At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly in its resolution 60/247 A paragraph 3, sets out the budget for the biennium 2006-2007 in the amount of 3,799 million dollars. Expected expenditure in the course of 2006 is 1,899 million dollars. The two year budget will permit a f8ull assessment on all Member States for 2006, in accordance with Article 17 of the Charter of the United Nations. The Secretary-General, whle adhering to the existing procedures regarding the annual assessment on Member States, ios authorited to enter into expenditure of a first tranche, limited to 950million dollars, as an exceptional measures. The General Assembly, in order to ensure the availability of resources for programme deliverty, will act in response to a request from the Secretary General, at an appropriate time, for expenditure of the remaining funds. (resolution 60/274 A-C).

In its resolution S/2006/175, the Security Council decided to exend the mandate of UNAMA, for additional 12 months from the date of adoption of the Security council resolution, namely, 21 March 2006.

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At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly decided to revert to the issue of an audit in 2005 of Master Plan.

A its resumed fifty-ninth session, in June 2005, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at the main part of its sixtieth session on all aspects of the capital master plan (resolution 59/295 & Dec 59/551 D)

During the main part of its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to revert, as a matter of priority, to the issue of the capital master plan at the first part of itsr esumed sixtieth session, in March 2006. (resolution 60/248).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in March 2006, the General Assembly, in its resolution 60/256, para 8 , decided to revert, as a matter of priority, to the consideration of the reports on the capital master plan during the second part of its resumed sixtieth session.