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256 General Assembly-Thirty-seventh Session Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi and the headquarters of regional commissions112 and the related report of the Advisory Com- mittee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 113 2. Adopts, on an interim basis, the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee in its report; 3. Decides to consider fully the question of the con- tractual status of language teachers at its thirty-eighth ses- sion on the basis of an updated report to be submitted by the Secretary-General. 114th plenary meeting 21 December l 982 37/238. Review of the financing of the administrative costs of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the review of the financing of the administrative costs of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 114 and the related report of the Advisory Com- mittee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 115 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 2. Endorses the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions that decisions on the proposals of the Secretary-General concerning the trans- fer of .posts should be taken on a case-by-case basis in the context of his proposed programme budgets for the 1984- 1985 and subsequent bienniums; 3. Concurs in the other comments and observations of the Advisory Committee in its report. 114th plenary meeting 21 December l 982 37/239. Report of the Committee of Governmental Ex- perts to Evaluate the Present Structure of the Secretariat in the Administrative, Finance and Personnel Areas The General Assembly 1. Takes note with appreciation of the final report of the Committee of Governmental Experts to Evaluate the Present Structure of the Secretariat in the Administrative, Finance and Personnel Areas;116 2. Commends the report of the Committee to the Sec- retary-General; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to take into account the suggestions highlighted in paragraph 39 of the report of the Committee, as well as the related views of the Fifth Committee thereon, in his consideration of the administra- tive structure of the Secretariat and his present review on decentralizing the decision-making in administrative matters referred to in paragraph 25 and in annex I, paragraph 15, of the report; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Gen- eral Assembly, at its thirty-ninth session, within the context of the programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985, a 112 A/C.5/37/63. 113 Official Records of the General Assembly. Thirty-seventh Session. Supplement No. 7A (A/3711/Add. l-24). document A/3711/Add.24. 11• AJC.5/37/1 and Corr. l. 115 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 7A (A/3711/Add. 1-24), document A/3717/Add.3. 116 lbid., Supplement No. 44 (A/37/44). report on the major issues identified by the Committee, including changes in the administrative structure that he considers appropriate. 114th plenary meeting 21 December 1982 37/240. Travel and Subsistence Regulations of the In- ternational Court of Justice The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 85 (I) of 11 December 1946, Approves the revised Travel and Subsistence Regulations of the International Court of Justice as contained in the annex to the present resolution. ANNEX 114th plenary meeting 21 December 1982 Travel and Subsistence Regulations of the International Court of Justice Article I TRAVEL EXPENSES I. The United Nations shall pay, subject to the conditions of these regulations, the travel expenses of the members of the International Court of Justice necessarily incurred on duly authorized journeys. The following shall be deemed to be duly authorized journeys: (a) For members of the Court and one close relative residing with them to attend sessions at the seat of the Court; (b) For members of the Court and one close relative residing with them to attend a session which is held at a place other than the seat of the Court; (c) In the case of the President of the Court, who by virtue of Article 22 of the Statute must reside at the seat of the Court: (i) At the time of his election to the Presidency, a journey from his home to the seat of the Court in connection with any transfer of residence; (ii) In the calendar year following that of his election to the Presidency, a return journey from the seat of the Court to his home at the time of that election; (iii) At the end of his term of office as President, a journey from the seat of the Court to his home at the time of his election to that office, or to any other place provided that the cost of the journey is no greater. Where the spouse and/or dependent children of the President reside with him at the seat of the Court, the United Nations shall reimburse their travel expenses for journeys undertaken in conjunction with (i), (ii) and (iii) above; (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) above, in the case of any member of the Court other than the President who takes up residence at the seat of the Court in compliance with Article 23 of its Statute, solely: (i) A journey from his home, at the time of appointment, to the seat of the Court, in connection with the transfer of his residence; (ii) A return journey every second calendar year after the year of appointment from the seat of the Court to his home at the time of appointment; (iii) A journey upon termination of appointment from the seat of the Court to his home at the time of appointment, or to any other place provided that the cost of the journey is not greater than the cost of the journey to his home at the time of appointment. Where the spouse and/or dependent children of the member of the Court reside with him at the seat of the Court, the United Nations shall reimburse the travel expenses for journeys undertaken in conjunction with (i). (ii) and (iii) of the present subparagraph; (iv) Any journey within the meaning of subparagraph (b) above; (e) Journeys of any ad hoe judge chosen under Article 31 of the Statute of the Court and one close relative residing with him, in accordance with

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