Capital Master Plan

A/RES/70/239View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 133 Programme budget for the biennium 2014-2015, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 2005–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/232

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/232	Capital Master Plan	619	72%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/246	Capital Master Plan	690	33%Compare
2016	A/RES/70/239	Capital master plan	1,004	17%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/269	Capital master plan	3,210	31%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/228	Capital master plan	3,508	31%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

6 reports · 2006–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/309	Fourteenth annual progress report on the implementation of the Capital Master Plan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/239
2012	A/67/350	Tenth annual progress report on the implementation of the capital master plan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/269
2011	A/66/527	Ninth annual progress report on the implementation of the capital master plan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/269
2011	A/66/527/Add.1	Proposals for financing associated costs for 2012 from within the approved budget for the capital master plan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/269
2006	A/61/300	Impact of the capital master plan on meetings to be held at Headquarters during its implementation report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/282

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Building Security Library Buildings Maintenance and Repair New York (N.y.)Occupational Safety Office Buildings Project Implementation Project Management Purchasing

What’s in this document?

21 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the thirteenth annual progress report of the Secretary-General,1 the report of the Board of Auditors2 and the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors;3

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

Accepts the report of the Board of Auditors;

Approves the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its report;

Stresses the special role of the host country Government with regard to support for United Nations Headquarters, in New York;

Notes the benefits, including economic benefits, accruing to host countries from the presence of the United Nations, and the costs incurred;

Recalls section VIII, paragraph 10, of its resolution 69/274 A, notes with concern the continued delays in the demolition of the temporary North Lawn Building, which is within the scope of the capital master plan project, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the deconstruction and demolition of the building is completed without any further delay and to report thereon in the context of his next report;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the commemorative value of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library;

Reaffirms its commitment to the renovation of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and South Annex Buildings, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, for its consideration and approval, future proposals relating to the renovation of these two buildings as separate projects outside the scope of the capital master plan through established procedures;

Recalls section IV, paragraph 12, of its resolution 68/247 A, and reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to continue to engage in high-level conversations with the host city with a view to addressing the pending security concerns in relation to the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and South Annex Buildings and to report on this matter in the context of the fourteenth annual progress report;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the timely conclusion of the procurement process and the completion of the security-related work at 42nd and 48th Streets before the end of 2016;

Regrets that data on utility consumption were not made available to benchmark the benefits achieved against utility consumption prior to the capital master plan, and requests the Secretary-General to provide in his fourteenth annual progress report data on current utility consumption, including consumption patterns prior to the capital master plan;

Acknowledges the handover of post-renovation activities to the Office of Central Support Services of the Department of Management of the Secretariat, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure proper mechanisms of accountability and clear reporting lines after the closure of the Office of the Capital Master Plan and to report thereon in the context of the fourteenth annual progress report;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the costs of the remaining activities will be met from the existing resources of the capital master plan project;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that any cost changes are kept to a minimum and that detailed and comprehensive information is provided in the next progress report;

Further requests the Secretary-General to provide updated information with respect to the latest expenditure, obligations and disbursement of the project, the breakdown of the requirements for the remaining activities until project completion and the anticipated potential savings from the closure of contracts in the fourteenth annual progress report;

Requests the Secretary-General to expedite the remaining activities and the final financial close-out of the project;

Reiterates its request to the Advisory Committee to request the Board of Auditors to continue to report annually on the capital master plan, including the remaining activities of the project, until the final close-out of the accounts;

Recalls paragraph 18 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and requests the Secretary-General to provide data on the quantifiable benefits reportedly derived from the capital master plan;

Notes the forthcoming issuance of the guidelines for the management of construction projects of the Organization, and encourages the Secretary-General to take on board all related recommendations of the Board of Auditors and the Advisory Committee, as appropriate;

Requests the Advisory Committee to request the Board of Auditors to update, if appropriate, its paper on lessons learned from the capital master plan and to include it as an annex to the next report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan.

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