Subsistence Allowances for Members of Commissions, Committees and Other Subsidiary Bodies of the General Assembly and Other Organs of the United Nations

A/RES/459(V)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1951.

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5 subjects

Commissions of Inquiry Conciliation Currency Subsistence Allowance Travel Costs

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6 operative paragraphs

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Having considcrnl the reque,;t ~.uhmitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to the Secretary-General fnr a Joan of $~00,000 from the \1/ orking Capital Fund of the l_l nited Nat ions fo_r the purpose of financing part of the cost,., of the transtcr of the Food and Agricultnre Organization from \Vashing-· ton, D. C. to Rome,

Desirous of facilitating the wnrk of the Foml ;md Agri rnltur~ Organization,

Authorizes the Secretary-( ;eneral to ad\'ance from the Working Capital Fund, a; a loan to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, sums not exceeding $800,000 to finance the removal of its headquarters to Rome. Such a loan shall he repayable within a maximum period of four year;;, in annual instalme11ts of not less than $200,000. Interest, at a rate to be determined between the Secretary Ceneral of the lJ nited Nations and the Director-Ccn;-ral uf tlw Fo()(l and Agriculture Organization, shall be payable on any balance of the loan outstanding at the end of a period of two years from the date on which tht' lo;in is mad,·.

305th plenary meetrny.

16 N m:emher 1050

458 (V). Compensation to members of commissions, committees or similar bodies in case of injury or death attributable to service with the United _Nations

.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.

t.59 ( V).

Subsistence allowances for members of commissions, committees and other sub- 11idiary bodies of the General Assembly and other organs of the United Nations Fhc c;eneral Assembly

Reaffirms the prinoples and conditions for payment of transportation expenses and subsistence allowances as laid down in resolution 231 (III) of 8 October

Agrees that subsistence allowances for members of commissions and committees eligible under resolution 231 (III) meeting at Headquarters should be raised trom $20 to $25 per diem as of 1 January 1951, as rernmnwnded by the Advisory Committee on Adminis- , rat1ve and Budgetary Questions ;i.

3 /lgrccs that members of commissions and committees meeting away from Headquarters should contimw to receive suh~istence allowances of $20 prr diem;

Concurs with the recommendation of the /\, ,,isorv Committee"' that subsistence allowances for member'.<; nf commissions of inquiry or conciliation meeting away iro111 Headquarters should be paid at the local currency ,'quivalenl oi $20 prr dirm.

1 December 1950.

12 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth Se1- rion, Supplement No. 7, paragraphs 342 and 343.

UI Ibid.

14 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth SessiOK, Supplement No. 7, paragraph 325.

" [bid, paragraph 326.

( 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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