First-Class Travel in the United Nations Organizations

A/RES/32/198View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 104 Joint Inspection Unit, published in 1978.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1978–1980

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/34/233[VII]

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1980	A/RES/34/233[VII]	First-class travel in the United Nations organizations	—	—
1979	A/RES/33/116[B-I]	First-class travel in the United Nations organizations	—	—
1978	A/RES/32/198	First-class travel in the United Nations organizations	401	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Air Travel Principles Travel Costs

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

I.

Notes the report on first-class travel in the United Nations organizations submitted by the Joint Inspection Unit41 and the comments thereon of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination42 as well as the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;4a 2.

Decides that the principle of seeking the most economical air-fare structures shall be implemented as follows:

The Secretary-General and one representative of each Member State attending regular, special or emergency special sessions of the General Assembly shall be entitled to first-class travel;

( b) Other persons previously entitled to first-class travel under General Assembly resolutions 2245 (XXI) and 3198 (XXVIII) and those chairmen of intergovernmental committees at present entitled to travel paid by the United Nations shall be entitled to first-class travel only when the duration of a particular flight exceeds nine hours (by the most direct and economical route), including scheduled stops for such purposes as change of planes or refuelling, but excluding travel time to and from airports;

Payment by the United Nations for travel (c) expenses in all other cases shall be limited to the least costly air-fare structure regularly available, or its equivalent, by recognized public carrier via the shortest and most direct route;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to exercise his discretion in making exceptions in the most exigent circumstances to allow first-class travel on a case-bycase basis;

Requests the Secretary-General to report annually to the General Assembly on the implementation of the present resolution, noting all exceptions made under paragraph 3 above, the reasons therefor and the savings achieved through utilization of economy and other air fares.

44 See Official Records of rite General Assembly, Tltirtieth para. (d).

4 H Official Records of the General Assl'lnhly, Thirty-second rio Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirtv-second Session, Supplement No. SA (A/32/8/ Add.i-30), d·ocument

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