Special Subjects Relating to the Programme Budget for the Biennium 2006-2007

A/RES/60/255View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 124 Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007, published in 2006.

What other versions does this mandate have?

22 versions · 1994–2019

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2019).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2019	A/RES/73/279 B	Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019	—	—
2019	A/RES/73/279 A	Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019	—	—
2018	A/RES/72/262 C	Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019	—	—
2018	A/RES/72/262 B	Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019	—	—
2017	A/RES/71/272 B	Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017	—	—

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

50 reports · 2007–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/313	Conditions of service and compensation for officials, other than Secretariat officials, serving the General Assembly : members of the International Court of Justice and President and judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/268
2025	A/80/178	Conditions of service and compensation for officials, other than Secretariat officials, serving the General Assembly : full-time members of the International Civil Service Commission and the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/268
2024	A/79/628	Standards of accommodation for air travel report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/268A/RES/65/268A/RES/67/254 AA/RES/69/274 AA/RES/71/272 BA/RES/72/262 B
2022	A/77/629	Standards of accommodation for air travel report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/268A/RES/65/268A/RES/67/254 AA/RES/69/274 AA/RES/71/272 BA/RES/72/262 B
2022	A/77/346	Conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials : members of the International Court of Justice and President and judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals report of the Secretary-General

What’s in this document?

33 operative paragraphs

I.Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;1

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to reflect the improvements proposed in paragraphs 11 and 12 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions2 in the presentation of the budgets for special political missions for 2007;

Recalls paragraph 7 of section VII of its resolution 59/276 of 23 December 2004, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure that future budget proposals for special political missions are presented at an early date in order to facilitate proper consideration by the General Assembly;

Welcomes the efforts of the Secretary-General to utilize the existing expertise of staff within the United Nations system, including experts from regions where special political missions are located;

Encourages the Secretary-General to ensure the deployment of staff with relevant knowledge and experience to special political missions and good offices of the United Nations and to include information on progress made in future budget proposals;

Notes with appreciation efforts made to include information on actual and potential synergies and complementarities for each individual mission, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to develop and improve the presentation of information in this regard;

Requests the Secretary-General to identify means to achieve greater complementarities and synergies among the various special political missions and good offices of United Nations entities, including, where possible, through greater sharing of human resources and logistical arrangements, particularly where mandates are similar or interconnected, while being cognizant of their respective mandates;

Recalls that in paragraph 9 of its resolution 55/231 of 23 December 2000, it requested the Secretary-General to ensure that, in presenting the programme budget, expected accomplishments and, where possible, indicators of achievement are included to measure achievements in the implementation of the programmes of the Organization and not those of individual Member States;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit his future budget proposals in full compliance with its resolution 55/231;

Notes the lack of information analysing the growth and decrease in resources proposed as well as the variances between appropriations and expenditures in the report of the Secretary-General;1

Also notes the variance between the vacancy rates used in formulating budgets and the actual vacancy situation, in particular in medium-sized to large missions;

Requests the Secretary-General to formulate and present future budgets of special political missions on the basis of an analysis of actual expenditure patterns, including the latest vacancy situation and variances between appropriations and expenditures, for the purpose of achieving more realistic budgeting;

Also requests the Secretary-General to entrust to the Office of Internal Oversight Services a management review as outlined in paragraph 16 of the report of the Advisory Committee2 and to submit it to the General Assembly at the main part of its sixty-first session;

Reiterates that experts and consultants for all special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives should be used in full compliance with the existing rules and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and in cases where the required expertise is not available within the United Nations system;

Requests the Secretary-General, in this connection, to provide full justification in future budget submissions when requesting resources for experts and consultants;

Notes the observation of the Advisory Committee in paragraph 52 (c) of its report2 regarding the two positions funded from general temporary assistance, and requests the Secretary-General to include specific information on their status in the budget submission for 2007;

Takes note of paragraph 29 of the report of the Advisory Committee,2 and decides to establish a position for a Political Affairs Officer at the P-4 level within the Office of the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for Lebanon;

Approves an additional charge of 202,469,500 dollars against the provision for special political missions already approved under section 3, Political affairs, of the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007;⁵

⁵See A/60/6 (Sect. 3) and resolution 60/247 A.

II.2005 World Summit Outcome: Peacebuilding Support Office; revised estimates to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Support Office and the related revised estimates to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007,⁶ as well as the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁷

⁶A/60/694.

⁷A/60/7/Add.36. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 7A.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;5

Also takes note of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;6

Decides to authorize the Secretary-General to utilize an amount of up to 1,571,300 dollars from the approved initial provision for special political missions under section 3, Political affairs, of the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007,4 to operationalize a peacebuilding support office;

Stresses that the authorization from the provision for special political missions referred to in paragraph 3 above is a provisional and exceptional measure, decides that the Peacebuilding Support Office shall be financed from the programme budget, and requests the Secretary-General to include a provision for the Peacebuilding Support Office in the appropriate section of the programme budget, commencing with the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009, to ensure sustainable and reliable long-term financing of the Office;

Decides to revert to the issues regarding level, staffing and functions of the Peacebuilding Support Office as contained in the report of the Secretary-General5 in the context of its consideration of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009 and in the light of decisions, if any, that may result from the consideration by the General Assembly of the report of the Secretary-General to be submitted in accordance with paragraph 25 of its resolution 60/180 of 20 December 2005;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Peacebuilding Support Office has the necessary gender competence to support the Peacebuilding Commission in implementing its mandate to integrate a gender perspective into all of its work, taking into account, inter alia, Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and drawing on the appropriate expertise in the United Nations system;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure the efficient use of the resources approved in the provision for special political missions for the biennium 2006-2007, taking into account the provisions of paragraph 23 of its resolution 60/180;

III.Liabilities and proposed funding for after-service health insurance benefits

Recalling its resolution 58/249 A of 23 December 2003,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on liabilities and proposed funding for after-service health insurance benefits⁸ and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁹

⁸A/60/450 and Corr.1.

⁹A/60/7/Add.11. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 7A.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General7 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;8

Also takes note of the background information on the after-service health insurance programme provided in paragraphs 6 to 9 of the report of the Secretary-General,7 and requests further explanation of the programme;

Recognizes the end-of-service accrued benefit liabilities reported by the Secretary-General in his report,7 and requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to disclose those liabilities in the United Nations financial statements;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session a report that addresses the issues raised in paragraph 2 above, as well as the issues raised by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in its report,8 and that provides updated information on the status of liabilities, clarifications with regard to the assumptions used to determine liabilities and alternative strategies to fund the liabilities;

IV.Harmonization of the conditions of travel

Noting with appreciation the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on harmonization of the conditions of travel throughout the United Nations system¹⁰ and the note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination thereon,¹¹

¹⁰See A/60/78.

¹¹A/60/78/Add.1.

Decides to revert to the consideration of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit,9 the note by the Secretary-General10 and any relevant contributions by the International Civil Service Commission at its sixty-first session, together with the question “Standards of accommodation for air travel”;

Requests the Secretary-General to initiate, within the framework of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, a review of the standards of travel and entitlements for staff members, members of organs and subsidiary organs of the United Nations and organizations of the United Nations system, with a view to adopting a common policy at the United Nations system level;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit the results of the review to the General Assembly at the first part of its resumed sixty-first session.