Establishment of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts to Examine the Finances of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies

A/RES/2049(XX)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1966.

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Appointment of Members Establishment Experts Financing Members Peacekeeping Operations Terms of Reference

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10 operative paragraphs

Considering that, because of the financial difficulties of the United Nations and the many and varied measures taken to overcome them, Member States should have available to them information giving a clear and accurate picture of the financial situation of the Organization, including in particular a detailed description of its commitments,

Considering that, independently of the problems created by certain peace-keeping. operations which affect the finances of the United Nations, the magnitude of the amounts henceforth placed at the disposal of the Organization, the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, either under their regular budgets or in the form of funds constituted from voluntary contributions, requires a detailed examination of the procedures for preparing and approving the budgets and a review of the procedures for controlling the execution thereof,

Considering that, without encroaching on the autonomy of the specialized agencies, the General Assembly is competent, under Article 17, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations and under the agreements concluded between the United Nations, on the one hand, and the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, on the other, to carry out an over-all examination of the budgets of the United Nations and the agencies, with particular reference to :

14 Ibid., Twentieth Session, Supplement No. 6B (A/6006/ 1~ Ibid .. Twmticth Session, Annexes, agenda item 74, doct1- ment A/5943.

18 Ibid., Twentieth Session, Supplement No. 6C (A/6006/ ;\dd.3).

17 Ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, agenda item 74, docu-

(a) Means of comparing and, if possible, standardizing the different budgets, in order to enable the activities covered therein to be rationalized,

( b) Means of ensuring that the activities of the United Nations and the agencies brought into relationship with it under Articles 57 and 63 of the Charter are pursued in the most effective and economical manner, with the greatest regard to development needs and the costs that Member States have to bear as a result of these activities,

Decides to establish a11 Ad H oc Committee of Experts to Examine the Finances of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies, consisting of fourteen Member States;

Requests the President of the General Assembly, upon the adoption of the present resolution, to designate the Member States which will compose the Ad H oc Committee, choosing them on an equitable geographical basis;

Requests the members of the Ad Hoe Committee to appoint, as soon as possible and not later than the end of the present session, such experts as they deem best qualified to perform the functions listed in paragraphs 5 and 6 below;

Requests the Secretary-General to:

J · , up an analysis of the finances of the United ,

ms, showing the actual expenditure by type of ac y, including the amount of expenditure committed the different peace-keeping operations since their "" eption, the resources utilized to meet them and, wher.: applicable, the debts contracted by the United Nations;

( b) Prepare, on the basis of the work mentioned in sub-raragraph (a) above, a complete statement of the financial situation of the Organization as at 30 September 1965;

Deliver the document in question to the members of the Ad H oc Committee, as soon as the experts have been appointed, and transrnit it at the same time to other Member States ;

Invites the Ad Hoe Committee to examine the document delivered to it by the Secretary-General and, after asking, if necessary, for any additional information it considers useful, to transmit its comments, through the Secretary-General, to Member States at the earliest possible date and by 31 March I 966 at the latest;

Further invites the Ad H oc Committee to:

Examine, with the assistance Jf the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budg 'tary Questions and in liaison with the Secretary-General ·nd the executive heads of the specialized agencies ar,,1 of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the er'ire range of the budgetary problems of the United Nat:~ 1s and the organizations brought into relationship with it, notably their administrative and budgetary procedures, the means of comparing and, if possible, standardizing their budgets and the financial aspect of their expansion, with a view to avoiding needless expenditure, particularly expenditure resulting from duplication;

( b) Submit to the General Assembly at its twentyfirst session, without prejudice to the terms of reference of the Special Committee on Peace-keeping Operations, such recommendations as it may deem appropriate, in order, on the one hand, to secure better utilization of the funds available through rationalization and more thorough co-ordination of the activities of the organizations and, on the other, to ensure that any expansion of those activities takes into account both the needs they are intended to meet and the costs Member States will have to bear as a result;

1 nvites the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the executive heads of the specialized agencies and of the International Atomic Energy Agency to give the Ad Hoe Committee whateve~ as- :,ist:mce it 111;iy require in carrying out its work.

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