A/RES/1731(XVI) GA

54 General .A.!sembly-Sixteenth Session bursary and scholarship system of the School with a view to reducing to a minimum the deficit in operational expenses; 5. Decides to contribute $50,000 to the School to- wards liquidating the operational deficit anticipated for the current school year; 6. Authorizes the Secretary-General to continue to make available the balance of the 1961 grant of $20,000 authorized for the purpose of forwarding plans for the permanent accommodation of the School or, with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Ad- ministrative and Budgetary Questions, for the purpose set out in paragraph 5 above. 1086th plenary meeting, 20 December 1961. 1728 (XVI). Confirmation of the appointments made hy the Secretary-General to fill vacan• cies in the membership of the Investments Committee The General Assembly 1. Con firms the appointment by the Secretary-Gen- eral of Mr. William Fiske Frazier, Mr. R. McAllister Lloyd and Mr. David Rockefeller as members of the Investments Committee for a period beginning on the date of the present resolution and ending on 31 Decem- ber 1964; 2. Further confirms the appointment by the Secre- tary-General of Mr. Roger de Candolle as a member of the Investments Committee for a three-year term to begin on 1 January 1962. 1086th plenary meeting, 20 December 1961. 1729 (XVI). Report of the Negotiating Committee for Extra-Budgetary Funds The General Assembly, Having cons.idered the report of the Negotiating Com- mittee for Extra-Budgetary Funds,28 I. Decides that an ad -11,oc Committee of the whole Assembly, under the chairmanship of the President of the session, shall be convened as soon as practicable after the opening of each regular session of the Gen- eral Assembly for the purpose of announcing pledges of voluntary contributions to the refugee programmes for the following year ; 2. Decides to invite States members of the special- ized agencies, which are not also Members of the United Nations, to attend the meetings of the ad hoe Committee for the purpose of announcing their pledges to the refugee programmes ; 3. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the executive heads of the extra-budgetary pro- grammes: (a) To fix each year appropriate dates for the meet- ings of the ad hoe Committee and the Pledging Confer- ence for the Special Fund and the Expanded Pro- gramme of Technical 'Assistance convened in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1091 A (XI) of 27 February 1957, and to notify the members of these dates in good time; 18 Ibid., agenda item 60, document A/5031. ( b) To bring each year to the attention of the mem- bers the requirements of the extra-budgetary pro- grammes for the following year and to seek their support for these programmes. 1086th plenary meeting, 20 December 1961. 1730 (XVI). Amendment to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations The General Asscmbl:y, ff aving considered the reports of the Secretary-Gen- eral29 and of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions30 concerning the education grant, Decides that, with effect from 1 January 1962, regula- tion 3.2 of the Staff Regulations of the United Nations shall be amended by substituting the following text for the second sentence of the first paragraph: "The maximum amount of the grant shall be $600 per scholastic year for each child." 1086th plenary meeting, 20 December 1961. 1731 (XVI). Administrative and budgetary proce- dures of the United Nations The General Assembly, Recognizing its need for authoritative legal guidance as to obligations of Member States under the Charter of the United Nations in the matter of financing the United Nations operations in the Congo and in the Middle East, I. Decides to submit the following question to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion: "Do the expenditures authorized in General Assem- bly resolutions 1583 (XV) and 1590 (XV) of 20 December 1960, 1595 (XV) of 3 April 1961, 1619 (XV) of 21 April 1961 and 1633 (XVI) of 30 October 1961 relating to the United Nations opera- tions in the Congo undertaken in pursuance of the Security Council resolutions of 14 July,31 22 July82 and 9 August 196033 and 21 February34 and 24 No- vember 1961,35 and General Assembly resolutions 1474 (ES-IV) of 20 September 1960 and 1599 (XV), 1600 (XV) and 1601 (XV) of 15 April 1961, and the expenditures authorized in General Assembly resolutions 1122 (XI) of 26 November 1956, 1089 (XI) of 21 December 1956, 1090 (XI) of 27 Feb- ruary 1957, 1151 (XII) of 22 November 1957, 1204 (XII) of 13 December 1957, 1337 (XIII) of 13 December 1958, 1441 (XIV) of 5 December 1959 and 1575 (XV) of 20 December 1960 relating to the operations of the United Nations Emergency Force undertaken in pursu'ance of General Assembly resolu- tions 997 (ES-I) of 2 November 1956, 998 (ES-I) .. Ibid., agenda item 64, document A/C.5/883. 80 Ibid., document A/4955. "'Official Records of the Security Council, Fifteenth Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1960, document S/4387 . .. Ibid., document S/4405. 18 Ibid., document S/4426. "'Ibid., Sixteenth Year, Supplement for January, February and March 1961, document S/4741. 86 Ibid., Supplement for October, November and December 1961, document S/5002. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fifth Committee i5 and 999 (ES-I) of 4 November 1956, 1000 (ES-I) of 5 November 1956, 1001 (ES-I) of 7 November 1956, 1121 (XI) of 24 November 1956 and 1263 (XIII) of 14 November 1958, constitute 'expenses of the Organization' within the meaning of Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations?"; 2. Requests the Secretary-General, in accordance with Article 65 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, to transmit the present resolution to the Court accompanied by all documents likely to throw light upon the question. 1086th plenary meeting, 20 December 1961. 1732 (XVI). United Nations operations in the Congo: cost estimates and financing The General Assembly, Recalling the Security Council resolutions of 14 July 1960,31 22 July 1960,3~ 9 August 1960,33 21 February 196!34 and 24 November 1961,35 and General Assembly resolutions 1474 (ES-IV) of 20 September 1960, 1599 (XV), 1600 (XV) and 1601 (XV) of 15 April 1961, 1619 (XV) of 21 April 1961 and 1633 (XVI) of 30 October 1961, H a·ving considered the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral on the estimated cost of United Nations operations in the Congo in 196236 and the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions thereon,87 Bearing in mind that the extraordinary expenses for the United Nations operations in the Congo are essen- tially different in nature from the expenses of the Or- ganization under the regular budget and that, therefore, a procedure different from that applied in the case of the regular budget is required for meeting these extra- ordinary expenses, Bearing in mind that the permanent members of the Security Council have a special responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security and, therefore, for contributing to the financing of peace and security operations, 1. Decides to continue the ad hoe account for the expenses of the United Nations operations in the Congo; 2. Authorizes the Secretary-General to expend, dur- ing 1962, at an average monthly rate not to exceed $10 million for the continuing cost of the United Nations operations in the Congo ; 3. Decides to appropriate an amount of $80 million for the operations of the United Nations in the Congo for the period 1 November 1961 to 30 June 1962; 4. Decides to apportion as expenses of.the Organiza- tion the amount of $80 million among the Member States in accordance with the scale of assessment for the regular budget,38 subject to the provisions of para- graph 5 below, pending the establishment of a different scale of assessment to defray the extraordinary expenses of the Organization resulting from these operations ; 5. Decides to reduce: "'Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 55, document A/C.5/904. ., Ibid., document A/5019. 18 See resolution 1691 (XVI) of 18 December 1961. (a) By 80 per cent the assessment of Member States whose contributions to the regular budget range from 0.04 per cent to 0.25 per cent inclusive; (b) By 80 per cent the assessment of Member States receiving assistance during 1961 under the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, whose contribu- tions to the regular budget range from 0.26 per cent to 1.25 per cent inclusive; ( c) By 50 per cent the assessment of Member States receiving assistance during 1961 under the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, whose contribu- tions to the regular budget are 1.26 per cent and above; 6. Urges the permanent members of the Security Council to make sizable additional contributions; 7. Appeals to all Member States which are in a position to assist to make voluntary contributions to help defray the costs of the United Nations operations in the Congo ; 8. Calls upon the Government of Belgium, a State directly concerned with the situation in the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville), to make a substantial contribution; 9. Decides to apply the additional contributions of Member States under paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 above to offset the deficit resulting from the implementation of the provisions of paragraph 5. 1086th plenary meeting, 20 December 1961. 1733 (XVI). United Nations Emergency Force: cost estimates for the maintenance of the Force The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 1089 ( XI) of 21 December 1956, 1151 (XII) of 22 November 1957, 1337 (XIII) of 13 December 1958, 1441 (XIV) of 5 December 1959 and 1575 (XV) of 20 December 1960, Having examined the budget estimates for the Dnited Nations Emergency Force submitted by the Secretary- General for the year 196239 and the observations and recommendations thereon of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions:0 1. Decides to continue the special account for the expenses of the United Nations Emergency Force; 2. Authorizes the Secretary-General to expend, dur- ing 1962, at an average monthly rate not to exceed $1,625,000 for the continuing cost of the United Nations Emergency Force; 3. Decides to appropriate an amount of $9.75 million for the operations of the United Nations Emergency Force for the period 1 January to 30 June 1962; 4. Decides to apportion the amount of $9.75 million among all States Members of the United Nations in accordance with the regular scale of assessments for 1962,38 subject to the provisions of paragraph 6 below; 5. Appeals to all Member States which are in a position to assist to make voluntary contributions to help defray the costs of the United Nations Emergency Force; • Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 26, document A/4784. '° Ibid., document A/4812.

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