Special Subjects Relating to the Programme Budget for the Biennium 2018-2019

A/RES/72/262 BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 136 Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019, published in 2018.

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?

2 subjects

Air Travel Travel Costs

What’s in this document?

21 operative paragraphs

B¹

¹Resolution 72/262, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/72/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 72/262 A.

IStandards of accommodation for air travel

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;2

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,3 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Recalls its resolution 71/272 B, regrets that the Secretary-General did not submit a comprehensive report on standards of accommodation for air travel, and requests him to submit such a report to the General Assembly at the first part of its resumed seventy-third session;

Expresses concern at the low rate of compliance with the advance purchase policy directive in all travel categories, recalls paragraph 4 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and requests the Secretary-General to make stronger efforts to further enhance the rate of compliance with the advance purchase policy directive across all travel categories, in particular in the official travel category, taking into account the patterns and nature of official travel and the reasons for non-compliance by each department, office and field mission;

Encourages the Secretary-General to include the advance purchase of tickets as a key performance indicator in regular managerial and departmental performance evaluations, taking into account the specificity of departments;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to hold managers accountable for the judicious use of travel resources, in particular by increasingly encouraging the use of alternative methods of communication and representation and by giving primary consideration to authorizing official travel only where direct face-to-face contact is necessary for mandate implementation;

Takes note of paragraph 8 of the report of the Advisory Committee;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to monitor industry best practices in the area of frequent flyer miles and to report to the General Assembly on any new trends for making use of frequent flyer miles to improve the administration of travel;

Takes note of paragraph 12 of the report of the Advisory Committee;

Notes the decrease in the use of the lump-sum option;

Takes note of paragraph 17 of the report of the Advisory Committee;

Decides to reinstate travel days and to maintain the 70 per cent lump-sum payment;

Looks forward to the results of the comprehensive analysis by the Secretary-General of the implementation of the lump-sum payments option, including collection and analysis of Umoja travel information, as well as the rate of acceptance of the lump-sum option by staff, to be presented to the General Assembly for consideration during its seventy-third session;

Recalls paragraph 20 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and decides to eliminate the use of first-class travel of United Nations staff members for their official travel;

Encourages non-staff members entitled to travel first class, with the exception of representatives of least developed countries, to voluntarily downgrade to the class immediately below;

Requests the Secretary-General to include, in his report to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, an analysis and recommendations concerning a single threshold for the use of business class by staff below the level of Assistant Secretary-General (and eligible family members) that should, in most years, be expected to maximize the use of limited travel budgets;

Also requests the Secretary-General to encourage the voluntary use of economy- and premium economy-class travel instead of business class wherever possible;

Decides that the changes set out in the present resolution shall not affect the current standards of accommodation for air travel and daily subsistence allowance of members of organs and/or subsidiary organs, committees, councils and commissions of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to limit the use of exceptions, to strengthen internal controls in this regard and to report thereon in his next report on standards of accommodation for air travel;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the procurement process for all air travel management services contracts is conducted in full compliance with general procurement principles as set out in financial regulation 5.12, namely, (a) best value for money; (b) fairness, integrity and transparency; (c) effective international competition; and (d) the interest of the United Nations,⁶ and to ensure that the procurement process includes the option of awarding a contract to multiple vendors to allow for greater competition among selected vendors;

⁶See ST/SGB/2013/4.

Encourages the International Civil Service Commission to assess system-wide standards of accommodation for air travel and to present relevant recommendations to the General Assembly;

IIProposed regional restructuring of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the proposed regional restructuring of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights⁷ and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁸

⁷A/71/218, A/71/218/Corr.1 and A/72/720.

⁸A/71/584 and A/72/7/Add.45.

Requests the Secretary-General to consider submitting a report, in line with established rules and procedures, to the General Assembly for consideration at its seventy-fourth session, on a proposed regional restructuring of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, if necessary.