Programme Budget for 2021 Resolutions

A/RES/75/254 A-CView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 141 Proposed programme budget for 2021, published in 2021.

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?

16 operative paragraphs

A

Resolves that, for 2021:

Appropriations totalling 3,208,080,100 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 | 78 809 400 | 2 | General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management | 340 979 200 | Subtotal, part I | 419 788 600 | Part II. Political affairs | 3 | Political affairs | 792 787 700 | 4 | Disarmament | 12 859 200 | 5 | Peacekeeping operations | 55 113 300 | 6 | Peaceful uses of outer space | 4 493 600 | Subtotal, part II | 865 253 800 | Part III. International justice and law | 7 | International Court of Justice | 30 778 800 | 8 | Legal affairs | 57 654 500 | Subtotal, part III | 88 433 300 | Part IV. International cooperation for development | 9 | Economic and social affairs | 83 857 300 | 10 | Least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States | 6 609 300 | 11 | United Nations support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development | 7 823 600 | 12 | Trade and development | 73 777 600 | 13 | International Trade Centre | 20 641 500 | 14 | Environment | 23 720 400 | 15 | Human settlements | 12 495 800 | 16 | International drug control, crime and terrorism prevention and criminal justice | 23 363 100 | 17 | UN-Women | 9 719 900 | Subtotal, part IV | 262 008 500 | Part V. Regional cooperation for development | 18 | Economic and social development in Africa | 78 703 600 | 19 | Economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific | 59 071 700 | 20 | Economic development in Europe | 36 248 500 | 21 | Economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean | 60 553 700 | 22 | Economic and social development in Western Asia | 54 559 400 | 23 | Regular programme of technical cooperation | 35 706 700 | Subtotal, part V | 324 843 600 | Part VI. Human rights and humanitarian affairs | 24 | Human rights | 129 916 500 | 25 | International protection, durable solutions and assistance to refugees | 43 181 800 | 26 | Palestine refugees | 33 520 900 | 27 | Humanitarian assistance | 18 166 600 | Subtotal, part VI | 224 785 800 | Part VII. Global communications | 28 | Global communications | 99 066 100 | Subtotal, part VII | 99 066 100 | Part VIII. Common support services | 29A | Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance | 54 456 400 | 29B | Department of Operational Support | 85 424 400 | 29C | Office of Information and Communications Technology | 51 518 700 | 29E | Administration, Geneva | 76 573 400 | 29F | Administration, Vienna | 19 833 500 | 29G | Administration, Nairobi | 17 257 100 | Subtotal, part VIII | 305 063 500 | Part IX. Internal oversight | 30 | Internal oversight | 20 789 800 | Subtotal, part IX | 20 789 800 | Part X. Jointly financed administrative activities and special expenses | 31 | Jointly financed administrative activities | 6 676 800 | 32 | Special expenses | 80 302 500 | Subtotal, part X | 86 979 300 | Part XI. Capital expenditures | 33 | Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance | 84 308 800 | Subtotal, part XI | 84 308 800 | Part XII. Safety and security | 34 | Safety and security | 130 206 900 | Subtotal, part XII | 130 206 900 | Part XIII. Development Account | 35 | Development Account | 15 199 400 | Subtotal, part XIII | 15 199 400 | Part XIV. Staff assessment | 36 | Staff assessment | 281 352 700 | Subtotal, part XIV | 281 352 700 | Total | 3 208 080 100

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 2021 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.

48th (resumed) plenary meeting

31 December 2020

B

Resolves that, for 2021:

Estimates of income other than assessments on Member States totalling 302,522,600 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.

48th (resumed) plenary meeting

31 December 2020

C

Resolves that, for 2021:

Budget appropriations totalling 3,208,080,100 United States dollars approved for 2021 by the General Assembly in paragraph 1 of resolution A above 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.

31,371,600 dollars, consisting of 19,084,700 dollars for the estimated income other than staff assessment income approved for 2021 under resolution B above, plus 12,286,900 dollars, being the increase in income other than staff assessment income for the biennium 2018–2019, as reported in volume I of the financial reports and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019;²

²See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fifth Session, Supplement No. 5, vol. I (A/75/5 (Vol. I)).

649,900 dollars credited from the unencumbered balance of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in the year 2019, as approved in section XX of Assembly resolution 75/253 of 31 December 2020;

3,176,058,600 dollars, representing 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 283,499,500 dollars, consisting of:

283,437,900 dollars, being the estimated staff assessment income approved for 2021 in paragraph 1 of resolution B above;

61,600 dollars, being the increase in income from staff assessment for the biennium 2018–2019, as reported in volume I of the financial reports and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019.³

³Ibid.

48th (resumed) plenary meeting

31 December 2020

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