At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to extend for the biennium 2006-2007 the experiment approved under paragraph 14 of Assembly Resolution 58/270 - A|C|F|R|S, and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixtyfirst session on the implementation of the experiment; requested the Secretary-General to utilize the arrangements referred to above to identify available posts to provide for the new post requests referred to in paragraphs IV.2, IV.28 and IV.29 of the first report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007, as well as in paragraph 5 of the second report of the Advisory Committee on the proposed programme budget (Resolution 60/246 - A|C|F|R|S).

At the same session, the General Assembly resolved that the Secretary-General should report to the Advisory Committee and to the General Assembly at its sixtyfirst and sixty-second sessions all commitments made under the provisions of the resolution, together with the circumstances relating thereto, and should submit supplementary estimates to the Assembly in respect of such commitments (Resolution 60/249 - A|C|F|R|S).

Reports of the Secretary-General:

(i)

First performance report on the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (Resolution 60/246 - A|C|F|R|S, para. 7; & Resolution 60/248 - A|C|F|R|S, sects. VIII & X)

(ii)

United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (Decisions 52/466 & 53/475), A/61/189 - A|C|F|R|S

(iii)

Reform of the Economic Commission for Europe (Resolution 60/248 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. X)

(iv)

Second performance report on the programme budget for the biennium 2004-2005: request for a subvention for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (Resolution 59/294 - A|C|F|R|S), A/60/572/Add.1 - A|C|F|R|S

(v)

Renovation to the residence of the Secretary-General: revised estimates to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007, A/61/377 - A|C|F|R|S

Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions: Supplement No. 7 (A/61/7) and addenda (Resolution 60/283 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. V), A/61/434 - A|C|F|R|S

At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the progress in the construction of a new conference facility within the boundaries of the Vienna International Centre (Resolution 59/276 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. VI).

Report of the Secretary-General (Resolution 59/276 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. VI), A/61/166 - A|C|F|R|S

Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/361 - A|C|F|R|S

At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General, in his capacity as the Chairman of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, to submit a report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on measures taken to improve the operational administration of existing cost-sharing arrangements; and requested the Secretary-General to examine the possibility for further integration and rationalization of the security management system and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (Resolution 59/276 - A|C|F|R|S sect. XI).

Reports of the Secretary-General:

(i)

Measures taken to improve the operational administration of existing cost-sharing arrangements for safety and security (Resolution 59/276 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. XI, para. 49); A/61/223 - A|C|F|R|S

(ii)

A strengthened and unified security management system for the United Nations (Resolution 59/276 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. XI, para. 56)

Note by the Secretary-General submitting the result of the technical study on information and communication technology security, business continuity and disaster recovery (Resolution 59/276 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. XI, para. 47), A/61/290 - A|C|F|R|S

Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/478 - A|C|F|R|S. (Resolution 60/283 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. V), A/61/434 - A|C|F|R|S

Conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials: members of the International Court of Justice and judges and ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda At its resumed fifty-ninth session, in April 2005, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report to the Assembly at its sixtyfirst session, including proposals for a mechanism of remuneration based on market exchange rates and local retail price fluctuations that limited the divergence of such remuneration from that of comparable positions of seniority within the United Nations system, on the protection of pensions in payment to former judges and their survivors as well as on the differences between the pension benefits of the judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on the one hand and the members of the International Court of Justice on the other; and decided that the conditions of service and compensation for the members of the International Court of Justice and the judges and ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda should next be reviewed at its sixty-first session (Resolution 60/282 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. III).

Report of the Secretary-General (Resolution 60/282 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. III)

At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly resolved that for the year 2006, budget appropriations consisting of $1,899,456,250, being half of the appropriation of $3,798,912,500 approved for the biennium 2006-2007 by the Assembly in paragraph 1 of resolution 60/247 A, plus $47,626,700, being the increase in revised appropriations for the biennium 2004-2005 approved by the Assembly in its Resolutions 59/282 - A|C|F|R|S, 59/294 - A|C|F|R|S, 60/244 - A|C|F|R|S & 60/245A - A|C|F|R|S, should be financed in accordance with regulations 3.1 and 3.2 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations (Resolution 60/247C - A|C|F|R|S).

Also at its sixtieth session, the General Assembly resolved that the Working Capital Fund should be established for the biennium 2006-2007 in the amount of $100 million (Resolution 60/250 - A|C|F|R|S).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to authorize expenditure of the remaining funds appropriated in Assembly Resolution 60/247A - A|C|F|R|S (decision 60/561).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in May and July 2006, the General Assembly decided to defer to its sixty-first session consideration of this item and some of the documents issued under it (decisions 60/551 B and C) (under item 122).

No advance documentation is expected.

At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to revert to the other issues contained in the report of the Secretary-General (A/60/421 - A|C|F|R|S & Corr.1 - A|C|F|R|S) at the first part of its resumed sixtieth session (Resolution 60/248 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. XI).

Report of the Secretary-General (Resolution 60/248 - A|C|F|R|S)

Statement submitted by the Secretary-General in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly: administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the reports of the International Civil Service Commission for 2005 and 2006, A/60/381 - A|C|F|R|S (also relates to item 123)

Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/484 - A|C|F|R|S (also relates to item 123)

At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to establish the Independent Audit Advisory Committee to assist the General Assembly in discharging its oversight responsibilities, and requested the Secretary-General to propose its terms of reference, ensure coherence with the outcome of the ongoing review of oversight and report to the Assembly at the second part of its resumed sixtieth session on related resource requirements (Resolution 60/248 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. XIII).

Report of the Secretary-General (Resolution 60/248 - A|C|F|R|S)

At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to resume at the first part of its resumed sixtieth session its consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council (Resolution 60/248 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. VI).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to entrust to the Office of Internal Oversight Services a management review as outlined in paragraph 16 of the report of the Advisory Committee (A/60/7/Add.37 - A|C|F|R|S) and to submit it to the Assembly at the main part of the sixty-first session (Resolution 60/255 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. I).

Report of the Secretary-General (Resolution 60/248 - A|C|F|R|S & 60/255 - A|C|F|R|S)

At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a report that addressed the issues raised in paragraph 2 of the resolution about the after-service health insurance programme, as well as the issues raised by the Advisory Committee in its report (A/60/7/Add.11 - A|C|F|R|S), and that provided updated information on the status of liabilities, clarifications with regard to the assumptions used to determine liabilities and alternative strategies to fund the liabilities (Resolution 60/255 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. III).

Report of the Secretary-General (Resolution 60/255 - A|C|F|R|S)

At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly decided to revert to the consideration of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit (see A/60/78 - A|C|F|R|S), the note by the Secretary-General (A/60/78/Add.1 - A|C|F|R|S) and any relevant contributions by the International Civil Service Commission at its sixty-first session, together with the question “Standards of accommodation for air travel”; requested the Secretary-General to initiate, within the framework of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, a review of the standards of travel and entitlements for staff members, members of organs and subsidiary organs of the United Nations and organizations of the United Nations system, with a view to adopting a common policy at the United Nations system level; and also requested the Secretary-General to submit the results of the review to the Assembly at the first part of its resumed sixty-first session (Resolution 60/255 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. IV).

Report of the Secretary-General (Resolution 60/255 - A|C|F|R|S)

At its fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it on an annual basis on the awarding of contracts for procurement for the capital master plan; and also requested him to submit to the Assembly annual progress reports on the implementation of the capital master plan (Resolution 57/292 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. II).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to enter into commitments of up to $77 million for the biennium 2006-2007 to provide for the construction, fit-out and related requirements of a conference swing space building on the North Lawn and for the leasing, design, preconstruction services, fit-out and related requirements of library and office swing space for the capital master plan (Resolution 60/256 - A|C|F|R|S).

Also at its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to revert, at the main part of its sixty-first session, to the consideration of the reports of and notes by the Secretary-General and the reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the capital master plan for the period from August 2003 through July 2004 and the period from August 2004 through July 2005; requested that a comprehensive study on the feasibility of the proposed construction of a building on the North Lawn be included in the context of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009; decided to revert, at the main part of its sixtyfirst session, to the issue of the funding plan for the capital master plan, including the credit facilities or instruments referred to in paragraph 35 of the third annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan as well as the feasibility of a one-time upfront payment option, and in that context requested the Secretary-General to propose, inter alia, to the General Assembly, also at the main part of its sixty-first session, a mechanism that would ensure that Member States that paid their assessed contributions for the capital master plan in full and on time would not bear any financial liabilities and/or other obligations derived from the possible utilization of those credit facilities or instruments; and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of the provisions of the resolution in his fourth annual progress report on the implementation of the capital master plan (Resolution 60/282 - A|C|F|R|S).

Report of the Secretary-General

Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/480 - A|C|F|R|S.

At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session, in addition to the reports and assessments requested in its resolution 59/266 - A|C|F|R|S, 59/296 - A|C|F|R|S and 60/238 - A|C|F|R|S, a report, including details regarding proposals 1 to 4 and 7 contained in the report of the Secretary-General (A/60/692 and Corr.1); took note of proposal 12, requested the Secretary-General to provide additional information in that regard, and decided to revert to the issue of undertaking a detailed cost-benefit analysis of relocation, outsourcing and telecommuting opportunities on the selected administrative services at its sixty-first session (Resolution 60/260 - A|C|F|R|S, sects. II and IV) (see also items 46, 110, 114, 120, 121, 130 & 148).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in July 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, detailed information on the structure and staffing requirements of the envisaged information and communication technology structure; decided to replace the Integrated Management Information System with a next-generation enterprise resource planning system or other comparable system; requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, the comprehensive report referred to in paragraphs 17 and 18 of the addendum on investing in information and communication technology to the detailed report of the Secretary-General (A/60/846/Add.1 - A|C|F|R|S), and to respond to relevant General Assembly resolutions as well as lessons learned and expected time frames for introducing the proposed system and arrangements for the continuation of the current system during the transitional period; and decided to revert to its consideration of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on policies of United Nations system organizations towards the use of open source software in the secretariats (A/60/665 - A|C|F|R|S) at its resumed sixtyfirst session (Resolution 60/283 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. II) (see items 46, 110, 114, 120, 121, 130 & 148).

Report of the Secretary-General (Resolution 60/255 - A|C|F|R|S)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

It its fifty-sixth session, in 2002, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly on an annual basis on progress made in the construction of additional office facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, bearing in mind the views and recommendations contained in paragraphs 4, 5 and 8 of the report of the Advisory Committee (A/56/711 - A|C|F|R|S) (Resolution 56/270 - A|C|F|R|S).

At its fifty-eighth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report on further progress made to increase the capacity of the Economic Commission for Africa to communicate and transmit data electronically in the context of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (Resolution 58/270 - A|C|F|R|S).

Report of the Secretary-General (Resolutions 56/270 - A|C|F|R|S & 58/270 - A|C|F|R|S, para. 54), A/61/158 - A|C|F|R|S)

Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/362 - A|C|F|R|S

At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided that the Development Account should be recosted for the biennium 2006-2007, and in that context requested the Secretary-General to pursue the relevant proposals contained in his report (A/59/397 - A|C|F|R|S) and to provide to the Assembly at its sixty-first session recommendations on how additional resources in the region of $5 million could be added to the Development Account (Resolution 60/246 - A|C|F|R|S).

Report of the Secretary-General (Resolutions 60/246 - A|C|F|R|S), A/61/28256/270 - A|C|F|R|S)

Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/362 - A|C|F|R|S

At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly at its sixty-first session detailed information on the efficiency and effectiveness of all Department of Peacekeeping Operations training programmes to be implemented at the United Nations Logistics Base, drawing a comparison with training programmes provided at other facilities and United Nations offices; and decided to consider at its sixty-first session the question of the financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy (Resolution 60/267 - A|C|F|R|S).

Report of the Secretary-General (Resolutions 60/267 - A|C|F|R|S)

At its fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit his report on standards of accommodation for air travel to the Assembly on a biennial basis (decision 57/589).

Report of the Secretary-General (Decision 57/589) A/61/188 - A|C|F|R|S

At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to enter into commitments of up to $4,975,900, comprising $2,191,500 under section 28E, Administration, Geneva, $1,592,800 under section 32, Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance, $1,191,600 under section 33, Safety and security, and $232,000 under section 35, Staff assessment, to be offset by an equal amount under income section 1, Income from staff assessment, under the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (Decision 60/562).

At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to make provisions for the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its subsidiary bodies in his proposal for the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (resolution 60/197 - A|C|F|R|S).

Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to make provision for the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and its subsidiary bodies, including the eighth ordinary session of the Conference of the Parties and the meetings of its subsidiary bodies, in his proposal for the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (resolution 60/201 - A|C|F|R|S).

Notes by the Secretary-General:

References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 & 136)