Revenue-Producing Activities

A/RES/3047(XXVII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1973.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Public Information Public Relations Public Services

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24 operative paragraphs

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Decides that if, as a result of a decision of the Security Council, commitments relating to the maintenance of peace and secmity should ari,c in an estimated total exceeding $ I O million before the twenty-eighth session of the G,'neral Assembly, a special session of the Assembly shall be convened by the Secretary- General to consider th,: matter.

2 I 16th plenary !lleeting 19 December l 972

3046 (XXVII). Workinµ; f~apital Fund for the finant'ial )t•ar 197:~

Resolves that:

The Working Capital Fund ,hall he established for the year erH.ling 31 Decrn1lwr 1973 in the amuunl of $US 40 million;

Member States shall make advances to the Working Capital Fund in <1ccordancc with the scale

adopted by the General Assembly for contributions of Members to the budget for the financial year 197?,;

There shall be set off against this allocation of advances:

Credits to Member States resulting from transfers made in l 959 and 1960 from surplus account to the Working Capital Fund in a total amount of $1,079,158;

( b) Cash advances paid by Member States to the Working Capital Fund for the financial year 1972 under General Assembly resolution 2901 (XXVI) of 22 December 1971;

Should the credits and advances paid by any Member State to the Working Capital Fund for 1972 exceed the amount of that Member State's advance under the provisions of paragraph 2 above, the excess shall be set off against the amount of the contribution payable by the Member State in respect of the financial year 1973;

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

Such sums as may be necessary to finance budgetary appropriations pending the receipt of contributions; sums so advanced shall be reimbursed as soon as receipts from contributions are available for the purpose;

Such sums as may be necessary to finance commitments which may be duly authorized under the provisions of the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, in particular resolution 3045 ( XXVII) of 19 December 1972 relating to unforeseen and extraordinary expenses; the Secretary-General shall make provi,ion in the budget estimates for reimbursing the Working Capital Fund;

( c) Such sums as, together with net sums outstanding for the same purpose, do not exceed $150,000, to continue the revolving fund to finance miscellaneous self-liquidating purchases and activities; advances in excess of the total of $ I 50,000 may be made with the prior concum:nce of the Advisory Committee on Adrnini~trativc and Budgetary Questions;

With the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, such sums 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 pay111c:nt is made; the Secretary-General shall make provision in the budget estimates of each year, during the lik of the related policies, to cover the cha1gcs applicable to each such year;

Such sums ,is may be necessary to enable the rax Equaliz,11ion Fund to meet current commitments pending the accumulation of credits; such advances shall be repaid a, soon as credits arc available in the Tax Equalizattun Fund;

Should the provision in paragraph I above prove inadequate to meet the purposes normally related tu the Working Capital Fund, the Secretary-General is ,lllthorized tu utilize, in 1973, cash from special funds and accounts in his custody, under the conditions approved in General Assembly resolution 1341 (XII I) of 13 Dccc111h.'r 1958, or the procL-cds of loans authorized by the A,sL'mbly 21161 Ii plmar,· 111ceti11g 19 Decemher 197:!

:io.i 7 (XXVII). Revenue-producing aetivitit•s

Affirms the view of the Secretary-General that the guided tours are conceived primarily as a public information service and as a means of informing visitors of the aims and activities of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate measures to strengthen the operation of the public services of the Office of Public Information in order to increase their effectiveness.

3048 (XXVII). Use of travel funds

Confirms its resolution 2245 (XXI) of 20 December 1966 in connexion with recommendations 1 and 2 contained in chapter VII of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit;1111

Concurs with the observations and conclusions of the Advisory Committee on Administrative aa<,l Budgetary Questions116 with regard to recommendations 3 to 10 contained in that chapter;

Decides that the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions with respect to sea travel on home leave111 should be implemented as from 1 January 1974.

3049 (XXVII). The financial situation of the United Nations

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Urges all Member States to review their payments pattern on contributions to the rl:&P.~r budget of the United Nations with a view to pay~.,future contributions on time;

Requests the Secretary-General to solicit suggestions from Member States for amendments to the Financial Regulations of the United Nations or to other instructions and procedures, which would have as their objective the achieving of a steady and timely cash flow in the payment of assessed contributions to the Organization, and to submit a report thereon for consideration by the General Assembly at its twentyeighth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to establish a special account under regulation 6.6 of the Financial Regulations into which voluntary contributions may be paid and used for the purpose of clearing up the past financial difficulties of the United Nations and especially for resolving the short-term deficit of the Organization referred to in the report of the Special Committee on the Financial Situation of the United Nations, and to merge into this account the United Nations Special Account referred to above;

Requests all Member States and invites nonmember States, as a matter of urgency, to make voluntary contributions to this special account in cash or through the cancellation of obligations due from the United Nations or as the result of claims accepted by it;

Requests the Secretary-General to consider, in consultation with Member States, ways and means of obtaining voluntary contributions;

Requests the Secretary-General to devise modalities for the purposes set forth in paragraphs 4 and 5 above, which in his opinion may be effective;

Requests the Secretary-General to report the resuJts achieved to the General Assembly at its twentyeighth session.

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3048 (XXVII). Use of travel funds

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