Programme Budget for the Biennium 1996-1997

A/RES/50/215View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 116 Proposed programme budget for the biennium 1996-1997, published in 1996.

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109 documents · 1974–2020

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2020	A/RES/74/250 A-B	Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019 resolutions	—	–
2019	A/RES/73/280 A-C	Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019 resolutions	—	–
2018	A/RES/72/263 A-C	Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019 resolutions	—	–
2018	A/RES/72/253 A-B	Programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017 resolutions	—	–
2017	A/RES/71/273 A-C	Programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017 resolutions	—	–

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4 subjects

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What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

A

Resolves that for the biennium 1996-1997:

Appropriations totalling 2,608,274,000 United States dollars are hereby approved for the following purposes:

Section US dollars | PART I. | Overall policy-making, direction and coordination | 1. | Overall policy-making, direction and coordination 40 348 200 | TOTAL, PART I | 40 348 200 | PART II. | Political affairs | 2. | Political affairs | 60 989 500 | 3. | Peace-keeping operations and special missions 102 868 200 | 4. | Outer space affairs | 4 705 500 | TOTAL, PART II | 168 563 200 | PART III. | International justice and law | 5. | International Court of Justice | 21 339 600 | 6. | Legal activities | 31 605 400 | TOTAL, PART III | 52 945 000 | PART IV. | International cooperation for development | 7A. | Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development | 44 318 700 | 7B. | Africa: critical economic situation, recovery and development | 4 305 100 | 8. | Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis | 48 612 100 | 9. | Department for Development Support and Management Services | 26 556 000 | 10A. | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | 121 925 300 | 10B. | International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT | 21 642 000 | 11. | United Nations Environment Programme | 9 512 200 | 12. | United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) | 13 059 600 | 13. | Crime control | 5 254 600 | 14. | International drug control | 17 344 100 | TOTAL, PART IV | 312 529 700 | PART V. | Regional cooperation for development | 15. | Economic Commission for Africa | 87 845 600 | 16. | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | 66 379 300 | 17. | Economic Commission for Europe | 52 883 100 | 18. | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean | 88 327 200 | 19. | Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia | 37 791 200 | 20. | Regular programme of technical cooperation | 44 814 700 | TOTAL, PART V | 378 041 100 | PART VI. | Human rights and humanitarian affairs | 21. | Human rights | 52 987 600 | 22. | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | 54 318 500 | 23. | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East | 22 643 000 | 24. | Department of Humanitarian Affairs | 21 039 300 | TOTAL, PART VI | 150 988 400 | PART VII. | Public information | 25. | Public information | 137 658 000 | TOTAL, PART VII | 137 658 000 | PART VIII. | Common support services | 26. | Administration and management | 960 885 100 | TOTAL, PART VIII | 960 885 100 | PART IX. | Jointly financed administrative activities and special expenses | 27. | Jointly financed administrative activities | 28 915 000 | 28. | Special expenses | 41 701 700 | TOTAL, PART IX | 70 616 700 | PART X. | Internal Oversight Services | 29. | Office of Internal Oversight Services | 15 716 500 | TOTAL, PART X | 15 716 500 | PART XI. | Capital expenditures | 30. | Technological innovations | 21 999 600 | 31. | Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance | 31 585 400 | TOTAL, PART XI | 53 585 000 | PART XII. | Staff assessment | 32. | Staff assessment | 369 080 100 | TOTAL, PART XII | 369 080 100 | PART XIII. | International Seabed Authority | 33. | International Seabed Authority | 1 308 200 | TOTAL, PART XIII | 1 308 200 | TOTAL, EXPENDITURE SECTIONS | 2 712 265 200 | Less: anticipated reductions to be confirmed by the General Assembly | (103 991 200) | GRAND TOTAL | 2 608 274 000

The Secretary-General shall be authorized to transfer credits between sections of the budget, with the concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

The total net provision made under the various sections of the budget for contractual printing shall be administered as a unit under the direction of the United Nations Publications Board;

In addition to the appropriations approved under paragraph 1 above, an amount of 51,000 dollars is appropriated for each year of the biennium 1996-1997 from the accumulated income of the Library Endowment Fund for the purchase of books, periodicals, maps and library equipment and for such other expenses of the Library at the Palais des Nations as are in accordance with the objects and provisions of the endowment.

B

Resolves that for the biennium 1996-1997:

Estimates of income other than assessments on Member States totalling 471,401,700 United States dollars are approved as follows:

Income section | US dollars | 1. | Income from staff assessment | 384 306 000 | 2. | General income | 86 209 200 | 3. | Services to the public | 886 500 | TOTAL, INCOME SECTIONS | 471 401 700

The income from staff assessment shall be credited to the Tax Equalization Fund in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955;

Direct expenses of the United Nations Postal Administration, services to visitors, catering and related services, garage operations, television services and the sale of publications, not provided for under the budget appropriations, shall be charged against the income derived from those activities.

C

Resolves that for the year 1996:

Budget appropriations consisting of 1,304,137,000 United States dollars, being half of the appropriations of 2,608,274,000 dollars approved for the biennium 1996-1997 by the General Assembly under paragraph 1 of resolution A above, and 24,160,900 dollars, being the increase in revised appropriations for 1994-1995 approved by the Assembly in its resolution 50/205 A of 23 December 1995, shall be financed in accordance with regulations 5.1 and 5.2 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations as follows:

43,547,850 dollars, being the net of half of the estimated income other than staff assessment approved for the biennium 1996-1997 under resolution B above, less 946,800 dollars, being the decrease in income other than staff assessment for 1994-1995;

1,285,696,850 dollars, being the assessment on Member States in accordance with General Assembly resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994 on the scale of assessments for the years 1996 and 1997;

There shall be set off against the assessments on Member States, in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund in the total amount of 197,885,900 dollars, consisting of:

192,153,000 dollars, being half of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the biennium 1996-1997 under resolution B above;

Plus 5,732,900 dollars, being the increase in the income from staff assessment for the biennium 1994-1995 approved by the Assembly in its resolution 50/205 B.

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