Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth Committee)
Background information - 58th Session - First part of the resumed session
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119. ???? Review of the efficiency of the
administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations Report of the Office
of Internal Oversight Services on: Strengthening the
investigations functions in United Nations system organizations At its 57th session, the
General Assembly having considered the report of the Joint Inspection Unit
entitled “Strengthening the investigations functions in United Nations system
organizations” (A/56/282), requested the Secretary-General to review the
practice of involving United Nations programme managers in investigative
processes so as to ensure their independence in administrative and managerial
functions and to establish proper guidelines that take into consideration the
practice of internal control, and to report thereon to the General Assembly
no later than at its fifty-eighth session. Document: ?????????? Note by the Secretary-General
transmitting the report of OIOS on strengthening the investigation functions
in the United Nations (resolution 57/282. sect. IV, para. 3 and 58/268, para.
5); Recommendations of the OIOS on the Investment Management
Service of the UNJSPF The present
report is being submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 58/279 of
23 December 2003 in which the Assembly took note of the report of the Office
of Internal Oversight Services on the audit of the Investment Management
Service of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and requested the
Secretary-General to ensure that all the recommendations of the Office of
Internal Oversight Services contained in the report are fully and
expeditiously implemented and to submit a report thereon at its resumed
fifty-eighth session. Document: ??????? Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the audit of the Investment management Service of the United nations Joint Staff pension Fund (resolution 58/279)
??????????????????????????? Report
of the Joint Inspection Unit on United Nations system common services at At its fifty-sixth
session, the General Assembly, having considered the report of the Joint
Inspection Unit entitled “United Nations system common services at Geneva,
part II: Case studies (ICC, JMS, TES, DPS, JPS)” (A/55/856), and the comments
of the Secretary-General and those of the Administrative Committee on
Coordination thereon (A/55/856/Add.1), invited the Unit to continue to
monitor progress in the development and consolidation of common services at
Geneva, and at other duty stations where the United Nations system offices
and agencies were established, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its
fifty-eighth session in the context of its annual report; and requested the
Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on
the implementation of the resolution (resolution 56/279). Documents: (a)???? Report
of the Secretary-General on teh United nations system common services at (b)????? Oral report of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions. ??????????????????????????? References
for the fifty-fifth session (agenda item 116)
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for the fifty-sixth session (agenda item 121)
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for the fifty-seventh session (agenda items 111, 112 and 115)
120.???? Programme budget for the biennium
2002-2003 Report of the Joint
Inspection Unit on support costs related to extrabudgetary
activities in organizations of the United Nations system The report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Support costs related to extrabudgetary activities in organizations of the United Nations system” (JIU/REP/2002/3) (see A/57/442) is the latest in a series of studies by the Unit on the subject. Its earlier studies in 1969, 1974, 1978 and 1990 focused on the traditional policies and established practices in organizations of the United Nations system pertaining to cost measurement and on the establishment of rates to be applied to the recovery of support costs. In contrast, the current report covers a broader perspective and examines the prevailing policy environment and trends across the organizations of the United Nations system. Among others, it deals with the question of the use of extrabudgetary contributions vis-à-vis regular or “core” programme resources of the organizations of the United Nations system. The report examines the practicalities of cost measurement and recommends an approach thereto. Documents: (a)????? Note by the Secretary-General
transmitting the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Support costs
related to extrabudgetary activities in
organizations of the United Nations system (A/57/442); (b)????? Note by the Secretary-General transmitting
his comments and those of the United Nations system Chief? Executives Board for Coordination on the
report of JIU entitled “Support costs related to extrabudgetary
activities in organizations of the united nations system,” (A/57/442/Add.10); (c)?? Report
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/57/434
(paras. 5 and 6) (d)????? Note by the Secretary-General
transmitting the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on further
clarifications of its recommendations (1, 4, 6 and 9) contained in its report
A/57/442 (decision 58/560). 121.?? ?Programme budget for the biennium 2002-2003 Capital master plan At its
fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly decided to implement the capital master
plan on the basis of the baseline scope under the first approach to phasing
and swing space; authorized the Secretary-General to proceed with the
remaining phases of design development and construction documentation;
requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its fifty-eighth
session, plans for the three additional conference rooms foreseen in the
baseline scope, including the information used to determine the need for such
additional space and the size of each room; also requested him to include in
those plans viable solutions for allowing natural light into the rooms, with
a view to ensuring occupationally healthy conditions; requested him to study
all viable options to ensure sufficient parking spaces so as to meet the
existing and future needs of diplomatic missions and Secretariat staff within
the projected overall budget of the capital master plan, and to report
thereon to the Assembly at its fifty-eighth session in the context of its
consideration of the capital master plan; stressed the importance of
oversight with respect to the development and implementation of the capital
master plan, and requested the Board of Auditors and all other relevant
oversight bodies to initiate immediate oversight activities and to report
annually thereon to the General Assembly; requested the Secretary-General to
report to the Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on: (a) the status of
possible funding arrangements, including a financial package to be provided
by the host country; (b) other contributions and the efforts of the
Secretary-General to secure such contributions from public and private
sources; (c) all aspects of the outcome of negotiations with the City and
State of New York; and (d) the progress of the design work; also requested
the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly on an annual basis on the
awarding of contracts for procurement for the capital master plan; decided to
revert to the issue of the financing of the capital master plan at its
fifty-eighth session; and requested the Secretary-General to submit annual
progress reports to the Assembly on the implementation of the capital master
plan (resolution 57/272, sect. II). Documents: (a)????? Report of the Secretary-General
(resolution 57/292); (b)????? Report of the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; (c)????? Notes by the Secretary-General
transmitting: ?????????? Report
of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the capital master plan
(resolution 57/292, sect. II, para. 22), A/58/342
(items 123 and 132); ?????????? Progress
report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan (resolution
57/292, sect. II, para. 22), A/58/321 (item 120). 127. ???? Human resources management ??????????????????????????? Composition
of the Secretariat The annual
report of the Secretary-General on the composition of the Secretariat is
submitted in accordance with requests made by the General Assembly in its
resolutions on human resources management. The most recent of these
resolutions are 55/258 and 57/305. At its resumed
fifty-seventh session, in April 2003, the General Assembly requested the
Secretary-General to include, for informational purposes, in the future
report on the composition of the Secretariat statistics on the composition of
the General Service and related staff, national staff and project personnel,
including, inter alia, nationality, gender and
level (resolution 57/305, sect. IX). Document: Report of the Secretary-General (resolutions
45/239 A, 47/226, 49/222 A, 51/226 and 57/305, sect. IX). ??????????????????????????? Amendments
to the Staff Rules Document: Report of the Secretary-General (staff
regulation 12.3), A/58/283. ??????????????????????????? Questions
deferred for future consideration At its resumed fifty-seventh session, in June
2003, under the item entitled “Review of the efficiency of the administrative
and financial functioning of the United Nations”, the General Assembly
decided to defer to its fifty-eighth session consideration of the following
documents: ?????????? (a)????? Note by the Secretary-General
transmitting the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on
possible discrimination due to nationality, race, sex, religion and language
in recruitment, promotion and placement (General Assembly resolution 55/258,
sect. IV, para. 23) (A/56/956); ?????????? (b)????? Note by the Secretary-General transmitting
the comments of the Joint Inspection Unit on the report of the Office of
Internal Oversight Services on possible discrimination due to nationality,
race, sex, religion and language in recruitment, promotion and placement
(A/56/956/Add.1) (decision 57/588). ??????????????????????????? References
for the fifty-seventh session (agenda items 111, 112 and 118)
129. ?? Joint Inspection Unit At its twenty-first session, in 1966, the General
Assembly established the Joint Inspection Unit for an initial period of four
years (resolution 2150 (XXI)), and subsequently decided to continue the Unit
until 31 December 1973 (resolution 2735 A (XXV)) and then for a further
period of four years beyond that date (resolution 2924 B (XXVII)). At its
thirty-first session, the General Assembly approved the statute of the Joint
Inspection Unit as a subsidiary organ of the Assembly and of the legislative
bodies of the specialized agencies that accepted the new statute (resolution
31/192). The membership of the Unit was increased from 8 to not more than 11
Inspectors, with effect from Documents: (a)????? Annual
report of the Joint Inspection Unit: Supplement No. 34 (A/58/34); (b)?????????????? Report
of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the
Joint Inspection Unit (resolutions 2924 B (XXVII), 32/199 and 44/184),
A/58/220; (c)????? Notes
by the Secretary-General transmitting: ??????? Programme
of work of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2003 (resolutions 31/192 and 56/245),
A/58/64; ?????????? -Preliminary
listing of potential reports for inclusion in the programme of work of the
Joint Inspection Unit for 2004 and beyond, A/58/291; ?????????? -Report
of the Joint Inspection Unit on the preliminary review of its statute and
working methods, A/58/343 and Add.1-2; ?????????? ??????????????????????????? References
for the fifty-seventh session (agenda item 119)
130. ?? Report of the Secretary-General on the
activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services The Office of
Internal Oversight Services was established by the General Assembly in its
resolution 48/218 B of 131. ??? Financing of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other
Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the This item was
included in the agenda of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly, in
1995, pursuant to Assembly resolution 49/251. At its fifty-first to
fifty-sixth sessions, the Assembly continued its consideration of the item
(resolutions 51/215, 52/218, 53/213, 54/240 A and B, 55/226 and 56/248 A and
B. At its
fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly noted with concern that the
vacancy rate at the International Tribunal for Rwanda remained unacceptably
high and requested the Registrar to fill the posts and to report thereon to
the Assembly no later than at its fifty-eighth session; urged the
Secretary-General to request the Office of Internal Oversight Services to
conduct a management review of the Office of the Prosecutor and to report
thereon to the Assembly no later than at its fifty-eighth session; requested
the Secretary-General to report to it at its fifty-eighth session on the
issues identified in paragraphs 8, 42 and 43 of his report on long-term
financial obligations of the United Nations with regard to the enforcement of
sentences and on his assessment of the accuracy of the cost estimates
proposed in that report; requested the Secretary-General to prepare a
comprehensive report on the progress made by the Tribunal in reforming its
legal aid system for consideration by the Assembly at the main part of its
fifty-eighth session and to submit to it at the same session the proposed
budget of the Tribunal for the biennium 2004-2005; approved the additional
resources for the Tribunal for 2003 recommended by the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions, except that the staffing complement
should be reduced by four posts; requested the Secretary-General to report on
the use of ad litem judges and their impact in the
second performance report for the biennium 2002-2003; authorized the
Secretary-General to enter into additional commitments to support the recosting of resources for the biennium 2002-2003, and
requested him to report on the impact thereof in the second performance
report for the biennium (resolution 57/289). Documents: (a)????? Reports of the Secretary-General: ?????????? Filling
of the posts of the Chief Prosecutor and Deputy Prosecutor of the Tribunal
(resolution 57/289); ?????????? Budget
for the Tribunal for the biennium 2004-2005 (resolution 57/289), A/58/269; ?????????? Comprehensive
report on the progress made by the Tribunal in reforming its legal aid system
(resolution 57/289), A/58/366; ?????????? Guidance
of the Security Council on possible amendments to the statute of the Tribunal
(resolution 57/289); ?????????? Supplementary
estimates arising in respect of Security Council resolution 1503 (2003) on
the establishment of a Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for
(b)????? Notes
by the Secretary-General: ?????????? Transmitting
the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the management
review of the Office of the Prosecutor (resolution 57/289); ?????????? On
the accuracy of the cost estimates on the enforcement of sentences
(resolution 57/289), A/58/367; (c)????? Report
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
(resolution 57/289). ??????????????????????????? References
for the fifty-seventh session (agenda item 125)
????????? 132.??? Financing of the International Tribunal
for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International
Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former This item was
included in the agenda of the forty-seventh session of the General Assembly,
in 1993, on the proposal of the Secretary-General (A/47/955). At that
session, the Assembly adopted resolution 47/235. At its forty-eighth to
fifty-sixth sessions, the Assembly continued its consideration of the item
(resolutions 48/251, 49/242 A and B, 50/212 A to C, 51/214 A and B, 52/217,
53/212, 54/239 A and B, 55/225 A and B, 55/249, 55/250 and 56/247 A and B and
56/278 and decisions 48/461, 49/471 A and B and 55/477). At its
fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to
prepare a comprehensive report on the progress made by the International
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in reforming its legal aid system,
particularly with regard to rationalizing the costs of defence counsel and
establishing indigence, for the main part of its fifty-eighth session; and
also requested the Secretary-General to present the proposed budget for the
Tribunal for the biennium 2004-2005 to the Assembly at its fifty-eighth
session (resolution 57/288). Documents: (a)????? Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for the Tribunal for the biennium
2004-2005 (resolution 57/288), A/58/226; Progress made by the Tribunal in reforming its
legal aid system; (b)????? Report
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
(resolution 57/288). ??????????????????????????? References
for the fifty-seventh session (agenda item 124)
134. ?? Administrative and budgetary aspects of
the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations ??????????????????????????? Administrative
and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping
operations ??????????????????????????? Implementation
of para. 3 of General Assembly resolution 57/233 At its
resumed fifty-seventh session, in June 2003, the General Assembly requested the
Secretary-General to return 50 per cent of the net cash available for credit
to Member States as at 30 June 2002, in the amount of $84,446,000, by 30 June
2003, based on the scale applicable to the missions’ last assessment; decided
to postpone the return of the remaining 50 per cent of the net cash available
for credit to Member States until 31 March 2004 in respect of the fund
balances of the United Nations Mission in Haiti; the United Nations Observer
Group in Central America and the United Nations Observer Mission in El
Salvador; the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force; the United Nations
Protection Force, the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in
Croatia, the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force and the United
Nations Peace Forces headquarters; the United Nations Transitional
Administration in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and
the Civilian Police Support Group; the United Nations Angola Verification
Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola; the United Nations
Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda and the United Nations Assistance Mission for
Rwanda; the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan; the United
Nations Transition Assistance Group; and the United Nations Observer Mission
in Liberia; also decided that the provisions of financial regulation 5.5
should be suspended in respect of the liabilities and fund balance of the
Military Observer Group of the United Nations Verification Mission in
Guatemala; the United Nations Operation in Mozambique; the United Nations
Operation in Somalia II; the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti, the
United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti and the United Nations Civilian
Police Mission in Haiti; the United Nations Transitional Authority in
Cambodia; and the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic in
the light of the cash shortage of those missions; and requested the
Secretary-General to provide an updated report and make proposals for
consideration at the resumed fifty-eighth session of the Assembly on how to
address the issue of outstanding dues owed to Member States from closed
peacekeeping missions that were in net cash deficit (resolution 57/323). Other questions At the same
resumed session, under the item entitled “Review of the efficiency of the
administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations”, the General
Assembly decided to defer to its fifty-eighth session consideration of the
report of the Secretary-General participation of United Nations Volunteers in
peacekeeping operations (A/55/697) (decision 57/588). Documents: Note by the Secretary-General on the
implementation of para. 3 of the General Assembly
resolution 57/323; ?????????? Report
of the Secretary-General on the participation of United Nations Volunteers in
peacekeeping operations ?????????? Reports
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