 noted in sub-paragraph (c) (i)
above, in amounts not exceeding $10,000 per country for assistance to Governments, at their request, in the elaboration of plans to meet natural disasters;
2
Resolves that the Secretary-General shall report to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session all commitments made under the provisions of the present resolution, together with the circumstances relating thereto, and shall submit supplementary estimates to the Assembly in respect of such commitments;
3
Decides that if, as a result of a decision of the Security Council, commitments relating to the maintenance of peace and security should arise in an estimated total exceeding $10 million before the twenty-fifth session of the General Assembly, a special session of the Assembly shall be convened by the Secretary- General to consider the matter.

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