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Unforeseen and Extraordinary Expenses for the Biennium 1980-1981

A/RES/34/231No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98Proposed programme budget for the biennium 1980-1981, published in 1980.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 1976–2018
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/72/264
  • 2018A/RES/72/264Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the biennium 2018-2019LatestCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/RES/70/250Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the biennium 2016-2017Compare with previous version
  • 2012A/RES/66/249Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the biennium 2012-2013Compare with previous version
  • 2008A/RES/62/239Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the biennium 2008-2009Compare with previous version
  • 2006A/RES/60/249Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the biennium 2006-2007Compare with previous version

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

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs
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 in the biennium 1980-1981 to meet unforeseen and extraordinary expenses arising either during or subsequent to that biennium, provided that the concurrence of the Advisory Committee shall not he neces~~ary for:
Such commitments, not exceeding a total of (a) $US 2 million in any one year of the biennium 1980- 1981, 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 $100,000;
ii
The appointment of assessors (Statute, Article 30), or the calling of witnesses and the appointment of experts (Statute, Article 50), not exceeding a total of $50,000;
iii
The holding of sessions of the Court away from The Hague (Statute, Article 22), not exceeding a total of $150,000;
iv
The maintenance in office of judges who have not been re-elected (Statute, Article 13, paragraph 3), not exceeding a total of $75,000 in 1980;
v
The payment of pensions and travel and removal expenses of retiring judges, and travel and removal expenses of new members of the Court,
not exceeding a total of $130,000 in 1980,
and the payment of pensions of retiring judges not exceeding a total of $130,000 in 1981;
2
Resolves that the Secretary-General shall report to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth sessions 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 either before the thirty-fifth session or between the thirty-fifth and thirtysixth sessions 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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