Improving the Financial Situation of the United Nations

A/RES/76/272View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 140Improving the financial situation of the United Nations, published in 2021.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1993–2022

2022A/RES/76/272Improving the financial situation of the United NationsLatestCompare with previous version
2019A/RES/73/307Improving the financial situation of the United NationsCompare with previous version
1994A/RES/48/220Improving the financial situation of the United NationsCompare with previous version
1993A/RES/47/215Improving the financial situation of the United Nations

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics

Administrative Reform Budget Contributions Financial Management Financial Resources Peacekeeping Operations

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2025.

2025A/79/734Improving the financial situation of the United Nations report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Urges all Member States to fulfil their financial obligations as set out in the Charter of the United Nations on time, in full and without conditions;

Notes the exceptional amount of unspent funds from the 2021 regular budget to be credited to Member States, and decides to use 100 million United States dollars of these unspent funds to increase, on an exceptional basis and without setting a precedent, the Working Capital Fund;

Requests the Secretary-General to review the credits in the Working Capital Fund and report to the General Assembly at its eightieth session;

Notes the surplus in closed international tribunals accounts and the possibility of using it as a last resort to cover temporary liquidity shortfalls of the regular budget, in full compliance with the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, also notes this is not an established mechanism, emphasizes that this practice cannot be sustainable, and requests the Secretary-General to provide a report on international tribunals surplus to be considered by the General Assembly at its eightieth session;

Welcomes the continued management of the cash resources of the active peacekeeping missions as a pool, notes the positive impact that it has had on the timeliness of settlement of payments to troop- and police-contributing countries, and requests the Secretary-General to continue this practice on a trial period for another five years;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly on the impact of the present resolution and any further measures to improve the financial situation of the United Nations at its eightieth session.

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