Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 41/213 Progress Report and Revised Estimates for the Biennium 1988-1989

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 49 Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations, published in 1989.

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Budget Contributions Conferences Contracts Cooperation Between Organizations Developing Countries Fellowships Goods International Sale of Goods International Trade Law Maritime Transport Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Training Programmes Treaties

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23 operative paragraphs

Renews its appeal to Member States to demonstrate their commitment to the United Nations by, ínter alia, meeting their financia! obligations on time and in full, in accordance with the Charter and the Financia! Regulations of the United Nations;

Stresses that, in order to carry out successfully the process of reform and restructuring, it is essential that the present financia! uncertainties be dispelled;

Welcomes the determination of the Secretary- General to continue his efforts to implement fully the recommendations ofthe Group ofHigh-level Intergovernmental Experts to Review the Efficiency of the Administrative and Financia] Functioning of the United Nations6 which fall within his purview, as adopted in resolution 41/213 and in accordance with paragraph 7 of resolution 42/211;

Reiterates its support for the Secretary-General in the fulfilment of his responsibilities as chief administrative officer of the Organization;

Stresses that the implementation of its resolution 41/213 must not have a negative impact on mandated programmes and activities;

Emphasizes in this respect that, in accordance with the existing regulations and rules, while output revisions in programme budgets may be proposed in arder to comply more efficiently with the objectives of those programmes and activities, outputs specifically requested in mandates should be fully delivered;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit his proposed revisions referred to in paragraph 6 above to the General Assembly in the context of proposed programme budgets;

Reiterates that further implementation of its resolution 41/213 should be carried out in a balanced way and with flexibility so as to improve the structure and composition of the Secretariat;

Endorses the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination 7 on the Secretary- General's report on the implementation of recommendation 15 ofthe Group ofHigh-level Intergovernmental Experts, as adjusted by a 10 per cent reduction in the staffing of conference services in New York and Geneva entailing an overall post reduction of 12.1 per cent by the end of the biennium 1988-1989;8 and further endorses the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions that the adjustment under section 29 ofthe programme budget should entail the restoration of 100 posts on the understanding that this restoration would not require additional appropriations for the biennium 1988-1 Q89;9 10.

Requests the Secretary-General to submit, in the context of his proposed programme budget for the biennium 1990-1991, concrete recommendations for absorbing the costs of the posts referred to above including, to the maximum extent possible, through the elimination of additional posts, under the criteria set out in paragraphs 5, 8, and 9 above and paragraphs 11 to 13 below;

Endorses the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions pertaining to small offices, regional commissions and other units referred to therein, and also requests the Secretary-General to keep in mind the concerns expressed by Member States in the Fifth Committee on proposed reductions ofstaffin small units such as the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat);

Concurs with the comments and observations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in paragraph 33 of its report 10 regarding the organization, functions and staffing of the administrative and common services unit at Nairobi;

Requests the Secretary-General in further implementing recommendation 15 to continue to take into account the following guidelines:

This recommendation should be implemented flexibly taking due account of work-load analyses, where applicable;

Its implementation should have no negative impact on programmes;

Its implementation should have no adverse effect on the structure and composition of the Secretariat bearing in mind the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity of staff with due regard to equitable geographical distribution;

It should be implemented in a balanced manner,

taking into account recommendations 41, 46, 4 7 and 54;

Invites the Secretary-General to continue the implementation of recommendations 41, 46, 47 and 54 and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session in the context of the report referred to in paragraph 18 below;

Invites the Secretary-General, as regards recommendation 19, to proceed with the reclassification of the post as indicated in paragraph 7 of his report; 11 16.

Endorses the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions as regards recommendation 25, relating to the location of the liaison functions with non-govemmental organizations, and recommendation 29;

8 A/C.5/43/1/Re,. l, para. 26.

11 A/C5.l4Jll/Rn.l/Add.l.

Invites the Secretary-General to implement recommendation 37 in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination as contained in paragraphs 82 to 88 of its report12 and the comments and observations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions as contained in paragraphs 40 to 60 of its report; 12 18.

Requests the Secretary-General and the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination to report to the General Assembly on the implementation of resolution 41/213 in accordance with recommendation 71, taking into account the views expressed in the Fifth Committee;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session an analytical report assessing the effect of the implementation of resolution 41/213 on the Organization and its activities as a whole, and the way in which it has enhanced the efficiency of its administrative and financial functioning.

Date o/ Resolution Title ltem.

adoption Page No.

213 lmplementation of General Assembly resolution 41/213: progress report and revised 49

21 December 1988 249 estimates for the biennium 1988-1989 (A/43/951) 43/214 Proposed programme budget outline for the biennium 1990-1991 and use and operation of the contingency fund (A/43/951) ................. .

21 December 1988 251 43/215 Current financia! crisis of the United Nations (A/43/952) . . .

21 December 1988 252 43/216 Financia! reports and audited financia! statements, and reports ofthe Board of Auditors

21 December 1988 252 113 43/217 Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 1988-1989 (A/43/980)

21 December 1988 254 43/218 Programme budget for the biennium 1988-1989 (A/43/980)

Revised budget appropriations for the biennium 1988-1989 .

21 December 1988 255 B.

Revised income estimates for the biennium 1988-1989 114

21 December 1988 256

21 December 1988 257 C.

Financing of appropriations for the year 1989 ..

114 43/219 Programme planning (A/43/979) ............ .

21 Decernber 1988 257 116

21 Decernber 1988 259 43/220 Financia! emergency of the United Nations (A/43/953) 43/221 Joint lnspection Unit (A/43/738)

21 December 1988 260 43/222 Pattern of conferences (A/43/963)

261 A.

Report of the Committee on Conferences 119 21 Decernber l 988 B.

Status of the Committee on Conferences 119

21 Decernber 1988 261 l 19 21 Decernber 198 8 262 C.

Control and limitation of documentation D.

Programme of work of the Committee on Conferences ...

l 19

21 Decernber 1988 262 E.

lmplementation of General Assembly resolution 42/207 C 119

21 December 1988 262 43/223 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations (A/43/981)

Resolution A 120

21 December 1988 262 120

21 December 1988 264 Resolution B ...

Resolution C 120

21 December 1988 264 43/224 Personnel questions (A/43/954)

Composition of the Secretariat 121 (a)

21 Decernber 1988 265 B.

Administration of justice in the Secretaria! ...

21 Decernber 1988 265 121

21 Decernber 1988 266 C.

lmprovement of the status of women in the Secretariat ..

Working languages of the Secretariat and language training 121

21 Decernber 1988 266 43/225 Respect for the privileges and immunities of officials ofthe United Nations and the specialized agencies and related organizations (A/43/954)

121 (b)

21 December 1988 267 43/226 United Nations common system: report ofthe lnternational Civil Service Commission (A/43/977)

21 December 1988 268 43/227 United Nations pension system (A/43/846/ Add. l)

21 December 1988 270 43/228 Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (A/43/956)

124 (a)

21 Decernber 1988 270 43/229 Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (A/43/957) .

124 (b)

21 Decernber 1988 272 43/230 Financing of the United Nations lran-Iraq Military Observer Group (A/43/978) .

147 21 Decernber 198 8 273

1 For the decisions adopted on the reports of the Fifth Cornrnittee, sce sect. X.B.7.

2 Official Records of the General Assembly. Forty-third Session,

Supplement No. 1 (A/43/1).

3 A/43/286 and Corr. l. A/43/324, A/43/524 and A/C.5/43/1/ Rev .1 and Add. l and 2.

4 See Official Records of the General A.,·sembly, Forty-third Session, Supplemenl No. /6 (A/43/16).

5 A/43/651 and Add.l and A/4.l/929.

6 See Official Records of the General Assembly. Forty-first Session, Suf plement No. 49 (A/41/49).

0 See A/43/65 l, paras. 15-19.

/bid., Forty-third Session, Supplemc111 l'io. /ó (A/43/16), part one.

IO A/43/651. para. 36.

12 Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-third Session, Sup'f/ement No. 16 (A/43/16), part two.

15 /bid., paras. 27-31.

16 Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-third Session,

Supplemcnt No. /6 (A/43/16), part two, para. :14.

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