Financial Emergency of the United Nations Resolutions

A/RES/41/204View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 112 Financial emergency of the United Nations, published in 1987.

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19 documents · 1977–1989

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1989).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1989	A/RES/43/220	Financial emergency of the United Nations	—	–
1988	A/RES/42/216	Financial emergency of the United Nations resolutions	842	–
1988	A/RES/42/216[B]	Financial emergency of the United Nations resolutions	—	–
1988	A/RES/42/216[A]	Financial emergency of the United Nations resolutions	—	–
1987	A/RES/41/204	Financial emergency of the United Nations resolutions	975	–

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9 subjects

Africa Budget Contributions Budget Deficits Cash Management Declarations Economic Conditions Financial Crisis Financing Postage Stamps

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Urges all Member States to meet their financial obli 2. gations under the Charter;

Renews its appeal to all Member States to make their best efforts to overcome constraints to the prompt pay ment early each year of full assessed contributions and of advances to the Working Capital Fund;

Expresses its appreciation to all Member States that 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 Regula tions 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 en couraging expeditious payment in full of assessed contri butions, in compliance with regulation 5.4 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations;

Invites Member States also to provide, m response to the Secretary-General's official communication and con sistent 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 Finan cial 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 forty-second session detailed in formation relating to the extent, rate of increase and com position 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;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to study various options to alleviate the financial difficulties of the Organization, taking into account the views expressed by Member States,35 to include in the study a review of the practices of other organizations of the United Nations sys tem for achieving prompt and full payment of assessed contributions and to report thereon to the General Assem bly at its forty-second session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 10. forty-second session the item entitled "Financial t'mer gency of the United Nations".

101st plenary meeti11g 11 Decemher 19lM

B.Th<' Ge11eral A \Sl'mhly,

l/uri11g co11.1iderccl the report of the Secretary-General on the analys1} ,if the financial situation oft he l l nited Na lion}. 3c Recalli11g ih rcƻolut1011 40/242 of 18 December !98'i,

Recog11izi11g that, pendmg a comprehensive settlement "f the differenceƼ that have given rise to the financial emer-

gency of the Organization, partial or interim steps could enhance the liquidity of the Organization and alleviate its financial difficulties to some extent,

Noting with satisfaction that the project on the issue of special postage stamps on the social and economic crisis in Africa is well under way,

Recalls that it decided, by its resolution 39/239 A of 18 December 1984, to place one half of the revenue earned therefrom at the disposal of the Secretary-General for the implementation of objectives as detailed in the Declara tion on the Critical Economic Situation in Africa, 36

adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 1984, and to place the remaining half in a special account;

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COMPOSITION OF THE SECRETARIAT 36 Resolution 39/29, annex. 37 A/C.5/41/12 and Corr.]

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