New Construction and Major Alterations to Existing Premises at United Nations Headquarters

A/RES/2618(XXIV)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1970.

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Appropriations Budget Projections Construction Host Country Relations Location of Offices Maintenance and Repair Office Buildings Report Preparation Working Conditions

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8 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to undertake a

fully explored,

systematic inquiry into the possibility and desirability of relocating all or part of certain units of the United

Expressing its appreciation to those other sources that have indicated or may indicate a willingness to N ations, bearing in mind the efficiency of the operations of the Secretariat, and for this purpose to employ bear a substantial cost of the proposed Headquarters construction,

the early years of the coming decade, in effective consultation with the appropriate government authorities,

W elcoming the assurances given by the Govemment in choosing potential locations for United Nations units of the United States of America, as the host country other than in already established majar United Nations of the United Nations Headquarters, that it will imcentres; mediately seek accession to the Convention on Privileges and lmmunities of the United Nations,

Decides accordingly that, befare further con-

Decides to authorize the Secretary-General to struction-beyond that authorized by this and prior decisions of the General Assembly-takes place in proceed with the execution of the Headquarters project on the basis set forth in paragraph 26 of his re- New York or Geneva, a full inquiry shall be made port, 52 taking into account the related observations into the possibility and desirability of relocating units and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on elsewhere; Administrative and Budgetary Questions in its report;

Urges the host country to undertake an exami-

Further decides that the United Nations budgetnation of those conditions which adversely affect the ary appropriations far the purpose of the Headquarters delegations and staff of the United Nations in New project should not in any circumstances exceed $25 mil- York and to consider taking all the neéessary mealion, to be spread over a period of ten years beginning sures to alleviate the effect of such conditions; in 1971;

Requests the Secretary-General to reconstitute

Notes with interest the report of the Secretaryand convene on a regular basis the Informal Joint General53 on space requirements and development over Committee on Host Country Relations, so that there the next twenty years, and requests the Secretarywill be a continuous interchange of views and explo- General to undertake a further study of the optimum ration of problems between the diplomatic community, distribution of Secretariat functions between United the Secretariat and the Government of the host coun- Nations Headquarters in New York, the United Nations try on matters of mutual interest, and to report the Office at Geneva and any other location which may be results thereof to the General Assembly at its twentyappropriate, bearing in mind not only the construcfifth session and annually thereafter; tion projects in progress or envisaged, but all other

Requests the Secretary-General to report to thc pertinent factors as well, and requests him to submit General Assembly, at the beginning of its twenty-fifth the study to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session, on ali developments in connexion with thc session;

present resolution.

Re11olution11 adopted on the reportll of the Fifth Committee 46 Official Records of the General Assemb/y, Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda itero 74, document A/C.5/1264.

47 /bid., document A/C.5/1265.

48 /bid., document A/7806.

49 /bid., documents A/C.5/1264, para. 15, and A/C.5/1265,

w /bid., documents A/C.5/1246 and Add.l. para. 23.

51 /bid., document A/7835.

General AHembly-Twenty-fourth Session M /bid., Twenty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/7603 and Corr.l).

5~ !bid., Twenty-fourth Scssion, Annexes, agenda item 94 (a) and (e), document A/ 7797, paras. 19 and 20.

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