Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 1980-1981.
- Author: UN General Assembly (35th sess. : 1980-1981)
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17 December 1980
35. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
217. Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 1980-1981
I DEPOSITARY FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY- GENERAL AND REGISTRATION AND PUBLICATION OF TREATIES
Endorses the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in paragraphs 11 and 12 of its report on the depositary functions of the Secretary-General and registration and publication of treaties;[1]II SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS TO ACTIVITIES FINANCED FROM EXTRABUDGETARY RESOURCES
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on services provided by the United Nations to activities financed from extrabudgetary resources[2] and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;[3]
2. Endorses the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee in paragraph 24 of its report;
3. Requests the Secretary- General to submit, as a separate annex to future proposed programme budgets, all the necessary information on services provided by the United Nations to activities financed from extrabudgetary resources;
III PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on procedures governing the disposal of property[4] and the related oral report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;[5]
2. Requests the Secretary- General to implement the procedures recommended in paragraph 15 of his report, and to apply those procedures when drawing up the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1982-1983;
IV PROGRAMME FOR TRAINING ENGLISH AND FRENCH TRANSLATORS/PRECIS-WRITERS AT THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the programme for training English and French translators/précis-writers at the Economic Commission for Africa[6] and the related oral report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;[7]
2. Authorizes the Secretary-General to incur the necessary expenses for the third training programme;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session an evaluation of the training programmes of the two previous bienniums to be considered by the Assembly before it approves -funds for the fourth training programme;
V AGENCY SUPPORT COSTS
1. Takes note of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on agency support Costs;[8]
2. Approves the reimbursement formula embodied in decision 80/44 of 27 June 1980 of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme;[9]
VI UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS (HABITAT): RESOURCES FOR THE WORK PROGRAMME AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL
Endorses the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in paragraph 6 of its report on resources for the work programme of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) at the regional level;[10]VII WORKLOAD STANDARDS FOR TECHNICAL AND COMPLEMENTARY CONFERENCE-SERVICING STAFF
1. Endorses the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in paragraphs 9 and 10 Of its report on workload standards for technical and complementary conference-servicing staff,[11]
2. Takes note of the fact that the Advisory Committee will revert to this question when it considers the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1982-1983;
VIII RECLASSIFICATION OF REGULAR-BUDGET POSTS
1. Takes note of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the reclassification of regular-budget posts;[12]
2. Endorses the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee in paragraphs 41 to 44 of its report;
IX REVISED ESTIMATES RESULTING FROM RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD AT ITS TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST SESSIONS
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General[13] on revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Trade and Development Board at its twentieth and twenty-first sessions, held at Geneva from 17 to 26 March and from 15 to 27 September 1980;X FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL IN THE UNITED NATIONS
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on first-class travel in the United Nations[14] and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;[15]
2. Decides to amend the provisions of paragraph 2 (a) of its resolution 32/198 of 21 December 1977 as follows:
"(a) The Secretary-General, the Director-General for Development and International Economic Cooperation and one representative of each Member State attending regular, special or emergency special sessions of the General Assembly shall be entitled to first-class travel;"
3. Requests that the report to be submitted by the Secretary-General on this subject to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session should cover the period from 1 October 1980 to 30 June 1981 so as to enable the Fifth Committee to consider it at the beginning of the session and that, thereafter, reports should be submitted annually to cover the period from 1 July to 30 June of the following year;
4. Requests the Secretary- General to prepare a study on the conditions for travel of permanent representatives accredited to the United Nations when travelling on official missions on behalf of the Organization;
XI DEVELOPMENT FORUM
Takes note of the comments with regard to the financing of Development Forum in 1982 and beyond made by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in paragraph 11 of its report;[16]XII ORGANIZATIONAL NOMENCLATURE IN THE SECRETARIAT
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on organizational nomenclature in the Secretariat;[17]XIII ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEMS UNIT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Decides that the salaries and common staff costs of the basic staffing complement of the Development Information System of-the Information Systems Unit, consisting of two Professional posts (one P-4 and one P-2) and two General Service posts (one G-5 and one G-3), should be funded temporarily by the regular budget for 1981, that other operating and servicing costs should be financed through a combination of extrabudgetary support costs financing and voluntary contributions, that the System should be submitted to continued external evaluation and that a report thereon should be circulated to delegations in good time so that the Assembly at its thirty-sixth session may pronounce itself on the possible continuance and methods of financing of the Information Systems Unit;XIV INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING CENTRE
Approves the budget estimates for the International Computing Centre for the year 1981, as contained in the report of the Secretary-General,[18] totalling $5,037,000;XV UNITED NATIONS ACCOMMODATION AT SANTIAGO
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on United Nations accommodation at Santiago[19] and authorizes him to undertake the architectural and engineering study referred to therein;XVI TRANSFER OF THE EXPERTS SERVICING UNIT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the transfer of the Experts Servicing Unit from the United Nations Office at Geneva to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;[20]XVII EMOLUMENTS OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
1. Concurs with the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, contained in paragraph 3 of its report, concerning the emoluments of the Secretary-General;[21]
2. Approves additional appropriations of $7,200 under section 1 and $14,000 under section 31 of the programme budget for the biennium 1980-1981, and an increase of $14,000 in the approved estimates of income under income section 1;
XVIII COMMON SERVICES AT NAIROBI
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on common services at Nairobi;[22]XIX UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FUND FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Fund for Science and Technology for Development[23] and of the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;[24]
2. Authorizes the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to incur staff and other administrative costs within the level indicated for 1981 in the report of the Secretary- General;
XX ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHILD-CARE CENTRE AT HEADQUARTERS
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the establishment of a child-care centre at Head-quarters;[25]
2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session a new study on the establishment of a child-care centre at Headquarters, taking into account the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions[26] and the comments and observations made by delegations during the consideration of this subject by the Fifth Committee at the current session;[27]
XXI INCLUSION OF ARABIC AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
1. Takes note of Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/47 of 23 July 1980 and Commission on Human Settlements resolution 3/4 of 15 May 1980;[28]
2. Decides that the question of the inclusion of Arabic as an official language of the Commission on Human Settlements should be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 35/219 A of 17 December 1980.
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[1] Ibid., Supplement No. 7A (A/35/Add.1-32), document A/35/Add. 1. [2] A/C.5/34/21. [3] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 7A (A/35/Add.1-32), document A/35/Add.2. [4] A/C.5/35/30. [5] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session, Fifth Committee, 26th meeting, paras. 16-18. [6] A/C.5/35/29. [7] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session, Fifth Committee, 26th meeting, paras. 21 and 22. [8] A/35/544 and Corr.1. [9] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1980, Supplement No. 12 (E/ 1980/42/Rev. 1), chap. XI. [10] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 7A (A/35/Add.1-32), document A/35/Add.6. [11] Ibid., document A/35/Add.7. [12] Ibid., document A/35/Add.8. [13] A/C.5/35/62. [14] A/C.5/35/62. [15] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 7A (A/35/Add.1-32), document A/35/Add.17. [16] Ibid., document A/35/Add.19. [17] A/C.5/35/47. [18] A/C.5/35/97, sect. I. [19] A/C.5 35/80. [20] A/C.5/35/51. [21] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 7A (A/35/Add.1-32), document A/35/Add.30. [22] 73 A/C.5/35/114. [23] 74 A/C.5/35/91. [24] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 7A (A/35/Add,1-32), document A/35/Add.32, paras. 15-18. [25] A/C.5/35/76 [26] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session, Fifth Committee, 61st meeting, paras. 156-159, [27] Ibid., paras. 160-188; and ibid., Fifth Committee, Sessional Fascicle, corrigendum. [28]29 Ibid., Thirty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 8 (A/35/8), annex I.
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