A/RES/3199(XXVIII) GA

Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fifth Committee 129 tributions; sums so advanced shall be reimbursed as soon as receipts from contributions are available for the purpose; - (b) Such sums as may be necessary to finance com- mitments which may be duly authorized under the provisions of the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, in particular resolution 3196 (XXVIII) of 18 December 1973 relating to unforeseen and extra- ordinary expenses; the Secretary-General shall make provision in the budget estimates for reimbursing the Working Capital Fund; (c) Such sums as, together with net sums outstand- ing for the same purpose, do not exceed $150,000, to continue the revolving fund to finance miscellaneous self-liquidating purchases and activities; advances in excess of the total of $150,000 may be made with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Ad- ministrative and Budgetary Questions; (d) With the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, such sums as may be required to finance payments of advance insurance premiums where the period of in- surance extends beyond the end of the biennium in which payment is made; the Secretary-General shall make provision in the budget estimates of each bien- nium, during the life of the related policies, to cover the charges applicable to each biennium; (e) Such sums as may be necessary to enable the Tax Equalization Fund to meet current commitments pending the accumulation of credits; such advances shall be repaid as soon as credits are available in the Tax Equalization Fund; 6. Should the provision in paragraph 1 above prove inadequate to meet the purposes normally related to the Working Capital Fund, the Secretary-General is authorized to utilize, in the biennium 197 4-197 5, cash from special funds and accounts in his custody, under the conditions approved in General Assembly resolu- tion 1341 (XIII) of 13 December 1958, or the pro- ceeds of loans authorized by the Assembly. 2206th plenary meeting 18 December 1973 3198 (XXVIII), Standards of accommodation for official travel of United Nations staff The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3048 (XXVII) of 19 De- cember 1972, Mindful of the current financial situation of the United Nations, Bearing in mind the need to institute administrative economies where possible as a means of providing the maximum volume of funds for programmes, especially those designed to assist the developing countries, Having considered the report of the Joint Inspection Unit of July 197229 and the report of the Secretary- General thereon30 providing information on the use of travel funds in the United Nations, 1. Decides that payment by the United Nations of travel expenses of staff members shall be limited to the cost of economy olass accommodation by air or }lS 29 Transmitted by a note of the Secretary-General (A/8900). so A/C.5/1554, equivalent by recognized public transportation via the shortest and most direct route, except for the Secretary- General, Under-Secretaries-General and Assistant Secre- taries-General, provided that, when special circum- stances warrant, the Secretary-General may, at his discretion, allow first-class travel; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to report an- nually to the Genera] Assembly on the implementation of the present resolution. 2206th plenary meeting 18 December 1973 3199 (XXVIII). Formulation, review and approval of programmes and budgets The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3043 (XXVII) of 19 De- cember 1972 in which it approved on an experimental basis the new form of presentation of the United Na- tions budget and a biennial budget cycle, Having considered the Secretary-General's proposed programme budget for the biennium 1974-197531 and the medium-term plan for the period 197 4-1 977, 32 Taking into account the views expressed by the Com- mittee for Programme and Co-ordination in its report on its fourteenth session,3:i Taking note of Economic and Social Council reso- lution 1801 (LV) of 7 August 1973 and the comments and proposals in chapter XXV, section A, of the report of the Council on the work of its fifty-fourth and fifty- fifth ,cssions,''~ Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1768 (LIV) of 18 May 1973 and bearing in mind the consideration being given by the Council to the ration- alization of its methods, work and structure, and re- calling also General Assembly resolution 3172 (XXVIII) of 17 December 1973 concerning the hold- ing of a special session of the Assembly devoted to development and international economic co-operation, Taking note also of the views of the Advisory Com- mittee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions as contained in its first reporf15 on the proposed pro- gramme budget for the biennium 1974-1975, in par- ticular that the existing machinery of intergovernmental and expert organs concerned with formulating, review- ing and approving programmes and budgets should be reappraised, Considering that the budget format initiated for 1974-1975 was designed primarily to permit the ana- lytical and integrated appraisal of the cost, content, significance and priority of each programme, Recalling its resolution 2748 (XXV) of 17 Decem- ber I 970 on harmonization and growth of programmes and budgets in the United Nations system, 1, Requests the Secretary-General to implement the programme of work contained in the 1974-1975 pro- gramme budget and to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session on any impediments he may 31 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 6 (A/9006 and Corr, I). 32 Ibid., Supplement No, 6A (A/9006/Add.l and Corr.I). 33 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Fifty-fifth Session, S11['p/c111cnt No, 12 ( F/~~64), 34 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/9003 and Corr.I). Ba Ibid., Supplement No. 8 (A/9008 and Corr.1), paras. 9-22. 130 General Assembly-Twenty-eighth Session foresee in completing the programmed work during the biennium within the approved level of resources; and further harmonize United Nations activities in all areas, including the implementation of the Interna- tional Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade,36 so as to ensure that the efforts of the system will produce maximum re- sults; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to inform the Economic and Social Council of any changes which might be required in the objectives of programmes and programme components within the approved pro- gramme budget for 1974-1975 in the economic, social and human rights fields; 3. Requests the Secretary-General in preparing the medium-term plan for 1976-1979 and proposed pro- gramme budgets for that period to continue to evaluate the effectiveness of programmes, redeploying resources where necessary, and to ensure that there is a meaning- ful element of real growth in important programmes; 4. Requests the Economic and Social Council to indicate clearly the order of priorities in the economic, social and human rights fields to be reflected by the Secretary-General in his medium-term plan for 197 6- 1979 and proposed programme budget for 1976-1977; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to put special emphasis in the future on the preparation of the me- dium-term plan, which should provide the framework for the biennial programme budget, and to ensure that the plan is presented by programme rather than by organizational unit so as to give a clear and integrated picture of each programme; 6. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the various organizations of the United Nations system, within their fields of competence, to intensify * 7. Requests the Secretary-General, in preparing the programme budget for 1976-1977, to take into account the views of the Fifth Committee and other competent organs on ways and means to improve the form, con- tent and structure of the programme budget and, in particular: (a) To ensure programme co-ordination among major organizational units; (b) To provide information on the allocation of in- direct costs of programmes to which they relate; (c) To provide information on extra-budgetary re- sources by source of funds; (d) To give relative weight in terms of percentages of each programme and programme component in re- lation to the other; 8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-ninth session an item entitled "Review of the intergovernmental and expert machinery dealing with the formulation, review and approval of programmes and budgets". 36 Resolution 2626 (XXV). 2206th plenary meeting 18 December 1973 * * Other decisions Report of the Economic and Social Council (Item 12) At its 2206th plenary meeting, on 18 December 1973, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, 37 took note of the relevant parts of the report of the Economic and Social Council, 38 as set out in the note by the Secretary-General. 39 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Item 48) At its 2192nd plenary meeting, on 6 December 1973, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee: 40 (a) Decided to request the Secretary-General to prepare a report on the question of the separate preparation and submission of the programme and budget of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the question of administrative autonomy for that organization as covered, respectively, in para- graphs 1 and 3 of decision II (VII) of 14 May 1973 of the Industrial Develop- ment Board,41 and to submit that report to the General Assembly at its twenty- ninth session; ( b) Endorsed the observations contained in paragraph 7 of the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1974-197 5. 42 • 37 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Annexes, agenda item 12, document A/9454, para. 5. 38 Ibid., Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/9003 and Corr.I). 39 A/C.5/1552. • 40 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Annexes, agenda item 48, document A/9385, para. 11. 41 /bid., Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/9016), annex JI. ,2 Ibid., Supplement No. SA (A/9008/Add.l-34), document A/9008/Add.19.

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