Programme Budget for the Biennium 1996-1997, G.A. res. 50/215, U.N. Doc. A/RES/50/215 (1995)


      The General Assembly
 
      Resolves that for the biennium 1996-1997:
 
      1.     Appropriations totalling 2,608,274,000 United States dollars are
hereby approved for the following purposes:
 
          Section                                                             US dollars
 
PART I.   Overall policy-making, direction and coordination
 
          1.   Overall policy-making, direction and
               coordination                                                   40 348 200
 
                 TOTAL, PART I                                                40 348 200
 
PART II.       Political affairs
 
          2.   Political affairs                                              60 989 500
 
          3.   Peace-keeping operations and special
               missions                                                      102 868 200
 
          4.   Outer space affairs                                             4 705 500
 
                 TOTAL, PART II                                              168 563 200
 
PART III. International justice and law
 
          5.   International Court of Justice                                 21 339 600
 
          6.   Legal activities                                               31 605 400
 
                 TOTAL, PART III                                              52 945 000
 
PART IV.  International cooperation for development
 
          7A.  Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable             44 318 700
               Development
 
          7B.  Africa: critical economic situation, recovery                   4 305 100
               and development
 
          8.   Department for Economic and Social
               Information and Policy Analysis                                48 612 100
 
          9.   Department for Development Support and Management Services     26 556 000
 
          10A. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development            121 925 300
 
          10B. International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT                         21 642 000
 
          11.  United Nations Environment Programme                            9 512 200
 
          12.  United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)          13 059 600
 
          13.  Crime control                                                   5 254 600
 
          14.  International drug control                                     17 344 100
 
                 TOTAL, PART IV                                              312 529 700
 
PART V.   Regional cooperation for development
 
          15.  Economic Commission for Africa                                 87 845 600
 
          16.  Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific        66 379 300
 
          17.  Economic Commission for Europe                                 52 883 100
 
          18.  Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean        88 327 200
 
          19.  Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia                37 791 200
 
          20.  Regular programme of technical cooperation                     44 814 700
 
                 TOTAL, PART V                                               378 041 100
 
PART VI.  Human rights and humanitarian affairs
 
          21.  Human rights                                                   52 987 600
 
          22.  Office of the United Nations High
               Commissioner for Refugees                                      54 318 500
 
          23.  United Nations Relief and Works Agency                         22 643 000
               Palestine Refugees in the Near East
 
          24.  Department of Humanitarian Affairs                             21 039 300
 
                 TOTAL, PART VI                                              150 988 400
 
PART VII.
 
          Public information
 
          25.  Public information                                            137 658 000
 
                 TOTAL, PART VII                                             137 658 000
 
PART VIII. Common support services
 
           26.  Administration and management                                960 885 100
 
                  TOTAL, PART VIII                                           960 885 100
 
PART IX.   Jointly financed administrative activities
           and special expenses
 
           27.  Jointly financed administrative activities                    28 915 000
 
           28.  Special expenses                                              41 701 700
 
                  TOTAL, PART IX                                              70 616 700
 
PART X.    Internal Oversight Services
 
           29.  Office of Internal Oversight Services                         15 716 500
 
                  TOTAL, PART X                                               15 716 500
 
PART XI.   Capital expenditures
 
           30.  Technological innovations                                     21 999 600
 
           31.  Construction, alteration, improvement and
                major maintenance                                             31 585 400
 
                  TOTAL, PART XI                                              53 585 000
 
PART XII.  Staff assessment
 
           32.  Staff assessment                                             369 080 100
 
                  TOTAL, PART XII                                            369 080 100
 
PART XIII. International Seabed Authority
 
           33.  International Seabed Authority                                 1 308 200
 
                  TOTAL, PART XIII                                             1 308 200
 
                  TOTAL, EXPENDITURE SECTIONS                              2 712 265 200
 
                Less:  anticipated reductions to be confirmed by the
                       General Assembly                                     (103 991 200)
 
                  GRAND TOTAL                                              2 608 274 000
 
 
      2.   The Secretary-General shall be authorized to transfer credits
between sections of the budget, with the concurrence of the Advisory Committee
on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;
 
      3.   The total net provision made under the various sections of the
budget for contractual printing shall be administered as a unit under the
direction of the United Nations Publications Board;
 
      4.   In addition to the appropriations approved under paragraph 1 above,
an amount of 51,000 dollars is appropriated for each year of the biennium
1996-1997 from the accumulated income of the Library Endowment Fund for the
purchase of books, periodicals, maps and library equipment and for such other
expenses of the Library at the Palais des Nations as are in accordance with
the objects and provisions of the endowment.
 
 
                                             B
 
                        INCOME ESTIMATES FOR THE BIENNIUM 1996-1997
 
      The General Assembly
 
      Resolves that for the biennium 1996-1997:
 
      1.   Estimates of income other than assessments on Member States
totalling 471,401,700 United States dollars are approved as follows:
 
      Income section                           US dollars
 
      1.  Income from staff assessment           383 306 00
 
      2.  General income                          86 209 200
 
      3.  Services to the public                     886 500
 
                      Total, income sections     471 401 700
 
 
      2.   The income from staff assessment shall be credited to the Tax
Equalization Fund in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly
resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955;
 
      3.   Direct expenses of the United Nations Postal Administration,
services to visitors, catering and related services, garage operations,
television services and the sale of publications, not provided for under the
budget appropriations, shall be charged against the income derived from those
activities.
 
                                             C
 
                       FINANCING OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1996
 
      The General Assembly
 
      Resolves that for the year 1996:
 
      1.   Budget appropriations consisting of 1,304,137,000 United States
dollars, being half of the appropriations of 2,608,274,000 dollars approved
for the biennium 1996-1997 by the General Assembly under paragraph 1 of
resolution A above, and 24,160,900 dollars, being the increase in revised
appropriations for 1994-1995 approved by the Assembly in its resolution 50/205
A of 23 December 1995, shall be financed in accordance with regulations 5.1
and 5.2 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations as follows:
 
      (a)  43,547,850 dollars, being the net of half of the estimated income
other than staff assessment approved for the biennium 1996-1997 under
resolution B above, less 946,800 dollars, being the decrease in income other
than staff assessment for 1994-1995;
 
      (b)  1,285,696,850 dollars, being the assessment on Member States in
accordance with General Assembly resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994 on the
scale of assessments for the years 1996 and 1997;
 
      2.   There shall be set off against the assessments on Member States, in
accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15
December 1955, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund in the
total amount of 197,885,900 dollars, consisting of:
 
      (a) 192,153,000 dollars, being half of the estimated staff assessment
income approved for the biennium 1996-1997 under resolution B above;
 
      (b) Plus 5,732,900 dollars, being the increase in the income from staff
assessment for the biennium 1994-1995 approved by the Assembly in its
resolution 50/205 B.
      

 

 



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