Strengthening the Security and Safety of United Nations Operations, Staff and Premises

A/RES/58/295View PDF

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1 report · 2004

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2004	A/59/365	Strengthened and unified security management system for the United Nations report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/58/295

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Endorses the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in its report,2 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Stresses the need, for the purposes of objective analyses, for a dedicated functional staff at Headquarters to review the recommendations on country risk assessments made by security officers in the field with the assistance of and input from national authorities of the host country;

Approves the establishment of 58 new field security posts for the Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator, and decides, without prejudice to such decisions as may be arrived at regarding cost-sharing arrangements, to appropriate 2,583,000 United States dollars, being the portion of costs normally attributable to the United Nations using current formulas, and to revert to the required residual funding of 8,162,100 dollars at the fifty-ninth session when determining cost-sharing arrangements;

Decides to revert to the possible conversion of the 58 extrabudgetary field security posts for the Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator in the context of the comprehensive report at its fifty-ninth session;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments not to exceed 38,033,200 dollars for the financing of infrastructure projects;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to it at its fifty-ninth session a comprehensive report on further strengthening the safety and security of United Nations operations, staff and premises, which should contain, inter alia, the following elements:

Clearly established criteria for determining long-term needs;

A rational framework for the enhancement of system-wide security arrangements, based on the completion of all ongoing reviews, including the change management study;

Time frames for the completion of the various projects proposed in the report of the Secretary-General,1 as well as determinations as to which organizational units are responsible for their completion;

Clearly established lines of accountability and responsibility and a clear chain of command for all participants in field security and at duty stations, including clarification of the relationship between all relevant United Nations entities and the Secretariat;

Information on United Nations cooperation with and the role and responsibilities of host countries;

Information on the need to ensure an enhanced professional capacity in the United Nations to conduct threat and risk assessment on a worldwide basis in order to address the issue raised in paragraph 18 of the report of the Secretary-General;1

Information on the utilization and cost of expertise sought on safety and security;

Information on the need for adequate security-related training for all United Nations staff;

Analysis of and recommendations on long-term funding arrangements for the Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator and related resource requirements;

Decides that the resource requirements in the requested report should be based on and justified in terms of the Secretary-General’s comprehensive review of safety and security;

Requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Office of Internal Oversight Services with the conduct of an audit review of the utilization and management of the funds appropriated by the General Assembly in its resolution 56/286 for the implementation of measures to strengthen the security and safety of United Nations premises, including the causes for cost escalation and compliance with procurement procedures, and to report to the Assembly at its fifty-ninth session in conjunction with the comprehensive report on strengthening the security and safety of United Nations operations, staff and premises;

Decides to approve an additional appropriation under the regular budget in the amount of 18,287,100 dollars, broken down by budget section as follows:

Section 3. Political affairs | 2 866 100 | Section 4. Disarmament | 70 200 | Section 5. Peacekeeping operations | 3 774 100 | Section 7. International Court of Justice | 84 000 | Section 18. Economic and social development in Africa | 55 700 | Section 19. Economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific | 592 900 | Section 21. Economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean | 80 900 | Section 22. Economic and social development in Western Asia | 233 400 | Section 28. Public information | 186 200 | Section 29A. Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Management | 500 000 | Section 29C. Office of Human Resources Management | 326 800 | Section 29D. Office of Central Support Services | 1 672 100 | Section 29E. Administration, Geneva | 2 683 500 | Section 29F. Administration, Vienna | 1 931 900 | Section 29G. Administration, Nairobi | 646 300 | Section 31. Jointly financed administrative activities Total | 2 583 000 | 18 287 100

Also decides to approve an additional appropriation in the amount of 48,700 dollars under section 34, Staff assessment, to be offset by an equivalent amount of income under income section 1, Income from staff assessment.

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