Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the budget for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 20172 and the report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee on the proposed budget for the Office of Internal Oversight Services under the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017;3
2
Reaffirms its role in carrying out a thorough analysis and approval of human and financial resources and policies with a view to ensuring the full, effective and efficient implementation of all mandated programmes and activities and the implementation of policies in this regard;
3
Also reaffirms that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the General Assembly entrusted with responsibility for administrative and budgetary matters;
4
Further reaffirms rule 153 of its rules of procedure;
5
Reaffirms that the support account funds shall be used for the sole purpose of financing human resources and non-human resources requirements for backstopping and supporting peacekeeping operations at Headquarters, and that any changes in this limitation require the prior approval of the General Assembly;
6
Also reaffirms the need for adequate funding for the backstopping of peacekeeping operations, as well as the need for full justification for that funding in support account budget submissions;
7
Further reaffirms the need for effective and efficient administration and financial management of peacekeeping operations, and urges the Secretary-General to continue to identify measures to increase the productivity and efficiency of the support account;
8
Requeststhe Secretary-General to ensure the full implementation of the relevant provisions of its resolutions 59/296 of 22 June 2005, 60/266 of 30 June 2006, 61/276 of 29 June 2007, 64/269 of 24 June 2010, 65/289 of 30 June 2011, 66/264 of 21 June 2012, 69/307 of 25 June 2015 and 70/286 of 17 June 2016 and its other relevant resolutions;
9
Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,4 subject to the provisions of the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;
10
Recalls paragraphs 11, 13 and 18 of the report of the Advisory Committee, emphasizes that support functions should be scalable to the number, size and scope of peacekeeping operations, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to present, at the second part of the resumed seventy-second session of the General Assembly, a comprehensive review of the support account to ensure that the support account broadly corresponds to the evolving mandate, number, size and complexity of peacekeeping missions and to the implementation of organizational transformation initiatives;
11
Also recalls paragraph 13 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and notes with concern the continued upward shift in the grade structure of the United Nations Secretariat;
12
Encouragesthe Secretary-General to strengthen collaboration between the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Department of Field Support and the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat to promote the peacekeeping activities of the Organization;
13
Recalls paragraph 66 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and requests the Secretary-General to undertake a comprehensive review of the United Nations Office to the African Union and to submit his proposals for consideration by the General Assembly no later than during the main part of its seventy-first session;
14
Reaffirms that the use of external consultants should be kept to an absolute minimum and that their services should be used only when necessary, and stresses the need for using the in-house capacity of the Organization to perform core activities or to fulfil functions that are recurrent over the long term;
15
Decides to maintain, for the financial period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017, the funding mechanism for the support account used in the current period, from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016, as approved in paragraph 3 of its resolution 50/221 B;
Budget performance report for the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015
16
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the budget performance of the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015;1
Budget estimates for the financial period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017
17
Approves the support account requirements in the amount of 327,380,300 United States dollars for the financial period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017, inclusive of the amount of 16,830,400 dollars for the enterprise resource planning project and 821,500 dollars for information and systems security, including 1,341 continuing posts and 28 new temporary posts, as well as the abolishment, redeployment, reassignment and reclassification of posts, as set out in annex I to the present resolution, 97 continuing and 7 new general temporary assistance positions and 41 person-months, as set out in annex II, as well as related post and non-post requirements;
Financing of the support account for peacekeeping operations for the financial periods from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015 and from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017
18
Decides that the requirements for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the financial period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 shall be financed as follows:
a
The unencumbered balance in the amount of 1,880,700 dollars, in respect of the financial period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017;
b
The total amount of 2,328,300 dollars, comprising interest income of 567,400 dollars, other miscellaneous income of 78,200 dollars, cancellation of prior-period obligations of 1,658,200 dollars and prior-period adjustments of 24,500 dollars, in respect of the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017;
c
The amount of 910,600 dollars, representing the excess of the authorized level of the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2015, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017;
d
The balance of 322,260,700 dollars to be prorated among the budgets of the active peacekeeping operations for the financial period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017;
e
The net estimated staff assessment income of 27,576,300 dollars, comprising the amount of 26,707,300 dollars for the financial period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 and the increase of 869,000 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2015, to be offset against the balance referred to in subparagraph (d) above, to be prorated among the budgets of the individual active peacekeeping operations.
Annex I
Posts to be established under the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017
Department/office | Organizational unit | Posts | Function | Status | Number | Level | Department of Peacekeeping Operations | Office of Military Affairs | Force Generation Service | 1 | P-4 | Planning Officer (Strategic Force Generation and Capability Planning Cell) | New | Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions | Mine Action Service (New York) | 1 | D-2 | Director | New | Policy, Evaluation and Training Division | Office of the Director | 1 | P-4 | Programme Officer (Strategic Force Generation and Capability Planning Cell) | New | Integrated Training Service (Entebbe, Uganda) | 1 | P-4 | Training Officera | New/transfer as from 1 January 2017 | 2 | P-3 | Training Officera | New/transfer as from 1 January 2017 | 2 | NGS | Training Assistanta | New/transfer as from 1 January 2017 | Subtotal | 8 | Department of Field Support | Office of the Under-Secretary-General | United Nations Support Office in Somalia -Headquarters Support Team | 1 | D-1 | Team Leader | New | Conduct and Discipline Unit | 1 | P-5 | Senior Programme Officer (sexual exploitation and abuse) | New | 1 | P-4 | Programme Officer (sexual exploitation and abuse) | New | Logistics Support Division | Office of the Director | 1 | P-5 | Senior Environmental Affairs Officer | New | Subtotal | 4 | Department of Management | Office of Central Support Services | Archives and Records Management Section | 1 | P-2 | Associate Information Management Officer | Conversion from general temporary assistance | Office of Information and Communications Technology | Enterprise Applications Centre Bangkok (Bangkok office) | 1 | P-3 | Development Officer (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Conversion from general temporary assistance | 1 | P-3 | Development and Production Support Analyst (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Conversion from general temporary assistance | 1 | P-2 | Associate Applications Support Officer (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Conversion from general temporary assistance | 1 | GS (PL) | Customer Support Representative (Unite Service Desk) (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Conversion from general temporary assistance | 4 | GS (OL) | Customer Support Representative (Unite Service Desk) (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Conversion from general temporary assistance | 2 | GS (OL) | Customer Support Representative (Inspira) (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Conversion from general temporary assistance | 1 | GS (OL) | Database Administrator (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Conversion from general temporary assistance | 1 | GS (OL) | Administrative Assistant (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Conversion from general temporary assistance | Subtotal | 13 | Office of Staff Legal Assistance | Nairobi | 1 | P-3 | Legal Officer | Conversion from general temporary assistance | Subtotal | 1 | Office of Legal Affairs | Office of the Legal Counsel | 1 | P-4 | Legal Officer | New | Subtotal | 1 | Secretariat of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions | 1 | P-4 | Administrative Officer | Conversion from general temporary assistance | Subtotal | 1 | Total | 28
Note: The specific assignment and location of each of the new posts is set out in the report of the Secretary-General (A/70/751) and referenced in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/70/837).
Abbreviations: GS (OL), General Service (Other level); GS (PL), General Service (Principal level); NGS, national General Service.
a Abolishment of posts in the United Nations Logistics Base and re-establishment under the support account.
Restructuring, redeployment, reassignment, reclassification and abolishment of posts under the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017
Restructuring
Department of Peacekeeping Operations/Office of Military Affairs/ Force Generation Service
Establishment of the Strategic Force Generation and Capability Planning Cell
Department of Peacekeeping Operations/Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions/Office of the Assistant Secretary-General
Renaming of the Criminal Law and Judicial Advisory Service to the Justice and Corrections Service
Department of Peacekeeping Operations/Policy, Evaluation and Training Division/ Integrated Training Service
Transfer of the Civilian Predeployment Training Team from the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, to Entebbe, Uganda, with funding from the support account for peacekeeping operations as from 1 January 2017
Department of Management/Office of Information and Communications Technology
Realignment of posts and general temporary assistance positions under the support account to the approved structure of the Office of Information and Communications Technology
Integration of the Human Resources Information Systems Section from the Office of Human Resources Management to the Office of Information and Communications Technology
Office of Internal Oversight Services/Investigations Division
Establishment of Resident Investigations Offices in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
Redeployment
Department of Peacekeeping Operations/Office of Military Affairs/Strategic Force Generation and Capability Planning Cell
Redeployment of 1 post (P-4 Military Planning Officer) from the Force Generation Service
Department of Management/Office of Information and Communications Technology/ Global Operations Division
Redeployment of 1 post (GS (OL) Help Desk Assistant) from the Financial Information Operations Service in the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts
Department of Management/Office of Information and Communications Technology/ Enterprise Applications Centre New York
Redeployment of 3 posts (1 P-4 Project Manager, 1 P-3 Business Analyst, 1 GS (OL) Umoja/Integrated Management Information System Help Desk Assistant) from the Human Resources Information Systems Section in the Office of Human Resources Management
Department of Management/Office of Information and Communications Technology/ Enterprise Applications Centre Bangkok (Bangkok office)
Redeployment of 1 post (P-3 Project Manager) from the Enterprise Applications Centre Bangkok (New York office)
Office of Internal Oversight Services/Investigations Division/Resident Investigations Office in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic
Redeployment of 1 post (P-5 Senior Investigator) from the Investigations Division in New York
Redeployment of 1 post (P-4 Investigator) from the Regional Investigations Office in Entebbe
Office of Internal Oversight Services/Investigations Division/Regional Investigations Office in Entebbe
Redeployment of 1 post (P-3 Investigator) from the Resident Investigations Office in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Reclassification
Department of Management/Office of Central Support Services/Procurement Division/Communications and Information Technology Procurement Section
Reclassification of 1 post (P-4 Procurement Officer to P-5 Chief of Section)
Abolishment
Department of Peacekeeping Operations/Office of the Under-Secretary-General/ Executive Office
Abolishment of 1 post (GS (OL) Administrative Assistant)
Department of Field Support/Field Personnel Division/Asia and Middle East Section
Abolishment of 1 post (GS (OL) Administrative Assistant)
Department of Field Support/Field Personnel Division/East and Central Africa Section
Abolishment of 1 post (GS (OL) Administrative Assistant)
Department of Field Support/Field Personnel Division/West Africa, Europe and Americas Section
Abolishment of 1 post (GS (OL) Administrative Assistant)
Department of Management/Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts/ Peacekeeping Financing Division
Abolishment of 1 post (GS (OL) Finance and Budget Assistant)
Department of Management/Office of Central Support Services/Procurement Division
Abolishment of 1 post (GS (OL) Team Assistant)
Abbreviation: GS (OL), General Service (Other level).
General temporary assistance positions to be established under the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017
Department/office | Organizational unit | Position | Function | Status | Number | Level | Department of Peacekeeping Operations | Office of the Under-Secretary-General | Front office of the Office of the Chief of Staff | 1 | P-4 | Organizational Resilience Officer | Continuation | 1 | GS (OL) | Administrative Assistant (organizational resilience) | Continuation | Executive Office | 1 | P-4 | Human Resources Officer | Continuation | – | 3 months, 1 P-4 | Leave replacement | Continuation | – | 2 months, 1 P-3 | Leave replacement | Continuation | – | 2 months, 1 GS (OL) | Leave replacement | Continuation | Office of Operations | Africa II Division | 1 | P-4 | Electoral Affairs Officer | Continuation | 1 | GS (OL) | Administrative Assistant | Continuation | Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions | Office of the Assistant Secretary-General | 1 | P-4 | Rule of Law and Security Institutions Officer (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) | Continuation | Justice and Corrections Service | 1 | P-4 | Judicial Affairs Officer | Continuation | Police Division | 1 | P-4 | Police Programme Officer (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) | Continuation | Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Section | 1 | P-4 | Policy and Planning Officer (disarmament, demobilization and reintegration) (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) | Continuation | Subtotal | 9 | United Nations Office to the African Union | – | 3 months, 1 P-3 | Leave replacement | Continuation | – | 3 months, 1 NGS | Leave replacement | Continuation | Subtotal | – | Department of Field Support | Office of the Under-Secretary-General | Operational Support Team | 1 | P-4 | Planning Officer (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) | Continuation | Conduct and Discipline Unit | 1 | P-4 | Disciplinary Officer | Continuation | Field Budget and Finance Division | Memorandum of Understanding and Claims Management Section | 1 | P-3 | Finance Officer (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) | Continuation | Reimbursement Policy and Liaison Section | 1 | GS (OL) | Administrative Assistant | Continuation | Field Personnel Division | Recruitment, Outreach and Career Development Section | 12 | P-3 | Human Resources Officer (occupational groups) | Continuation | 4 | GS (OL) | Human Resources Assistant (occupational groups) | Continuation | East and Central Africa Section | 1 | P-4 | Human Resources Officer (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) | Continuation | Subtotal | 21 | Department of Management | Office of the Under-Secretary-General | Executive Office | – | 3 months, 1 P-4 | Leave replacement | Continuation | – | 3 months, 1 GS (OL) | Leave replacement | Continuation | Management Evaluation Unit | 1 | P-3 | Legal Officer | Continuation | Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts | Office of the Controller | 1 | P-4 | Project Manager (International Public Sector Accounting Standards) | Continuation | 1 | P-4 | International Public Sector Accounting Standards Officer | Continuation | 2 | P-3 | International Public Sector Accounting Standards Officer | Continuation | Accounts Division | 1 | P-4 | Finance Officer (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) | Continuation | 1 | GS (OL) | Finance Assistant (insurance) | Continuation | Peacekeeping Financing Division | 2 | P-3 | Finance and Budget Officer | Continuation | Office of Human Resources Management | Medical Service Division | 1 | P-4 | Medical Officer | New | Human Resources Policy Service | 1 | P-2 | Associate Legal Officer | Continuation | Learning, Development and Human Resources Services Division | 1 | P-3 | Human Resources Officer (performance management) | Continuation | Strategic Planning and Staffing Division | 1 | P-4 | Project Manager (data warehouse) (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Continuation | 1 | P-3 | Human Resources Officer (mobility) (from the Learning Development and Human Resources Services Division) | Continuation | 1 | GS (OL) | Human Resources Assistant (from the Learning Development and Human Resources Services Division) | Continuation | Office of Central Support Services | Procurement Division | 1 | P-3 | Procurement Officer (engineer) (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) | Continuation | 1 | GS (OL) | Procurement Assistant | Continuation | Office of Information and Communications Technology | Enterprise Applications Centre New York | 1 | P-4 | Project Manager (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Continuation | 1 | P-3 | Business Analyst (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Continuation | 1 | GS (OL) | Umoja/Integrated Management Information System Help Desk Assistant (from the Human Resources Information Systems Section) | Continuation | Enterprise Applications Centre Bangkok (New York office) | 1 | P-3 | Information Systems Officer (customer relationship management for the troop contribution management project) | Continuation | Enterprise Applications Centre Bangkok (Bangkok office) | 1 | P-4 | Project Manager (rations management system) | Continuation | 1 | P-3 | Information Systems Officer (fuel management system) | Continuation | Subtotal | 23 | Office of Internal Oversight Services | Executive Office | – | 2 months, 2 P-3 | Leave replacement | Continuation | – | 2 months, 3 GS (OL) | Leave replacement | Continuation | Investigations Division | Vienna | 1 | D-1 | Deputy Director | Continuation | 1 | P-5 | Senior Investigator | Continuation | 2 | P-4 | Investigator | Continuation | 1 | P-4 | Forensic Investigator | Continuation | 4 | P-3 | Investigator | Continuation | 1 | P-3 | Investigator (from the United Nations Mission in Liberia) | Continuation | 1 | GS (PL) | Investigations Assistant | Continuation | 1 | GS (OL) | Investigations Assistant | Continuation | Entebbe, Uganda | 3 | P-3 | Investigator | Continuation | 1 | NGS | Administrative Assistant | Continuation | Nairobi | 1 | P-4 | Forensic Investigator | Continuation | 1 | P-3 | Investigator | Continuation | United Nations Mission in Liberia | 1 | P-5 | Chief Resident Investigator | Continuation | 1 | P-4 | Investigator | Continuation | 2 | P-3 | Investigator | Continuation | 1 | NGS | Administrative Assistant | Continuation | United Nations Mission in South Sudan | 2 | P-3 | Investigator | Continuation | 1 | NGS | Administrative Assistant | Continuation | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali | 1 | P-5 | Chief Resident Investigator (from the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire) | Continuation | 1 | P-4 | Investigator (from the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire) | Continuation | 2 | P-3 | Investigator (from the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire) | Continuation | 1 | P-3 | Investigator (from Vienna) | Continuation | 1 | NGS | Administrative Assistant (from the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire) | Continuation | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic | 1 | P-3 | Investigator (from Entebbe) | Continuation | Internal Audit Division | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali | 3 | P-4 | Resident Auditor | Continuation | 2 | P-3 | Resident Auditor | Continuation | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic | 3 | P-4 | Resident Auditor | Continuation | 2 | P-3 | Resident Auditor | Continuation | Subtotal | 43 | Executive Office of the Secretary-General | – | 3 months, 2 GS (OL) | Leave replacement | Continuation | Subtotal | – | Office of the United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services | Regional Ombudsman’s Office in Entebbe | 2 | P-4 | Conflict Resolution Officer | New | Subtotal | 2 | Office of Legal Affairs | General Legal Division | Administration of Justice Cluster | – | 3 months, 1 P-4 | Leave replacement | Continuation | Subtotal | – | Department of Public Information | – | 1.5 months, 1 P-3 | Leave replacement | Continuation | – | 1.5 months, 1 GS (OL) | Leave replacement | Continuation | Subtotal | – | Department of Safety and Security | Office of the Under-Secretary-General | Integration Project Team | 1 | P-5 | Senior Project Manager | New | 1 | P-4 | Project Manager | New | Subtotal | 2 | Secretariat of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions | 1 | P-5 | Senior Administrative Officer | Continuation | Subtotal | 1 | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division | Peace Mission Support Section (New York) | 1 | P-4 | Human Rights Officer | Continuation | Peace Mission Support Section (Addis Ababa) | 1 | P-3 | Human Rights Officer | New | Research and Right to Development Division | Methodology, Education and Training Section (Geneva) | 1 | P-3 | Human Rights Officer | New | Subtotal | 3 | Total | 104 | Positions | and 41 person-months (positions of less than 12 months’ duration)a
Note: The specific assignment and location of each of the general temporary assistance positions is set out in the report of the Secretary-General (A/70/751) and referenced in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/70/837).
Abbreviations: GS (OL), General Service (Other level); GS (PL), General Service (Principal level); NGS, national General Service.
a Person-months are indicated in the column entitled “Level”.
