Compensation to Members of Commissions, Committees or Similar Bodies in Case of Injury or Death Attributable to Service with the United Nations

A/RES/458(V)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1951.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Claims Compensation Death Grant Disability Benefits Subsistence Allowance

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3 operative paragraphs

.1 Pf'rovcs the following basic points of the com- 1 ,ensation plan proposed by the Advisory Committee on \dministrative and Budgetary Questions:

That compensation be paid solely to those mem- 1 l('rs , ,i commissions, committees or similar bodies \\ ho,,· service to the Organization is recognized to the l'xtent that thev receive subsistence allowance from the < )rg:mization .

( I \ That compensation be payable only in the event "f inJtiry or death attributable to service with the United '\ ations, eligibility under this paragraph to be deterrninvd in accordance with the definition set out by the \dvisorv Committee on Administrative and Budgetary •,]1w-1i();1s in paragraph 342 ( 1) of document A/1312;18 (, ) That the maximum compensation to be paid to a ,·Iaimant will be $25,000, to be awarded in case nf <leath , ,r t, ,tal clisahility;

{ 11strn,ts the Secretar_y-l;eneral to follow, in the ,dtk111ent uf claims, the recommendations of the Advison· ( 'ommittee on Administrative and Budgetary IJm·,:ti,m~ ,·ontaincd in document A/1312.

16 November 1950.

( d) The accuracy nr otherwise , ,j th,· s11p!llies and _equipment records as dctcrminerl hv ,1.,ck-t:tkim, :rnd <'xarn1nat11111 ot the

at 1, i11~, i·.'.

In aclclitlon. the report~, in.,,· C( 11:t:u' 1 r·-f,,;,:111.., h 1 (I') Transaction-" acco1111t1•(l fnr 1 11 a previou:-. y1_·ar cnnc:'.rning which further information has been ubtamed, or transact10ns in a later year crinn·rning wl11ch it seems desirah'..· that the ( ,en-- era! Assembly should have , arly kn<1wkdge

The Board of Auditors, or such of their officers as they may designate, shall certify the :inanc-,al • .. tatcmcnts in tlw following terms :

"The financial statements of the United Nations for the financial year ended 31 December . .

accordance with our directions. \Ve have .. htaitwcl all the infor.

mation and explanations that we hav<' ; ,·qn;n:d, and wr· certify,

as a result of the audit, that, in "ilr o;,, .. , .. n. t\w financial statt'- 1ncnts an: t:urrect". addini,;, should it bl' necessary.

The Board of Auditors shall han· 1m power to di,,allow items in the accounts but shall dr;n, tn the attention of the

cerning which it entertains doubt a, tu ieg:1ht_v or pn,pri<'ty.

A representativ(' of the Boan! of Audit!)rs shall be present when the Buard\ report i-. hcin).; cr)l1•~idcrt'r1 by thf' Ceneral Assembly.

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