Examination of the Administrative and Budgetary Procedures of the United Nations

Requests the President of the General Assembly to appoint a working group composed of fifteen Member States-the permanent members of the Security Council, two States from Africa, two from Asia, two from Latin America, two from Western Europe, one from Eastern Europe and one from the Commonwealth-to consider the points mentioned in paragraph 1 above, in consultation, as appropriate, \Vith the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and the Committee on Contributions, and to report in good time for the sixteenth session of the Assembly;

Requests the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, in assisting the working group, to consider what improvements might be required in the existing administrative and budgetary procedures of the United Nations and any other measures to ensure the financial stability of the Organization;

Requests Member States to submit not later than l July 1961, for consideration by the working group, observations on principles to be applied in determining a special scale of assessments for peace and security, and on other matters relevant to its study;