Questions Relating to the Programme Budget for the Biennium 2000-2001

A/RES/55/238View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 117 Programme budget for the biennium 2000-2001, published in 2001.

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29 documents · 1977–2015

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2015	A/RES/69/262	Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2014-2015	6,604	–
2013	A/RES/67/246	Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2012-2013	8,403	–
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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What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Appropriations Contingency Funds Financial Implications Peacekeeping Operations Programme Budgeting Security Management Staff Security Staffing Support Accounts Working Conditions

What’s in this document?

34 operative paragraphs

I.Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations

Reaffirms rule 153 of its rules of procedure;

Agrees with the views expressed by the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations in paragraphs 34 and 35 of its report on the comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects;3

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Decides to appropriate an additional amount of 363,000 United States dollars under section 3, Political affairs, 37,200 dollars under section 27, Management and central support services, and 19,200 dollars under section 32, Staff assessment, to be offset by a corresponding amount (19,200 dollars) under income section 1, Income from staff assessment, of the programme budget for the biennium 2000–2001;⁵

⁵Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 6 (A/54/6/Rev.1), vols I–III; ibid., Supplement No. 6A (A/54/6/Rev.1/Add.1); and ibid., Supplement No. 6B (A/54/6/Rev.1/Add.2).

Approves the support account post and non-post requirements in the amount of 9,190,200 dollars gross (8,741,600 dollars net) for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001;

Agrees with paragraph 36 of the report of the Special Committee3 relating to proper representation of troop-contributing countries in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat;

Underscores the importance of consultation with troop-contributing countries from the early stages of mission planning;

Expresses deep concern over the delay in reimbursement of troop contributors, which can cause hardship to all troop- and equipment-contributing countries, and requests the Secretariat to expedite the processing of all claims and present a progress report in this regard during the first part of the resumed fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly;

Notes that the related resource requirements presented by the Secretary-General in his report on resource requirements for implementation of the report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations1 have been described by him as an emergency request, whereas, in terms of paragraph 11 of the report of the Advisory Committee,2 it was acknowledged that not all the proposals in the report of the Secretary-General on resource requirements for implementation of the report of the Panel could be classified as emergency requests;

Regrets that the report of the Secretary-General on resource requirements for implementation of the report of the Panel was not presented in accordance with rule 153 of its rules of procedures and with established practices, as pointed out in paragraph 3 of the report of the Advisory Committee,2 and requests the Secretary-General to comply strictly with those rules in the future;

Notes that the report of the Secretary-General on resource requirements for implementation of the report of the Panel has not been issued in compliance with the six-week rule;

Takes note of the intention of the Secretary-General to submit future reports to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth sessions on the implementation of the recommendations in the report of the Panel, including the comprehensive review, requested by the Special Committee, of the management, structure, recruitment processes and interrelationships of all relevant elements within the Secretariat that play a role in peacekeeping operations;

II.Safety and security of United Nations personnel

Reaffirming its resolutions 54/249 and 54/250 of 23 December 1999 and its other relevant resolutions,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on safety and security of United Nations personnel,⁶ in particular its administrative and budgetary aspects, and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁷

⁶A/55/494.

⁷A/55/658.

Endorses the recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,6 subject to the provisions set forth in the present section;

Decides to consider the reclassification of the post of Deputy Security Coordinator from the D-1 level to the D-2 level in the context of its review of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2002-2003;

Also decides to establish, effective 1 January 2001, eight additional Professional posts (two P-5 and six P-4) in the Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator at Headquarters;

Further decides to establish, effective 1 January 2001, eight additional security officer (Field Service) posts (four P-4 and four P-3) and sixteen additional Local level posts;

Decides to appropriate the amount of 2,210,000 dollars under section 30, Special expenses, and the amount of 238,400 dollars under section 32, Staff assessment, to be offset by an equivalent amount under income section 1, Income from staff assessment, of the programme budget for the biennium 2000–2001,4 for the Secretary-General to undertake the immediate measures for the strengthening of the security management system of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chairman of the Administrative Committee on Coordination, to develop, in coordination with executive heads of the United Nations specialized agencies, funds and programmes, an effective mechanism for cost-sharing arrangements and, in this connection, to ensure that in future the costs of the security management system are included in the regular budget, to be managed by the United Nations, contingent upon a formal arrangement with the concerned agencies, funds and programmes for participation in the funding of security arrangements and reimbursement to the United Nations for services provided, under income section 2, General income, of the programme budget, and to submit proposals thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session through the Advisory Committee, and decides that, in the meantime, the established cost-sharing arrangements between the United Nations and its specialized agencies, funds and programmes will remain in place until the Assembly decides otherwise;

Also requests the Secretary-General, when presenting future reports under these agenda items, to continue to ensure that separate reports are presented;

III.Revised estimates in respect of matters of which the Security Council is seized

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the revised estimates in respect of matters of which the Security Council is seized,⁸ and concurs with the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in paragraph 7 of its related report;⁹

⁸A/C.5/55/30.

⁹A/55/7/Add.6. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 7.

IV.Capital master plan

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the capital master plan;¹⁰

¹⁰A/55/117 and Add.1.

Also takes note of the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,¹¹ and endorses the observations and recommendations contained therein;

¹¹A/55/7/Add.4. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 7.

Authorizes the Secretary-General, without prejudice to a final decision by the General Assembly on this issue, to proceed with the preparation of a comprehensive design plan and detailed cost analysis for the capital master plan, and decides to appropriate an amount of 8 million dollars under section 31, Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance, of the programme budget for the biennium 2000–20014 for this purpose;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the outcome of the comprehensive design plan and detailed cost analysis to the General Assembly as soon as possible, including details of measures designed to protect the Organization from cost overruns;

Calls upon the Secretary-General to ensure that the preparation of a comprehensive design plan and detailed cost analysis for the capital master plan will identify all viable alternatives in the most cost-effective and efficient manner;

V.International Court of Justice

Approves an additional appropriation of 591,900 dollars under section 7, International Court of Justice, of the programme budget for the biennium 2000–20014 and an additional appropriation of 128,800 dollars under section 32, Staff assessment, offset by the same amount under income section 1, Income from staff assessment;

Requests the Joint Inspection Unit to expedite its report on the review of the management and administration of the International Court of Justice¹² and to submit it, together with the comments of the Court thereon, for consideration by the General Assembly at its resumed fifty-fifth session;

¹²See A/53/841, annex, para. 5.

VI.Request for a subvention to the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research resulting from the recommendations of the Board of Trustees of the Institute on the programme of work of the Institute for 2001

Approves the recommendation for a subvention of 213,000 dollars for 2001 from the regular budget of the United Nations, on the understanding that no additional appropriation would be required under section 4, Disarmament, of the programme budget for the biennium 2000–2001;4

VII.Conditions of service and compensation for officials, other than Secretariat officials, serving the General Assembly: full-time members of the International Civil Service Commission and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Conditions of service and compensation for officials, other than Secretariat officials, serving the General Assembly: full-time members of the International Civil Service Commission and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions”,¹³ and approves the suggestions outlined in paragraphs 8 to 10 and in paragraph 19 of the report;

¹³A/C.5/55/29.

Decides to undertake a detailed examination of the issue of compensation relativity in the context of the next five-year review of the conditions of service and compensation for the three officials;

Reaffirms the principle that the conditions of service of the three officials should be separate and distinct from those of the Secretariat;

VIII.Review of the Information Systems Coordination Committee

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the review of the Information Systems Coordination Committee,¹⁴ and concurs with the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in paragraph 9 of its related report;¹⁵

¹⁴A/55/619.

¹⁵A/55/7/Add.3. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 7.

IX.First performance report on the programme budget for the biennium 2000–2001

Having considered the first performance report of the Secretary-General on the programme budget for the biennium 2000–2001¹⁶ and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,¹⁷

¹⁶A/55/645 and Corr.1 and Add.1.

¹⁷A/55/7/Add.5 and Corr.1. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 7.

Reaffirms the budgetary process as approved in its resolution 41/213 of 19 December 1986 and as reaffirmed in its subsequent resolutions;

Reaffirms also its resolution 54/249 of 23 December 1999;

Takes note of the first performance report of the Secretary-General on the programme budget for the biennium 2000–200115 and the related report and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;16

Notes the higher than budgeted vacancy rate relative to the rate approved by the General Assembly in its resolution 54/249, and requests the Secretary-General to take all appropriate measures to rectify this situation in an expeditious manner;

Approves a net decrease of 34,642,200 dollars in the appropriation approved for the biennium 2000–2001 and a net increase of 19,097,000 dollars in the estimates of income for the biennium, to be apportioned among expenditure and income sections, as indicated in the report of the Secretary-General;

X.Contingency fund

Notes that a balance of 224,300 dollars remains in the contingency fund;

XI.Recosting of outstanding statements of programme budget implications and revised estimates

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on recosting of outstanding statements of programme budget implications and revised estimates,¹⁸ and decides that the recosting and the related adjustments should be reflected in the revised appropriation for the biennium 2000–2001.

¹⁸A/C.5/55/35.