Report of the Joint Inspection Unit on Support Costs Related to Extrabudgetary Activities in Organizations of the United Nations Systems

A/RES/58/283View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 120 Programme budget for the biennium 2002-2003, published in 2004.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Extrabudgetary Financing Legislative Bodies Programme Management Support Costs

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Concurs with the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in its report,3 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Takes note of the comments of the Secretary-General and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination;2

Endorses the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on support costs related to extrabudgetary activities in organizations of the United Nations system1 to the extent that they apply to the United Nations, subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Recognizes that recommendations 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10 are directed to executive heads, and invites executive heads to consider those recommendations;

Takes note of recommendation 1, and agrees with the Joint Inspection Unit that governing bodies should take the steps they consider necessary to ensure that extrabudgetary resources are accepted for purposes that are consistent with programme priorities and approved mandates;

Also takes note of recommendation 4, and draws the attention of legislative organs to the practice of the United Nations Children’s Fund under which interest earned on some extrabudgetary contributions is retained by the organization, and invites legislative organs to consider the applicability or relevance of this practice to them;

Further takes note of recommendation 9, and agrees with the Joint Inspection Unit that legislative organs should enact support cost policies to ensure that extrabudgetary resources continue to be mobilized and deployed effectively so as to further the mandated activities in developmental, humanitarian and other substantive areas, and also agrees that those policies should be straightforward, transparent, easy to administer and must provide for a consistent and equitable approach to special arrangements.

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