Impact of Inflation and Monetary Instability on the Regular Budget of the United Nations

A/RES/39/240View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 112 Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, published in 1985.

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3 versions · 1983–1986

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/40/249

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/249	Impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the United Nations	59	4%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/240	Impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the United Nations	845	12%Compare
1983	A/RES/37/130	Impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the United Nations	787	–

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3 subjects

Budget Inflation Report Preparation

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Noting with concern that the short-term deficit of the Organization is expected to exceed $356 million as at 31 December 1984,

Concerned at the increasingly precarious financial situation of peace-keeping operations and, in particular, its adverse impact on developing-country troop contributors, 75

Noting also with concern that delays and partial payment of assessed contributions continue to create serious cashflow problems for the Organization,

Considering the possibility that for many Member States administrative considerations, including a calendar difference between the national fiscal year and that of the Organization, may be responsible for the delay in the payment of assessed contributions,

Taking note of the views expressed in the Fifth Committee, 70 I. Reaffirms its commitment to seek a comprehensive and generally acceptable solution to the financial problems of the United Nations, based on the principle of collective financial responsibility of Member States and in strict compliance with the Charter of the United Nations;

Urges all Member States to meet their financial obligations;

Renews its appeal to all Member States to make their best efforts to overcome constraints to the prompt payment early each year of full assessed contributions and of adv:ances to the Working Capital Fund;

Expresses its appreciation to all Member States which pay their assessed contributions in full within thirty days of the receipt of the Secretary-General's communication, in accordance with regulation 5.4 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General, in addition to his official communications to the permanent representatives of Member States, to approach, as and when appropriate, the Governments of Member States for the purpose of encouraging expeditious payment in full of assessed contributions, in compliance with regulation 5.4 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations;

Invites Member States also to provide, in response to the Secretary-General's official communication and consistent with regulation 5.4 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations, information regarding their expected pattern of payments, in order to facilitate the financial planning by the Secretary-General;

Requests the Negotiating Committee on the Financial Emergency of the United Nations to keep the financial situation of the Organization under review and to report, as and when appropriate, to the General Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fortieth session detailed information relating to the extent, rate of increase and composition of the deficit of the Organization, the pattern of payments of Member States, the cash-flow situation and voluntary contributions received from Member States and other sources pursuant to Assembly resolutions 2053 A

(XX) of 15 December 1965 and 3049 A (XXVII) of 19 December 1972;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fortieth session the item entitled "Financial emergency of the United Nations".

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Impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the United Nations

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a more penetrating, extensive and detailed study on the impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the United Nations, as was requested in General Assembly resolution 3 7 / 130, taking very duly into consideration the content of the preambular paragraphs of Assembly resolutions 36/230, 3 7 / 130 and the present resolution, together with the opinions expressed by Member States during the debates on this item at the thirty-ninth session of the Assembly, and to submit it to the Assembly at its fortieth session;

Also requests that the above-mentioned study include:

The amounts which, over the last four bienniums, have resulted from inflation and monetary instability in the developed countries where United Nations organizations have their headquarters;

A comparison between real, net and growth increases and increases due to inflation during the last four bienniums.

75 See Official Records o(the Secunty Council. Thirty-eighth Year, Supple- 76 A/C'.5/39/44. ment for July, August and September 1983, document S/15863, para. 28.

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