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Programme Budget for 2025 Resolutions

A/RES/79/259 A-CView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 139 Proposed programme budget for 2025, published in 2024.

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
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
2025
A/RES/80/244 A-C

Programme budget for 2026 resolutions

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2024
A/RES/79/259 A-C

Programme budget for 2025 resolutions

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2023
A/RES/78/254 A-C

Programme budget for 2024 resolutions

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2023
A/RES/77/264 A-C

Programme budget for 2023 resolutions

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2022
A/RES/76/247 A-C

Programme budget for 2022 resolutions

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What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects
AppropriationsIncome SourcesProgramme BudgetingResources Allocation

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

A

Resolves that, for 2025:
1
Appropriations totalling 3,717,379,600 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 | 98 203 000 | 2 | General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management | 400 800 700 | Subtotal, part I | 499 003 700 | Part II. Political affairs | 3 | Political affairs | 733 971 900 | 4 | Disarmament | 19 127 700 | 5 | Peacekeeping operations | 61 027 000 | 6 | Peaceful uses of outer space | 5 543 000 | Subtotal, part II | 819 669 600 | Part III. International justice and law | 7 | International Court of Justice | 34 661 600 | 8 | Legal affairs | 70 082 500 | Subtotal, part III | 104 744 100 | Part IV. International cooperation for development | 9 | Economic and social affairs | 106 596 500 | 10 | Least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States | 11 184 800 | 11 | United Nations system support for the African Union’s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want | 10 735 800 | 12 | Trade and development | 89 995 000 | 13 | International Trade Centre | 23 376 800 | 14 | Environment | 24 501 100 | 15 | Human settlements | 15 055 000 | 16 | International drug control, crime and terrorism prevention and criminal justice | 27 765 000 | 17 | UN-Women | 11 443 400 | Subtotal, part IV | 320 653 400 | Part V. Regional cooperation for development | 18 | Economic and social development in Africa | 94 922 900 | 19 | Economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific | 58 498 400 | 20 | Economic development in Europe | 40 951 800 | 21 | Economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean | 62 821 700 | 22 | Economic and social development in Western Asia | 51 152 200 | 23 | Regular programme of technical cooperation | 49 706 000 | Subtotal, part V | 358 053 000 | Part VI. Human rights and humanitarian affairs | 24 | Human rights | 258 004 600 | 25 | International protection, durable solutions and assistance to refugees | 50 466 900 | 26 | Palestine refugees | 84 315 400 | 27 | Humanitarian assistance | 20 278 500 | Subtotal, part VI | 413 065 400 | Part VII. Global communications | 28 | Global communications | 123 446 300 | Subtotal, part VII | 123 446 300 | Part VIII. Common support services | 29A | Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance | 68 358 900 | 29B | Department of Operational Support | 101 043 900 | 29C | Office of Information and Communications Technology | 55 389 600 | 29D | Administration, Nairobi | 23 512 300 | 29E | Administration, Geneva | 90 283 800 | 29F | Administration, Vienna | 22 314 600 | Subtotal, part VIII | 360 903 100 | Part IX. Internal oversight | 30 | Internal oversight | 26 342 800 | Subtotal, part IX | 26 342 800 | Part X. Jointly financed administrative activities and special expenses | 31 | Jointly financed administrative activities | 9 137 300 | 32 | Special expenses | 97 258 700 | Subtotal, part X | 106 396 000 | Part XI. Capital expenditures | 33 | Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance | 88 020 500 | Subtotal, part XI | 88 020 500 | Part XII. Safety and security | 34 | Safety and security | 150 739 400 | Subtotal, part XII | 150 739 400 | Part XIII. Development Account | 35 | Development Account | 19 011 900 | Subtotal, part XIII | 19 011 900 | Part XIV. Staff assessment | 36 | Staff assessment | 327 330 400 | Subtotal, part XIV | 327 330 400 | Total | 3 717 379 600
2
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;
3
In addition to the appropriations approved under paragraph 1 above, an amount of 75,000 dollars is appropriated for 2025 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.
55th (resumed) plenary meeting
24 December 2024

B

Resolves that, for 2025:
1
Estimates of income totalling 364,273,100 United States dollars are approved as follows:
Income section | Amount (United States dollars) | 1. Income from staff assessment | 329 472 000 | 2. General income | 34 090 300 | 3. Services to the public | 710 800 | Total | 364 273 100
2
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;
3
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.
55th (resumed) plenary meeting
24 December 2024

C

Resolves that, for 2025:
1
Budget appropriations totalling 3,743,352,400 United States dollars, consisting of 3,717,379,600 dollars approved for 2025 by the General Assembly in paragraph 1 of resolution A above, and 25,972,800 in additional appropriations for 2024, as approved by the Assembly in its resolutions 78/273 and 78/274 of 24 April 2024 and its decision 78/549 of 24 April 2024, 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.

a
34,801,100 dollars, representing the estimated income other than staff assessment income approved for 2025 under resolution B above;
b
88,824,100 dollars, as reflected in the financial performance report on the programme budget for 2023;2

2A/79/83.

c
5,200,000 dollars, representing the returnable income from cost recovery from the United Nations Support Mission in Libya;
d
3,614,527,200 dollars, representing the assessment to be apportioned among Member States, of which an amount of 3,589,527,200 dollars is to be apportioned in accordance with Assembly resolution 79/249 of 24 December 2024 on the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations. The remaining amount of 25,000,000 dollars is to be apportioned in accordance with the scale of assessments for peacekeeping operations of the United Nations for 2025, in line with the decision of the Assembly reflected in its resolution 78/257 of 22 December 2023, in which it decided that the assessment rates applicable to the regular budget are applied to half of the grant to the Peacebuilding Account, while the assessment rates applicable to the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations are applied to the other half;
2
In addition, there shall be added an amount totalling 139,500,000 dollars, relating to the following:
a
A commitment authority in the amount of 86,500,000 dollars for special political missions approved by the General Assembly in section VIII of its resolution 79/258 of 24 December 2024;
b
A commitment authority in the amount of 53,000,000 dollars to provide sufficient funding for the reinvigorated resident coordinator system approved by the Assembly in section XVIII of its resolution 79/258;
3
As a result, the total assessment amounts to 3,754,027,200 dollars;
4
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 totalling 329,472,000 dollars relating to the appropriations for 2025 and 1,300,000 dollars relating to the additional appropriations for 2024.
55th (resumed) plenary meeting
24 December 2024

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