New construction and major alterations to existing premises at United Nations Headquarters
- Author: UN General Assembly
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Date:
17 December 1969
XXIV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
2618. New construction and major alterations to existing premises at United Nations Headquarters
1. Decides to authorize the Secretary-General to proceed with the execution of the Headquarters project on the basis set forth in paragraph 26 of his re port,[3] taking into account the related observation and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in its report
2. Further decides that the United Nations budgetary appropriations for the purpose of the Headquarter project should not in any circumstances exceed $25 mil. lion, to be spread over a period of ten years beginning in 1971;
3. Notes with interest the report of the Secretary General[4] on space requirements and development over the next twenty years, and requests the Secretary General to undertake a further study of the optimum distribution of Secretariat functions between United Nations Headquarters in New York, the United Nation Office at Geneva and any other location which may be appropriate, bearing in mind not only the construction projects in progress or envisaged, but all other pertinent factors as well, and requests him to submit the study to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to undertake a systematic inquiry into the possibility and desirability of relocating all or part of certain units of the United Nations, bearing in mind the efficiency of the operations of the Secretariat, and for this purpose to employ the early years of the coming decade, in effective consultation with the appropriate government authorities, in choosing potential locations for United Nations units other than in already established major United Nations centres;
5. Decides accordingly that, before further construction beyond that authorized by this and prior decisions of the General Assembly takes place in New York or Geneva, a full inquiry shall be made into the possibility and desirability of relocating units elsewhere;
6. Urges the host country to undertake an examination of those conditions which adversely affect the delegations and staff of the United Nations in New York and to consider taking all the necessary measures to alleviate the effect of such conditions;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to reconstitute and convene on a regular basis the Informal Joint Committee on Host Country Relations, so that there will be a continuous interchange of views and exploration of problems between the diplomatic community, the Secretariat and the Government of the host country on matters of mutual interest, and to report the results thereof to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session and annually thereafter;
8. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly, at the beginning of its twenty-fifth session, on all developments in connexion with the present resolution.
1837th plenary meeting,17 December 1969.
[1] Ibid., documents A/C.5/1246 and Add.1. [2] Ibid., document A/7835. [3] Ibid., document A/C.5/1246. [4] Ibid., document A/C.5/1263.
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