A/RES/75/254A-C GA

United Nations A/RES/75/254 A-C General Assembly Distr.: General 8 January 2021 21-00071 (E) 110121 *2100071* Seventy-fifth session Agenda item 141 Proposed programme budget for 2021 Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on 31 December 2020 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/75/682, para. 63)] 75/254. Programme budget for 2021 A Budget appropriations for 2021 The General Assembly Resolves that, for 2021: 1. Appropriations totalling 3,208,080,100 United States dollars are hereby approved for the following purposes: Section Amount (United States dollars) Part I. Overall policymaking, direction and coordination 1 Overall policymaking, direction and coordination 78 809 400 2 General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management 340 979 200 Subtotal, part I 419 788 600 Part II. Political affairs 3 Political affairs 792 787 700 4 Disarmament 12 859 200 5 Peacekeeping operations 55 113 300 6 Peaceful uses of outer space 4 493 600 Subtotal, part II 865 253 800 Part III. International justice and law 7 International Court of Justice 30 778 800 A/RES/75/254 A–C Programme budget for 2021 2/5 Section Amount (United States dollars) 8 Legal affairs 57 654 500 Subtotal, part III 88 433 300 Part IV. International cooperation for development 9 Economic and social affairs 83 857 300 10 Least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States 6 609 300 11 United Nations support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development 7 823 600 12 Trade and development 73 777 600 13 International Trade Centre 20 641 500 14 Environment 23 720 400 15 Human settlements 12 495 800 16 International drug control, crime and terrorism prevention and criminal justice 23 363 100 17 UN-Women 9 719 900 Subtotal, part IV 262 008 500 Part V. Regional cooperation for development 18 Economic and social development in Africa 78 703 600 19 Economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific 59 071 700 20 Economic development in Europe 36 248 500 21 Economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean 60 553 700 22 Economic and social development in Western Asia 54 559 400 23 Regular programme of technical cooperation 35 706 700 Subtotal, part V 324 843 600 Part VI. Human rights and humanitarian affairs 24 Human rights 129 916 500 25 International protection, durable solutions and assistance to refugees 43 181 800 26 Palestine refugees 33 520 900 27 Humanitarian assistance 18 166 600 Subtotal, part VI 224 785 800 Part VII. Global communications 28 Global communications 99 066 100 Subtotal, part VII 99 066 100 Part VIII. Common support services 29A Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance 54 456 400 29B Department of Operational Support 85 424 400 29C Office of Information and Communications Technology 51 518 700 29E Administration, Geneva 76 573 400 29F Administration, Vienna 19 833 500 Programme budget for 2021 A/RES/75/254 A–C 3/5 21-00071 Section Amount (United States dollars) 29G Administration, Nairobi 17 257 100 Subtotal, part VIII 305 063 500 Part IX. Internal oversight 30 Internal oversight 20 789 800 Subtotal, part IX 20 789 800 Part X. Jointly financed administrative activities and special expenses 31 Jointly financed administrative activities 6 676 800 32 Special expenses 80 302 500 Subtotal, part X 86 979 300 Part XI. Capital expenditures 33 Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance 84 308 800 Subtotal, part XI 84 308 800 Part XII. Safety and security 34 Safety and security 130 206 900 Subtotal, part XII 130 206 900 Part XIII. Development Account 35 Development Account 15 199 400 Subtotal, part XIII 15 199 400 Part XIV. Staff assessment 36 Staff assessment 281 352 700 Subtotal, part XIV 281 352 700 Total 3 208 080 100 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. In addition to the appropriations approved under paragraph 1 above, an amount of 75,000 dollars is appropriated for 2021 from the accumulated income of the Library Endowment Fund for the purchase of books, periodicals, maps and library equipment and for such other expenses of the Library at the Palais des Nations in Geneva as are in accordance with the objects and provisions of the endowment. 48th (resumed) plenary meeting 31 December 2020 B Income estimates for 2021 The General Assembly Resolves that, for 2021: A/RES/75/254 A–C Programme budget for 2021 4/5 1. Estimates of income other than assessments on Member States totalling 302,522,600 United States dollars are approved as follows: Income section Amount (United States dollars) 1. Income from staff assessment 283 437 900 2. General income 19 265 100 3. Services to the public (180 400) Total 302 522 600 2. The income from staff assessment shall be credited to the Tax Equalization Fund in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955; 3. Direct expenses of the United Nations Postal Administration, services to visitors, the sale of statistical products, catering operations and related services, garage operations, television services and the sale of publications not provided for under the budget appropriations shall be charged against the income derived from those activities. 48th (resumed) plenary meeting 31 December 2020 C Financing of appropriations for the year 2021 The General Assembly Resolves that, for 2021: 1. Budget appropriations totalling 3,208,080,100 United States dollars approved for 2021 by the General Assembly in paragraph 1 of resolution A above shall be financed in accordance with regulations 3.1 and 3.2 of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations,1 as follows: (a) 31,371,600 dollars, consisting of 19,084,700 dollars for the estimated income other than staff assessment income approved for 2021 under resolution B above, plus 12,286,900 dollars, being the increase in income other than staff assessment income for the biennium 2018–2019, as reported in volume I of the financial reports and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019;2 (b) 649,900 dollars credited from the unencumbered balance of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in the year 2019, as approved in section XX of Assembly resolution 75/253 of 31 December 2020; (c) 3,176,058,600 dollars, representing the assessment on Member States in accordance with Assembly resolution 73/271 of 22 December 2018 on the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations; 2. There shall be set off against the assessment on Member States, in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund in the total amount of 283,499,500 dollars, consisting of: __________________ 1 ST/SGB/2013/4 and ST/SGB/2013/4/Amend.1. 2 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fifth Session, Supplement No. 5, vol. I (A/75/5 (Vol. I)). Programme budget for 2021 A/RES/75/254 A–C 5/5 21-00071 (a) 283,437,900 dollars, being the estimated staff assessment income approved for 2021 in paragraph 1 of resolution B above; (b) 61,600 dollars, being the increase in income from staff assessment for the biennium 2018–2019, as reported in volume I of the financial reports and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019.3 48th (resumed) plenary meeting 31 December 2020 __________________ 3 Ibid.

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