A/RES/1590(XV) GA

Ret1olution~ adopted on the reports of the Fifth Committee 67 U.S. dollars ( c) While attending meetings at other places, a rate to be fixed by the Secretary-General and not to exceed the equivalent in local currency of 23 2. Decides to maintain the subsistence allowance of $10 per day of attendance payable to eligible members whose duty station is also the place of the meeting, as well as the allowance of $8 a day payable during periods of travel aboard vessels, trains and aircraft; 3. Authorizes the Secretary-General to establish such administrative rules and procedures as are necessary for the implementation of the present resolution. 960th plenary meetinr1, 20 December 1960. 1589 (XV). Transfer of the headquarters of the World Health Organization: amount to he reimbursed by the United Nations The General Assembly, Noting the decision of the Twelfth World Health Assembly to construct a new headquarters building for the World Health Organization, Noting that the cost of enlarging the Palais des Nations in 1950, for the purpose of housing the head- quarters of the World Health Organization, was de- frayed by that organization, with the assistance of a grant from the Swiss Confederation, l. Decides to reimburse to the World Health Organi- ~ation the sum of 4,425,763 Swiss francs ($1,019,761) m respect of that organization's investment in the Palais des Nations ; 2. Authorizes the Secretary-General, for this pur- pose, to include in the United Nations budget for each of the years 1962, 1963 and 1964 an annual instalment of $340,000. 960th plenary meeting, 20 December 1960. 1590 (XV). United Nations operatiom1 in the Congo The General Assembly, Noting that its resolution l 583 (XV) of 20 Decem her 1960 provides for the financing of the United Nations operations in the Congo for the period from 14 July to 31 December 1960 in an amount of $48.5 million and establishes an ad hoe account for that purpose, . Havi-;1g been informed by the Secretary-General that, if continued at their present level into 196 I, such operations may be expected to involve expenditures of upwards of $8 million a month,46 I. Decides that, at its resumed fifteenth session it shall give urgent consideration to the financing of s~ch costs as may be incurred in 1961 in respect of the United Nations operations in the Congo: 2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit cost estimates for the operations in question as earlv as possible and not later than l March 1961 ; · -M Ibid., document A/C.5/856. 3. Authorizes the Secretary-General, pending action by the General Assembly at its resumed fifteenth session and with the observance of the maximum possible economy in expenditures, to incur commitments in 1961 for the United Nations operations in the Congo up to the total of $24 mi lion for the period from l January to 31 March 1961. 960th plenary m<'rfinf/, 20 Dacmbrr 1960. 1591 (XV). United Nations International School The General Assembly, H crving considered the report of the Secretary-General together with the report of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations International School17 and the thirty- first report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to the General Assembly at its fifteenth session,48 Noting that, despite its continuing physical handicaps, the School appears to have made substantial educational progress and to have contributed to the stability of the staff of United Nations Headquarters, · Noting also that the goal of finding permanent accom- modation for the School has not yet been attained, Recalling its resolutiori 1439 (XIV) of 5 December 1959 in which the General Assembly decided to con- tribute to the International School Fund for a period of five years such continuing financial assistance as the Assembly might consider necessary, l. Expresses its appraiation to the Mayor and the City of New York for their co-operation in extending the availability of the present temporary premises of the United Nations International School and in assisting in the search for a pennanent site at reasonable cost in the vicinity of United Nations Headquarters: 2. Requests the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts to assist the Board of Trustees in finding a suitable site for the School and in raising funds on a voluntary basis for the development of the permanent building and for the creation of an endowment fund which will make the School self-supporting at the earliest possible date; 3. Expresses the hope that the Board of Trustees and the School authorities will make every effort to avoid an operational deficit in the next school year, and in particular to expand their efforts to make the School available to a larger m.mber of children whose parents are associated with the United Nations without a proportionate increase in expenditures; 4. Dec-ides to contribute $60,000 to the International School Fund for 1961 for the purpose of liquidating the operational deficit anticipated for the current school year; 5. Decides to make available an additional amount of $20.000 for such expenses as may be required in 1%1 in respect of the plans for the permanent accom- modation of the School. 960th plenary meeting, 20 December 1960. 47 Ibid., agenda item 61, document A/4541. 48 /bid., document A/4624.

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