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

A/RES/73/279 BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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

What other versions does this mandate have?

22 versions · 1994–2019

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

Disaster Preparedness Emergency Procedures Financial Resources Financing Groups of Experts Health Insurance Programme Budgeting Retirement Risk Management Special Missions

What’s in this document?

39 operative paragraphs

B¹

¹Resolution 73/279, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/73/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 73/279 A.

IOrganizational resilience management system

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

Welcomes the progress achieved thus far in the implementation of the organizational resilience management system, and requests the Secretary-General to integrate the organizational resilience management system within the overall risk management framework of the Organization;

Recalls paragraph 17 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and requests the Secretary-General to clarify further the structure, roles and responsibilities between the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance and the Department of Operational Support of the Secretariat in order to ensure a full and effective response to critical situations as they arise in the context of his next report;

Requests the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chair of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, to encourage all entities in the United Nations system to participate in the inter-agency community of practice;

Emphasizes the importance of a holistic and coordinated approach to emergency management across the United Nations system, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen the coordination and planning functions across the system, including the resident coordinator system, noting the importance of involving the host country to ensure adequate coordination and planning;

Reiterates paragraph 5 of section II of its resolution 70/248 B, in which it underlined the importance of the full implementation of the organizational resilience management system at offices away from Headquarters, regional commissions, field missions of the Department of Peace Operations and the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the Secretariat and the participating specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system;

Requests the Secretary-General to improve the crisis management capabilities of special political missions;

Recalls paragraph 20 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to provide an update regarding the actual cost of the organizational resilience management system initiative in his next report;

Notes the efforts of the Secretary-General with respect to the consideration of means of risk mitigation, including the requests for proposals for brokerage services, and encourages him to continue efforts to negotiate competitive insurance coverage, with a view to securing adequate coverage at a reasonable cost for all United Nations installations and premises exposed to natural hazards and emergencies, and to report thereon in his next progress report;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, no later than at the first part of its resumed seventy-sixth session, a progress report on the implementation of the organizational resilience management system;

IIManaging after-service health insurance

Recalling its resolution 58/249 A of 23 December 2003, section III of its resolution 60/255 of 8 May 2006, its resolution 61/264 of 4 April 2007, its resolution 64/241 and section XI of its resolution 64/245 of 24 December 2009, section IV of its resolution 65/259 of 24 December 2010, its resolution 68/244 of 27 December 2013, its resolution 69/113 of 10 December 2014, section III of its resolution 70/248 B and section IV of its resolution 71/272 B of 6 April 2017,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General⁴ and the related report of the Advisory Committee,⁵

⁴A/73/662.

⁵A/73/792.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary General;4

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee,5 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Acknowledges with concern the importance of after-service health insurance liabilities, and welcomes the efforts of the Secretary-General to propose measures to address the issue, while highlighting the potential important impact of the proposals on future budgets and the future entitlements of concerned staff;

Notes that the proposed payroll charge would entail an assessment on Member States;

Requests the Secretary-General to further explore options for the improvement of efficiency and the containment of costs, including liabilities associated with current and future staff, with a view to reducing the Organization’s expenditure on health insurance plans and its after-service health insurance obligations, and to report thereon at its seventy-fifth session;

Notes with appreciation the proposal for an entitlement accrual mechanism;

Requests the Secretary-General to present to the General Assembly, at its seventy-fifth session, comprehensive proposals to be applied after 1 January 2022, incorporating the following elements:

Further details about the proposed change to the funding model for future recruitees, including medium- and long-term budgetary projections for the regular and peacekeeping budgets;

A mechanism that would associate the after-service health insurance premiums paid by the agency and the staff member’s period of service within the system and information with respect to how such an entitlement accrual mechanism would be applied to staff members;

Projections regarding the proportion of staff in peacekeeping operations who will be entitled to after-service health insurance benefits;

Recalls paragraph 32 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and decides to maintain the pay-as-you-go funding of the United Nations after-service health insurance obligations at the present time;

IIIEstimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council concerning the Panel of Experts on Somalia

Recalling section XXII of its resolution 72/262 A of 24 December 2017, section II of its resolution 72/262 C of 5 July 2018, section XIV of its resolution 73/279 A and its resolution 73/280 A of 22 December 2018 and its decision 72/558 of 5 July 2018,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General⁶ and the related report of the Advisory Committee,⁷

⁶A/73/352/Add.7.

⁷A/73/498/Add.7.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;6

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee;7

Approves resources in the amount of 1,914,300 United States dollars (net of staff assessment) for the Panel of Experts on Somalia for the period from 14 November 2018 to 31 December 2019;

Decides to appropriate, under the procedures provided for in paragraph 11 of annex I to resolution 41/213 of 19 December 1986, an additional amount of 1,914,300 dollars (net of staff assessment) under section 3, Political affairs, of the programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019;

Also decides to appropriate an amount of 62,700 dollars under section 36, Staff assessment, to be offset by a corresponding amount under income section 1, Income from staff assessment, of the programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019;

IVEstimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council concerning the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement

Recalling section XXII of its resolution 72/262 A, section II of its resolution 72/262 C, section XIV of its resolution 73/279 A and its resolution 73/280 A,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General⁸ and the related report of the Advisory Committee,⁹

⁸A/73/352/Add.8.

⁹A/73/498/Add.8.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;8

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee,9 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Recalls paragraphs 8 and 9 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and requests the Secretary-General to present a full budget proposal to the General Assembly for its consideration in the context of his next report;

Requests the Secretary-General to intensify his ongoing efforts to ensure the expeditious filling of vacant positions, including the greater use of national staff, in his next budget submission;

Stresses the need to ensure close coordination between the Government of Yemen and the United Nations on all aspects of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement;

Also stresses that the decisions contained in the present resolution shall not preclude future amendments to structure, staffing and resources when the Secretary-General formally introduces the budget of the Mission;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for the Mission in an amount not to exceed 17,640,800 dollars (net) for the period from 1 April to 30 June 2019;

VRevised estimates relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 under sections 27, Humanitarian assistance, and 36, Staff assessment: United Nations Monitoring Mechanism for the Syrian Arab Republic

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General¹⁰ and the related report of the Advisory Committee,¹¹

¹⁰A/73/729.

¹¹A/73/799.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;10

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee;11

Approves the resources for the United Nations Monitoring Mechanism for the Syrian Arab Republic for the period from January to December 2019 in the amount of 2,926,200 dollars net (3,188,400 dollars gross);

Appropriates an additional amount of 2,700,300 dollars (net of staff assessment) under section 27, Humanitarian assistance, of the programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019;

Also appropriates an additional amount of 259,200 dollars under section 36, Staff assessment, to be offset by an equivalent amount under income section 1, Income from staff assessment, of the programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019.