Programme Budget for 2020 Resolutions

A/RES/74/264 A-CView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 135 Proposed programme budget for 2020, published in 2020.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2020–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/244 A-C

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/244 A-C	Programme budget for 2026 resolutions	—	—
2024	A/RES/79/259 A-C	Programme budget for 2025 resolutions	—	—
2023	A/RES/78/254 A-C	Programme budget for 2024 resolutions	—	—
2023	A/RES/77/264 A-C	Programme budget for 2023 resolutions	—	—
2022	A/RES/76/247 A-C	Programme budget for 2022 resolutions	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Appropriations Income Sources Programme Budgeting Resources Allocation

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

A

Resolves that, for 2020:

Appropriations totalling 3,073,830,500 United States dollars are hereby approved for the following purposes:

Section | Amount (United States dollars) | Part I. Overall policymaking, direction and coordination | 1 | Overall policymaking, direction and coordination | 77 087 600 | 2 | General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management | 326 641 800 | Subtotal, part I | 403 729 400 | Part II. Political affairs | 3 | Political affairs | 773 224 100 | 4 | Disarmament | 13 245 000 | 5 | Peacekeeping operations | 52 602 800 | 6 | Peaceful uses of outer space | 3 921 300 | Subtotal, part II | 842 993 200 | Part III. International justice and law | 7 | International Court of Justice | 28 145 500 | 8 | Legal affairs | 58 453 700 | Subtotal, part III | 86 599 200 | Part IV. International cooperation for development | 9 | Economic and social affairs | 83 293 400 | 10 | Least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States | 5 886 200 | 11 | United Nations support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development | 7 985 900 | 12 | Trade and development | 68 087 900 | 13 | International Trade Centre | 18 861 800 | 14 | Environment | 23 364 300 | 15 | Human settlements | 12 508 400 | 16 | International drug control, crime and terrorism prevention and criminal justice | 21 627 100 | 17 | UN-Women | 9 741 400 | Subtotal, part IV | 251 356 400 | Part V. Regional cooperation for development | 18 | Economic and social development in Africa | 81 888 100 | 19 | Economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific | 55 526 800 | 20 | Economic development in Europe | 33 290 000 | 21 | Economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean | 57 591 800 | 22 | Economic and social development in Western Asia | 36 518 000 | 23 | Regular programme of technical cooperation | 35 577 600 | Subtotal, part V | 300 392 300 | Part VI. Human rights and humanitarian affairs | 24 | Human rights | 115 119 300 | 25 | International protection, durable solutions and assistance to refugees | 40 098 900 | 26 | Palestine refugees | 32 365 500 | 27 | Humanitarian assistance | 25 124 000 | Subtotal, part VI | 212 707 700 | Part VII. Global communications | 28 | Global communications | 94 692 400 | Subtotal, part VII | 94 692 400 | Part VIII. Common support services | 29A | Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance | 52 921 400 | 29B | Department of Operational Support | 93 025 600 | 29C | Office of Information and Communications Technology | 49 959 800 | 29E | Administration, Geneva | 69 736 400 | 29F | Administration, Vienna | 18 088 400 | 29G | Administration, Nairobi | 18 048 800 | Subtotal, part VIII | 301 780 400 | Part IX. Internal oversight | 30 | Internal oversight | 20 509 900 | Subtotal, part IX | 20 509 900 | Part X. Jointly financed administrative activities and special expenses | – | 31 | Jointly financed administrative activities | 6 245 800 | 32 | Special expenses | 76 163 600 | Subtotal, part X | 82 409 400 | Part XI. Capital expenditures | 33 | Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance | 71 046 100 | Subtotal, part XI | 71 046 100 | Part XII. Safety and security | 34 | Safety and security | 124 181 700 | Subtotal, part XII | 124 181 700 | Part XIII. Development Account | 35 | Development Account | 14 199 400 | Subtotal, part XIII | 14 199 400 | Part XIV. Staff assessment | 36 | Staff assessment | 267 233 000 | Subtotal, part XIV | 267 233 000 | Total | 3 073 830 500

The Secretary-General shall be authorized to transfer credits between sections of the budget, with the concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

In addition to the appropriations approved under paragraph 1 above, an amount of 75,000 dollars is appropriated for 2020 from the accumulated income of the Library Endowment Fund for the purchase of books, periodicals, maps and library equipment and for such other expenses of the Library at the Palais des Nations in Geneva as are in accordance with the objects and provisions of the endowment.

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B

Resolves that, for 2020:

Estimates of income other than assessments on Member States totalling 295,590,700 United States dollars are approved as follows:

The income from staff assessment shall be credited to the Tax Equalization Fund in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955;

Direct expenses of the United Nations Postal Administration, services to visitors, the sale of statistical products, catering operations and related services, garage operations, television services and the sale of publications not provided for under the budget appropriations shall be charged against the income derived from those activities.

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C

Resolves that, for 2020:

Budget appropriations consisting of 3,073,830,500 United States dollars approved for 2020 by the General Assembly in paragraph 1 of resolution A above, plus 61,854,500 dollars, being the increase in appropriations for the biennium 2018–2019 approved by the Assembly in its resolutions 73/279 B of 15 April 2019 and 73/306 of 3 July 2019, shall be financed in accordance with regulations 3.1 and 3.2 of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations,¹ as follows:

¹ST/SGB/2013/4 and ST/SGB/2013/4/Amend.1.

25,884,300 dollars, consisting of 22,419,300 dollars for the estimated income other than staff assessment income approved for 2020 under resolution B above, plus 3,465,000 dollars, being the increase in income other than staff assessment income for the biennium 2018–2019 approved by the Assembly in its resolution 74/250 B of 27 December 2019;

25,192,422 dollars credited from the cancellation of prior-period obligations for the biennium 2016–2017;

3,084,608,300 dollars, being the assessment on Member States in accordance with Assembly resolution 73/271 of 22 December 2018 on the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations;

There shall be set off against the assessment on Member States, in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund in the total amount of 279,273,000 dollars, consisting of:

273,171,400 dollars, being the estimated staff assessment income approved for 2020 in paragraph 1 of resolution B above;

912,500 dollars, being the increase in income from staff assessment for the biennium 2018–2019 approved by the Assembly in its resolutions 73/279 B and 73/306;

5,189,100 dollars, being the increase in income from staff assessment for the biennium 2018–2019 approved by the Assembly in its resolution 74/250 B.

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