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280 General Assembly-Fortieth Session observations and comments made by the Board of Audit- ors in its reports and to report thereon to the Board; 7. Renews its invitation to the goveming bodies of the organizations concemed to consider each year at their reg- ular sessions the remedia! action taken by the respective executive heads in response to the observations and com- ments made by the Board of Auditors in its reports; 8. Further requests the Board of Auditors to include in its annual reports comments on the measures taken to comply with its previous recommendations. 121 st plenary meeting 18 December 1985 40/239. Programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985 A FINAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE BIENNllJM 1984-1985 The General Assembly Resolves that for the biennium l 984-1985: l. The amount of$1,611,551,200 appropriated by its resolution 39/237 A of 18 December 1984 shall be decreased by $2,597,200 as follows: Section PART l. Overa/[ policy-making, direction and co- ordination l. Overall policy-making, direction and co-ordination TOTAL, PART J PART II. Political and Security Council affairs: peace-keeping actívities 2A. Political and Security Council affairs; peace-keeping activities ...................................... . 2B. Department for Disarmament Affairs ............ . TOTAL, PART 11 PART III. Political a.ffairs, trusteeship and decoloni- zation 3. Political affairs, trusteeship and decolonization .... TOTAL, PART llI PART IV. Economic, social and humanitarian activ- ities 4. ~?licy-making organs (economic and social activ- 1t1es) .......................................... . 5A. Office of the Director-General for Development and Intemational Economic Co-operation ............ . 5B. Centre for Science and Technology for Development 5C. Regional Commissions Liaison Office ............ . 6. Department of lntemational Economic and Social Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . 7. Department ofTechnical Co-operation for Develop- ment ......................................... . 8. Office of Secretariat Services for Economic and Social Matters ................................ . 9. Transnational corporations .............. . I O. Economic Commission for Europe .............. . 11. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ........................................ . 12. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ..................................... . 13. Economic Commission for Africa ............... . 14. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia 15. United Nations Conference on Trade and Develop- ment ........................................ . 16. lntemational Trade Centre ..................... . 17. United Nations Industrial Development Organiza- tion .................................... . 18. United Nations Environment Programme . . . .... 19. United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat).... . .. 20. lntemational drug control .............. . A mount appmpr,ated hv resolutwn 391237 A 40 173 400 40 173 400 82 267 900 9 316 500 91 584 400 28 696 500 28 696 500 3 936 000 3 772 200 3 995 200 620 900 50 056 800 18 100 400 3 926 600 9 783 500 22 784 800 34 998 000 43 210 300 46 358 100 27 302 800 51577500 7 892 300 74 323 300 9 976 300 8 816 90\l 5451600 lncrease or (decrease) (US dol/ars) (1 706 600) (1 706 600) (1 045 900) (36 300) (1 082 200) (2 175 100) (2 175 100) (673 800) (225 900) 126 100 60 500 (399 700) 368 900 (32 200) (755 200) 712 300 (1 076 100) (2 267 800) (360 100) (373 000) (447 100) (251 700) 4 367 900 38 700 (391 100) 24 500 Final appropruuwn 38 466 800 38 466 800 81 222 000 9 280 200 90 502 200 26 521 400 26 521 400 3 262 200 3 546 300 4 121 300 681 400 49 657 100 18 469 300 3 894 400 9 028 300 23 497 100 33 921 900 40 942 500 45 998 000 26 929 800 51 130 400 7 640 600 78 691 200 10 015 000 8 425 800 5 476 100 VIII. Resolutions adopted on tbe reports of tbe Fiftb Committee 281 Section 21. Office ofthe United Nations High Commissioner far Refugees ...................................... . 22. Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co- ordinator .................................... . 23. Human rights ................................. . 24. Regular programme of technical co-operation ..... . TOTAL, PART IV PART V. International justice and /aw 25. International Court of Justice ................... . 26. Legal activities ................................ . 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. TOTAL, PART V PART VI. Public informa/ion Public information . . . . . . . . . . .................. . TOTAL, PART VI PART VII. Common support services Administration and management ................ . Conference and library services ................. . TOTAL, PART VII PART VIII. Special expenses United Nations bond issue ..................... . TOTAL, PART VIII PART IX. Staff assessment Staff assessment ................. . TOTAi, PART IX PART X. Capital expenditures Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance of premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . TOTAL, PART X PART XI. Specia/ grants Grant to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research .................................. . TOTAL, PART XI GRAND TOTAL 4mount approprtated bv resolution 391137 A 28 484 400 4 794 000 10 310 000 32 932 900 503 404 800 9 049 700 15 040 700 24 090 400 70 170 600 70 170 600 303 456 500 266 603 700 570 060 200 16 769 100 16 769 100 244 735 600 244 735 600 20 366 200 20 366 200 1 500 000 1 500 000 1 611 551 200 lncrease or (dtxrease) (US dol/ars) 596 900 382 800 934 800 (504 200) (144 500) 940 200 (1 903 700) (963 500) (990 700) (990 700) 8 531 600 (2 624 400) 5 907 200 (143 000) (143 000) (527 800) (527 800) (171 000) (171 000) (600 000) (600 000) (2 597 200) flna/ appropnalwn 29 081 300 5 176 800 11 244 800 32 428 700 503 260 300 9 989 900 13 137 000 23 126 900 69 179 900 69 179 900 311 988 100 263 979 300 575 967 400 16 626 100 16 626 100 244 207 800 244 207 800 20 195 200 20 195 200 900 000 900 000 1 608 954 000 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. The total net provision made under the various sections of the budget for contractual printing shall be adminis- tered as a unit under the direction of the United Nations Publications Board; 4. The appropriations for the regular programme of technical co-operation under section 24, part IV, shall be administered in accordance with the Financia! Regulations ofthe United Nations, except that the definition of obligations and the period of validity of obligations shall be subject to the following procedures: (a) Obligations for personal services established in the current biennium shall be valid for the succeeding biennium, provided that appointments of the experts concerned are effected by the end of the current biennium and that the total period to be covered by obligations established for these purposes against the resources of the current biennium shall not exceed twenty-four work-months; (b) Obligations established in the current biennium for fellowships shall remain valid until liquidated, provided that the fellow has been nominated by the requesting Government and accepted by the Organization and that a formal letter of award has been issued to the requesting Governments; (e) Obligations in respect of contracts or purchase orders for supplies or equipment recorded in the current bien- nium will remain valid until payment is effected to the contractor or vendor, unless they are cancelled; 5. In addition to the appropriations voted under paragraph 1 above, an amount of$19,000 is appropriated for each year of the biennium 1984-1985 from the accumulated income of the Library Endowment Fund for the purchase of books, periodicals, maps and library equipment and for such other expenses ofthe Library at the Palais des Nations as are in accordance with the objects and provisions of the endowment; 6. If savings are realized in the liquidation of obligations for the biennium 1984-1985, such savings up to $3,100,000 and any savings arising out of the appropriation of $1,950,700 for the General Service classification exercise shall be surrendered as ifregulations 4.3, 4.4 and 5.2 (d) ofthe Financia) Regulations ofthe United Nations had not been suspended. J 2 J st p/enary meeting 18 December 1985 282 General Assembly- l<'ortieth Session 8 FINAL !NCOME ESTIMATES FOR THE BIENNIUM i984-l<J85 Th<' General Assemb!y Resolves that f1,r the biennium 1984-1985: 1. The estirnates ofincome other than assessments on Member States in the amount of$54,542,8OO approvcd by its resolution 39/237 B of 18 Decembcr 1984 shall be decreased by $7,093,600 as follows: 47'~u,:~:fuffg~"'d ln(:reu.se or final approwd 391237 B (decrease! nllmates .... -·-· -------·------··- ·----- J ncome section (US dollars) PART l. I neo me from stajf" assessment l. lncomc from staff asscssment .. " ........... 246 896 300 931 700 247 828 000 TOTAL, PART I 246 896 300 931 700 247 828 000 ------ PART II. Other incomc 2. General income .. . . . . . . ........ 35 617 800 633 000 36 250 800 3. Revenuc-producing activ itics . ........ 18 925 000 (8 658 300) 10 266 700 TOTAL, PART 11 54 542 800 (8 025 300) 46 517 500 GRANO TOTAL 301 439 100 (7 093 600) 294 345 500 2. The income from staff assessment shall be credited to the Tax Equalization Fund in accordance with the provi- sions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955; 3. Direct expenses of the United Nations Postal Administration, services to visitors, catering and related services, garage operations, television services and the sale ofpublications, not provided for under the budget appropriations, shall be charged against the income derived from those activitics. 40/240. Programme planning The General Assemb!y, Recalling its resolutions 321197 of 20 December 1977, 33/ l l 8 of 19 Deccmber 1978, 34/224 of 20 December 1979, 35/9 of 3 November 1980, 36/228 of 18 December 1981, 37/234 of21 December 1982, 38/227 of2O Decem- ber 1983 and 39/238 of 18 fl"ccmber 1984, Having considered the report ofthe Committee for Pro- gramme and Co-ordination on the work of its twenty-fifth session 14 and the first report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgctary Questions on the pro- posed ¡ gramme budget for the b ., ,inium 1986-1987, 15 Having considered c1iso the prop,., ,.d programme budget for the biennium ;9s6-19<17, 1h Having consideredfurther chapter VI, sections C and D, of the report of the Economic and Social Council, 17 Noting a/so the intensive discussion in the Fifth Com- mittee of the General Assembly on programme planning, 1. Approves those conclusions and recommendations made by the Committee for Programme and Co-ordina- tion at its twenty-fifth session 18 not otherwise decided upon in the context of the consideration by the General Assembly ofthe proposed programme budget for the bien- nium 1986-1987, nor dealt with by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1985/78; 2. Endorses Economic and Social Council resolutions 1985/76, 1985/77 and 1985/78 of 26 July 1985; 3. Takes note with satisfaction of the qualitative improvements in the presentation of the programme aspects of the proposed programme budget for the bien- nium 1986-1987, 16 in particular the expansion of pro- 14 /bid .. Forzwh Session, Suppl,•ment No. 311 (A/40/38 and Corr. l ); and Al 40/38/Add. l. 15 fbid., Supplement No. 7 (A140'71 16 /bid .. Supp/ement No. 6 ( 1\ 40 16) 121 st p/enary meeting 18 Decemher 1985 grammatic coverage and further refinements in the output citations; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to improve the analytical procedure leading to a more transparent presentation of ali sections of the pro- gramme budget; 5. Reiterates the irnportance of the programme plan- ning and budgeting cycle and, in that context, the necessity of reinforcing the monitoring and evaluation capacity of the United Nations so as to provide Member States with a basis for more informed decision-making; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-first session, through the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination at its twenty-sixth session, a report on the further experience gained in the implementation of General Assembly resolu- tion 38/227 A, section 11, paragraph 7; 7. Decides that the relevant conclusions ano recom- mendations of the Committee for Programme and Co- ordination, as well as the related portions of its report, should be brought to the attention of its Main Committees for information; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to issue the regula- tions and rules goveming programme planning, the pro- gramme aspects of the budget, the monitoring of imple- mentation and the methods of evaluation in the same format as the Financia! Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, and to annex to the regulations and rules the text of the resolutions and decisions on programme planning adopted by the General Assembly at its thirty- seventh, thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth sessions; 17 lhid .. Supp/ement No. 3 (N40/31Rev. l). 18 Jh1d., Supp/ement No. 38 (Al401:18 and Corr. l ). rhap. IX.

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