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Distr. GENERAL
20 December 1991
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A/RES/46/185
79th plenary meeting
20 December 1991
Questions relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium
1992-1993 A
The General Assembly
I
INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING CENTRE: 1992 BUDGET ESTIMATES
Approves the budget estimates for the International Computing Centre for
the year 1992 amounting to 18,275,000 Swiss francs or 13,053,600 United States
dollars;
II
UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR NAMIBIA: SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR NAMIBIAN STUDENTS
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General and approves the
proposals made in paragraphs 14 and 15 thereof;
III
REVIEW OF TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES FOR ALL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES IN THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
Approves the proposals contained in the note by the Secretary-General
and the observations made by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions in its report;
IV
CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL CONFERENCE FACILITIES AT ADDIS ABABA AND BANGKOK
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General and concurs with the
recommendations and requests made by the Advisory Committee on Administrative
and Budgetary Questions in paragraphs 28 and 29 of its report;
V
HONORARIUMS PAYABLE TO MEMBERS OF ORGANS AND SUBSIDIARY
ORGANS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Decides to defer until its forty-seventh session consideration of the
report of the Secretary-General on this question;
VI
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR UNDER-SECRETARIES-GENERAL AND ASSISTANT
SECRETARIES-GENERAL
Decides to defer until its forty-seventh session consideration of the
report of the Secretary-General on this question;
VII
REVISED ESTIMATES UNDER SECTION 33F (ADMINISTRATION, VIENNA)
Endorses the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Administrative
and Budgetary Questions to maintain the initial estimates proposed by the
Secretary-General for this section, pending a more detailed review by the
Advisory Committee of the proposals submitted by the Secretary-General in his
report;
VIII
REVISED ESTIMATES UNDER SECTION 32D (CONFERENCE AND LIBRARY SERVICES, VIENNA)
Takes note of the revised estimates submitted by the Secretary-General
to appropriate an additional amount of 803,800 dollars relating to the
requirements for the establishment of a common interpretation service at
Vienna;
IX
CONTINGENCY FUND
Notes that a balance of 15,237,100 dollars remains in the contingency
fund.
B
The General Assembly
I
Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for
Programme and Coordination on the proposed programme budget for the biennium
1992-1993, contained in paragraphs 11 to 391 of its report on the work of its
thirty-first session, including general considerations, overall resource
requirements, priorities, methodology and format;
II
POSTS
1. Endorses the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and
Coordination contained in paragraphs 41 to 43 of its report on the changes in
the staffing table of the Organization;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to review and develop procedures
and norms, including workload analyses, to justify the creation, suppression,
reclassification, conversion and redeployment of posts and to submit a report
with proposals through the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions to the General Assembly at its forty- seventh session, taking into
account section I, paragraph 17, of Assembly resolution 45/239 A of 21
December 1990;
3. Takes note of the number and distribution of high-level posts in
the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993;
4. Invites the Secretary-General to indicate his proposed changes in
the organization of the Secretariat, particularly with regard to high-level
posts, in revised estimates to be submitted to the General Assembly at its
forty- seventh session;
5. Endorses the recommendations of the Advisory Committee with regard
to the changes in the staffing table of the Organization proposed by the
Secretary-General, and decides (a) to convert from temporary to established
status four posts (one D-2, one P-5 and two General Service) in the Office of
the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
in South-East Asia (section 2B.l); (b) to defer the establishment of a new P-4
post of Editor in the Office for Political and General Assembly Affairs and
Secretariat Services (section 4B); (c) to establish on a temporary basis a P-5
post for the Director of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and
Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific at Kathmandu, as indicated in resolution
C, section V, below; (d) not to endorse the downgrading of the P-4 post to the
P-3 level proposed in section 9; (e) to keep for 1992 the D-2 post proposed
for abolition in section 15 and that the other posts under the subprogramme
concerned should be treated as indicated in resolution C, section IX, below;
and (f) to accept the recommendation of the Advisory Committee to establish a
P-5 post for an Evaluation Officer in the Economic Commission for Africa, as
indicated in resolution C, section XVII, below;
III
UNDERUTILIZED BALANCES
1. Endorses as an ad hoc measure the reduction of 13,343,900 United
States dollars recommended by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions on the basis of underutilized balances;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to bear in mind that the
across-the-board reductions under each section resulting from the
recommendations of the Advisory Committee on the underutilized balances are
indicative and to consider, in implementing these recommendations, the
requirements of programmes and services of the various units in the
Secretariat;
3. Also requests the Secretary-General to use the first performance
report on the programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993 to reflect his
proposed transfers of resources among sections of the programme budget, in
accordance with the existing financial regulations and rules and the
recommendations of the Advisory Committee contained in the relevant part of
paragraph 22 of its first report on the proposed programme budget for the
biennium 1992-1993;
IV
ACTIVITIES IN THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET
1. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for
Programme and Coordination contained in paragraphs 31 to 33 and 52 of its
report;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to undertake a review of the
possible consolidation of administrative functions in the various units of the
Secretariat and to submit proposals thereon to the General Assembly at its
forty-seventh session;
3. Also requests the Secretary-General to review the distribution of
resources between substantive central departments and offices and the regional
commissions, taking into account the relevant provisions of General Assembly
resolutions 32/197 of 20 December 1977 and 41/213 of 19 December 1986, and to
reflect his recommendations in the proposed programme budget for the biennium
1994-1995;
4. Notes that the proposed programme budget for the biennium
1992-1993 does not provide a list of activities that, in the judgement of the
Secretary-General, can be discontinued, and requests the Secretary-General, in
the implementation of the programme budget, to take into account measures that
may improve the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of the Organization, thereby
enhancing its capacity and flexibility to respond effectively to needs and
mandates;
5. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to develop
workload standards and other management techniques, particularly in the
context of the preparation of the proposed programme budget for the biennium
1994-1995;
6. Endorses the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and
Coordination on priority-setting contained in paragraphs 45 to 47 of its
report, notes that the broad priority on the economic development of
developing countries pertains to a large number of sections of the programme
budget, and stresses the importance of ensuring adequate resources for the
implementation of mandated activities under each section of the programme
budget;
7. Notes that objectives of the medium-term plan for the period
1992-1993 and specific mandates of the General Assembly are not always fully
reflected in the programme narratives and activities of some sections of the
proposed programme budget, and requests the Secretary-General fully to take
into account the views expressed by Member States in implementing the
programme budget and in proposing revisions to the medium-term plan;
8. Also notes the growing role of extrabudgetary resources in the
implementation of the programmes of the Organization, the progress achieved in
the presentation of these resources in the programme budget, the impact of
voluntary contributions on a number of subprogrammes in the economic and
social fields and the observations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative
and Budgetary Questions contained in paragraphs 71 and 72 of its report with
regard to the need for greater transparency, and decides to keep this question
under constant review;
9. Further notes that the estimates in the proposed programme budget
do not reflect the possible consequences for the activities financed from the
regular budget of the decisions taken by the Governing Council of the United
Nations Development Programme on new successor arrangements, recognizes that
for sections of the programme budget, such as those pertaining to the
Department of Technical Cooperation for Development and the regional
commissions, these new arrangements are likely to affect the projected level
of resources in 1993 and perhaps in 1992, and invites the Secretary-General to
keep the situation under constant review and to report to the General Assembly
at its forty-seventh session, in the most appropriate form;
10. Requests the Secretary-General to review the costs of services
provided by the United Nations to activities financed from extrabudgetary
resources and to provide an analysis of appropriate sources of funding for
these costs, taking into account relevant intergovernmental decisions and
resolutions and existing practices in this regard;
11. Also requests the Secretary-General to work in close collaboration
with the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in the
preparation of the report and to take into account paragraph 37 of decision
91/46 of 21 June 1991 of the Governing Council of the Programme;
12. Requests that the two reports be reviewed by the Advisory
Committee;
V
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
1. Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the status
of technological innovations, and telecommunications activities, in the United
Nations and on optical disc storage and retrieval system, and endorses the
comments and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions contained in its report on these projects;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure coordination among all
organizational units involved in order to harmonize their activities to
prevent future incompatibilities and ensure their efficient and cost-effective
use of the technologies;
3. Approves phase II of the optical disc storage and retrieval
project for the period 1992-1993, subject to the submission of a detailed
performance report on the completion of phase I in 1992;
4. Takes note of the third progress report of the Secretary-General
on the integrated management information system project, expresses concern at
the delay in the implementation of the project and at the quality of the
information provided to Member States, and endorses the recommendations of the
Advisory Committee contained in paragraph 45 of its first report and in
paragraphs 17 to 29 of its thirteenth report on the proposed programme budget
for the biennium 1992-1993;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a progress report to the
General Assembly at its forty-seventh session in accordance with the
recommendations of the Advisory Committee, particularly with regard to the
quantifiable increase in productivity, indicating estimated maintenance costs
per year on a long-term basis as indicated in paragraph 26 of its report;
6. Requests that a report based on an independent expert study and
taking into account the views expressed by Member States at the current
session be submitted no later than 15 September 1992, to the Advisory
Committee, which will review the report and advise the General Assembly on the
matter at its forty-seventh session, the purpose of this independent
evaluation being to assess the approach and methodology adopted in the
development and implementation of the project and to determine whether the
project can be expected to provide the benefits outlined in the reports of the
Secretary-General and to contribute to a more efficient and effective
administrative management of the Organization; in addition, the evaluation
should provide suggestions for enhanced information to Member States, inter
alia, through adequate phasing of the project, with a view to enabling the
Assembly to take informed decisions on the subject; the report is to be
financed from the existing provision for the project;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to submit one comprehensive report
on new technology projects, including information on the steps taken to
implement the recommendations of the Advisory Committee, to the General
Assembly at its forty-seventh session, taking into account the views expressed
by Member States on these matters in the Fifth Committee;
VI
PUBLICATIONS POLICY
1. Notes that, in a number of sections of the proposed programme
budget, notably of parts IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, there seems to be a large
number of publications and an unclear distinction between publications
requested by intergovernmental bodies and technical publications produced on
the initiative of the Secretariat;
2. Also notes that the quality and relevance of publications appear
to be uneven and that the policies for pricing and distribution of United
Nations publications need to be further refined;
3. Endorses the recommendations contained in paragraphs 27 and 32.16
to 32.19 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions, and emphasizes the need for the Secretariat to utilize
better internal printing facilities with a view to reducing the overall cost
of printing;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to review the overall publications
policy of the Organization, including its technical aspects and possible
coordination at the level of the system, and to submit a report to the General
Assembly at its forty-eighth session;
VII
WORKLOAD OF COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
1. Endorses the views contained in paragraph 85 of the report of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to undertake a review, taking into
account all aspects of the implications resulting from the increasing trend on
workload of the various committees and commissions, and to submit a report,
with appropriate proposals, to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh
session;
3. Recognizes that the working methods of the Advisory Committee are
within its competence, and invites the Committee to report its decisions and
recommendations, as appropriate, to the General Assembly;
VIII
SEMINAR ON THE METHODOLOGY FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE PROGRAMME BUDGET
1. Endorses the recommendation of the Committee for Programme and
Coordination contained in paragraph 49 of its report, on the convening by the
Secretary-General of an ad hoc technical seminar to review the question of the
methodology used for the preparation of the programme budget, and
recommends that this seminar take place during the first part of 1992;
2. Also endorses the recommendations of the Committee for Programme
and Coordination, contained in paragraphs 53, 400 and 401 of its report,
concerning the submission of a prototype of a new budget format, through the
Committee for Programme and Coordination and the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions, to the General Assembly at its
forty-seventh session;
IX
CONTINGENCY FUND
1. Recalls its resolution 45/255 of 21 December 1990, by which it
established provisionally the level of the contingency fund of the programme
budget for the biennium 1992-1993 at a level of 0.75 per cent of the
preliminary estimate of 2,462,400,000 dollars, that is, 19 million dollars;
2. Takes note of the adjustment made by the Secretary-General to the
preliminary estimates from 2,462,400,000 dollars to 2,366,300,000 dollars, and
decides that the revised level of the contingency fund stands at 18 million
dollars;
X
BUDGET-RELATED STAFFING ISSUES
1. Requests the Secretary-General to review the nature and level of
regular budget funding of staff union activities and to report to the General
Assembly at its forty-seventh session;
2. Invites the Secretary-General to take into account section XIII,
paragraph 2, of General Assembly resolution 45/241 of 21 December 1990 in the
implementation of the programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993;
3. Decides that a turnover rate of 0.5 per cent shall be applied in
respect of General Service staff in the proposed programme budget for the
biennium 1992-1993.
C
The General Assembly,
SECTION 1. OVERALL POLICY-MAKING, DIRECTION AND COORDINATION
Having accepted the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the posts for its secretariat, and
having noted the increasing workload of the Advisory Committee,
1. Stresses the statutory nature and the importance of the functions
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, and
invites the Secretary-General to keep under review the method of financing of
posts in the secretariat of the Advisory Committee that are not part of the
regular budget;
2. Decides that, starting in 1992, the travel expenses and
subsistence allowances of the members of the Committee for Programme and
Coordination for attendance at the joint meetings of the Committee for
Programme and Coordination and the Administrative Committee on Coordination
should be authorized under the regular budget of the Organization, on the
understanding that there will be no increase in the total appropriation of the
relevant part of section 1 and that claims related to the regular sessions of
the Committee for Programme and Coordination will have first priority;
II
SECTION 2. GOOD OFFICES AND PEACEMAKING; PEACE-KEEPING; RESEARCH AND
THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
1. Requests the Secretary-General to reflect the wording contained in
General Assembly resolution 46/48 on the comprehensive review of the whole
question of peace-keeping operations in all their aspects, adopted by the
Assembly on 9 December 1991 on the recommendation of the Special Political
Committee, in the programme budget and in the medium-term plan;
2. Invites the Secretary-General to ensure that the activities of the
Office for Research and the Collection of Information fully complement the
activities of other offices, including the Department of Political and
Security Council Affairs;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to submit appropriate information
on the financial and related aspects of special missions, particularly cost
absorption, in the context of budget performance reports;
III
SECTION 3. POLITICAL AND SECURITY COUNCIL AFFAIRS
Recalling its resolutions 32/71 of 9 December 1977 and 40/243 of 18
December 1985, as well as the relevant observations and recommendations of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in its first
report on the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1990-1991 on the
venues of meetings of subsidiary bodies,
Requests the Committee on Conferences to expedite its review of United
Nations bodies meeting away from their established headquarters and to report
to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session;
IV
SECTION 4. POLITICAL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY AFFAIRS AND
SECRETARIAT SERVICES
1. Decides to consider at its forty-seventh session the report of the
Secretary-General on the organization of editorial services at United Nations
Headquarters, which was requested by the Committee for Programme and
Coordination in paragraph 96 of its report;
2. Also decides to postpone its decision on the proposal of the
Secretary-General and the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions for the establishment of a P-4 post of
Editor, pending final decision on the results of the review of editorial
services at its forty-seventh session;
3. Accepts the reclassification of the post of Secretary of the
Committee for Programme and Coordination from the P-4 to the P-5 level;
4. Notes the responsibilities currently attached to this post and the
inconsistencies in the levels of secretaries of various intergovernmental
policy-making organs, and requests the Secretary-General to keep under review
the levels of these posts, bearing in mind the other responsibilities
associated with the posts, and to submit proposals as appropriate to the
General Assembly at its forty-seventh session;
V
SECTION 5. DISARMAMENT
1. Accepts the proposal of the Secretary-General and the
recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions on the granting of a subvention of 440,000 United States dollars to
the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, reiterates its request
contained in section IV of its resolution 44/201 B of 21 December 1989, and
endorses the observations and recommendations contained in paragraphs 5.9 and
5.10 of the report of the Advisory Committee stressing the need for the
eventual self-sufficiency of the Institute and urging that every effort should
be made to encourage donors to make additional unrestricted contributions
which could be used to defray the administrative costs of the Institute;
2. Decides to establish a P-5 post for the Director of the United
Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific at
Kathmandu, effective 1 January 1992, on a temporary basis, subject to a review
for the need to establish this post on a permanent basis for the next
biennium;
VI
SECTION 9. LEGAL ACTIVITIES
1. Recalls the concerns expressed by the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the persistent backlog in the
publication of the United Nations Treaty Series and invites the
Secretary-General to take innovative and cost-effective measures to address
this problem;
2. Endorses the comments and observations made by the Advisory
Committee in paragraphs 9.6 and 9.7 of its report, on the questions of travel
and publication policy in the United Nations Commission on International Trade
Law;
3. Takes note of the proposals of the Secretary-General and the
recommendation of the Advisory Committee regarding the reclassification of two
posts in the Codification Division, and decides not to endorse these
proposals;
4. Requests the Secretary-General, in administering the staffing
table of section 9, to take fully into account the views expressed by Member
States on the proposed reclassifications;
VII
SECTION 11A. OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR DEVELOPMENT
AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION
1. Endorses the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the proposed reclassification of a
D-1 post, and decides, in the light of the increasing importance of
system-wide coordination in the economic and social fields, to keep this
question under constant review;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to review the programme narrative
under section 11A, taking into account all relevant mandates adopted by the
General Assembly;
SECTION 11B. WORLD FOOD COUNCIL
Endorses the recommendation contained in paragraph 11B.7 of the report
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the
question of the rental of office space for the secretariat of the World Food
Council, and urges the Secretary-General to make every effort to obtain
premises at a lower cost for this secretariat;
SECTION 11C. UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT
Endorses the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative
and Budgetary Questions, and encourages the Secretary-General to redeploy
resources from within section 11C to provide for any additional consultancy
requirements;
VIII
SECTION 13. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
1. Notes the different presentation of the activities on
non-governmental organizations in section 13, and stresses that the functions
of the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs in this regard
remain unchanged;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to examine activities related to
"centrally planned economies" in the light of global economic developments and
to report to the General Assembly in the context of the revisions to the
medium-term plan for the period 1992-1997 to be submitted at the forty-seventh
session;
3. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the
administrative and financial arrangements for the 1994 International
Conference on Population and Development, endorses the recommendation of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to provide
regular budget funding for the Conference, and requests the Secretary- General
to make all necessary efforts to seek voluntary contributions funding for the
Conference;
IX
SECTION 15. UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Takes note of the negative growth proposed for this section over
the revised estimates for the biennium 1990-1991, stresses the importance of
the programme on trade and development in relation to the broad priority on
the economic development of developing countries, and requests the
Secretary-General to ensure the full implementation of the activities proposed
under this section, including, if necessary, through the redeployment of
resources in accordance with established procedures;
2. Also takes note of the proposals of the Secretary-General to
abolish a D-2 post and to redeploy the other twelve posts of subprogramme 5,
and the related recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative
and Budgetary Questions;
3. Recognizes that new mandates and new activities might emerge under
section 15;
4. Decides that the thirteen posts under subprogramme 5 mentioned
above should be retained for 1992, with the corresponding appropriation;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to make proposals on these posts
for 1993 to the General Assembly at its forty- seventh session, taking into
account the results of the eighth session of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development, other mandates of relevant intergovernmental bodies and
the possibility for curtailing activities under this subprogramme mentioned in
the statement of programme budget implications for the implementation of the
Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s;
X
SECTION 16. INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE
Requests that the detailed recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions on section 16 of the proposed programme
budget should be made available to the budget committee of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade at its October session in the odd-numbered year
before the beginning of the budgetary biennium;
XI
SECTION 17. UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
1. Endorses the recommendation contained in paragraph 265 of the
report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination that all non-mandated
activities should be excluded from the programme narrative of section 17;
2. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the conference
servicing of intergovernmental bodies convened at Nairobi, endorses the
relevant recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions, stresses that interpretation services should be available
for all official languages of the Organization, and requests the
Secretary-General to report on possible additional financial requirements
under section 17 in the context of the first performance report on the
programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to study the possibility of
alternative arrangements for the secretariat of the United Nations Scientific
Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, including its possible merger
with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and to report to the General
Assembly at its forty-seventh session;
XII
SECTION 18. CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT
Takes note of the negative growth proposed for this section, stresses
the importance of the programme on science and technology for development in
relation to the broad priority on the economic development of developing
countries, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure the full
implementation of the activities proposed under this section, including
enhanced coordination with the regional commissions and, if necessary, through
the redeployment of resources in accordance with established procedures;
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SECTION 19. UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS (HABITAT)
1. Endorses the recommendation contained in paragraph 276 of the
report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination, and stresses that the
activities envisaged under subprogrammes 1, 6 and 8 should be fully responsive
to the needs of the various regions, including Latin America and the
Caribbean;
2. Also endorses the relevant recommendations of the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the translation of
documentation into Chinese, and invites the Secretary-General to reflect any
related additional appropriation in the context of the first performance
report on the programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993 under section 19;
3. Invites the Secretary-General to ensure that all publications of
the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) are translated into
all official languages in a timely manner;
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SECTION 20. UNITED NATIONS CENTRE ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
Endorses the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Administrative
and Budgetary Questions on the proposed reclassification of the General
Service post of Managing Editor, The CTC Reporter magazine, pending the
completion of the review of the publication policy of the Organization;
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SECTION 21. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
1. Stresses the importance of the preparation for the Fourth World
Conference on Women, to be held in 1995, and requests the Secretary-General to
ensure that adequate resources are provided for the preparation during the
biennium 1992-1993;
2. Also stresses the importance of the appropriate servicing of the
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and requests the
Secretary-General to ensure such servicing, including through the redeployment
of resources;
XVI
SECTION 22. INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL
Endorses the recommendation contained in paragraph 301 of the report of
the Committee for Programme and Coordination, and stresses the need for
allocation of adequate resources for activities undertaken pursuant to this
recommendation;
Administrative and financial arrangements regarding the
United Nations International Drug Control Programme
1. Decides to establish, as from 1 January 1992, under the direct
responsibility of the Executive Director of the United Nations International
Drug Control Programme, the Fund of the United Nations International Drug
Control Programme as a fund for financing operational activities mainly in
developing countries and to transfer to it the financial resources of the
former United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control;
2. Authorizes the Commission on Narcotic Drugs as the principal
United Nations policy-making body on drug control issues, taking into account
Economic and Social Council resolution 1991/38 of 21 June 1991 and General
Assembly resolution 46/104 of 16 December 1991, to approve, on the basis of
the proposals of the Executive Director of the Programme, both the budget of
the programme of the Fund and the administrative and programme support costs
budget, other than expenditures borne by the regular budget of the United
Nations, and requests the Commission to report to the Assembly at its
forty-seventh session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the ways in
which it plans to carry out the administrative and financial functions;
3. Requests the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions to submit its comments and recommendations on the administrative and
programme support costs budget of the United Nations International Drug
Control Programme to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs;
4. Invites the Secretary-General to consider ways to streamline the
proposed structure for the Programme, taking into account, inter alia, the
observations of the Advisory Committee and the views expressed in the Fifth
Committee, including the need to promote regional cooperation under the
coordination of the Programme in consultation with the regional commissions
and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh
session;
5. Decides to consider the arrangements relating to personnel for the
Programme to be funded from the regular budget of the United Nations at a
later stage during the current session of the General Assembly, and meanwhile
requests the Secretary-General to take all measures necessary to expedite the
recruitment of such personnel;
6. Notes that the paramount consideration in the employment of the
staff and in the determination of the conditions of service shall be the
necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and
integrity and that due regard shall be paid to the importance of recruiting
the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible;
7. Notes also the intention of the Secretary-General to promulgate
financial rules for the Fund, in accordance with the Financial Regulations of
the United Nations, it being understood that the references in the said
financial rules to the role and functions of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
shall be consistent with the role of the Commission given in paragraph 2
above;
8. Decides that, notwithstanding regulations 11.1 and 11.4 of the
Financial Regulations of the United Nations, the Executive Director of the
Programme shall maintain the accounts of the Fund of the Programme and shall
be responsible for submitting the said accounts and related financial
statements, no later than 31 March following the end of the financial period,
to the Board of Auditors and for submitting financial reports to the
Commission on Narcotic Drugs and to the General Assembly;
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SECTION 23. ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
1. Accepts the proposals of the Secretary-General and the
recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions on the multinational programming and operational centres, taking
into account the relevant evaluation report, the report of the Committee for
Programme and Coordination, the report of the Secretary-General, the relevant
decisions of the Economic and Social Council, paragraph 23.9 of the report of
the Advisory Committee and further views expressed by the Secretariat during
the consideration of this question at the forty-sixth session of the General
Assembly, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the multinational
programming and operational centres with the remaining Professional and
General Service posts and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its
forty- seventh session;
2. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the
self-evaluation capacity of the Economic Commission for Africa and the
observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee, and decides to
establish the P-5 post of Evaluation Officer for the Economic Commission for
Africa for the biennium 1992-1993 and to review the functions of this post in
the context of the preparation of the proposed programme budget for the
biennium 1994-1995;
3. Accepts the proposals of the Secretary-General and the
recommendations of the Advisory Committee on the African Institute for
Economic Development and Planning, and requests the Secretary-General to
report to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session on the situation
of the Institute, in the light of Economic and Social Council resolution
1990/72 of 27 July 1990;
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SECTION 24. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA
AND THE PACIFIC
1. Takes note of the proposed priorities among subprogrammes, invites
the Secretary-General to be guided by the work programme and the priorities
recommended by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in
implementing the programme budget, and stresses the importance of submitting
new proposals in the context of the revisions to the medium-term plan for the
period 1992-1997;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to assess the capacity of the
Commission to fulfil its role for the strengthening of multilateral regional
and subregional cooperation, having regard to the resources available in the
Commission, and to propose measures for the strengthening of the Commission in
the context of the revised estimates of the programme budget for the biennium
1992-1993, taking into account the work programme of the Commission;
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SECTION 28. HUMAN RIGHTS
1. Accepts the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions with regard to posts, and requests the
Secretary-General to provide complete information concerning management and
workload analysis, as indicated by the Advisory Committee, to enable the
Committee to make appropriate recommendations to the General Assembly at its
forty-eighth session in the context of the proposed programme budget for the
biennium 1994-1995 on the establishment of the temporary posts on a permanent
basis, on the understanding that the arrangements on temporary posts will be
included in a long-term solution for the resources of the Centre for Human
Rights;
2. Requests the Secretary-General, with regard to the recommendation
of the Advisory Committee on the level of general temporary assistance for
section 28, to ensure that adequate resources are available during the
biennium 1992-1993;
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SECTION 29A. OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
Endorses the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Administrative
and Budgetary Questions regarding the financing of additional posts from the
regular budget, requests the Secretary-General to review with the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees the current arrangements for
the financing of administrative and other posts at the Office, taking into
account the financial situation of the Office and the United Nations and all
relevant intergovernmental decisions, and to make proposals, as appropriate,
in the context of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1994-1995;
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SECTION 29B. UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR
PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST
1. Takes note of the proposals of the Secretary-General, and requests
him to review the resource requirements of the United Nations Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East under the regular budget,
taking into account General Assembly resolution 3331 B (XXIX) of
17 December 1974, subsequent practices and the reasons which led him to put
forward the proposals contained in paragraph 29B.8 of the proposed programme
budget for the biennium 1992-1993;
2. Also requests the Secretary-General to make recommendations in
this regard, through the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions, to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session;
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SECTION 31. PUBLIC INFORMATION
1. Notes that the Trust Fund for Information Support for African
Economic Recovery and Development should have been mentioned in section 11A,
stresses the importance of the Fund for the implementation of the activities
mandated under programme 45 of the medium-term plan for the period 1992-1997,
and invites the Secretary-General to mobilize resources for the Fund and
requests him to report in the most appropriate form to the General Assembly at
its forty-seventh session;
2. Stresses the importance of ensuring cultural diversity and
equality of languages in the activities of the Department of Public
Information, particularly with regard to audiovisual materials and radio
programmes;
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SECTION 32. CONFERENCE SERVICES
Requests the Secretary-General to keep under review workload
standards in the Department of Conference Services, taking into account
technological innovations and the need for further progress in
productivity, and to report thereon in the context of the proposed
programme budget for the biennium 1994-1995.