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Improving the Financial Situation of the United Nations

A/RES/76/272View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 140 Improving the financial situation of the United Nations, published in 2021.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1993–2022
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
2022
A/RES/76/272

Improving the financial situation of the United Nations

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2019
A/RES/73/307

Improving the financial situation of the United Nations

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1994
A/RES/48/220

Improving the financial situation of the United Nations

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1993
A/RES/47/215

Improving the financial situation of the United Nations

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Subprogramme 2Programme planning, finance and budget11—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2021–2025
YearSymbolTitleMandate resolution
2025A/79/734Improving the financial situation of the United Nations report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/76/272
2021A/76/429Improving the financial situation of the United Nations report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/73/307

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects
Administrative ReformBudget ContributionsFinancial ManagementFinancial ResourcesPeacekeeping Operations

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs
1
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, subject to the provisions of the present resolution;
3
Urges all Member States to fulfil their financial obligations as set out in the Charter of the United Nations on time, in full and without conditions;
4
Notes the exceptional amount of unspent funds from the 2021 regular budget to be credited to Member States, and decides to use 100 million United States dollars of these unspent funds to increase, on an exceptional basis and without setting a precedent, the Working Capital Fund;
5
Requests the Secretary-General to review the credits in the Working Capital Fund and report to the General Assembly at its eightieth session;
6
Notes the surplus in closed international tribunals accounts and the possibility of using it as a last resort to cover temporary liquidity shortfalls of the regular budget, in full compliance with the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations,3 also notes this is not an established mechanism, emphasizes that this practice cannot be sustainable, and requests the Secretary-General to provide a report on international tribunals surplus to be considered by the General Assembly at its eightieth session;

3ST/SGB/2013/4 and ST/SGB/2013/4/Amend.1.

7
Welcomes the continued management of the cash resources of the active peacekeeping missions as a pool, notes the positive impact that it has had on the timeliness of settlement of payments to troop- and police-contributing countries, and requests the Secretary-General to continue this practice on a trial period for another five years;
8
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly on the impact of the present resolution and any further measures to improve the financial situation of the United Nations at its eightieth session.

Table of contents

No headings found in this document.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Subprogramme 2Programme planning, finance and budget11

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.