Questions Relating to the Programme Budget for the Biennium 1996-1997

A/RES/51/221[B]View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 116 Programme budget for the biennium 1996-1997, published in 1997.

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2015	A/RES/69/262	Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2014-2015	6,604	–
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2011	A/RES/65/259	Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2010-2011	7,116	–
2009	A/RES/63/263	Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009	3,221	–
2007	A/RES/61/252	Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007	3,117	–

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A/RES/51/221 [B]

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Reaffirms its resolutions 41/213 of 19 December 1986 and 42/211 of 21 December 1987;

Reaffirms also part VI of its resolution 45/248 B of 21 December 1990, which relates to the involvement of different bodies in the budgetary process;

Reaffirms further the requirement of all Member States to fulfil their financial obligations as set out in the Charter of the United Nations promptly and in full;

Recognizes the detrimental effect of the withholding of assessed contributions on the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations;

Reaffirms that the authority to create, transfer and abolish posts under the regular budget is the prerogative of the General Assembly;

Recalls the authority of the Secretary-General as chief administrative officer, as provided for under Article 97 of the Charter;

Endorses the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,8 with the exception of paragraph 28, second sentence, and subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Expresses its concern that the report of the Secretary-General does not contain a clear indication of the extent to which the approved vacancy level of 6.4 per cent has been exceeded in order to reach the savings called for in its resolution 50/214;

Reiterates its decision that savings in the programme budget for the biennium 1996-1997 should not affect the full implementation of mandated programmes and activities;

Reiterates that any proposal to change mandated programmes and activities is subject to prior approval of the General Assembly, through the Fifth Committee and other relevant bodies;

Notes the assurances of the Secretary-General that he will not take any decision on the involuntary separation of staff members, including those on the redeployment list, to achieve savings in the context of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 50/214;

Requests the Secretary-General, in the light of General Assembly decision 50/506, to report to the Fifth Committee during the resumed session of the Assembly on the progress achieved in the placement of the staff on the redeployment list, taking into account their skills and experience;

Requests that the information requested by the Advisory Committee in its report8 be presented no later than 1 March 1997;

Requests the Secretary-General, in connection with paragraphs 25 to 31 of the report of the Advisory Committee, to report, through the Office of Internal Oversight Services, no later than 1 March 1997, on the use of consultants and associated contractual procedures in the United Nations during the calendar year 1996;

Also requests the Secretary-General to review the effect of vacant posts on programme delivery and to recommend, if appropriate, restoration of the funding of these posts in the context of the budget for the biennium 1998-1999;

Further requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to avoid duplication of efficiency review procedures;

Requests the Secretary-General to integrate and harmonize, where appropriate, efficiency reviews, including those of the intergovernmental machinery, with programme planning and budget reviews;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to relevant intergovernmental bodies on the efficiency proposals which have programmatic and programme budget implications that require prior legislative approval;

Regrets that the programme performance report on the impact of approved savings measures on the implementation of mandated programmes and activities, requested in section II, paragraph 11, of its resolution 50/214, to be submitted no later than the end of its fiftieth session, has not been submitted;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit, no later than 1 March 1997, the above-mentioned programme performance report, and decides to consider it as a matter of priority during the first part of its resumed session;

Decides that no changes to the budget methodology, to established budgetary procedures and practices or to the financial regulations can be implemented without prior review and approval by the General Assembly, through the Advisory Committee, in accordance with agreed budgetary procedures.

A/C.5/51/38.

A/C.5/51/33.

A/C.5/51/21.

A/51/7/Add.2; see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-first Session, Supplement No. 7.

Official Records of the General Assembly, Fiftieth Session, Supplement No. 6 (A/50/6/Rev.1).

A/51/7/Add.6; see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-first Session, Supplement No. 7.

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