Special Subjects Relating to the Programme Budget for the Biennium 2008-2009

A/RES/62/245View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 128 Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009, published in 2008.

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 subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Costs Financial Resources Human Rights Peacebuilding Programme Budgeting Resources Allocation Special Missions Special Representatives Staff Assessment Staffing

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

I.Revised estimates resulting from resolutions adopted by the Human Rights Council

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

Also takes note of the preliminary estimated requirements of 2,916,000 United States dollars for the biennium 2008–2009;

Further takes note that the estimated requirements of 2,449,300 dollars have been included in the programme budget for the biennium 2008–2009 and that the balance of 466,700 dollars is to be considered in the context of a consolidated statement of requirements arising from the continuing review by the Human Rights Council of its subsidiary machinery;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2

Requests the Secretary-General to submit proposals to improve the procedure for presenting the financial requirements arising from resolutions and decisions of the Human Rights Council for consideration at its sixty-third session;

II.Financing of field missions of the Peacebuilding Commission

Having considered the note by the Secretary-General on the financing of field missions of the Peacebuilding Commission⁴ and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁵

⁴A/62/670.

⁵A/62/7/Add.33. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 7A.

Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General;3

Also takes note of the preliminary estimate of 676,300 dollars for field missions of the Peacebuilding Commission under the programme budget for the biennium 2008–2009;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;4

III.Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council: additional requirements for special political missions for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2008

Recalling section V of its resolution 62/238 of 22 December 2007,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council⁶ and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁷

⁶A/62/512/Add.6.

⁷A/62/7/Add.37. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 7A.

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

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,6 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Decides to maintain the staffing for the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Lord’s Resistance Army-affected areas at the level currently funded under the provisions of its resolution 62/239 of 22 December 2007 on unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the biennium 2008–2009;

Also decides to review the staffing and resource allocation for the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Lord’s Resistance Army-affected areas at the main part of its sixty-third session in the context of the 2009 budget proposal for special political missions;

Further decides to redeploy twenty-two positions (Local level) from the Electoral Assistance Office of the United Nations Mission in Nepal according to the needs of the Mission;

Approves additional budgets for special political missions for 2008 totalling 48,954,400 dollars net (53,571,500 dollars gross);

Takes note of the balance of 17,322,800 dollars in the overall provision for special political missions under section 3, Political affairs, of the programme budget for the biennium 2008–2009;

Decides to appropriate, under the procedure provided for in paragraph 11 of annex I to its resolution 41/213 of 19 December 1986, an additional amount of 31,631,600 dollars under section 3, Political affairs, of the programme budget for the biennium 2008–2009;

Also decides to appropriate an amount of 4,617,100 dollars under section 35, Staff assessment, to be offset by a corresponding amount under income section 1, Income from staff assessment, of the programme budget for the biennium 2008–2009.