Working Capital Fund for the Biennium 1978-1979

A/RES/32/215View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1978.

What other versions does this mandate have?

23 versions · 1974–2018

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/72/265

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2018	A/RES/72/265	Working Capital Fund for the biennium 2018-2019	526	95%Compare
2016	A/RES/70/251	Working Capital Fund for the biennium 2016-2017	527	95%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/250	Working Capital Fund for the biennium 2014-2015	528	95%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/250	Working Capital Fund for the Biennium 2012-2013	528	96%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/247	Working Capital Fund for the biennium 2010-2011	528	94%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Budget Contributions Capital Funds

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

The Working Capital Fund shall be established for the biennium 1978-1979 in the amount of $US 40 million;

Member States shall make advances to the Working Capital Fund in accordance with the scale adopted by the General Assembly for contributions of Member States to the budget for the biennium 1978-1979;

There shall be set off against this allocation of advances:

Credits to Member States resu.lting from trans- (a) fers made in 1959 and 1960 from surplus account to the Working Capital Fund in an adjusted amount of $1,025,092;

Cash advances paid by Member States to the Working Capital Fund for the biennium 1976-1977 under General Assembly resolution 3541 (XXX) of 17 December 197 5;

Should the credits and advances paid by any Member State to the Working Capital Fund for the biennium 197 6-1977 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 contributions payable by the Member State in respect of the biennium 1978-1979;

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 rcimburscd as soon as receipts from contributions are available for the purpose;

Such sums as may be necessary to finance (b) commitments which may be duly authorized under the provisions of the .resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, in particular resolution 32/214 of 21 December 1977 relating to unforeseen and extraordinary expenses; the Secretary-General shall makc provision in the budget estimates for reimbursing the Working Capital Fund;

Such sums as, together with net sums outstanding far the same purpose, do not exceed $200,000, to continue thc revolving fund to finance miscellaneous self-liquidating purchases and activities; advances in excess of the total of $200,000 may be made with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative 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 biennium in which payment is made; the Secretary-General shall make provision in the budget estimates of each biennium, during the life of the related policies, to cover the charges applicable to eaoh biennium;

Such sums as ma y be necessary to enable the Tax Equalization Fund to meet current commitments pending the accumulation of credits; such advances shall be repaid as soon as credits are available in the Tax Equalization Fund;

Should the provision in paragraph 1 above prove inadequate to meet the purposes normally related to the Working Capital Fund, the Secretary-General is authorized to utilize, in the biennium 1978-1979, cash from special funds and accounts in his custody, under the conditions approved in General Assembly resolution 1341 (XIII) of 13 December 1958, or the proceeds of loans authorized by the Assembly.

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