Programme Budget for the Biennium 1996-1997, G.A. res. 50/215, U.N. Doc. A/RES/50/215 (1995)
The General Assembly
Resolves that for the biennium 1996-1997:
1. Appropriations totalling 2,608,274,000 United States dollars are
hereby approved for the following purposes:
Section US dollars
PART I. Overall policy-making, direction and coordination
1. Overall policy-making, direction and
coordination 40 348 200
TOTAL, PART I 40 348 200
PART II. Political affairs
2. Political affairs 60 989 500
3. Peace-keeping operations and special
missions 102 868 200
4. Outer space affairs 4 705 500
TOTAL, PART II 168 563 200
PART III. International justice and law
5. International Court of Justice 21 339 600
6. Legal activities 31 605 400
TOTAL, PART III 52 945 000
PART IV. International cooperation for development
7A. Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable 44 318 700
Development
7B. Africa: critical economic situation, recovery 4 305 100
and development
8. Department for Economic and Social
Information and Policy Analysis 48 612 100
9. Department for Development Support and Management Services 26 556 000
10A. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 121 925 300
10B. International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT 21 642 000
11. United Nations Environment Programme 9 512 200
12. United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) 13 059 600
13. Crime control 5 254 600
14. International drug control 17 344 100
TOTAL, PART IV 312 529 700
PART V. Regional cooperation for development
15. Economic Commission for Africa 87 845 600
16. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 66 379 300
17. Economic Commission for Europe 52 883 100
18. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean 88 327 200
19. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia 37 791 200
20. Regular programme of technical cooperation 44 814 700
TOTAL, PART V 378 041 100
PART VI. Human rights and humanitarian affairs
21. Human rights 52 987 600
22. Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees 54 318 500
23. United Nations Relief and Works Agency 22 643 000
Palestine Refugees in the Near East
24. Department of Humanitarian Affairs 21 039 300
TOTAL, PART VI 150 988 400
PART VII.
Public information
25. Public information 137 658 000
TOTAL, PART VII 137 658 000
PART VIII. Common support services
26. Administration and management 960 885 100
TOTAL, PART VIII 960 885 100
PART IX. Jointly financed administrative activities
and special expenses
27. Jointly financed administrative activities 28 915 000
28. Special expenses 41 701 700
TOTAL, PART IX 70 616 700
PART X. Internal Oversight Services
29. Office of Internal Oversight Services 15 716 500
TOTAL, PART X 15 716 500
PART XI. Capital expenditures
30. Technological innovations 21 999 600
31. Construction, alteration, improvement and
major maintenance 31 585 400
TOTAL, PART XI 53 585 000
PART XII. Staff assessment
32. Staff assessment 369 080 100
TOTAL, PART XII 369 080 100
PART XIII. International Seabed Authority
33. International Seabed Authority 1 308 200
TOTAL, PART XIII 1 308 200
TOTAL, EXPENDITURE SECTIONS 2 712 265 200
Less: anticipated reductions to be confirmed by the
General Assembly (103 991 200)
GRAND TOTAL 2 608 274 000
2. The Secretary-General shall be authorized to transfer credits
between sections of the budget, with the concurrence of the Advisory Committee
on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;
3. The total net provision made under the various sections of the
budget for contractual printing shall be administered as a unit under the
direction of the United Nations Publications Board;
4. In addition to the appropriations approved under paragraph 1 above,
an amount of 51,000 dollars is appropriated for each year of the biennium
1996-1997 from the accumulated income of the Library Endowment Fund for the
purchase of books, periodicals, maps and library equipment and for such other
expenses of the Library at the Palais des Nations as are in accordance with
the objects and provisions of the endowment.
B
INCOME ESTIMATES FOR THE BIENNIUM 1996-1997
The General Assembly
Resolves that for the biennium 1996-1997:
1. Estimates of income other than assessments on Member States
totalling 471,401,700 United States dollars are approved as follows:
Income section US dollars
1. Income from staff assessment 383 306 00
2. General income 86 209 200
3. Services to the public 886 500
Total, income sections 471 401 700
2. The income from staff assessment shall be credited to the Tax
Equalization Fund in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly
resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955;
3. Direct expenses of the United Nations Postal Administration,
services to visitors, catering and related services, garage operations,
television services and the sale of publications, not provided for under the
budget appropriations, shall be charged against the income derived from those
activities.
C
FINANCING OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1996
The General Assembly
Resolves that for the year 1996:
1. Budget appropriations consisting of 1,304,137,000 United States
dollars, being half of the appropriations of 2,608,274,000 dollars approved
for the biennium 1996-1997 by the General Assembly under paragraph 1 of
resolution A above, and 24,160,900 dollars, being the increase in revised
appropriations for 1994-1995 approved by the Assembly in its resolution 50/205
A of 23 December 1995, shall be financed in accordance with regulations 5.1
and 5.2 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations as follows:
(a) 43,547,850 dollars, being the net of half of the estimated income
other than staff assessment approved for the biennium 1996-1997 under
resolution B above, less 946,800 dollars, being the decrease in income other
than staff assessment for 1994-1995;
(b) 1,285,696,850 dollars, being the assessment on Member States in
accordance with General Assembly resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994 on the
scale of assessments for the years 1996 and 1997;
2. There shall be set off against the assessments on Member States, in
accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15
December 1955, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund in the
total amount of 197,885,900 dollars, consisting of:
(a) 192,153,000 dollars, being half of the estimated staff assessment
income approved for the biennium 1996-1997 under resolution B above;
(b) Plus 5,732,900 dollars, being the increase in the income from staff
assessment for the biennium 1994-1995 approved by the Assembly in its
resolution 50/205 B.
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