Operational programmes under the responsibility of the United Nations financed by voluntary contributions

UN General Assembly, Operational programmes under the responsibility of the United Nations financed by voluntary contributions, A/RES/594, UN General Assembly, 4 February 1952, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1952/en/7603 [accessed 28 April 2025]
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VI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
594. Operational programmes under the responsibility of the United Nations financed by voluntary contributions

The General Assembly, Considering that the system of voluntary contributions established to finance the various operational programmes executed under the direct authority of the United Nations cannot diminish the administrative responsibilities involved in such expenditures, Considering, in consequence, that the administrative costs of such programmes should be subject to the same scrutiny as that applied to similar expenses under the regular budget of the United Nations, Considering also that, under the system now in force and the related administrative machinery, no means exists of affording to the financing governments an opportunity to review such activities, Considering further the fact that the majority of the governments contributing to such voluntary operational programmes are represented in the General Assembly of the United Nations, Considering, finally, that past experience, as well as the magnitude of the programmes and the diversity of the activities involved have shown it to be necessary and convenient to apply fuller administrative controls in the interest of co-ordination and with a view to securing specific guidance from the governments of Member States in the implementation of such programmes,

1. Resolves that the administrative part of the technical assistance programme financed by voluntary contributions and executed by the United Nations shall be subject to the same scrutiny on the part of the Advisory committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions as that applied to expenses proposed under the regular budget;

2. Requests the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, as part of its review of the accounts of the special operational programmes authorized by the General Assembly and financed from extra-budgetary funds, to pay special attention the administrative and expenses of these programmes and to submit comments thereon as part of its reports to the General Assembly.

373rd plenary meeting,
4 February 1952.
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