Future Operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

A/DEC/57/580View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the General Assembly, published in 2003.

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Appointment of Officials Contingency Funds Gender Equality Professional Staff Report Preparation Salaries and Allowances Training and Research Institutions Women's Advancement

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At its 78th plenary meeting, on 20 December 2002, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee,130 having considered the statement submitted by the Secretary-General169 on the programme budget implications of draft resolution A/C.3/57/L.16/Rev.1 on the future operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions:170

(a) Noted that the adoption of the draft resolution would give rise to additional requirements of 500,000 United States dollars under section 9, Economic and social affairs, of the programme budget for the biennium 2002–2003,171 and also noted that, under the procedures established by the Assembly in its resolutions 41/213 of 19 December 1986 and 42/211 of 21 December 1987, this provision would represent a charge against the contingency fund;

(b) Approved, in the context of the consolidated statement of programme budget implications, a charge in the amount of 250,000 dollars against the contingency fund to finance core activities of the Institute, defined as the salaries and common staff costs of the four Professional posts currently in the staffing table;

(c) Decided that an amount of 250,000 dollars would be set aside in the contingency fund for the biennium 2002–2003, as an additional provision to the Institute for core activities in 2003, which brings the total amount to 500,000 dollars, pending firm pledges and/or payments of voluntary contributions necessary for the viable operations of the Institute;

(d) Requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly, through the Fifth Committee, before the end of its resumed fifty-seventh session, on the financial situation of the Institute, including the status of voluntary contributions to meet the resource requirements necessary to ensure its viability and to consider the additional charge against the contingency fund referred to in subparagraph (c) above;

(e) Noted that the statement on programme budget implications submitted by the Secretary-General169 was based on the recommendations of the Working Group on the Future Operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women;172

169 A/C.5/57/24. 170 A/57/7/Add.18. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 7. 171 A/56/6 and Corr.1 and Add.1 (Introduction, sections 1–33, and Income sections 1–3); see also Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 6 (A/56/6/Add.2). 172 A/57/330 and Add.1.

(f) Requested the Secretary-General to introduce the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the audit of the Institute173 to the Assembly before the end of its resumed fifty-seventh session.

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