Financial Emergency of the United Nations

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105 Financial emergency of the United Nations, published in 1982.

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19 documents · 1977–1989

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1989).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1989	A/RES/43/220	Financial emergency of the United Nations	—	–
1988	A/RES/42/216	Financial emergency of the United Nations resolutions	842	–
1988	A/RES/42/216[B]	Financial emergency of the United Nations resolutions	—	–
1988	A/RES/42/216[A]	Financial emergency of the United Nations resolutions	—	–
1987	A/RES/41/204	Financial emergency of the United Nations resolutions	975	–

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1 subject

Financing

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11 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms its commitment to seek a comprehensive and lasting solution to the financial problems of the United Nations, based on the principle of collective financial re sponsibility of Member States;

Renews its appeal to all Member States to make their best efforts to overcome constraints to the prompt payment early each year of full assessed contributions and of ad vances to the Working Capital Fund;

Expresses its appreciation to all Member States which pay their assessed contributions in full within thirty days of the receipt of the Secretary-General's request, in accordance with regulation 5.4 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General, in addition to his official communications to the permanent representatives of Member States, to approach, as and when appropriate, the Governments of Member States for the purpose of encour aging expeditious payment in full of assessed contributions,

in compliance with regulation 5.4 of the Financial Regu lations of the United Nations;

Invites Member States also to provide, in response to the official communication of the Secretary-General and consistent with regulation 5.4 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations, information regarding their expected pattern of payments, in order to facilitate the financial plan ning by the Secretary-General;

Requests the Negotiating Committee on the Financial Emergency of the United Nations to keep the financial situation of the Organization under review and to report, as appropriate, to the General Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Gen eral Assembly at its thirty-eighth session:

Detailed information relating to the extent, rate of increase and composition of the deficit of the Organization, the pattern of payments of Member States, the reasons for delays in such payments as known to the Secretary-General, the cash-flow situation and voluntary contributions received from Member States and other sources pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 2053 A (XX) of 15 December 1965 and 3049 A (XXVII) of 19 December 1972;

A progress report on the status of the project on the issue of special postage stamps, including proposals to use a portion of the revenues to further the cause of the pro tection of nature;

Further requests the Secretary-General to include in his report a study of suggestions and proposals put forward by Member States during the discussions of this item at the thirty-seventh session of the General Assembly;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-eighth session the item entitled '' Financial emergency of the United Nations: report of the Negotiating Committee on the Financial Emergency of the United Nations".

Dai, of Rsolution No Tttit' adop1ion Pall'

371242 Special review of the ongoing work programme of the United Nations (A/37/ 790) .

21 December 1982 Programme budget for the biennium 1982-1983 (A/371790)

371243 A. Revised budget appropriations for the biennium 1982-1983 ..

103 2 I December 1982 258 B. Revised income estimates for the biennium 1982-1983.

21 December 1982 260 103 2 I December 1982 260 C. Financing of appropriations for the year 1983

2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Sup plement No. 5 (A/3715), vol. I, sects. I and IV; vol. II, sects. I and IV; and vol. III, sects. I and IV.

'Ibid., Supplement No. 5A (A/37/5/Add.1 and Corr. I), sects. I and V 4 lbid., Supplement No. 5B (A/37/5/Add.2), sects. I and V.

'Ibid., Supplement No. 5C (A/3715/Add.3), sects. III-V.

0 Ibid., Supplement No. 5D (A/37/5/Add.4), secK I and IV.

7 Ibid., Supplement No. 5E (A/37/5/Add.5), sect. Ill.

"Ibid., Supplement No. 5F (A/37/5/Add.6), sects. I and IV.

• Ibid., Supplement No. 5G (A/37/5/Add.7 and Corr. I), sects. I and V.

'° Ibid., Supplement No. 5H (A/3715/Add.8), sects. I and IV.

11 Ibid., Supplement No. 5 (A/37/5), vol I, sect. III; vol. 11, sect. III; and vol. III, sect. III; ibid., Supplement No. 5A (A/3715/Add.1 and Corr. I). sect. III; ibid., Supplement No. 5B (A/37/5/Add.2), sect. Ill; ibid., Sup 14 Ibid., Supplement No. 5 (A/37/5), vol. I, sect. II; vol. II, sect. II; plement No. 5C (A/3715/Add.3), sect. II; ibid., Supplement No. 5D (Al and vol. 111, sect. II; ibid., Supplement No. 5A (A/3715/Add. I and Corr. I), 37/5/Add.4), sect. III; ibid., Supplement No. 5E (A/3715/Add.5) sect. 11;

sect. II; ibid .. Supplement No. 5B (A/37/5/Add.2), sect. II; ibid., SU[J[J/e ibid., Supplement No. 5F (A/37/5/Add.6), sect. III; ibid .. Supplement No.

ment No. 5C (A/3715/Add.3), sect. I; ibid .. Supplement No. 5D (A/37151 5G (A/37/5/Add.7 and Corr. I), sect. III; and ibid., Supplement No. 5H Add.4), sect. II; ibid., Supplement No. 5E (A/3715I Add.5), sect. I; ibid .. (A/37/5/Add.8), sect. III.

Supplement No. 5F (A/37/5/Add.6), sect. II; ibid .. Supplement No. 5G 12 A/37/443 and Corr. I (A/3715/Add.7 and Corr. I), sect. II; and ibid .. Supplement No. 5H (A/37/ 13 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session.

Add.8), sect. II. Supplement No. 5 (A/37/5). vol. I, sect. II; vol. II. sect. II; and vol. III,

" A/C.5/37/15 and Corr. I. sect. II.

10 See A/C.5/37130.

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SECRETARIAT ORGANIZATION FOR UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL CONFERENCES

ANNEX Guidelines on Secretariat organization for United Nations special conferences I. Once an intergovernmental organ has decided to convene a special conference, the Secretary-General should establish at the Secretariat level a Conference Management Committee. The Committee should guide and co-ordinate all Secretariat activities during the preparatory phase of the conference and, after the cone lusion of the conference. prepare a com prehensive and critical evaluation of the success and problems of the conference.

The Committee should be composed of representatives of all Sec retariat departments and offices involved in the preparation and organization of the conference, including its logistical arrangements, and should meet regularly throughout the preparatory period under the chairmanship of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General or, where appointed, the secretary-general or executive secretary of the conference.

In its planning for the preparatory process, the Committee should institute disciplined management techniques for the detailed planning. scheduling, monitoring and co-ordination of both the departmental activ ities and the conference preparations as a whole.

Early provision should be made for inter-agency consultations to ensure that interested and concerned organizations of the United Nations system will contribute to the substantive preparations for the conference. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCES The Committee should be responsible for the preparation and sub mission of progress reports to intergovernmental organs on the status of preparations for the conference, including all financial, administrative and organizational arrangements and substantive and programme matters.

The Committee should, where appropriate, formulate proposals for the involvement of non-Secretariat participants in order to increase inter national support for the objectives of the conference and the likelihood of effective follow-up action outside the framework of the United Nations.

The Committee should, at an early date, also formulate proposals in line with General Assembly resolution 36/ 117 D of I O December 198 I for harmonizing documentation needs with the design of the conference.

taking into account all existing rules and instructions on the control and limitation of documentation. The Committee should further monitor, on a regular basis, the implementation of all documentation plans, particularly with regard to the timely submission of documents.

After completion of the conference, the Committee should submit a report to the Committee on Conferences, assessing its experience in the preparation and holding of the conference and, where appropriate, sub mitting recommendations for future improvement. Such evaluation should also take into account, in the case of conferences held at the invitation of a host country, views offered or reports prepared by host country authorities.

If it is proposed that the conference should take place at a venue away from established United Nations headquarters, at the invitation of a host country in accordance with General Assembly resolution 31/140 of 17 December 1976, the Committee should ensure that a planning and 17 Official Records of the General Assembly. Thirty-seventh Session, review mission, whose composition would be determined in consultation Supplement No. 32 (A/37/32 and Corr. I). with the host country, is dispatched to that country at the earliest possible 18 A/C.5/37/7 and Corr.I. time. Based on the findings of the mission. detailed cost and servicin!!

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