Questions relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1988-1989 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

The General Assembly
I

INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING CENTRE: 1988 BUDGET ESTIMATES

Approves the budget estimates for the International Computing Centre for the year 1988 amounting to $9,025,600;

II SALARY AND RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND SALARY OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Having considered the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

1.         Concurs with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions concerning the gross salary and retirement allowance of the Secretary-General, contained in paragraph 3 of its report;

2.         Also concurs with the recommendation of the Advisory Committee concerning the gross salary of the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, contained in paragraph 4 of its report;

3.         Approves the amendment to annex I to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations with effect from 1 April 1988, as set forth in the annex to the present resolution;

III PROBLEMS OF STORAGE AND ITS COSTS IN ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

1.         Takes note of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled "Problems of storage and its costs in organizations of the United Nations system" and the addendum to that report, together with the related comments of the Secretary-General and of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, and the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

2.         Concurs with the observations and conclusions of the Advisory Committee contained in its report, taking into account the views expressed in the Fifth Committee;

IV PUBLICATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Having considered the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled "Publications of the International Court of Justice" and the related comments of the Secretary-General and the International Court of Justice,

Recalling the views of Member States expressed in the Fifth Committee in regard to the conclusions and recommendations of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit, as well as the communication addressed to the Chairman of the Fifth Committee by the Chairman of the Sixth Committee concerning the report,

1.         Takes note of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit and the related comments of the Secretary-General and the International Court of Justice;

2.         Invites the International Court of Justice to continue to examine the question of the dissemination of judgments and advisory opinions of the Court;

3.         Requests the Secretary-General to report on this matter to the General Assembly not later than at its forty-fourth session;

V GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM 1988-1989

1.         Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to improve the situation in the regional commissions and in those units of the Secretariat which have the highest vacancy rates and to report thereon, in the context of the revised 1988-1989 budget estimates, in the light of paragraphs 27 and 28 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

2.         Also requests the Secretary-General to bear in mind that the across-the-board reductions under each section resulting from the recommendations of the Advisory Committee relating to the turn-over deduction and to the unutilized balances are indicative, and to consider, in implementing the recommendations of the Advisory Committee, the requirements of programmes and services of the various units in the United Nations Secretariat;

VI RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY QUESTIONS CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPHS 79 AND 4.14 OF ITS FIRST REPORT ON THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM

1988-1989

Having considered paragraphs 79 and 4.14 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

1.         Accepts the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions concerning subsistence payments, as contained in paragraph 79 of its report,

2.         Decides to consider at its forty-third session the question raised in paragraph 4.14 of the report of the Advisory Committee and requests the Secretary-General to prepare appropriate information thereon;

VII UNIFIED CONFERENCE SERVICES FOR THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS AT THE VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General and concurs with the observations contained in section III of that report;

VIII CONTINGENCY FUND IN THE PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM 1988-1989

Decides to consider at its forty-third session the question relating to the contingency fund in the context of the second year of the biennium 1988-1989.

ANNEX Amendment to annex I to the Staff regulations of the United Nations

In paragraph 1, the salary figure for the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation shall read $US 131,981.