Working Capital Fund for the Financial Year 1959

A/RES/1340(XIII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1959.

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25 documents · 1952–1973

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1973).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1973	A/RES/3046(XXVII)	Working Capital Fund for the financial year 1973	59	–
1972	A/RES/2901(XXVI)	Working Capital Fund for the financial year 1972	504	–
1971	A/RES/2740(XXV)	Working Capital Fund for the financial year 1971	704	–
1970	A/RES/2615(XXIV)	Working Capital Fund for the financial year 1970	468	–
1969	A/RES/2484(XXIII)	Working Capital Fund for the financial year 1969	94	–

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9 subjects

Budget Contributions Cash Management Financing Funds Insurance Loans Pension Funds Pensionable Remuneration Reimbursement

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12 operative paragraphs

The Working Capital Fund shall be e5tablished ticle 31 ) , not exceeding a total of $36,000 ;

for the year ending 31 December 1959 at an amount of

The appointment of assessors ( Statute, Article $US23.5 million, to be derived:

30) or the calling of witnesses and the appoint-

As to $22,948,830, from cash advances by Memment of experts (Statute, Article 50), not exbers in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2 ceeding a total of $25,000;

and 3 of the present resolution ;

iii

The holding of sessions of the Court away from

As to $551,170, by transfer of the balance of The Hague (Statute, Article 22), not exceeding surplus account as at 31 December 1957 not already a total of $75,000;

applied against Members' assessments for 1958;

Members shall make cash advances to the Working Capital Fund as required under paragraph 1 (a) above in accordance with the scale adopted by the General Assembly for contributions of Members to the fourteenth annual budget ;

There shall be set off against this new allocation of advances the amounts paid by Members to the Working Capital Fund for the financial year 1958 under General Assembly resolution 1232 (XII) of 14 December 1957, provided that, should such advance paid by any Member to the Working Capital Fund for the financial year 1958 exceed the amount of that Member's advance under the provisions of paragraph 2 above, the excess shall be set off against the amount of contributions payable by that Member in respect of the fourteenth annual budget, or any previous budget;

The Secretary-General is authorized to advance from the Working Capital Fund:

Such sums as may be necessary to finance budgetary appropriations pending receipt of contributions; 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 commitments which may be duly authorized under the provisions of General Assembly resolution 1339 (XIII) of 13 December 1958, relating to unforeseen and extraordinary 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 outstanding for the same purposes, do not exceed $125,000, to continue the revolving fund to finance miscellaneous self-liquidating purchases and activities; advances in excess of the total $125,000 may be made with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; the Secretary-General shall submit with the annual accounts an explanation of the outstanding balance of the revolving fund at the end of each year ;

( d) Loans to specialized agencies and preparatory commissions of agencies to be established by intergovernmental agreement under the auspices of the United Nations to finance their work, pending receipt by the agencies concerned of sufficient contributions under their own budgets ; such loans shall normally be repayable within two years, and the Secretary-General shall obtain the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for any cash issues which would increase the aggregate balance outstanding (including amounts previously advanced and outstanding) at any one time to an amount in excess of $250,000;

Such sums not exceeding $35,000 as may be required to finance payments of advance insurance premiums where the period of insurance extends beyond the end of the financial year in which payment is made; this amount may be increased with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions ; the Secretary-General shall make provision in the budget estimates of each year, during the life of the related policies, to cover the charges applicable to each such year;

Such sums as may be necessary to finance supplementary payments made to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 1310 (XIII) of 10 December 1958 dealing with the pensionable remuneration of the staff ;

Such sums as may be necessary to enable the Tax Equalization Fund to meet current commitments pending accumulation of credits ; such advances shall be repaid as soon as credits are available in the Tax FLJ.ualization Fund.

13 December 1958.

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