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First-Class Travel in the United Nations Organizations

A/RES/32/198No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 104Joint Inspection Unit, published in 1978.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1978–1980
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/34/233[VII]
  • 1980A/RES/34/233[VII]First-class travel in the United Nations organizationsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1979A/RES/33/116[B-I]First-class travel in the United Nations organizationsCompare with previous version
  • 1978A/RES/32/198First-class travel in the United Nations organizations

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Air TravelPrinciplesTravel Costs

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs

I.

Notes the report on first-class travel in the United Nations organizations submitted by the Joint Inspection Unit41 and the comments thereon of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination42 as well as the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;4a 2.
Decides that the principle of seeking the most economical air-fare structures shall be implemented as follows:
a
The Secretary-General and one representative of each Member State attending regular, special or emergency special sessions of the General Assembly shall be entitled to first-class travel;
( b) Other persons previously entitled to first-class travel under General Assembly resolutions 2245 (XXI) and 3198 (XXVIII) and those chairmen of intergovernmental committees at present entitled to travel paid by the United Nations shall be entitled to first-class travel only when the duration of a particular flight exceeds nine hours (by the most direct and economical route), including scheduled stops for such purposes as change of planes or refuelling, but excluding travel time to and from airports;
Payment by the United Nations for travel (c) expenses in all other cases shall be limited to the least costly air-fare structure regularly available, or its equivalent, by recognized public carrier via the shortest and most direct route;
3
Authorizes the Secretary-General to exercise his discretion in making exceptions in the most exigent circumstances to allow first-class travel on a case-bycase basis;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to report annually to the General Assembly on the implementation of the present resolution, noting all exceptions made under paragraph 3 above, the reasons therefor and the savings achieved through utilization of economy and other air fares.

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