Special Subjects Relating to the Proposed Programme Budget for the Biennium 2012-2013

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 134Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012-2013, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 1994–2018

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/72/262 A

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What subjects does this mandate have?

17 topics

Accounting and Reporting Administration of Justice Computer Software Construction Contingency Funds Data Centres Disaster Preparedness Extrabudgetary Financing Financial Implications Financial Resources Foreign Exchange Rates Good Offices Inflation Programme Budgeting Special Missions Staff Assessment Staffing

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2012.

2012A/67/266Organizational resilience management system : emergency management framework report of the Secretary-General
2012A/67/217Construction of additional office facilities at the United Nations Office at Nairobi report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

59 operative paragraphs

I.Revised estimates under section 29D, Office of Central Support Services, and section 30, Office of Information and Communications Technology, of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013 relating to the organizational resilience management system: emergency management framework

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;Error: Reference source not found

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,Error: Reference source not found subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Takes note of paragraphs 32 (a) and (c) of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

Also takes note of the organizational resilience management system approach, on the understanding that the follow-up report to be submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session will present a complete picture of the comprehensive emergency management framework, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 6 and 11 of section II of its resolution 64/260 of 29 March 2010;

Regrets the lack of coordination in the Secretariat which led to delays in submitting the proposal requested in paragraph 11 of resolution 64/260;

Decides not to use the contingency fund to finance the proposals contained in the report of the Secretary-General, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to strictly observe its resolutions 41/213 of 19 December 1986 and 42/211 of 21 December 1987 regarding the use of the contingency fund;

Decides to approve the extension of the lease of the secondary data centre in Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, for thirty months beyond 31 December 2011 and the procurement of software to maintain emergency preparedness plans and the staff accounting system, and further decides not to approve additional resources in this regard;

II.Transitional measures concerning financial reporting by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees under the International Public Sector Accounting Standards

Having considered the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on transitional measures concerning financial reporting by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees under the International Public Sector Accounting Standards and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

Takes note of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;Error: Reference source not found

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;Error: Reference source not found

Authorizes the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to apply mutatis mutandis the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations to the accounting processes and financial reporting of its voluntary funds, for the sole purpose of the timely implementation by the Office of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards;

III.Revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2011

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2011 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;Error: Reference source not found

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;Error: Reference source not found

IV.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 2012–2013

Recalling section IV of its resolution 60/248 of 23 December 2005,

Having considered the note by the Secretary-General on the 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 2012–2013 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General;Error: Reference source not found

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;Error: Reference source not found

Approves the request for a subvention to the Institute of 577,800 United States dollars (before recosting) for the biennium 2012–2013 from the regular budget of the United Nations, on the understanding that no additional provision would be required under section 4, Disarmament, of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013;

V.Administrative expenses of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and transitional measures concerning the financial reporting of the Fund under the International Public Sector Accounting Standards

Recalling its resolutions 55/224 of 23 December 2000, 57/286 of 20 December 2002, 59/269 of 23 December 2004, 61/240 of 22 December 2006, 62/241 of 22 December 2007 and 63/252 of 24 December 2008, section II of its resolution 64/245 of 24 December 2009 and its resolution 65/249 of 24 December 2010,

Having considered the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board on the administrative expenses of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and transitional measures concerning the financial reporting of the Fund under the International Public Sector Accounting Standards, the report of the Secretary-General on the administrative and financial implications arising from the report of the Board and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue to ensure, through consultations with the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, that posts in the Fund are announced as widely as possible, inter alia on the Inspira website, as appropriate;

Approves the revised estimate of 154,545,700 dollars for the biennium 2010–2011 for the administration of the Fund;

Also approves expenses, chargeable directly to the Fund, totalling 173,412,600 dollars net for the biennium 2012–2013;

Further approves the amount of 20,688,300 dollars as the United Nations share of the cost of the administrative expenses of the Fund for the biennium 2012–2013, of which 13,240,500 dollars represents the share of the regular budget and the balance of 7,447,800 dollars represents the share of the United Nations funds and programmes;

Approves the reduction of 1,035,600 dollars in the United Nations share of the cost of the administrative expenses of the central secretariat of the Fund under section 1, Overall policymaking, direction and coordination, of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013;

Authorizes the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to supplement the voluntary contributions to the Emergency Fund for the biennium 2012–2013 by an amount not to exceed 200,000 dollars;

Authorizes the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund to continue to apply mutatis mutandis the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United NationsError: Reference source not found to its accounting processes and financial reporting in a manner that allows the Fund to be compliant with the International Public Sector Accounting Standards by 1 January 2012;

Recalls its resolution 65/249;

VI.International Trade Centre

Having considered the programme budget proposals for the International Trade Centre for the biennium 2012–2013 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

Takes note of paragraph 11 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, and decides that the temporary position of Associate Graphic Designer (P-2) shall continue to be funded as general temporary assistance;

Decides to approve resources in the amount of 41,337,700 dollars (the United Nations share equivalent to 38,072,000 Swiss francs at the exchange rate of 0.921 Swiss francs to 1 dollar) proposed for the biennium 2012–2013 under section 13, International Trade Centre, of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013;

VII.Construction of additional office facilities at the United Nations Office at Nairobi and the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa and strategic heritage plan of the United Nations Office at Geneva

Recalling its resolution 56/270 of 27 March 2002, section IV of its resolution 58/272 of 23 December 2003, sections IX and X of its resolution 62/238 of 22 December 2007, section I of its resolution 63/263 of 24 December 2008, its resolution 64/243 of 24 December 2009 and section III of its resolution 65/259 of 24 December 2010,

Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the construction of additional office facilities at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, on progress in the construction of additional office facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa and on the strategic heritage plan of the United Nations Office at Geneva, as well as the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General;Error: Reference source not found,Error: Reference source not found,Error: Reference source not found

Requests the Secretary-General, through the Office of Central Support Services, to take into account lessons learned and best practices from past construction projects in implementing future construction projects, in particular to draw from the experience and the know-how acquired from large capital projects, including the capital master plan;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that major capital expenditure projects are not implemented simultaneously in order to prevent the need to finance them at the same time;

Recalls paragraph 15 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, and expresses concern that an estimated expenditure of 734,000 dollars from the contingency provision has arisen, owing to an error by the architecture and construction management consultant, which has resulted in a substantial depletion of the budgeted contingency, thereby increasing the risk to the Economic Commission for Africa project;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General that the renovation phase of the strategic heritage plan not start before the General Assembly has taken a decision on this matter and the capital master plan has been completed;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session in the context of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2014–2015 a detailed implementation plan and cost analysis based on the medium-term option, with fully developed explanations of the composition and calculation of the costs, as well as the basis for assumptions that underpin the estimates and relevant supporting data, and a prioritized list of tasks highlighting essential items that need renovation for health and safety reasons, without prejudice to any decisions to be made by the General Assembly on this matter;

Also requests the Secretary-General to include, as a potential complement to assessed contributions by Member States for the realization of the strategic heritage plan, options for voluntary funding sources, public or private, in line with the rules and regulations of the United Nations;

Decides to approve general temporary assistance in the amount of 810,600 dollars under section 29E, Administration, Geneva, of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013 to provide for one P-4 Architect and one P-4 Engineer, as well as the additional requirement of 2.8 million dollars for contractual services in relation to the development of the detailed project implementation and phasing plan under section 34, Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance;

Also decides to approve an amount of 74,000 dollars under section 37, Staff assessment, to be offset by an equivalent amount under Income section 1, Income from staff assessment, of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013;

VIII.Revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council at its sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth sessions and its fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth special sessions

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council at its sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth sessions and its fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth special sessions and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;Error: Reference source not found

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;Error: Reference source not found

Welcomes the establishment of the Office of the President of the Human Rights Council;

IX.Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council

Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council and on the request for a subvention to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, as well as the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General;Error: Reference source not found,Error: Reference source not found

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,Error: Reference source not found subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Reiterates the need for greater transparency in the presentation of resources for travel and consultancies so that the General Assembly can make well-informed decisions regarding the resource requirements for special political missions;

Requests the Secretary-General to make additional efforts to ensure that support sought in the form of consultancies is not already available in-house or in situ;

Regrets the late introduction of the reports on the estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council;

Takes note of paragraphs 57, 64, 82, 109, 112, 115, 138, 162 and 245 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

Decides to reduce the 2012 budget for the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic by 350,000 dollars;

Also decides to reduce the 2012 budget for the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission by 250,000 dollars;

Approves the total amount of 583,383,800 dollars for the budgets of the twenty-nine special political missions authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council listed in table 1 of the report of the Secretary-General;

Also approves a charge totalling 583,383,800 dollars net against the provision for special political missions requested in section 3, Political affairs, of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments in an amount not to exceed 16 million dollars for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya;

Also authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments in an amount not to exceed 9,066,400 dollars for the subvention for the Special Court for Sierra Leone;

X.Administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2011

Having considered the statement submitted by the Secretary-General in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly on the administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2011 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

Recalls its resolution 66/235 of 24 December 2011;

Takes note of the statement submitted by the Secretary-General;Error: Reference source not found

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;Error: Reference source not found

XI.Financial implications of the administration of justice at the United Nations

Recalling its resolution 66/237 of 24 December 2011 on the administration of justice at the United Nations,

Decides to approve an additional amount of 7,078,700 dollars, at 2012–2013 rates, in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013, reflecting an increase comprising 2,178,600 dollars under section 1, Overall policymaking, direction and coordination, 557,600 dollars under section 8, Legal affairs, 402,600 dollars under section 19, Economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific, 299,400 dollars under section 29A, Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Management, 689,200 dollars under section 29C, Office of Human Resources Management, 649,700 dollars under section 29D, Office of Central Support Services, 868,200 dollars under section 29E, Administration, Geneva, and 695,000 dollars under section 29G, Administration, Nairobi, and an increase of 738,400 dollars under section 37, Staff assessment, to be offset by a corresponding amount under income section 1, Income from staff assessment;

Also decides that the additional amount of 7,078,700 dollars would represent a charge against the contingency fund for the biennium 2012–2013;

XII.Effects of changes in rates of exchange and inflation

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the revised estimates resulting from changes in rates of exchange and inflation and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

Takes note of the revised estimates arising from recosting due to changes in the rates of exchange and inflation;

XIII.Contingency fund

Notes that a balance of 13,762,500 dollars remains in the contingency fund;

XIV.Joint Inspection Unit

Approves the gross budget for the Joint Inspection Unit for the biennium 2012–2013 in the amount of 12,743,200 dollars;

XV.International Civil Service Commission

Also approves the gross budget for the International Civil Service Commission for the biennium 2012–2013 in the amount of 17,546,300 dollars;

XVI.United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination

Notes the gross budget for the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for the biennium 2012–2013 in the amount of 5,380,700 dollars;

XVII.Gross jointly financed budget of the Department of Safety and Security

Approves the gross jointly financed budget of the Department of Safety and Security for the biennium 2012–2013 in the amount of 244,536,400 dollars, broken down as follows:

Field Security Operations: 215,032,200 dollars;

Security and Safety Services at the United Nations Office at Vienna: 29,504,200 dollars.

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Who created this mandate?

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Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

What does this mandate say?

I.Revised estimates under section 29D, Office of Central Support Services, and section 30, Office of Information and Communications Technology, of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013 relating to the organizational resilience management system: emergency management framework

II.Transitional measures concerning financial reporting by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees under the International Public Sector Accounting Standards

III.Revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2011

IV.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 2012–2013

V.Administrative expenses of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and transitional measures concerning the financial reporting of the Fund under the International Public Sector Accounting Standards

VI.International Trade Centre

VII.Construction of additional office facilities at the United Nations Office at Nairobi and the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa and strategic heritage plan of the United Nations Office at Geneva

VIII.Revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council at its sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth sessions and its fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth special sessions

IX.Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council

X.Administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2011

XI.Financial implications of the administration of justice at the United Nations

XII.Effects of changes in rates of exchange and inflation

XIII.Contingency fund

XIV.Joint Inspection Unit

XV.International Civil Service Commission

XVI.United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination

XVII.Gross jointly financed budget of the Department of Safety and Security

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