Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 41/213

A/RES/42/211View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 41 Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations, published in 1987.

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5 documents · 1988–1990

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1990).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1990	A/RES/44/200	Implementation of General Assembly resolution 41/213 resolutions	1,917	–
1990	A/RES/44/200C	Implementation of General Assembly resolution 41/213 resolutions	—	–
1990	A/RES/44/200B	Implementation of General Assembly resolution 41/213 resolutions	—	–
1990	A/RES/44/200A	Implementation of General Assembly resolution 41/213 resolutions	—	–
1988	A/RES/42/211	Implementation of General Assembly resolution 41/213	1,443	–

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4 entities

(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited
Subprogramme 2	Programme planning, finance and budget	11
Subprogramme 1	Programme planning, finance and budget	3
Subprogramme 1	Programme planning, finance and budget	3
Subprogramme 1	Programme planning, finance and budget	3

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

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4 entities

(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
Subprogramme 2	Programme planning, finance and budget	11	—
Subprogramme 1	Programme planning, finance and budget	3	—
Subprogramme 1	Programme planning, finance and budget	3	—
Subprogramme 1	Programme planning, finance and budget	3	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

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22 operative paragraphs

Calls upan Member States to demonstrate their commitment to the United Nations by, inter alia, meeting their financia) obligations in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;

Stresses that, in order to carry out successfully the process of reform and restructuring, it is essential that the present financia) uncertainties be dispelled;

Reiterates its support for the Secretary-General in the fulfilment of his responsibilities as chief administrative officer of the Organization;

Reiterates a/so that the implementation of its resolution 41/213 must not have an adverse effect 011 mandated activities and programmes;

Stresses the importance of the timely and successful completion of the in-depth study of the intergovernmental structure and functions in the economic and social fields being undertaken by the Economic and Social Council, as mandated by the General Assembly in section I, paragraph l (e), of its resolution 41/213, and reaffirms its resolution 42/ 170, in particular paragraphs 3 and 4 thereof;

Requests the Secretary-General, in implementing those recommendations contained in its resolution 41 /213 for which he has responsibility, to take into account the reviews, studies and decisions entrusted to the intergovernmental bodies and invites him to co-operate with those bodies as required;

A/so requests the Secretary-General, in implementing those recommendations contained in its resolution 41/213 which are within his purview, to seek the approval of the General Assembly for a departure from the approved recommendations;

Stresses the importance of the revised estimates for the biennium 1988-1989 that the Secretary-General will submit to the General Assembly at its forty-third session, through the Committee for Programme and Coordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, and requests the Secretary- General, in preparing those revised estimates, to reflect the state of implementation of the relevant provisions of resolution 41/213;

Notes that the implementation by the Secretary- General of certain recommendations of the Group of High-level lntergovernmental Experts to Review the Efficiency ofthe Administrative and Financia) Functioning of the United Nations,22 adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 41/213, is not in accordance with the decisions of the Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General, in implementing

further recommendations 5, 15, 19, 25, 29 and 37 of the Group, and particularly when preparing revised estimates for the biennium 1988-1989 and proposals for revision of the medium-term plan for the period 1984-1989, to take into account the following guidelines:

Regarding recommendation 5, the General Assembly takes note ofthe report ofthe Secretary-GeneraJ23 and invites him to proceed as necessary on both already approved projects in accordance with the provision of section I, paragraph l (a), of resolution 41/213, on the understanding that no additional appropriation will be required in that regard for the biennium 1988-1989;

( b) Regarding recommendation 15, on the reduction of posts in the United Nations, the Assembly stresses the importance that it attaches to the submission by the Secretary-General to the Assembly of his plans for the implementation of this recommendation in accordance with the provisions of section I, paragraph l (b), of resolution 41/213, and reiterates its conclusion that the Secretary- General should implement this recommendation with flexibility in order to avoid, inter a/ia, negative impact on programmes and on the structure and composition of the Secretariat, bearing in mind the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity of the staff, with due regard to equitable geographical distribution;

Regarding the implementation ofrecommendation 19, on activities relating to Namibia, the Secretary- General is invited to implement this recommendation in consultation with the United Nations Council for Namibia;

The Secretary-General is invited to consider the location of the functions related to liaison with nongovernmental organizations in the context of the implementation of recommendation 25; the Secretary- General is further invited to review his decisions on this matter in the context of the decisions to be taken by the Economic and Social Council on the intergovernmental structure and functions in the economic and social fields, as they will pertain to the functioning and servicing of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations;

Regarding recommendation 29, the Secretary- General is invited to review his decisions in the light ofthe debate of the Fifth Committee at the forty-second session and to reflect the results of that review in his revised estimates;

Regarding recommendation 37, the General Assembly takes note of the additional information provided by the Secretary-General with regard to the reform in the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat; stresses that such reform should fully respect the mandated programme of work of the Department as detailed in section 27 of the groposed programme budget for the biennium 1988-1989; 4 takes note of the assurances by the Secretary-General in that respect, including those provided in writing; 25 requests the Secretary-General to complete the thorough review of the functions, working methods and policies of the Department of Public lnformation and the review ofthe functions and activities ofthe United Nations information centres called for under recommendation 37, as a matter ofpriority; and further requests the Secretary-General to reflect in his revised estimates the findings ofthose reviews, the concerns expressed by Member States at the forty-second session and the abovementioned assurances, when finalizing the reform and work programme of the Department of Public Information;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-third session, through the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary

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Questions, a progress report on the state of implementation of resolution 41/213;

Concurs with the relevant observations and recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in its report;26 13.

Approves the guidelines for the contingency fund as annexed to the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-third session, through the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, proposals for provisional procedures for the use and operation of the contingency fund based on the above-mentioned guidelines;

Decides to review the procedures for the use and operation of the contingency fund in the light of experience gained, no later than at its forty-seventh session;

A/so decides to consider at its forty-third session the question of a comprehensive solution to the problem of al! additional expenditures, including those deriving from inflation and currency fluctuations, on the basis of the reports to be submitted by the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

Reaffirms the relevant provisions of resolution 41/213 concerning the role and mandate of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination;

Decides that the date for submission of the outline of the programme budget shall be 15 August of the offbudget year.

19 A/42/225 and Add. 1.

A/42/234 and and A/ C.5/42/2/Rev. l.

20 Official Records of the General Assembly. Forty-second Session. 18 !bid .. Supplement No. 11 and addendum (A/42/11 and Add.1 ). Supplement No. 16 and addendum (A/42/16 and Add.1).

21 /bid., Supplement No. 7 (A/42/7); ibid., Supplement No. 7A (A/42/7/ Add.1-10), document A/42/7 / Add.2; and A/42/640.

22 /bid., Forty-first Session. Supplement No. 49 (A/41/49).

24 A/42/ó (Sect. 27) and A/42/ti/Corr.1.

23 A/C.S/42/4.

ANNEX Contingency fund

CRITERIA FOR USE OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND The contingency fund should be used for the following: (a)

Additional resources that may be required as a result of the consideration of statements of programme budget implications; (b)

Revised estimates in respect of:

(i) Amounts required over and above the estimates in the proposed programme budget for activities which had been included in the proposed programme budget but which were not acted upon at first reading pending the submission of additional information;

(ii) Additional requirements for construction related only to changes in the scope ofthe projects which are so urgen! that the matter cannot wait to be considered in the context of the budget outline; additional requirements related to cost increases should be handled under provisions for dealing with inflation and currency fluctuations; similarly, additional requirements related to the effects of natural disasters or unforeseen obstacles should be handled on an ad hoc basis and should not be covered by the contingency fund;

(iii) Additional requirements resulting from legislative mandates,

such as those resulting from the decisions ofthe Economic and Social Council.

PERIOD COVERED AND PATTERN OF USE OF TIIE CONTINGENCY FUND l.

The fund covers additional expenditures relating to the biennium which are based on decisions taken in the year preceding the biennium and during the biennium. 2.

While prudent use of the fund requires that it should not be exhausted before the end of t he period of use, no pre-determined propor-

26 A/42/640, paras 4-14. tion for a given year should be set, pending review of the question, in the light of experience with the actual operation of the fund.

ÜPERA TION OF lHE CONTINGENCY FUND l.

In the off-budget year, the General Assembly would decide on the size of the fund in accordance with the provisions of annex I to its resolution 41/213.

Starting with the budget year (i.e., the year before the commencement of the biennium) and continuing throughout the biennium, the General Assembly would decide on the actual amounts to be utilized from the fund on the basis of statements of programme budget implications and proposals for revised estimates.

Each statement of programme budget implications and each proposal for revised estimates should contain a precise indication of how the alternatives mentioned in paragraph 9 of annex I to General Assembly resolution 41/213 would be applied in case it is not possible to finance ali or part of the additional requirements from the fund. It would be understood that each draft resolution accompanied by a statement of programme budget implications would be adopted subject to the provisions of that statement.

The statements of programme budget implications and proposals for revised estimates, formulated as indicated in paragraph 3 above, would be considered by the Assembly as in the past. The resolutions could be adopted by the Assembly subject to the understanding described in paragraph 3 above.

A deadline should be set for the consideration of statements of programme budget implications and proposals for revised estimates. After that date, the Secretary-General would prepare and submit a consolidated statement of ali programme budget implications and revised estima tes considered at that session of the General Assembly. The amounts in that statement would correspond to !hose previously recommended by the Fifth Committee upon its consideration of individual statements and proposals for revised estimates ( see paras. 3 and 4 above ). Should t he consolidated amount be within the available balance in the contingency fund, the Assembly would proceed to appropriate the required amounts under the relevan! sections of the programme budget.

Should the consolidated amount exceed the balance available in the fund for that year, the Secretary-General would, in his consolidated statement, make proposals for revising the amount so that it would not exceed the available balance. In so doing, the Secretary-General would be guided by the indications of alterna ti ves included in each statement of programme budget implications and in each proposal for revised estimates. The respective legislative bodies should take action on such alternatives at the time they adopt the decision or resolution in question (see para. 3 above). The Secretary-General would also take into account any indications of relative urgency that each legislative body might wish to make regarding its resolutions and decisions. U pon consideration of the consolidated statement, the General Assembly would proceed to appropriate the funds necessary under the relevan! sections of the programme budget

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Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 41/213

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