Special Subjects Relating to the Proposed Programme Budget for the Biennium 1998-1999

A/RES/52/222View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 116 Proposed programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 1994–2018

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/72/262 A

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2018	A/RES/72/262 A	Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019	—	—
2016	A/RES/70/248 A	Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017	—	—
2014	A/RES/68/247 A	Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2014-2015	—	—
2012	A/RES/66/247	Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012-2013	3,217	24%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/245	Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010-2011	2,115	22%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

23 reports · 2004–2019

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2019	A/74/452	Sixth annual progress report on the Strategic Heritage Plan of the United Nations Office at Geneva report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/248 AA/RES/72/262 A
2018	A/73/412	Revised estimates relating to the Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate under section 1, Overall policymaking, direction and coordination, section 29B, Department of Operational Support, and section 36, Staff assessment report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/262 A
2018	A/73/395	Fifth annual progress report on the Strategic Heritage Plan of the United Nations Office at Geneva report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/248 AA/RES/72/262 A
2018	A/73/379	Report on the use of the commitment authority and request for a subvention to the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/262 A
2018	A/73/370	Progress report on the implementation of a flexible workplace at United Nations Headquarters report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/262 A

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Administration Auditing Budget Budget Contributions Contingency Funds Costs Data Processing Extrabudgetary Financing Financial Implications Office Buildings Programme Budgeting Treaties Between Two or More International Organizations

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

I

Approves the recommendation of a subvention of 213,000 United States dollars from the regular budget of the United Nations for 1998, on the understanding that no additional appropriation would be required under section 2B (Disarmament) of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999;³

³Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 6 (A/52/6/Rev.1); and A/52/303 and Add.1.

II.JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

Approves a gross budget for the Joint Inspection Unit for the biennium 1998-1999 in the amount of 8,174,000 dollars;⁴

⁴Ibid., Supplement No. 6 (A/52/6/Rev.1), vol. II, sect. 29; and A/52/303 and Add.1.

III.INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

Approves a gross budget for the International Civil Service Commission for the biennium 1998-1999 in the amount of 11,475,800 dollars;3

IV.REVISED ESTIMATES RESULTING FROM RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS

OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL AT ITS ORGANIZATIONAL

AND SUBSTANTIVE SESSIONS OF 1997

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General⁵ on revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council at its organizational and substantive sessions of 1997;

⁵A/C.5/52/17.

V.ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF THE UNITED NATIONS

JOINT STAFF PENSION FUND

Having considered the report of the Standing Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to the General Assembly and to the member organizations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund,⁶ and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁷

⁶A/52/278.

⁷A/52/519.

Concurs with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the administrative expenses of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund;⁸

⁸Ibid., paras. 26 and 27.

Approves expenses, chargeable directly to the Fund, totalling 50,069,500 dollars net for the biennium 1998-1999 and an increase in expenses of 4,031,300 dollars net for the biennium 1996-1997, for the administration of the Fund;

Also approves an addition to the regular budget of the United Nations for the biennium 1998-1999 in the amount of 2,224,900 dollars for the United Nations share of mainframe computer services utilized by the Fund and an amount of 108,600 dollars to be added to the United Nations share of the costs of external audit of the Fund;

Authorizes the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to supplement the voluntary contributions to the Emergency Fund for the biennium 1998-1999 by an amount not exceeding 73,000 dollars, so that the resources available to the Emergency Fund for the biennium 1998-1999 would amount to 200,000 dollars after taking into account a voluntary contribution received by the Fund as a bequest from a retired participant;

VI.CONTINGENCY FUND

Notes that a balance of 18,754,800 dollars remains in the contingency fund;⁹

⁹A/C.5/52/35, para. 3.

VII.AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE CARNEGIE

FOUNDATION CONCERNING THE USE OF THE PEACE PALACE AT

THE HAGUE

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the draft supplementary agreement between the United Nations and the Carnegie Foundation concerning the use of the Peace Palace at The Hague¹⁰ and the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in its report;¹¹

¹⁰A/C.5/52/16.

¹¹See A/52/7/Add.5. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 7A.

Approves the draft supplementary agreement between the United Nations and the Carnegie Foundation concerning the use of the Peace Palace at The Hague.