7 reports of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2004–2016.
Reports
7
Span
2004–2016
13 years
Cadence
Biennial
one report every second year
2016A/71/428Proposed programme budget outline for the biennium 2018-2019 report of the Secretary-General
2014A/69/416Proposed programme budget outline for the biennium 2016-2017 report of the Secretary-General
2012A/67/529Proposed programme budget outline for the biennium 2014-2015 report of the Secretary-General
2010A/65/560Proposed programme budget outline for the biennium 2012-2013 report of the Secretary-General
2008A/63/600Proposed programme budget outline for the biennium 2010-2011 report of the Secretary-General
iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.
What does this mandate say?
25 operative paragraphs
I Recommendations of the Group of High-Level Intergovernmental Experts to Review the Efficiency of the Administrative and Financial Functioning of the United Nations
1
Decides that the recommendations as agreed upon and as contained in the report of the Group of High-level Intergovernmental Experts to Review the Efficiency of the Administrative and Financial Functioning of the United Nations111 should be implemented by the Secretary-General and the relevant organs and bodies of the United Nations in the light of the findings of the Fifth Committee112 and subject to the following:
a
The implementation of recommendation 5 should not prejudice the implementation of projects and programmes already approved by the General Assembly;
2
Requests the Secretary-General and the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination to report to the General Assembly as indicated in recommendations 69, 70 and 71 of the Group;
II Planning, Programming and Budgeting Process
1
Decides that the planning, programming and budgeting process shall be governed, inter alia, by the following principles:
a
Strict adherence to the principles and provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, in particular Articles 17 and 18 thereof;
b
Full respect for the prerogatives of the principal organs of the United Nations with respect to the planning, programming and budgeting process;
c
Full respect for the authority and the prerogatives of the Secretary-General as the chief administrative officer of the Organization;
d
Recognition of the need for Member States to participate in the budgetary preparation from its early stages and throughout the process;
2
Reaffirms the need to improve the planning, programming and budgeting process through, inter alia, the following:
a
Full implementation of regulation 4.8 of the Regulations Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation, which governs coordination between the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;
b
Implementation of the recommendations contained in paragraphs 25 to 54 of the report of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination on the work of its twenty-sixth session;115
c
Ensuring follow-up of implementation of the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination;
d
Improvement of the representation of Member States in the Committee for Programme and Coordination in conformity with the provisions of paragraph 46 of the annex to General Assembly resolution 32/197 of 20 December 1977;
3
Resolves to achieve improvement in the consultative process for the formulation of the medium-term plan through:
a
Full implementation of the Regulations Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation pertaining to the medium-term plan, as contained in the annex to General Assembly resolution 37/234 of 21 December 1982 and of the related Rules;
b
Submission of the introduction to the medium-term plan, which constitutes an integral element in the planning process, to Member States for wide consultations;
c
Consultations in a systematic way regarding the major programmes in the plan with sectoral, technical, regional and central bodies in the United Nations;
d
Drawing up by the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Committee for Programme and Coordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, of a calendar for such consultations;
4
Approves the budget process set forth in annex I to the present resolution;
5
Reaffirms that the decision-making process is governed by the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the rules of procedure of the General Assembly;116
6
Agrees that, without prejudice to paragraph 5 above, the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination should continue its existing practice of reaching decisions by consensus; explanatory views, if any, shall be presented to the General Assembly;116
7
Considers it desirable that the Fifth Committee, before submitting its recommendations on the outline-solid of the programme budget to the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the Charter and the rules of procedure of the Assembly, should continue to make all possible efforts with a view to establishing the broadest possible agreement;116
8
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, through the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, such supplementary rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the improvement in the planning, programming and budgeting process;
9
Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-second session a proposal on the date for submission of the outline-solid of the programme budget and also on the date for final approval of the outline-solid by the Assembly;
10
Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.
A.Off-budget years
B.Budget years
C.Contingency fund and additional expenditures
Iconcur with the foregoing, and take it that the General Assembly also agrees with it.
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