Sixty-first session * The unannotated preliminary list was issued on 14 February 2006 (A/61/50), and a corrigendum on 2 March 2006 (A/61/50/Corr.1). The provisional agenda was issued on 14 July 2006 (A/61/150). ** The present addendum was prepared on the basis of the provisional agenda (A/61/150). Annotated draft agenda of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly* Addendum** Contents Page Introduction 5 Annotated draft agenda 5 Maintenance of international peace and security 5 11. Prevention of armed conflict 5 17. The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan 6 31. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects 6 Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences 8 46. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields 8 49. Information and communication technologies for development 11 55. Groups of countries in special situations 12 (a) Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries 12 G. Disarmament 12 87. General and complete disarmament 12 (dd) Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament 12 I. Organizational, administrative and other matters 13 102. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections 13 (d) Election of two members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission 13 (e) Election of fourteen members of the Human Rights Council 15 108. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters 16 109. Strengthening of the United Nations system 17 110. Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit 17 113. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors 19 (a) United Nations 19 (b) United Nations Development Programme 19 (c) United Nations Children’s Fund 19 (d) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East 19 (e) United Nations Institute for Training and Research 19 (f) Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 19 (g) Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme 19 (h) United Nations Population Fund 19 (i) United Nations Human Settlements Programme 19 (j) Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme 19 (k) United Nations Office for Project Services 19 (l) International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 19 (m) International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 19 (n) Capital master plan 19 114. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations 24 115. Programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 27 116. Programme planning 41 117. Improving the financial situation of the United Nations 42 118. Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency 43 119. Pattern of conferences 44 120. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations 45 121. Human resources management 47 122. Joint Inspection Unit 52 123. United Nations common system 53 124. United Nations pension system 54 125. Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services 56 126. Administration of justice at the United Nations 59 127. 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 Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 61 128. 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 Yugoslavia since 1991 62 129. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of United Nations peacekeeping operations 63 130. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations 64 131. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Burundi 70 132. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire 71 133. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus 73 134. Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 75 135. Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor 77 136. Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor 77 137. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea 79 138. Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia 80 139. Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti 82 140. Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo 84 141. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia 85 142. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East 86 (a) United Nations Disengagement Observer Force 86 (b) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon 87 143. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone 89 144. Financing of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan 90 145. Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara 92 147. Report of the Human Rights Council 94 148. United Nations reform: measures and proposals 94 149. Observer status for the OPEC Fund for International Development in the General Assembly 96 150. The rule of law at the national and international levels 96 I. Introduction The present document, which is an addendum to the annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the sixty-first regular session of the General Assembly (A/61/100), is being issued in accordance with paragraph 17 (c) of annex II to Assembly resolution 2837 (XXVI) of 17 December 1971. The annotated draft agenda has been prepared on the basis of the provisional agenda of the sixty-first session (A/61/150, issued on 14 July 2006) and contains information relating to items 11, 17, 31, 46, 49, 55 (a), 87 (dd), 102 (d) and (e), 108, 110, 113 to 145 and 147 to 150. II. Annotated draft agenda A. Maintenance of international peace and security 11. Prevention of armed conflict At its fifty-fifth session, in August 2001, the General Assembly discussed the question of prevention of armed conflict under agenda item 10, entitled “Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization”. The General Assembly considered the subject at its fifty-fifth to fifty-seventh sessions under agenda item 10 (resolutions 55/281, 56/512 and 57/337). At its fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session a specific item entitled “Prevention of armed conflict” (resolution 57/337). At its fifty-ninth session, the Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item and to include it in the draft agenda of its sixtieth session (decision 59/568). At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to continue its consideration of the report of the Secretary-General and the recommendations contained therein at its sixty-first session (resolution 60/284). Document: Report of the Secretary-General on a regional-global security partnership: challenges and opportunities, A/61/204-S/2006/590 (also under item 105). References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 12) Report of the Secretary-General A/60/891 Draft resolution A/60/L.61 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.98 Resolution 60/284 17. The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan This item was included in the agenda of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, in 2004, as an additional item at the request of Azerbaijan and Turkey (A/59/236 and Add.1). At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the sponsor of the item, decided to defer consideration of the item and to include it in the draft agenda of its sixtieth session (decision 59/571). At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly, seriously concerned by the fires in the affected territories, which had inflicted widespread environmental damage, called upon the organizations and programmes of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Environment Programme, in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, to provide all necessary assistance and expertise (resolution 60/285). At its resumed sixtieth session, in September 2006, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item and to include it in the draft agenda of its sixty-first session (decision 60/564). No advance documentation is expected. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 40) Draft resolution A/60/L.60/Rev.2 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.98 and PV.100 Resolution 60/285 31. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects At its nineteenth session, in February 1965, the General Assembly established the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, which was to undertake a comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects, including ways of overcoming the financial difficulties of the United Nations (resolution 2006 (XIX)). At present, the Special Committee is composed of the following Member States: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Zambia and Zimbabwe. Observers are: Angola, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Haiti, Israel, Lesotho, Viet Nam, Yemen, European Community, Holy See, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and Permanent Observer for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The General Assembly considered the question at its twentieth to fifty-ninth sessions (resolutions 2053 (XX), 2220 (XXI), 2308 (XXII), 2451 (XXIII), 2576 (XXIV), 2670 (XXV), 2835 (XXVI), 2965 (XXVII), 3091 (XXVIII), 3239 (XXIX), 3457 (XXX), 31/105, 32/106, 33/114, 34/53, 35/121, 36/37, 37/93, 38/31, 39/97, 40/163, 41/67, 42/161, 43/59 A and B, 44/49, 45/75, 46/48, 47/71, 47/72, 48/42, 48/43, 49/37, 50/30, 51/136, 52/69, 53/58, 54/81, 55/135, 56/225 A and B, 57/129, 57/336, 58/315, 59/281 and 59/300). At its resumed fifty-ninth session, in June 2005, the General Assembly requested the Special Committee to include the issue of a comprehensive review of a strategy to eliminate future sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations peacekeeping operations in its report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session (resolution 59/300). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly endorsed the proposals, recommendations and conclusions of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, contained in paragraphs 28 to 188 of its report (A/60/19); and requested the Special Committee to submit a report on its work to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 60/263). At its resumed sixtieth session, in September 2006, the General Assembly endorsed the proposals, recommendations and conclusions of the Special Committee contained in paragraphs 5 to 10 of the report on its 2006 resumed session (A/60/19/Add.1); urged Member States, the Secretariat and the relevant organs of the United Nations to take all necessary steps to implement those proposals, recommendations and conclusions, and supported the request of the Special Committee to the Secretary-General that he provide a progress report on the implementation of its recommendations at its next regular session; and requested the Special Committee to include the issue in its report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 60/289). At the same resumed session, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the President, decided to postpone consideration of the report of the Group of Legal Experts (see A/60/980) to the sixty-first session to avail the Sixth Committee at that session of the opportunity to consider the report, submitted pursuant to resolutions 59/300 and 60/263, in which the Assembly endorsed the recommendations of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations in its respective reports (A/59/19/Rev.1 and A/60/19 and Add.1) (decision 60/563). Document: Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations: Supplement No. 19 (A/61/19 and Add.1). References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 32) Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations: Supplement No. 19 (A/60/19 and Add.1) Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (A/60/640 and Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Group of Legal Experts on ensuring the accountability of United Nations staff and experts on mission with respect to criminal acts committed in peacekeeping operations (A/60/980) Summary records A/C.4/60/SR.13-16, 26 and 28 Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) A/60/478 and Add.1 and 2 and Add.2/Corr.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.62, 88 and 99 Resolutions 60/263 and 60/289 Decisions 60/523 and 60/563 B. Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences 46. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly reaffirming its determination to strengthen further the role, capacity, effectiveness and efficiency of the United Nations and thus improve its performance, requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a number of reports, including details regarding specific proposals contained in the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide” (A/60/692 and Corr.1) (resolution 60/260) (see items 110, 114, 115, 120, 121, 130 and 148). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly emphasized the need to strengthen its role for the formulation and appraisal of policy on matters relating to coordinated and integrated follow-up to the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields; decided to dedicate a specific meeting focused on development, including an assessment of progress over the previous year, at each session of the General Assembly during the debate on the follow-up to the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome; reiterated that the Economic and Social Council should continue to strengthen its role as the central mechanism for system-wide coordination and thus promote the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of those conferences and summits; and requested the Secretary-General to report on progress made in the implementation of the development outcome of the 2005 World Summit in the framework of the comprehensive report on the follow-up to the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome (resolution 60/265) (see also item 110). Document: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 60/265). Further at its resumed session, in July 2006, the General Assembly, inter alia, requested the Secretary-General to ensure the full operationalization of the Ethics Office; and also requested him to provide to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, detailed information on the structure and staffing requirements of the envisaged information and communication technology structure (resolution 60/283) (see items 110, 114, 115, 120, 121, 130 and 148). At the same resumed session, the General Assembly decided to defer until its sixty-first session the consideration of this item and its related documents (decision 60/551 C). Documents: Reports of the Secretary-General: Updated report of the Secretary-General on the role of the Economic and Social Council in the integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits (resolution 57/270 B), A/61/90-E/2006/84; Investing in people (resolutions 60/260 and 60/283), A/61/255 (also under items 110, 114, 115, 120, 121, 130, 145 and 148); Reforming the Field Service category: investing in meeting the human resources requirements of United Nations peace operations in the twenty-first century (resolution 59/266), A/61/255/Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1 (also under items 110, 114, 115, 120, 121, 130, 145 and 148). References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 and 136) Reports of the Secretary-General: Measures to strengthen accountability at the United Nations (A/60/312) Contribution made by the Department of Management to the improvement of management practices, and time-bound plan for the reduction of duplication, complexity and bureaucracy in the United Nations administrative processes and procedures (A/60/342) Implementation of decisions from the 2005 World Summit Outcome for action by the Secretary-General; Ethics Office; comprehensive review of governance arrangements, including an independent external evaluation of the auditing and oversight system; and the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (A/60/568 and Corr.1-3) Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide (A/60/692 and Corr.1) The 2005 World Summit Outcome: Peacebuilding Support Office — revised estimates to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007, A/60/694 (also under items 120 and 124) Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide: detailed report (A/60/846) Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide: detailed report: investing in information and communication technology (A/60/846/Add.1) Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide: detailed report: budget implementation (A/60/846/Add.2) Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide: detailed report: financial management practices (A/60/846/Add.3) Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide: detailed report: improving reporting mechanisms including public access to United Nations documentation (A/60/846/Add.4) Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide: detailed report: procurement reform (A/60/846/Add.5) Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide: detailed report: accountability (A/60/846/Add.6) Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide: detailed report: updated terms of reference for the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (A/60/846/Add.7) Implementation of decisions contained in the 2005 World Summit Outcome for action by the Secretary-General: comprehensive review of governance and oversight within the United Nations and its funds, programmes and specialized agencies (A/60/883 and Add.1 and 2) (items 46 and 120) Notes by the Secretary-General transmitting: Report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Policies of United Nations system organizations towards the use of open source software in the secretariats” (A/60/665) Comments of the Secretary-General and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Policies of United Nations system organizations towards the use of open source software in the secretariats” (A/60/665/Add.1) Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the inspection of programme and administrative management of the subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa (A/60/120) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/418, A/60/735 and Corr.1, A/60/870, A/60/903 and A/60/904) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.3-5, 36, 44, 45, 47-50, 60, 61, 64, 65 and 67 Reports of the Fifth Committee A/60/609/Add.3 and A/60/831 and Add.1 Draft resolution A/60/L.59 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.79, 92 and 93 Resolutions 60/260, 60/265 and 60/283 Decision 60/551 C 49. Information and communication technologies for development At its resumed sixtieth session, in March 2006, the General Assembly endorsed the Tunis Commitment and the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society; invited the Secretary-General to convene a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue called the Internet Governance Forum; urged Member States, relevant United Nations bodies and other intergovernmental organizations, as well as nongovernmental organizations, civil society and the private sector, to contribute actively to the implementation and follow-up of the outcomes of the Geneva and Tunis phases of the World Summit on the Information Society; decided to conduct an overall review of the implementation of the Summit outcomes in 2015; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council, by June 2006, a report on the modalities of the interagency coordination of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, including recommendations on the follow-up process (A/60/1005/Corr.1-E/2006/85 and Corr.1), for consideration at the substantive session of the Council (resolution 60/252). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 57/295), A/61/254; (b) Notes by the Secretary-General transmitting: Report of the Director-General of UNESCO on communication for development programmes in the United Nations system (resolution 50/130), A/61/165; Report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Policies of United Nations system organizations towards the use of open source software for development” (JIU/REP/2005/7 and Corr.1), A/61/94 (also under item 123). References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 49) Reports of the Secretary-General A/60/323 and A/60/1005-E/2006/85 and Corr.1 Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the International Telecommunication Union on the World Summit on the Information Society (A/60/687) Report of the Second Committee A/60/485 Draft resolution A/60/L.50 and Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.68 and 74 Resolution 60/252 Decision 60/540 55. Groups of countries in special situations (a) Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly decided to convene the high-level meeting on the midterm comprehensive global review of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 in New York on 18 September 2006, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., as well as on 19 September 2006, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., to be chaired by the President of the General Assembly (decision 60/556). No advance documentation is expected. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 55 (a)) Draft decision A/60/L.54 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.82 Decision 60/556 G. Disarmament 87. General and complete disarmament (dd) Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to establish, at a later date, an open-ended working group to consider the objectives and agenda, including the possible establishment of a preparatory committee, for the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament (decision 60/559). No advance documentation is expected. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 97 (i)) Draft decision A/60/L.55 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.88 Decision 60/559 I. Organizational, administrative and other matters 102. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections (d) Election of two members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided, acting concurrently with the Security Council, in accordance with Articles 7, 22 and 29 of the Charter of the United Nations, to establish the Peacebuilding Commission as an intergovernmental advisory body that would have a standing Organizational Committee responsible for developing its own rules of procedure and working methods, which should comprise the following: (a) Seven members of the Security Council, including permanent members, selected according to rules and procedures decided by the Council; (b) Seven members of the Economic and Social Council, elected from regional groups according to rules and procedures decided by the Council, giving due consideration to those countries that had experienced post-conflict recovery; (c) Five top providers of assessed contributions to United Nations budgets and of voluntary contributions to United Nations funds, programmes and agencies, including a standing peacebuilding fund, that were not among those selected in (a) or (b) above, selected by and from among the 10 top providers, giving due consideration to the size of their contributions, according to a list provided by the Secretary-General, based on the average annual contributions in the previous three calendar years for which statistical data were available; (d) Five top providers of military personnel and civilian police to United Nations missions that were not among those selected in (a), (b) or (c) above, selected by and from among the 10 top providers, giving due consideration to the size of their contributions, according to a list provided by the Secretary-General, based on the average monthly contributions in the previous three calendar years for which statistical data were available; (e) Giving due consideration to representation from all regional groups in the overall composition of the Committee and to representation from countries that had experienced post-conflict recovery, seven additional members would be elected according to rules and procedures decided by the General Assembly; and decided that members of the Organizational Committee would serve for renewable terms of two years (resolution 60/180). At the resumed sixtieth session, the following elections/selections were held, in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (d) of General Assembly resolution 60/180 and Security Council resolution 1645 (2005): (a) The Security Council selected China, Denmark, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United Republic of Tanzania and the United States of America as members of the Organizational Committee; (b) The Economic and Social Council elected Angola, Belgium, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Poland and Sri Lanka as members; (c) Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Norway were selected as the five top providers of assessed contributions to United Nations budgets and of voluntary contributions to United Nations funds, programmes and agencies, including a standing peacebuilding fund; (d) Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Nigeria and Pakistan were selected as the five top providers of military personnel and civilian police to United Nations missions. At its resumed session, in May 2006, the General Assembly, noting the following distribution of seats for 2006 among the five regional groups that had resulted from elections and/or selections that had taken place so far: (a) five members from African States; (b) seven members from Asian States; (c) two members from Eastern European States; (d) one member from Latin American and Caribbean States; and (e) nine members from Western European and other States, decided that the seven seats for election by the General Assembly for membership in the Organizational Committee for 2006 would be distributed among the five regional groups as follows: (a) two seats for African States; (b) one seat for Asian States; (c) one seat for Eastern European States; (d) three seats for Latin American and Caribbean States; and, (e) no seats for Western European and other States. The Assembly also decided that the term of membership should be staggered, and that two members from different regional groups, to be drawn by lots in the first election, should serve for an initial period of one year; that each of the five regional groups should have no less than three seats in the overall composition of the Organizational Committee; that the elections to be held by the Assembly would set no precedent for future elections and that the distribution of seats as set out above would be reviewed annually, on the basis of changes in the membership in other categories established in paragraph 4 (a) to (d) of resolution 60/180 and Security Council resolution 1645 (2005) (resolution 60/261). Accordingly, at its 82nd plenary meeting, on 16 May 2006, the General Assembly elected the following seven members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission: Burundi, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji and Jamaica (decision 60/417). By a drawing of lots, Croatia and Jamaica were chosen to serve a term of one year beginning on the day of the first meeting of the Organizational Committee, that is, 23 June 2006. At its sixty-first session, the General Assembly will need to fill the two seats in the light of the provisions contained in paragraph 8 of resolution 60/261. At present the Organizational Committee is composed of the following 31 members: Angola, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burundi, Chile, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania and United States of America. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 112 (f)) Letter dated 5 May 2006 from the Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (A/60/847) Letter dated 8 May 2006 from the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (A/60/848) Draft resolutions A/60/L.40 (under items 46 and 120) and A/60/L.52 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.66, 79 and 82 Resolutions 60/180 (under items 46 and 120) and 60/261 Decision 60/417 (e) Election of fourteen members of the Human Rights Council At its resumed sixtieth session, in March 2006, the General Assembly decided to establish the Human Rights Council, based in Geneva, in replacement of the Commission on Human Rights, as a subsidiary organ of the Assembly; decided also that the Council would consist of 47 Member States, which would be elected directly and individually by secret ballot by the majority of the members of the Assembly; the membership would be based on equitable geographical distribution, and seats would be distributed as follows among regional groups: (a) Group of African States, 13; (b) Group of Asian States, 13; (c) Group of Eastern European States, 6; (d) Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, 8; and (e) Group of Western European and other States, 7; further decided that the members of the Council would serve for a period of three years and would not be eligible for immediate re-election after two consecutive terms; and decided also that the terms of membership would be staggered, and such decision would be taken for the first election by the drawing of lots, taking into consideration equitable geographical distribution (resolution 60/251). On 9 May 2006, the General Assembly elected 47 members of the Human Rights Council (decision 60/416). At present, the Council is composed of the following members: Algeria,* Argentina,* Azerbaijan,*** Bahrain,* Bangladesh,*** Brazil,** Cameroon,*** Canada,*** China,*** Cuba,*** Czech Republic,* Djibouti,*** Ecuador,* Finland,* France,** Gabon,** Germany,*** Ghana,** Guatemala,** India,* Indonesia,* Japan,** Jordan,*** Malaysia,*** Mali,** Mauritius,*** Mexico,*** Morocco,* Netherlands,* Nigeria,*** Pakistan,** Peru,** Philippines,* Poland,* Republic of Korea,** Romania,** Russian Federation,*** Saudi Arabia,*** Senegal,*** South Africa,* Sri Lanka,** Switzerland,*** Tunisia,* Ukraine,** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,** Uruguay*** and Zambia.** * Term of office expires on 8 May 2007. ** Term of office expires on 8 May 2008. *** Term of office expires on 8 May 2009. At its sixty-first session, the General Assembly will need to fill the seats being vacated by the following States: Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, South Africa and Tunisia. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 112 (e)) Summary Records A/C.5/60/SR.37, 38 and 40 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/721 (under items 46, 120 and 124) Draft resolution A/60/L.48 (under items 46 and 120) Plenary meetings A/60/PV.72, 80 and 81 Resolution 60/251 (under items 46 and 120) Decisions 60/416 and 60/555 108. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters At its resumed sixtieth session, in September 2006, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council on its work during the sixtieth session; and decided that the question should be considered during the sixty-first session of the General Assembly and that the Working Group should continue its work and submit a report to the Assembly before the end of its sixty-first session, including any agreed recommendations (decision 60/568). Document: Report of the Open-ended Working Group: Supplement No. 47 (A/60/47). References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 117) Report of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council: Supplement No. 47 (A/60/47) Draft decision A/AC.247/2006/L.1, para. 17 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.94, 95 and 101 Decision 60/568 109. Strengthening of the United Nations system At its resumed forty-ninth session, in September 1995, in the course of its consideration of the item entitled “Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization”, the General Assembly decided to establish the Open-ended High-level Working Group on the Strengthening of the United Nations System and to include an item entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations system” in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session (resolution 49/252). The Working Group met during the fiftieth and fifty-first sessions of the General Assembly. The Assembly adopted the recommendations of the Working Group and decided that the Working Group had completed its work as mandated in resolution 49/252 (resolution 51/241). The General Assembly continued its consideration of this item at its fifty-second to fifty-eighth sessions (resolutions 55/14, 55/285, 57/300 and 58/269 and decisions 52/453, 53/452, 54/490, 56/455 and 56/479). At its resumed sixtieth session in September 2006, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of this item and to include it in the draft agenda of its sixty-first session (decision 60/565). No advance documentation is expected. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 119) Plenary meeting A/60/PV.100 Decision 60/565 110. Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly, inter alia, requested the Secretary-General to specifically define accountability as well as clear accountability mechanisms; requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session reports regarding proposals 1 to 4 and 7; proposals 8 to 10, 17 and 18; and proposals 14 and 15 contained in his report (A/60/692 and Corr.1); requested the Secretary-General to provide information on the consultations undertaken with the staff representatives to develop the proposals on personnel policies; decided to revert to the issue of undertaking a detailed cost-benefit analysis of relocation, outsourcing and telecommuting opportunities at its sixty-first session; and requested the Secretary-General to submit a detailed proposal on strengthening the monitoring and evaluation tools in the Secretariat (resolution 60/260) (see items 46, 114, 115, 120, 121, 130 and 148). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to dedicate a specific meeting focused on development, including an assessment of progress over the previous year, at each session of the General Assembly during the debate on the follow-up to the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome; and requested the Secretary-General to report on progress made in the implementation of the development outcome of the 2005 World Summit Outcome in the framework of the comprehensive report on the follow-up to the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome (resolution 60/265) (see also item 46). Document: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 60/265). Also at its resumed session in July 2006, the General Assembly, inter alia, decided to establish the post of Chief Information Technology Officer at the level of Assistant Secretary-General in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General; also requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, detailed information on the structure and staffing requirements of the envisaged information and communication technology structure; further requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, the comprehensive report containing detailed parameters on access to United Nations documentation by Member States and the public, referred to in paragraphs 17 and 18 of his report (A/60/846/Add.1) (resolution 60/283, sect. II) (see items 46, 114, 115, 120, 121, 130 and 148). At the same resumed session, in July 206, the General Assembly decided to defer until its sixty-first session the consideration of this item and its related documents (decision 60/551 C). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General (resolutions 60/260 and 60/283), A/61/255 and Add.1; (b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report prepared by the World Health Organization on enhancing capacity-building in global public health (resolution 60/35), A/61/383. References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 and 136) [See item 46 above for a complete list of references for these items.] References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 122) (see also items 46, 114, 115, 120, 121, 130 and 148) Summary record A/C.5/60/SR.67 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/609/Add.3 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.93 Decision 60/551 C 113. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors (a) United Nations (b) United Nations Development Programme (c) United Nations Children’s Fund (d) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (e) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (f) Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (g) Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme (h) United Nations Population Fund (i) United Nations Human Settlements Programme (j) Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (k) United Nations Office for Project Services (l) International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (m) International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 (n) Capital master plan The Board of Auditors transmits to the General Assembly the audited financial statements for the previous financial period of the various accounts of the United Nations and other funds and programmes for which the Board has audit responsibility. Under the provisions of article XII of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations and the annex thereto, the Board submits reports to the Assembly on the results of its audits and issues opinions as to whether the financial statements properly reflect the recorded transactions and whether those transactions were in accordance with the Financial Regulations and legislative authority and present fairly the financial position as at the end of the financial period of each of the activities reported on. The reports of the Board are commented upon by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, which also submits a report thereon to the Assembly. At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General and the executive heads of the funds and programmes of the United Nations to examine governance principles and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session, through the respective governing bodies of the funds and programmes of the United Nations; and to consider strengthening the internal control framework, harmonizing the administrative mechanisms that would systematically act upon the findings and recommendations of oversight bodies and improving financial reporting, as well as the proper forums for the consideration of the reports of the Board of Auditors by the respective executive boards and the General Assembly, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 59/264). At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to intensify his efforts to continue to implement the recommendations of the Board and to report regularly to the relevant governing bodies on progress made in that regard; encouraged Member States to respond in a timely manner to the appeal of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for resources; requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly on the full extent of unfunded staff termination and post-service liabilities in the United Nations and its funds and programmes and to propose measures that would ensure progress towards fully funding such liabilities; requested the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to ensure that the editing and translation of the reports of the Board of Auditors were completed in a manner that would ensure that they were submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with the six-week rule and thereby enabled Members States to have adequate time to consider the large volume of reports prior to the sixty-first session of the Assembly; and requested the Secretary-General and the executive heads of the funds and programmes of the United Nations to include in future reports on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors information on the setting of time frames, the identification of office holders and priorities for the implementation of the recommendations of the Board (resolution 60/234 A). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to ensure full implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors and the related recommendations of the Advisory Committee in a prompt and timely manner; also requested the Secretary-General to indicate an expected time frame for the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors as well as the priorities for their implementation, including the office-holders to be held accountable; and further requested the Secretary-General to provide, in the next report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors concerning United Nations peacekeeping operations, full explanation for the delays in implementation of the recommendations of the Board for the period ended 30 June 2005 or the prior periods (resolution 60/234 B). Documents: (a) Financial reports and audited financial statements for the biennium ended 31 December 2005 and reports of the Board of Auditors: (i) United Nations: Supplement No. 5 (A/61/5), vol. I; (ii) International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO: Supplement No. 5 (A/61/5), vol. III; (iii) United Nations University: Supplement No. 5 (A/61/5), vol. IV; (iv) United Nations Development Programme: Supplement No. 5A (A/61/5/Add.1); (v) United Nations Children’s Fund: Supplement No. 5B (A/61/5/Add.2); (vi) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: Supplement No. 5C (A/61/5/Add.3); (vii) United Nations Institute for Training and Research: Supplement No. 5D (A/61/5/Add.4); (viii) Fund of United Nations Environment Programme: Supplement No. 5F (A/61/5/Add.6); (ix) United Nations Population Fund: Supplement No. 5G (A/61/5/Add.7); (x) United Nations Human Settlements Programme: Supplement No. 5H (A/61/5/Add.8); (xi) Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme: Supplement No. 51 (A/61/5/Add.9); (xii) United Nations Office for Project Services: Supplement No. 5J (A/61/5/Add.10); (xiii) International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994: Supplement No. 5K (A/61/5/Add.11); (xiv) International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991: Supplement No. 5L (A/61/5/Add.12); (b) Financial report and audited financial statements for the 12-month period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 and report of the Board of Auditors on United Nations peacekeeping operations: Supplement No. 5 (A/61/5), vol. II; (c) Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2005: Supplement No. 5 (A/61/5), vol. V; (d) Financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2005 and report of the Board of Auditors on voluntary funds administered by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Supplement No. 5E (A/61/5/Add.5); (e) Reports of the Secretary-General: (i) First report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors on the activities of the United Nations for the financial period ended 31 December 2005 (resolution 52/212A), A/61/214; (ii) Implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors on the financial statements of the United Nations funds and programmes for the financial period ended 31 December 2005 (resolutions 48/216 B, 52/212 B and 60/234 A), A/61/214/Add.1; (f) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the concise summary of principal findings and conclusions contained in the reports prepared by the Board of Auditors for the General Assembly at its sixty-first session, A/61/182; (g) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the financial reports and audited financial statements and reports of the Board of Auditors (A/61/7 and addenda). References for the fifty-ninth session (agenda item 106) Financial reports and audited financial statements for the biennium ended 31 December 2003, and reports of the Board of Auditors: United Nations: Supplement No. 5 (A/59/5), vol. I International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO: Supplement No. 5 (A/59/5), vol. III United Nations University: Supplement No. 5 (A/59/5), vol. IV United Nations Development Programme: Supplement No. 5A (A/59/5/Add.1) United Nations Children’s Fund: Supplement No. 5B (A/59/5/Add.2) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: Supplement No. 5C (A/59/5/Add.3) United Nations Institute for Training and Research: Supplement No. 5D (A/59/5/Add.4) Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme: Supplement No. 5F (A/59/5/Add.6) United Nations Population Fund: Supplement No. 5G (A/59/5/Add.7) United Nations Human Settlements Programme: Supplement No. 5H (A/59/5/Add.8) Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme: Supplement No. 5I (A/59/5/Add.9) United Nations Office for Project Services: Supplement No. 5J (A/59/5/Add.10) International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994: Supplement No. 5K (A/59/5/Add.11) International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991: Supplement No. 5L (A/59/5/Add.12) Financial report and audited financial statements for the 12-month period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 and report of the Board of Auditors on United Nations peacekeeping operations: Supplement No. 5 and corrigendum (A/59/5), vol. II, and A/59/5(Vol. II)/Corr.1 Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2003: Supplement No. 5 (A/59/5), vol. V Audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2003 and report of the Board of Auditors on the voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Supplement No. 5E (A/59/5/Add.5) Reports of the Secretary-General containing: First report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors on the accounts of the United Nations for the financial period ended 31 December 2003 (A/59/318) First report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors on the financial statements of the United Nations funds and programmes for the financial period ended 31 December 2003 (A/59/318/Add.1) Notes by the Secretary-General transmitting: Concise summary of principal findings, conclusions and recommendations contained in the reports prepared by the Board of Auditors for the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session (A/59/162) Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the biennium ended 31 December 2003 (A/59/161) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the financial reports and audited financial statements and reports of the Board of Auditors for the period ended 31 December 2003 (A/59/400) Summary records A/C.5/59/SR.10, 11 and 28 Report of the Fifth Committee A/59/588 Plenary meeting A/59/PV.76 Resolution 59/264 A References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 121) Financial report and audited financial statements for the 12-month period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 and report of the Board of Auditors on United Nations peacekeeping operations: Supplement No. 5 and corrigendum (A/60/5), vol. II, and A/60/5(Vol.II)/Corr.1 Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2004: Supplement No. 5 (A/60/5), vol. V Audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2004 and report of the Board of Auditors on the voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Supplement No. 5E (A/60/5/Add.5) Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors concerning United Nations peacekeeping operations for the financial period ended 30 June 2005 (A/60/691) (also under item 136) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Board of Auditors on the implementation of its recommendations relating to the biennium 2002-2003 (A/60/113) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/387 and A/60/784) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.1, 3, 25, 51, 52 and 64 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/561 and Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.69 and 92 Resolutions 60/234 A and 60/234 B 114. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations At its fifty-fourth session, in 1999, under the item entitled “Programme planning”, the General Assembly endorsed the recommendation of the Committee for Programme and Coordination that a progress report on the review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations be submitted biennially to the Assembly through the appropriate intergovernmental bodies (resolution 54/236). At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to establish an effective system of accountability that clearly defined the lines of authority and responsibility; also requested the Secretary-General to ensure that programme managers understood and respected the monitoring and evaluation functions performed by the oversight bodies; decided that staff performance assessment should be further enhanced; requested the Secretary-General to administer and monitor more extensive disclosure of financial and other interests by United Nations officials; recognized the need for incrementally requiring all pertinent staff, in particular those in high-risk areas, to provide relevant financial disclosure, and requested the Secretary-General to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session in the context of his report on the activities of the Ethics Office; also requested the Secretary-General to report on staff perception of the impact of the Ethics Office on improving ethics and integrity in the Organization; and further requested the Secretary-General to report on the activities of the Ethics Office and the implementation of ethics policies, in the context of his annual report (resolution 60/254). Gratis personnel provided by Governments and other entities At its resumed fifty-seventh session, in June 2003, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide in subsequent reports, on a biennial basis, information on the use of gratis personnel, indicating their nationality and duration of service, department where employed and functions performed (resolution 57/281 B). Reports of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide information to the Assembly at its sixty-first session, in the context of its consideration of matters related to procurement reform, on actions taken to prevent recurrence of incidents of possible conflict of interest and inappropriate procurement practices; and requested the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees developed and utilized comprehensive policy guidelines for the selection and management of consultants to ensure transparency and objectivity in their engagement, monitoring and evaluation, as well as to make greater efforts to ensure a geographical balance in the use of qualified consultants and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 59/270). Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the inspection of programme and administrative management of the subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to support the efforts of the Economic Commission for Africa and its subregional offices to implement the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services; also requested the Secretary-General to ensure that the information and communications technology capacity and strategy of the Commission and its subregional offices were fully integrated with the information and communications technology strategy of the Organization; further requested the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts to fill vacancies in the subregional offices; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a comprehensive plan of action to strengthen the subregional offices, with timelines and clear lines of managerial accountability to ensure that adequate resources were provided to the Commission and its subregional offices to continue their support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the regional economic communities for Africa, as well as to ensure the full implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (resolution 60/235). Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly, reaffirming its determination to strengthen further the role, capacity, effectiveness and efficiency of the United Nations, and thus improve its performance, requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a number of reports, including details regarding specific proposals contained in the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide” (A/60/692 and Corr.1) (resolution 60/260) (see items 46, 110, 115, 120, 121, 130 and 148). Also at its resumed session, in July 2006, the General Assembly, inter alia, requested the Secretary-General to ensure the full operationalization of the Ethics Office; and also requested him to provide to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, detailed information on the structure and staffing requirements of the envisaged information and communication technology structure (resolution 60/283, sects. I and II) (see items 46, 110, 115, 120, 121, 130 and 148). Further at its resumed session, in July 2006, the General Assembly decided to defer until its sixty-first session the consideration of this item and the related documents (decision 60/551 C). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Measures to strengthen accountability in the Secretariat (resolutions 59/272 and 60/254); Activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (resolution 59/270); Comprehensive plan of action to strengthen the subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa (resolution 60/235); Investing in people (resolutions 60/260 and 60/283), A/61/255 (also under items 46, 110, 115, 120, 121, 130, 145 and 148); Reforming the Field Service category: investing in meeting the human resources requirements of United Nations peace operations in the 21st century (resolution 59/266, sect. X), A/61/255/Add.1 (also under items 46, 110, 115, 120, 121, 130, 145 and 148); Policy for access to United Nations documentation by Member States and the public (resolution 60/283) (also under items 46, 110, 115, 120, 121, 130 and 148); (b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the United Nations Secretariat First Consolidated Report 2005 (resolution 60/283, sect. V), A/61/434; (c) Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its forty-sixth session: Supplement No. 16 (A/61/16); (d) Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the inspection of the programme and administrative management of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244 and 59/272), A/61/61 and Add.1 (also under item 125); (e) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the fifty-ninth session (agenda item 118) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the annual report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 (A/59/359) Summary records A/C.5/59/SR.18-20, 22, 23 and 33 Report of the Fifth Committee A/59/648 Plenary meeting A/59/PV.76 Resolution 59/270 References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 122) Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its forty-fifth session: Supplement No. 16 and corrigendum (A/60/16 and Corr.1) Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the inspection programme and administrative management of the subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa (A/60/120) (also under item 132) Note by the Secretary-General on strengthening the investigation functions in the United Nations (A/60/674) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/418) (also under item 121) References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 and 136) [See item 46 above for a complete list of references for these items.] Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.3-5, 36, 37, 44-50, 60, 61, 64, 65 and 67 Reports of the Fifth Committee A/60/609 and Add.1, A/60/609/Add.3, A/60/831 and Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.69, 79 and 93 Resolutions 60/235, 60/254, 60/260 and 60/283 Decision 60/551 C 115. Programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 Questions related to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to extend for the biennium 2006-2007 the experiment approved under paragraph 14 of Assembly resolution 58/270, and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of the experiment; requested the Secretary-General to utilize the arrangements referred to above to identify available posts to provide for the new post requests referred to in paragraphs IV.2, IV.28 and IV.29 of the first report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007, as well as in paragraph 5 of the second report of the Advisory Committee on the proposed programme budget (resolution 60/246). At the same session, the General Assembly resolved that the Secretary-General should report to the Advisory Committee and to the General Assembly at its sixty-first and sixty-second sessions all commitments made under the provisions of the resolution, together with the circumstances relating thereto, and should submit supplementary estimates to the Assembly in respect of such commitments (resolution 60/249). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: (i) First performance report on the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (resolution 60/246, para. 7; and resolution 60/248, sects. VIII and X); (ii) United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (decisions 52/466 and 53/475), A/61/189; (iii) Reform of the Economic Commission for Europe (resolution 60/248, sect. X); (iv) Second performance report on the programme budget for the biennium 2004-2005: request for a subvention for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (resolution 59/294), A/60/572/Add.1; (v) Renovation to the residence of the Secretary-General: revised estimates to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007, A/61/377; (b) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions: Supplement No. 7 (A/61/7) and addenda. Construction of additional conference facilities at the Vienna International Centre At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the progress in the construction of a new conference facility within the boundaries of the Vienna International Centre (resolution 59/276, sect. VI). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 59/276, sect. VI), A/61/166; (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/361. Strengthened and unified security management system for the United Nations At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General, in his capacity as the Chairman of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, to submit a report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on measures taken to improve the operational administration of existing cost-sharing arrangements; and requested the Secretary-General to examine the possibility for further integration and rationalization of the security management system and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 59/276, sect. XI). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: (i) Measures taken to improve the operational administration of existing cost-sharing arrangements for safety and security (resolution 59/276, sect. XI, para. 49); A/61/223; (ii) A strengthened and unified security management system for the United Nations (resolution 59/276, sect. XI, para. 56); (b) Note by the Secretary-General submitting the result of the technical study on information and communication technology security, business continuity and disaster recovery (resolution 59/276, sect. XI, para. 47), A/61/290; (c) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/478. Conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials: members of the International Court of Justice and judges and ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda At its resumed fifty-ninth session, in April 2005, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session, including proposals for a mechanism of remuneration based on market exchange rates and local retail price fluctuations that limited the divergence of such remuneration from that of comparable positions of seniority within the United Nations system, on the protection of pensions in payment to former judges and their survivors as well as on the differences between the pension benefits of the judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on the one hand and the members of the International Court of Justice on the other; and decided that the conditions of service and compensation for the members of the International Court of Justice and the judges and ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda should next be reviewed at its sixty-first session (resolution 59/282, sect. III). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 59/282, sect. III); (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. Programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly resolved that for the year 2006, budget appropriations consisting of $1,899,456,250, being half of the appropriation of $3,798,912,500 approved for the biennium 2006-2007 by the Assembly in paragraph 1 of resolution 60/247 A, plus $47,626,700, being the increase in revised appropriations for the biennium 2004-2005 approved by the Assembly in its resolutions 59/282, 59/294, 60/244 and 60/245 A, should be financed in accordance with regulations 3.1 and 3.2 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations (resolution 60/247 C). Also at its sixtieth session, the General Assembly resolved that the Working Capital Fund should be established for the biennium 2006-2007 in the amount of $100 million (resolution 60/250). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to authorize expenditure of the remaining funds appropriated in Assembly resolution 60/247 A (decision 60/561). At its resumed sixtieth session, in May and July 2006, the General Assembly decided to defer to its sixty-first session consideration of this item and some of the documents issued under it (decisions 60/551 B and C) (under item 122). No advance documentation is expected. Administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the reports of the International Civil Service Commission for 2005 and 2006 At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to revert to the other issues contained in the report of the Secretary-General (A/60/421 and Corr.1) at the first part of its resumed sixtieth session (resolution 60/248, sect. XI). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 60/248); (b) Statement submitted by the Secretary-General in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly: administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the reports of the International Civil Service Commission for 2005 and 2006, A/61/381 (also relates to item 123); (c) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/484 (also relates to item 123). Ethics Office; comprehensive review of the governance arrangements, including an independent external evaluation of the auditing and oversight system; and the Independent Audit Advisory Committee At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to establish the Independent Audit Advisory Committee to assist the General Assembly in discharging its oversight responsibilities, and requested the Secretary-General to propose its terms of reference, ensure coherence with the outcome of the ongoing review of oversight and report to the Assembly at the second part of its resumed sixtieth session on related resource requirements (resolution 60/248, sect. XIII). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 60/248); (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to resume at the first part of its resumed sixtieth session its consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council (resolution 60/248, sect. VI). At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to entrust to the Office of Internal Oversight Services a management review as outlined in paragraph 16 of the report of the Advisory Committee (A/60/7/Add.37) and to submit it to the Assembly at the main part of the sixty-first session (resolution 60/255, sect. I). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General (resolutions 60/248 and 60/255); (b) Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services: audit of the Department of Political Affairs’ management of the special political missions (resolution 60/255, sect. I, para. 14), A/61/357; (c) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. Liabilities and proposed funding for after-service health insurance benefits At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a report that addressed the issues raised in paragraph 2 of the resolution about the after-service health insurance programme, as well as the issues raised by the Advisory Committee in its report (A/60/7/Add.11), and that provided updated information on the status of liabilities, clarifications with regard to the assumptions used to determine liabilities and alternative strategies to fund the liabilities (resolution 60/255, sect. III). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 60/255); (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. Harmonization of the conditions of travel At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly decided to revert to the consideration of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit (see A/60/78), the note by the Secretary-General (A/60/78/Add.1) and any relevant contributions by the International Civil Service Commission at its sixty-first session, together with the question “Standards of accommodation for air travel”; requested the Secretary-General to initiate, within the framework of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, a review of the standards of travel and entitlements for staff members, members of organs and subsidiary organs of the United Nations and organizations of the United Nations system, with a view to adopting a common policy at the United Nations system level; and also requested the Secretary-General to submit the results of the review to the Assembly at the first part of its resumed sixty-first session (resolution 60/255, sect. IV). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 60/255); (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. Capital master plan At its fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it on an annual basis on the awarding of contracts for procurement for the capital master plan; and also requested him to submit to the Assembly annual progress reports on the implementation of the capital master plan (resolution 57/292, sect. II). At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to enter into commitments of up to $77 million for the biennium 2006-2007 to provide for the construction, fit-out and related requirements of a conference swing space building on the North Lawn and for the leasing, design, pre-construction services, fit-out and related requirements of library and office swing space for the capital master plan (resolution 60/256). Also at its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to revert, at the main part of its sixty-first session, to the consideration of the reports of and notes by the Secretary-General and the reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the capital master plan for the period from August 2003 through July 2004 and the period from August 2004 through July 2005; requested that a comprehensive study on the feasibility of the proposed construction of a building on the North Lawn be included in the context of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009; decided to revert, at the main part of its sixty-first session, to the issue of the funding plan for the capital master plan, including the credit facilities or instruments referred to in paragraph 35 of the third annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan as well as the feasibility of a one-time upfront payment option, and in that context requested the Secretary-General to propose, inter alia, to the General Assembly, also at the main part of its sixty-first session, a mechanism that would ensure that Member States that paid their assessed contributions for the capital master plan in full and on time would not bear any financial liabilities and/or other obligations derived from the possible utilization of those credit facilities or instruments; and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of the provisions of the resolution in his fourth annual progress report on the implementation of the capital master plan (resolution 60/282). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: (i) Capital master plan (resolutions 57/292 and 60/282); (ii) Contingent liability reserve for the United Nations Postal Administration (resolution 57/292, sect. VI), A/61/295; (iii) Impact of the capital master plan on meetings to be held at Headquarters during its implementation (resolution 60/282), A/61/300 (also relates to item 119); (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/480. Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session, in addition to the reports and assessments requested in its resolutions 59/266, 59/296 and 60/238, a report, including details regarding proposals 1 to 4 and 7 contained in the report of the Secretary-General (A/60/692 and Corr.1); took note of proposal 12, requested the Secretary-General to provide additional information in that regard, and decided to revert to the issue of undertaking a detailed cost-benefit analysis of relocation, outsourcing and telecommuting opportunities on the selected administrative services at its sixty-first session (resolution 60/260, sects. II and IV) (see also items 46, 110, 114, 120, 121, 130 and 148). At its resumed sixtieth session, in July 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, detailed information on the structure and staffing requirements of the envisaged information and communication technology structure; decided to replace the Integrated Management Information System with a next-generation enterprise resource planning system or other comparable system; requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, the comprehensive report referred to in paragraphs 17 and 18 of the addendum on investing in information and communication technology to the detailed report of the Secretary-General (A/60/846/Add.1), and to respond to relevant General Assembly resolutions as well as lessons learned and expected time frames for introducing the proposed system and arrangements for the continuation of the current system during the transitional period; and decided to revert to its consideration of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on policies of United Nations system organizations towards the use of open source software in the secretariats (A/60/665) at its resumed sixty-first session (resolution 60/283, sect. II) (see items 46, 110, 114, 120, 121, 130 and 148). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: (i) Investing in people (resolutions 60/260 and 60/283), A/61/255; (ii) Reforming the Field Service category: investing in meeting the human resources requirements of United Nations peace operations in the twenty-first century (resolution 59/266, sect. X), A/61/255/Add.1; (iii) Policy for access to United Nations documentation by Member States and the public (resolution 60/283, sect. V); (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. Construction of additional office facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa At its fifty-sixth session, in 2002, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly on an annual basis on progress made in the construction of additional office facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, bearing in mind the views and recommendations contained in paragraphs 4, 5 and 8 of the report of the Advisory Committee (A/56/711) (resolution 56/270). At its fifty-eighth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report on further progress made to increase the capacity of the Economic Commission for Africa to communicate and transmit data electronically in the context of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (resolution 58/270). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General (resolutions 56/270 and 58/270, para. 54), A/61/158; (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/362. Identification of additional resources for the Development Account At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided that the Development Account should be recosted for the biennium 2006-2007, and in that context requested the Secretary-General to pursue the relevant proposals contained in his report (A/59/397) and to provide to the Assembly at its sixty-first session recommendations on how additional resources in the region of $5 million could be added to the Development Account (resolution 60/246). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 60/246), A/61/282; (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/479. Financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly at its sixty-first session detailed information on the efficiency and effectiveness of all Department of Peacekeeping Operations training programmes to be implemented at the United Nations Logistics Base, drawing a comparison with training programmes provided at other facilities and United Nations offices; and decided to consider at its sixty-first session the question of the financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy (resolution 60/267). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 60/267); (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. Standards of accommodation for air travel At its fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit his report on standards of accommodation for air travel to the Assembly on a biennial basis (decision 57/589). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General (decision 57/589), A/61/188; (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. Additional office accommodation in Geneva for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to enter into commitments of up to $4,975,900, comprising $2,191,500 under section 28E, Administration, Geneva, $1,592,800 under section 32, Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance, $1,191,600 under section 33, Safety and security, and $232,000 under section 35, Staff assessment, to be offset by an equal amount under income section 1, Income from staff assessment, under the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (decision 60/562). No advance documentation is expected. Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to make provisions for the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its subsidiary bodies in his proposal for the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (resolution 60/197). Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to make provision for the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and its subsidiary bodies, including the eighth ordinary session of the Conference of the Parties and the meetings of its subsidiary bodies, in his proposal for the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (resolution 60/201). References for the fifty-ninth session (agenda item 108) Reports of the Secretary-General: United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (A/59/170) Information and Communications Technology Strategy (A/59/265 and Add.1) Review of the structure and functions of all liaison offices or representation in New York of organizations headquartered elsewhere funded from the regular budget (A/59/395) Review of the regular programme of technical cooperation and the Development Account (A/59/397) Construction of additional office facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa (A/59/444) Biennial report on standards of accommodation for air travel (A/59/523) Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council: United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and United Nations Observer Mission in Bougainville (A/59/534/Add.3 and Corr.1) Possibility of operating guided tours, bookstores and gift shops at the United Nations Office at Nairobi and the cost implications thereof (A/59/793) Notes by the Secretary-General: Transmitting the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the review of the operations and management of United Nations libraries (A/59/373) Redeployment of posts (A/59/753) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions: A/59/552, A/59/557, A/59/558, A/59/569/Add.3, A/59/572 and A/59/573 Conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials, members of the International Court of Justice, judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and ad litem judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (A/C.5/59/2 and Corr.1) Summary records A/C.5/59/SR.5, 9, 18-20, 22, 24-26, 28-35, 38, 39, 41 and 42 Reports of the Second Committee A/59/448/Add.2 and Add.3 Plenary meetings A/59/PV.76 and 91 Resolutions 59/276 and 59/282 References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 52 (d) and (g), 124 and 136) Relevant sections of the report of the Economic and Social Council for 2005 on the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development at its thirteenth session and on the work of the United Nations Forum on Forests at its fifth session: Supplement No. 3 (A/60/3) (item 52 (d) and (g)) Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2004: Supplement No. 5 (A/60/5 (Vol. V)) Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its forty-fifth session: Supplement No. 16 and corrigendum (A/60/16 and Corr.1) Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twenty-third session: Supplement No. 25 and addendum (A/60/25 and Add.1) (item 52 (d) and (g)) Report of the International Civil Service Commission for the year 2005: Supplement No. 30 and corrigendum (A/60/30 and Corr.1), annex VI Report of the Standing Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board (A/60/183) Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the capital master plan for the period from August 2004 to July 2005 (A/60/288) (also under item 132) Statement submitted by the Secretary-General in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly: administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2005 (A/60/421 and Corr.1) (also under item 131) Reports of the Secretary-General: Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007: A/60/6 (Introduction), (Sects. 1-35), (Sect. 13)/Add.1, (Income sects. 1-3) and A/60/6/Corr.1-3 Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007: International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (A/60/6 (Sect. 13) and Add.1) Status of preparations for the International Year of Deserts and Desertification, 2006 (A/60/169) (item 52 (g)) Revised estimates to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 under sections 1, 8, 28A and 35 and income section 1 (A/60/303) Financial viability of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (A/60/360) Suspension of recruitment for posts in the General Service and related categories (A/60/363) (also under item 123) Revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its resumed organizational and first substantive sessions of 2005 (A/60/396) Strengthened and unified security management system for the United Nations (A/60/424) Construction of additional office facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa (A/60/532) 2005 World Summit Outcome: revised estimates (A/60/537) Capital master plan (A/60/550 and Corr.1 and 2 and Add.1) Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council (A/60/585 and Corr.1 and Add.1-4) Revised estimates: effect of changes in rates of exchange and inflation (A/60/599) 2005 World Summit Outcome: Peacebuilding Support Office: revised estimates to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (A/60/694) Strengthened and unified security management system for the United Nations: standardized access control (A/60/695) Cost-benefit analysis on the issue of the transfer of vehicles with high mileage to the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, to other missions and to upcoming United Nations peacekeeping operations (A/60/699) Performance report on the budget of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 and implementation of the strategic deployment stocks, including the award of contracts for procurement (A/60/700) Budget for the United Nations Logistics Base, for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/711) Use of the United Nations Logistics Base to provide efficient and economical communications and information technology services, as well as other services, for United Nations peacekeeping and Headquarters clients (A/60/715) Expenditure authorization for the biennium 2006-2007 (A/60/889) Additional office accommodation in Geneva for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: revised estimates to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (A/60/899) Administrative and financial implications arising from the report of the Standing Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board (A/C.5/60/18) Contingency fund: consolidated statement of programme budget implications and revised estimates (A/C.5/60/25) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting reports on the implementation of United Nations environmental conventions (A/60/171) (item 52 (d), (g) and (h)) Note by the Secretariat on information and communication technology security, business continuity and disaster recovery (A/60/677) Notes by the Secretary-General: Introduction of a cost-accounting system (A/60/714) Request for a subvention to the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research resulting from the recommendations of the Board of Trustees of the Institute on the work programme of the Institute for 2006-2007 (A/C.5/60/3) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions: First report on the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007: Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (A/60/7 and Corr.1) Possibility of operating guided tours, bookstores and gift shops at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (A/60/7 and Corr.1), paras. VIII.72 and VIII.73 Administration of justice in the Secretariat (A/60/7/Add.1) Suspension of recruitment for posts in the General Service and related categories (A/60/7/Add.2) Administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2005 (A/60/7/Add.3) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (A/60/7/Add.4) Revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its resumed organizational and first substantive sessions of 2005 (A/60/7/Add.5) Administrative expenses of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (A/60/7/Add.7) Request for a subvention to the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research resulting from the recommendations of the Board of Trustees of the Institute on the work programme of the Institute for 2006 (A/60/7/Add.8) Strengthened and unified security management system for the United Nations; coverage of staff by the malicious acts insurance policy and on security spending by organizations of the United Nations system (A/60/7/Add.9) United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (A/60/7/Add.10) Liabilities and proposed funding for after-service health benefits (A/60/7/Add.11) Capital master plan (A/60/7/Add.12) 2005 World Summit Outcome: revised estimates (A/60/7/Add.13 and Corr.1 and 2) Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007: section 29, Office of Internal Oversight Services (A/60/7/Add.14) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (A/60/7/Add.15) International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (A/60/7/Add.16 and Corr.1) Situation of human rights in Myanmar (A/60/7/Add.17) Rights of the Child (A/60/7/Add.18) Transparency in armaments (A/60/7/Add.19) Financial situation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (A/60/7/Add.20) Construction of additional office facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa (A/60/7/Add.21) Administrative and financial implications arising from the report of the Standing Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board (A/60/7/Add.22 and Corr.1) Implementation of decisions from the 2005 World Summit Outcome for action by the Secretary-General; Ethics Office; comprehensive review of governance arrangements, including an independent external evaluation of the auditing and oversight system; and the independent audit advisory committee (A/60/7/Add.23) Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council (A/60/7/Add.24) Contingency fund: consolidated statement of programme budget implications and revised estimates (A/60/7/Add.31) Revised estimates: effect of changes in rates of exchange and inflation (A/60/7/Add.32) (also under items 134 and 135) Information and communication technology security, business continuity and disaster recovery (A/60/7/Add.33) Strengthened and unified security management system for the United Nations: standardized access control (A/60/7/Add.35) 2005 World Summit Outcome: Peacebuilding Support Office: revised estimates to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (A/60/7/Add.36) (also under items 46 and 120) Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council (A/60/7/Add.37) Capital master plan: business analysis on the possibility of constructing a new permanent building on the North Lawn (A/60/7/Add.38) Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives, authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (A/60/7/Add.39) Expenditure authorization for the biennium 2006-2007 (A/60/7/Add.40) Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council (A/60/7/Add.41) Additional office accommodation in Geneva for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: revised estimates to the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (A/60/7/Add.42) Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 and proposed budget for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi (A/60/787) References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 and 136) [See item 46 above for a complete list of references for these items.] Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.12-16, 21, 23-26, 29-31, 33-37, 39-42, 44-56, 58-67 Reports of the Fifth Committee A/60/608 and A/60/608/Add.1-3, A/60/608/Add.5, A/60/608/Add.6, A/60/609/Add.1-3, A/60/831 and Add.1 and A/60/916 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.68, 69, 79, 92 and 93 Resolutions 60/197, 60/201, 60/246 to 60/250, 60/255, 60/256, 60/260, 60/267, 60/282 and 60/283 Decisions 60/551 B and C, 60/561 and 60/562 116. Programme planning At its fifty-eighth session, in 2003, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to prepare, on a trial basis, for submission to the Assembly at its fifty-ninth session, a strategic framework to replace the four-year medium-term plan (resolution 58/269). At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly endorsed the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination as contained in paragraphs 36 to 39, 135 to 139, 151 to 158, 165, 175 to 178, 186, 201 to 212, 227 to 237 and 248 of its report (A/60/16 and Corr.1) and the recommendations of the Second Committee concerning the evaluation of linkages between headquarters and field activities; and requested the Secretary-General, as an exceptional measure and without prejudice to the provisions of General Assembly resolutions 41/213, 42/211 and 58/269 or to the future scheduling of the sessions of the Committee for Programme and Coordination, and taking into account paragraph 4 of its resolution 60/246, to reschedule the forty-sixth session of the Committee to no later than September 2006 in order that it might consider the proposed strategic framework for the period 2008-2009 and other items on the Committee’s provisional agenda (resolution 60/257). Documents: (a) Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on the work of its forty-sixth session: Supplement No. 16 (A/61/16); (b) Proposed strategic framework for the period 2008-2009 (A/61/6 (Part one), (Part two: Progs. 1-13, 14/Rev.1 and 15-27)); (c) Reports of the Secretary-General: (i) Programme performance of the United Nations for the biennium 2004-2005, A/61/64; (ii) Proposed revisions to the biennial programme plans and priorities for the period 2006-2007 (resolution 58/269), A/61/125; (d) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on strengthening the role of evaluation and the application of evaluation findings on programme design, delivery and policy directives (resolution 59/272), A/61/83 and Corr.1. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 125) Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on the work of its forty-fifth session: Supplement No. 16 and corrigendum (A/60/16 and Corr.1) Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on proposals on the strengthening and monitoring of programme performance and evaluation (A/60/73) Note by the Secretary-General: introduction of a cost-accounting system (A/60/714) (under item 124) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.19, 22 and 46 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/747 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.79 Resolution 60/257 117. Improving the financial situation of the United Nations1 At its thirtieth session, in 1975, the General Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-first session an item entitled “Financial emergency of the United Nations” (resolution 3538 (XXX)). The Assembly considered this question at its thirty-first to thirty-ninth sessions (resolutions 31/191, 32/104, 33/430, 35/113, 36/116 A and B, 37/13, 38/228 A and B and 39/239 A and B and decision 34/435). An item entitled “Current financial crisis of the United Nations” was included in the agenda of the fortieth session as an additional item, at the request of the Secretary-General (A/40/247). The Assembly considered this item at its fortieth and forty-second to forty-fifth sessions (resolutions 42/212, 43/215, 44/195 A and B and 45/236 A and B and decisions 40/471, 40/472 and 42/460). At its forty-seventh session, the General Assembly decided to consider in future the items entitled “Current financial crisis of the United Nations” and “Financial emergency of the United Nations” under one item entitled “Improving the financial situation of the United Nations” (resolution 47/215). The General Assembly continued its consideration of the item at its forty-eighth to fifty-second sessions (resolution 48/220 and decisions 49/474, 50/496, 51/462 and 52/496). At its fifty-third to sixtieth sessions, the General Assembly decided to include the item in the draft agenda of the following session (decisions 53/494, 54/495, 55/493, 56/482, 57/598, 58/575, 59/569 and A/60/566). Document: Periodic report of the Secretary-General. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 126) Report of the Secretary-General A/60/427 and Add.1 Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.4 and 9 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.100 Decision 60/566 118. Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency Article 17, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations provides that the General Assembly shall examine the administrative budgets of the specialized agencies referred to in Article 57 with a view to making recommendations to the agencies concerned. General Assembly resolution 14 (I) provides that one of the functions of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions is to examine on behalf of the Assembly the administrative budgets of the specialized agencies and proposals for financial arrangements with such agencies. This provision is repeated in rule 157 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly. At its forty-seventh session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit the next statistical report by the Administrative Committee on Coordination to the Assembly at its forty-ninth session and thereafter every second year, and to add to the material covered therein information on assessed and voluntary contributions paid by Member States and non-member States in each of the two prior calendar years (decision 47/449). The General Assembly considered this item biennially from its forty-ninth to fifty-ninth sessions (decisions 49/465, 51/453, 53/459, 55/472, 57/558 and 59/548). Documents: (a) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the statistical report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the budgetary and financial situation of the organizations of the United Nations system (decision 47/449, A/61/203 and Corr.1); (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the fifty-ninth session (agenda item 111) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the statistical report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the budgetary and financial situation of the organizations of the United Nations system (A/59/315) Summary records A/C.5/59/SR.29 and 31 Report of the Fifth Committee A/59/605 Plenary meeting A/59/PV.76 Decision 59/548 119. Pattern of conferences A resolution entitled “Pattern of conferences” was adopted by the General Assembly at its twelfth session, in 1957, under the agenda item entitled “Budget estimates for the financial year 1958” (resolution 1202 (XII)). Since 1962 the item has been included in the agenda of the Assembly at its seventeenth, eighteenth, twentieth to twenty-seventh and twenty-ninth to fifty-ninth sessions. At its twenty-ninth session, in 1974, the General Assembly established the Committee on Conferences, composed of 22 Member States (resolution 3351 (XXIX)). At its forty-third session, the General Assembly decided to retain the Committee on Conferences as a permanent subsidiary organ composed of 21 members to be appointed by the President of the Assembly, after consultations with the chairmen of the regional groups, for a period of three years (resolution 43/222 B) (see also item 103 (f)). Since its forty-third session, the General Assembly has considered the item annually (resolutions 44/196, 45/238, 46/190, 47/202, 48/222, 49/221, 50/206, 51/211, 52/214, 53/208, 54/248, 55/222, 56/242, 57/283 B, 58/250 and 59/265). At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to explore innovative ways to address the issue of how improvements in the utilization of conference-servicing resources might entail a reduction in the availability of conference services for meetings of regional groups (sect. II.A, para. 8); requested the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to ensure that the conference centre at the Economic Commission for Africa established and developed linkages with other centres (sect. II.A, para. 13); recognized the upgrading of the information technology capacity at the United Nations Office at Nairobi and requested the Secretary-General to keep the General Assembly apprised of progress made in that regard (sect. II.B, para. 3); noted the ongoing efforts towards the establishment of the integrated global management system, and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the outcome of the work of the task forces (sect. II.B, para. 6); requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on impediments, if any, to achieving full compliance with the ten-week and six-week rules for the issuance of pre-session documents, including, where appropriate, proposed measures to address such impediments (sect. III, para. 2); requested the Secretary-General to develop a clear accountability mechanism within the Secretariat for the submission, processing and issuance of documentation in order to provide concrete recommendations to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (sect. III, para. 6); reiterated its request to the Secretary-General to address the question of the appropriate level of self-revision that was consistent with quality in all official languages and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (sect. IV, para. 5); requested the Secretary-General to continue to take appropriate measures to ameliorate the delay in the issuance of verbatim and summary records, with a view to issuing them in a timely manner; and reiterated its request to the Secretary-General to further elaborate on all options, and to report on their practical and financial implications (sect. III, paras. 12 and 13) to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 60/236 B). Documents: (a) Report of the Committee on Conferences for 2006: Supplement No. 32 (A/61/32); (b) Reports of the Secretary-General: Pattern of conferences (resolution 60/236 B); Reform of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (resolution 60/236 B, sect. II.B); (c) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 127) Report of the Committee on Conferences for 2005: Supplement No. 32 (A/60/32) Reports of the Secretary-General: Pattern of conferences (A/60/93 and Corr.1) Reform of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (A/60/112) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/433) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.17, 19, 36 and 46 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/601 and Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.69 and 79 Resolutions 60/236 A and B 120. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations The regular budget of the United Nations is apportioned among its Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments approved by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Committee on Contributions (see item 103 (b)). The scale of assessments has also been used to apportion the costs of the capital master plan. The scale, as modified by the provisions of resolutions 55/235 and 55/236 and other resolutions concerning the financing of peacekeeping operations, has also been used to apportion the cost of peacekeeping operations among Member States. The assessment rates used for the regular budget and peacekeeping operations are also used for apportioning the costs of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. At its fifty-fourth session, in 1999, the General Assembly decided that requests for exemption under Article 19 of the Charter must be submitted by Member States to the President of the General Assembly at least two weeks before the session of the Committee on Contributions, so as to ensure a complete review of the requests (resolution 54/237 C). The Assembly reaffirmed that decision at its fifty-eighth to sixtieth sessions (resolutions 58/1 A, 59/1 A and 60/237). At its fifty-fifth session, the General Assembly decided to base the scale of assessments for the period 2001-2003 on specified elements and criteria, and to fix those elements until 2006, subject to the provisions of resolution 55/5 C, in particular paragraph 2, and without prejudice to rule 160 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly (resolution 55/5 B). At the same session, the Assembly established a reduced ceiling of 22 per cent for the assessed contribution of any individual Member State; and decided to review the position at the end of 2003 and, depending on the status of contributions and arrears, to determine all appropriate measures to remedy the situation, including adjustments of the ceiling in keeping with its resolutions 52/215 A to D (resolution 55/5 C). At its fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly endorsed the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on Contributions concerning multi-year payment plans, as contained in paragraphs 17 to 23 of its report (A/57/11). Among those recommendations were that the Secretary-General should be requested to provide information on the submission of multi-year payment plans to the General Assembly through the Committee on Contributions and to submit an annual report to the Assembly through the Committee on Contributions on the status of Member States’ payment plans as at 31 December each year (resolution 57/4 B). The Assembly reaffirmed that decision at its fifty-eighth to sixtieth sessions (resolutions 58/1 B, 59/1 B and 60/237). At its fifty-eighth session, the General Assembly adopted a scale of assessments for the period 2004-2006, based on the recommendations of the Committee on Contributions and using the same methodology applied to the preparation of the scale of assessments for the period 2001-2003; requested the Committee on Contributions, in accordance with its mandate and the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, to continue to review the methodology of future scales of assessments based on the principle that the expenses of the Organization should be apportioned broadly according to capacity to pay (resolution 58/1 B). At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a number of reports including details regarding specific proposals contained in the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide” (A/60/692 and Corr.1) (resolution 60/260) (see items 46, 110, 114, 115, 121, 130 and 148). At its resumed sixtieth session, in May and July 2006, the General Assembly decided to defer to its sixty-first session the consideration of some of the documents issued under this item (decisions 60/551 B and C). Also at its resumed sixtieth session, in July 2006, the General Assembly, inter alia, requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, detailed information on the structure and staffing requirements of the envisaged information and communication technology structure (resolution 60/283, sect. II) (see items 46, 110, 114, 115, 121, 130 and 148). Documents: (a) Report of the Committee on Contributions on its sixty-sixth session: Supplement No. 11 (A/61/11); (b) Reports of the Secretary-General: Multi-year payment plans (resolution 57/4 B), A/61/68; Investing in people (resolutions 60/260 and 60/283), A/61/255 (also under items 46, 110, 114, 115, 121, 130, 145 and 148); Reforming the Field Service category: investing in meeting the human resources requirements of United Nations peace operations in the twenty-first century (resolution 59/266, sect. X), A/61/255/Add.1 (also under items 46, 110, 114, 115, 121, 130, 145 and 148); Policy for access to United Nations documentation by Member States and the public (resolution 60/283, sect. V) (also under items 46, 110, 114, 115, 121, 130, 145 and 148); Implementation of decisions contained in the 2005 World Summit Outcome for action by the Secretary-General — comprehensive review of governance and oversight within the United Nations and its funds, programmes and specialized agencies (resolutions 60/1 and 60/248), A/60/883 and Add.1 and 2. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 128) Report of the Committee on Contributions on its sixty-fifth session: Supplement No. 11 (A/60/11) Reports of the Secretary-General: Multi-year payment plans (A/60/66) Unpaid assessed contributions of the former Yugoslavia (A/60/140 and Corr.1) References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 and 136) [See item 46 above for a complete list of references for these items.] Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.6, 7, 36, 44, 45, 47-50, 60, 61, 64, 65 and 67 Reports of the Fifth Committee A/60/602, A/60/609/Add.2, A/60/609/Add.3, A/60/831 and A/60/831/Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.69, 79 and 93 Resolutions 60/237, 60/260 and 60/283 Decisions 60/551 B and C 121. Human resources management At its resumed fifty-seventh session, in 2003, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General: to provide on a biennial basis information on the use of gratis personnel (resolution 57/281 B); to report on a biennial basis on the progress made in the implementation of the provisions contained in section IV of resolution 53/221 and section VII of resolution 55/258 (resolution 57/305, sect. III); to report biennially on the use of consultants and individual contractors within the Secretariat and the regional commissions and the factors contributing to that, with statistics for each year of the two-year period, including information on their duties; and to report on retention in service beyond the mandatory age of separation pursuant to the exceptions provided for in staff regulation 9.5 (resolution 57/305, sects. V and VII). At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the issues related to human resources management reform; recruitment and placement; national competitive examination and General Service to Professional examination; measures to improve equitable geographical distribution; system of equitable geographical distribution; gender representation; mobility; use of appointments under the 100 and 300 series of the Staff Rules in the staffing of field missions; use of consultants and individual contractors; employment of retired former staff; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and measures to prevent discrimination; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly for consideration at its sixty-first session consolidated reports, as appropriate, on the results of the implementation of the resolution (resolution 59/266). Also at its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide information to the Assembly at its sixty-first session in the context of its consideration of matters related to procurement reform on actions taken to prevent recurrence of incidents of possible conflict of interest and inappropriate procurement practices; and also requested the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees developed and utilized comprehensive policy guidelines for the selection and management of consultants to ensure transparency and objectivity in their engagement, monitoring and evaluation, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 59/270). Further at its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly recalled its resolution 59/266, in which it requested the International Civil Service Commission and the Secretary-General to review conditions of service in the field and to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 59/296, sect. IX). At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly for consideration at its sixty-first session a report on the activities of the Management Performance Board since its inception; requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly at its sixty-first session an assessment of recruitment to P-2 and P-3 posts; also requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the practice of United Nations staff members having to renounce permanent residence status in a country outside the country of their nationality; and further requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of the regulations governing the status, basic rights and duties of officials other than Secretariat officials and experts on mission, adopted in its resolution 56/280 (resolution 60/238, sects. I and III). At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to entrust the Office of Internal Oversight Services with reporting to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on ongoing efforts and measures taken to strengthen its in-depth and thematic evaluation function; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a report on further efforts made to ensure that support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development remained a priority of the United Nations system and that organizations represented on the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination increased their efforts in support of the New Partnership (resolution 60/257). Also at its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a number of reports including details regarding specific proposals contained in the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide” (A/60/692 and Corr.1) (resolution 60/260) (see items 46, 110, 114, 115, 120, 130 and 148). At its resumed sixtieth session, in July 2006, the General Assembly, inter alia, requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, detailed information on the structure and staffing requirements of the envisaged information and communication technology structure (resolution 60/283, sect. II) (see items 46, 110, 114, 115, 120, 130 and 148). At its sixtieth session, in December 2005 and July 2006, the General Assembly decided to defer to its sixty-first session the consideration of this item and some of the documents issued under it (decisions 60/551 A and C). Documents: Reports of the Secretary-General (resolutions 57/281 B, 57/305, 59/266, 59/270, 59/296, 60/238, 60/257, 60/260 and 60/283). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General under resolution 59/266: (i) Human resources management reform, A/61/228; (ii) Composition of the Secretariat (resolutions 57/305, sect. IX, 59/266 and 60/238), A/61/257; (iii) Gratis personnel provided by Governments and other entities, A/61/257/Add.1; (iv) Employment of retired former staff (sect. XII), A/61/257/Add.2; (v) Employment of consultants and individual contractors (sect. XI), A/61/257/Add.3; (vi) Amendments to the staff rules (staff regulation 12.3); (b) Other reports of the Secretary-General: (i) Comprehensive policy guidelines for consultants in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (resolution 59/270, para. 6), A/61/201; (ii) Management Performance Board (resolution 60/238), A/61/319; (iii) Activities of the Ethics Office (resolution 60/254), A/61/274; (iv) List of staff of the United Nations Secretariat (resolution 49/222 and decision 58/564 B); (c) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the fifty-ninth session (agenda items 114, 118 and 123) Reports of the Secretary-General: Measures to prevent discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, gender, religion or language in the United Nations (A/59/211) Amendments to the Staff Rules (A/59/213 and Add.1) Consultants and individual contractors (A/59/217) Employment of retired former staff (A/59/222) Human resources management reform (A/59/263) Contractual arrangements (A/59/263/Add.1) Improving gender distribution in the Secretariat (A/59/263/Add.2) Improvement of equitable geographical representation in the United Nations Secretariat (A/59/264) Comprehensive report on the staffing of field missions, including the use of 300 and 100 series appointments (A/59/291) Composition of the Secretariat (A/59/299) Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system (A/59/357) Comprehensive assessment of the system of geographical distribution and assessment of the issues relating to possible changes in the number of posts subject to the system of geographical distribution (A/59/724) Notes by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services: Follow-up audit of the policies and procedures of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for recruiting international civilian staff for field missions (A/59/152) Impact of the human resources management reform (A/59/253) Report on the availability in local labour markets of the skills for which international recruitment for the General Service category takes place (A/59/388) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the views of the staff representatives of the United Nations Secretariat (resolution 35/213), A/C.5/59/4 Notes by the Secretary-General transmitting: Report of the Joint Inspection Unit on the management review of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/59/65-E/2004/48) and the comments of the Secretary-General thereon (A/59/65/Add.1- E/2004/48/Add.1) Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services: Report on the availability in local labour markets of the skills for which international recruitment for the General Service category takes place (A/59/388) Annual report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 (A/59/359) (item 118) Report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of the Headquarters Agreements Concluded by the Organizations of the United Nations System: Human Resources Issues Affecting Staff (A/59/526) and comments of the Secretary-General and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination thereon (A/59/526/Add.1) (under items 114 and 115) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/59/446 and A/59/786) Summary records A/C.5/59/SR.13-20, 22, 23, 33, 46, 47, 48, 50, 53 and 57 Reports of the Fifth Committee A/59/532/Add.1, A/59/648 and A/59/650 Plenary meetings A/59/PV.76 and Corr.1 and PV.104 Resolutions 59/266, 59/270 and 59/296 References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 125 and 129) Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its forty-fifth session: Supplement No. 16 and corrigendum (A/60/16 and Corr.1) Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on proposals on the strengthening and monitoring of programme performance and evaluation (A/60/73) Reports of the Secretary-General: Amendments to the Staff Rules (A/60/174) Study on the availability of skills in local labour markets for which international recruitment for the General Service category takes place (A/60/262) Composition of the Secretariat (A/60/310) Amendments to the Staff Regulations (A/60/365) List of staff of the United Nations Secretariat (A/C.5/60/L.2) References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 and 136) [See item 46 above for a complete list of references for these items.] Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.3-5, 17, 19, 22, 36, 37, 44-50, 60, 61, 64, 65 and 67 Reports of the Fifth Committee A/60/603, A/60/609, A/60/609/Add.3, A/60/747, A/60/831 and Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.69 and Corr.1, PV.79 and PV.93 Resolutions 60/238, 60/257 (under item 125), 60/260 and 60/283 Decisions 60/551 A and C 122. 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 1 January 1978. For the composition of the Unit, see item 103 (h) above. The General Assembly has considered this matter at various sessions from its twenty-first session to the fifty-ninth session (resolutions 2150 (XXI), 2735 A (XXV), 2924 B (XXVII), 31/92, 32/199, 37/124, 38/229, 39/242, 40/59, 41/213, 42/218, 43/221, 44/184, 45/237, 48/221, 50/233, 51/136, 54/16, 55/230, 56/245, 57/284 A and B, 58/286 and 59/267 and decisions 52/467, 53/481 and 54/454. At its fifty-fifth session, the General Assembly decided to consider the annual reports of the Unit on an annual basis (resolution 55/230). At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly decided that the Unit should include, in its annual reports, information on implementation and the results achieved by organizations in respect of their follow-up to the recommendations of the Unit, as endorsed by their legislative bodies, and the arrangements put in place by participating organizations for reporting thereon (resolution 59/267). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly requested the Joint Inspection Unit to continue to enhance dialogue with participating organizations and thereby to strengthen the follow-up of the implementation of its recommendations, in particular on managing for results; and requested the Unit to include in future annual reports more information on the impact of full implementation of recommendations, including any cost savings, productivity and efficiency gains achieved (resolution 60/258). Documents: (a) Annual report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2005 and programme of work for 2006 and beyond (resolution 55/230), Supplement No. 34 (A/61/34); (b) Note by the President of the General Assembly transmitting the report on the review of the procedures for the appointment of inspectors of the Joint Inspection Unit (resolution 59/267, para. 9); (c) Notes by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports of the Joint Inspection Unit: “Further measures to strengthen United Nations system support to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development” (JIU/REP/2005/8) (A/61/69) and the comments of the Secretary-General and the Chief Executives Board for Coordination thereon, A/61/69/Add.1; “Policies of United Nations system organizations towards the use of open source software for development” JIU/REP/2005/7 and Corr.1 (A/61/94) and the comments of the Secretary-General and the Chief Executives Board for Coordination thereon, A/61/94/Add.1; (also under agenda item 49); “Follow-up to the management review of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights” (resolution 59/266, sect. XIV, para. 3), (JIU/REP/2006/3) (A/61/115) and the comments of the Secretary-General thereon, A/61/115/Add.1. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 130) Report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2004 and programme of work for 2005: Supplement No. 34 (A/60/34) Note by the President of the General Assembly on procedures for the appointment of inspectors of the Joint Inspection Unit (A/60/659) Note by the Chairperson of the Join Inspection Unit on the programme of work for 2006 (A/C.5/60/CRP.1) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.1, 2, 37 and 46 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/748 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.79 Resolution 60/258 123. United Nations common system The General Assembly, by its resolution 3042 (XXVII) of 19 December 1972, decided in principle to establish an international civil service commission for the regulation and coordination of the conditions of service of the United Nations common system. By its resolution 3357 (XXIX) of 18 December 1974, the General Assembly approved the statute of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). The United Nations common system comprises 13 organizations that have accepted the Commission’s statute and that participate in the United Nations common system of salaries and allowances. Other organizations have not formally accepted the statute but fully participate in the Commission’s work and/or apply the common system of salaries, allowances and benefits. Under its statute, the Commission is required to submit an annual report to the Assembly, which is also to be transmitted to the governing organs of the other organizations of the common system, through their executive heads. At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly decided to defer to its sixty-first session consideration of the documents issued under this item (decision 60/551 B). Documents: (a) Report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2006: Supplement No. 30 (A/61/30); (b) Statement submitted by the Secretary-General in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly on the administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the reports of the International Civil Service Commission for 2005 and 2006, A/61/381 (also under item 115); (c) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 122) Summary record A/C.5/60/SR.50 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/609/Add.2 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.79 Decision 60/551 B References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 131 ) Report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2005: Supplement No. 30 (A/60/30 and Corr.1 ) Statement submitted by the Secretary-General in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly concerning the administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2005 (A/60/421 and Corr.1) (also relates to item 124) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/7/Add.3) 124. United Nations pension system The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, the Regulations for which were adopted initially by the General Assembly at its third session, in 1948 (resolution 248 (III)), is administered by the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, currently consisting of 33 members, one third of whom are elected by the Assembly and the corresponding legislative bodies of the other member organizations, one third by the executive heads of those organizations and one third by the participants. The Fund comprises the United Nations and 20 other member organizations. As at 31 December 2005, the total number of active participants was 93,683 and there were 55,140 periodic benefits in award. At its forty-sixth session, in 1991, the General Assembly decided to consider this item on a biennial basis, in even years (resolution 46/220). At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly approved two changes in the two-track pension adjustment system: (a) a phased approach in the elimination of the 1.5 per cent reduction in the first consumer price index adjustments after retirement; and (b) the addition of a new provision for an adjustable minimum guarantee at 80 per cent of the United States dollar-track amount, and requested the Board to report thereon to the Assembly every two years on the occasion of the actuarial valuations of the Fund; requested the Board to review the benefit of the two-track system vis-à-vis the United States dollar track for both the beneficiaries and the Fund as a whole, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session; urged the Board to explore the possibility of meeting annually for a shorter duration and to report its conclusions, including all financial and administrative implications associated with that possibility, to the Assembly at its sixty-first session; and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the steps and efforts undertaken to increase, to the maximum extent possible, investments in developing countries (resolution 59/269). The Board held its fifty-third session in Nairobi from 13 to 21 July 2006. It recommended to the General Assembly that, as from 1 April 2007, the current reduction in the first consumer price index adjustments due under the Pension Funds Pension Adjustment System to benefits in award be lowered from 1.0 per cent to 0.5 per cent and that a 0.5 per cent increase be applied on the occasion of the next adjustment to the benefits being paid to existing retirees and beneficiaries who have already had the 1.0 per cent reduction applied to their benefits; and further recommended implementation, as from 1 April 2007, of its 2002 recommendation to eliminate the limitation on the right to restoration for existing and future participants, based on length of the prior contributory service. The Board also recommended that the General Assembly concur with: (a) the revised United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund-World Bank Group Transfer Agreement, which would take effect 1 January 2007; and (b) separate new transfer agreements between the Pension Fund and each of the six coordinated organizations, with effect from 1 January 2007. It further recommended to the General Assembly that the International Organization for Migration (IOM) be admitted to membership in the Pension Fund, effective 1 January 2007, subject to the Fund’s Secretary/CEO confirming to the General Assembly that IOM fully satisfied all conditions for Fund membership. The Board will meet its obligation under article 14 of the Regulations of the Fund to report to the General Assembly on the operations of the Fund at least once every two years. Documents: (a) Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board: Supplement No. 9 (A/61/9); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the steps and efforts undertaken to increase investments in developing countries (resolution 59/269, sect. VIII); (c) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the fifty-ninth session (agenda item 117) Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board on its fifty-second session: Supplement No. 9 (A/59/9 and Add.1) Report of the Secretary-General on the investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (A/C.5/59/11) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/59/447) Summary records A/C.5/59/SR.16, 17 and 31 Report of the Fifth Committee A/59/606 Plenary meeting A/59/PV.76 Resolution 59/269 125. Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services_Ref149141180 \h \* MERGEFORMAT 1 The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) was established by the General Assembly in its resolution 48/218 B of 29 July 1994. The Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session an item entitled “Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services”. At its fifty-fourth session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 48/218 B”, reaffirmed its resolution 48/218 B, subject to the provisions of the new resolution (resolution 54/244). At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 48/218 B and 54/244”, requested the Secretary-General to ensure that annual reports and semi-annual reports submitted by the Office of Internal Oversight Services to the Assembly contained the titles and brief summaries of all other reports of the Office issued during the year and that original versions of the reports of the Office not submitted to the Assembly were, upon request, made available to any Member State; and further decided that reports of the Office should be submitted directly to the General Assembly as submitted by the Office and that the comments of the Secretary-General might be submitted in a separate report (resolution 59/272). Also at its fifty-ninth session, in June 2005, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to entrust the Office with carrying out a review of the management structures of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 59/296, sect. IV). At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to defer to its sixty-first session consideration of the reports of the Office on a study on the availability in local labour markets of the skills for which international recruitment for the General Service category takes place (A/59/388); the global audit of field security management (A/59/702); and the utilization and management of funds approved by the General Assembly in its resolutions 58/295 and 59/276 for strengthening the security and safety of United Nations premises (A/60/291 and Add.1) (decision 60/551 A). At its resumed sixtieth session in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to entrust to the Office a management review of the Department of Political Affairs on its ability to carry out the management and direction of special political missions and to submit it to the Assembly at the main part of its sixty-first session (resolution 60/255, sect. I). At the same session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to entrust the Office with reporting to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on ongoing efforts and measures taken to strengthen its evaluation function (resolution 60/257), A/61/83 and Corr.1. Also at the same session, the General Assembly looked forward to the results of the independent external evaluation of the audit and oversight system of the United Nations; requested the Secretary-General to entrust the Office to submit a report on the use of the best-value concept in the evaluation and awarding of procurement contracts; requested the Secretary-General to ensure the United Nations funds and programmes and the specialized agencies cooperated with the Office in the preparation of a consolidated report on audits and investigative reviews undertaken of the tsunami relief operation and to entrust the Office to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session; invited the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to request the Office to conduct an audit of the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of services provided to its beneficiaries; requested the Office to submit to the Assembly at its resumed sixtieth session an overview report on its investigations and follow-up conducted in the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo; and decided to modify the title of the agenda item to read “Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services” (resolution 60/259). Further at its resumed sixtieth session, in July 2006, the General Assembly decided to defer until its sixty-first session consideration of some of the reports of the Office (decision 60/551 C). Documents: Reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services: Annual report of OIOS for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 (resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244, 57/292, sect. II, para. 22; 59/270, para. 3; 59/271, para. 11; 59/272, 60/257, para. 14 and 60/282, para. 13), A/61/264 (Part I) and Add.1); Note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments on part one of the annual report of OIOS for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006, A/61/264 (Part I)/Add.2; Annual report of OIOS on peacekeeping oversight activities for the period from 1 July 2005 to 31 December 2006 (resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244, 59/272 and 60/268, para. 17), A/61/264 (Part II) and Add.1; (to be issued for the resumed sixty-first session); Proposals for strengthening OIOS (also under the items entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit” and “Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations”) (resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244, 59/272 and 60/259, para. 4); Inspection of the programme and administrative management of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (also under the item entitled “Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations”) (resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244 and 59/272), A/61/61 and Add.1; Audit of the Department of Political Affairs’ management of the special political missions (also under the item entitled “Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007”) (resolution 60/255, sect. 1, para. 14), A/61/357; Report on the review on the use of the best-value concept in the evaluation and awarding of procurement contracts (resolution 60/259, para. 12); Consolidated report on the audits and investigative reviews undertaken of the tsunami relief operation (resolution 60/259, para. 14); Review of the management structures of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (also under the item entitled “Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations”) (resolution 59/296, sect. IV, para. 5); Audit of fuel management in peacekeeping missions (also under the item entitled “Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations”) (resolution 60/259, para. 13); Review of integrated peacekeeping training (also under the item entitled “Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations”) (resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244 and 59/272. References for the fifty-ninth session (agenda item 119) Summary records A/C.5/59/SR.6, 9 and 33 Report of the Fifth Committee A/59/649 Plenary meeting A/59/PV.76 Resolution 59/272 References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 132) Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of OIOS for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/346 and Corr.1) Report of OIOS on proposals for strengthening OIOS (A/60/901) (also under items 120 and 136) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.46 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/604/Add.1 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.79 Resolution 60/259 Decisions 60/551 A and C (under item 122) 126. Administration of justice at the United Nations The appeals process At its fifty-fifth session, in 2001, under the item entitled “Human resources management”, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it on an annual basis on the outcome of the work of the Joint Appeals Board (resolution 55/258, sect. XI, para. 5). At its resumed fifty-ninth session, in April 2005, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to explore the option of a “jury” system for the Joint Appeals Board and the Joint Disciplinary Committee and to report thereon in the context of his annual report on the administration of justice in the Secretariat; decided that the time limits recommended by the Office of Internal Oversight Services would be mandatory within the appeals process once adequate capacity was in place, and no later than 1 January 2006; requested the Secretary-General to proceed with the transfer of the responsibility for formulating decisions on appeals from the Department of Management of the Secretariat to the Office of the Secretary-General; decided to amend staff rule 111.2 (a) to provide that staff wishing to appeal an administrative decision should submit to the executive head of their department, office, fund or programme a copy of the letter addressed to the Secretary-General requesting a review of the case; decided that the Secretary-General should form a panel of external and independent experts to consider redesigning the system of administration of justice; and decided that the panel should start its functions no later than 1 February 2006 and should submit its findings and recommendations by the end of July 2006 (resolution 59/283). At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly decided to defer until its sixty-first session consideration of some of the documents issued under this item (decision 60/551 B). Issues pertaining to the Administrative Law Unit At its resumed fifty-ninth session, in April 2005, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit by the end of its fifty-ninth session proposals to separate the multiple functions of administrative review, appeals, disciplinary matters and advisory services through the redeployment of resources, in order to avoid conflicts of interest, taking into account certain specified needs (resolution 59/283, sect. III). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: (i) Administration of justice in the Secretariat: implementation of resolution 59/283 (resolution 59/283, sects. I and II), A/61/342; (ii) Activities of the Ombudsman (resolution 59/283, sect. II); (iii) Administration of justice in the Secretariat: outcome of the work of the Joint Appeals Board during 2004 and 2005; and statistics on the disposition of cases and work of the Panel of Counsel (resolution 55/258, sect. XI), A/61/71; (iv) Practice of the Secretary-General in disciplinary matters and possible criminal behaviour, 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 (resolution 59/287), A/61/206; (b) Report of the Redesign Panel on the United Nations system of administration of justice (resolution 59/283, sect. IV), A/61/205; (c) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the fifty-ninth session (agenda items 108 and 120) Reports of the Secretary-General: Administration of justice in the Secretariat: outcome of the work of the Joint Appeals Board during 2001 and 2002 (A/58/300) Administration of justice in the Secretariat: outcome of the work of the Joint Appeals Board during 2002 and 2003 (A/59/70) Possibility of the financial independence of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal from the Office of Legal Affairs (A/59/78) Measures to prevent discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, gender, religion or language in the United Nations (A/59/211) Administration of justice in the Secretariat: role of the Panels on Discrimination and Other Grievances (A/59/414) Administration of justice in the Secretariat (A/59/449 and A/59/883) Administration of justice in the Secretariat (A/59/706) Notes by the Secretary-General transmitting: Report of the Joint Inspection Unit on administration of justice: harmonization of the statutes of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal and the International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal (A/59/280 and Corr.1) and the comments of the Secretary-General thereon (A/59/280/Add.1) Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the management review of the appeals process at the United Nations (A/59/408) Note by the Secretary-General on compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials: members of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (A/C.5/59/12) Interim report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the administration of justice in the Secretariat (A/59/715) Report of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal: comprehensive report on its activities (A/58/680) Summary records A/C.5/59/SR.27, 28, 36, 42 and 43 Report of the Fifth Committee A/59/773 Plenary meeting A/59/PV.91 Resolution 59/283 References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 122) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.50 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/609/Add.2 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.79 Decision 60/551 B 127. 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 Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 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-ninth sessions, the Assembly continued its consideration of the item (resolutions 51/215, 52/218, 53/213, 54/240 A and B, 55/226, 56/248 A and B, 57/289, 58/252, 58/253 and 59/273). At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly requested the Tribunal to increase its capacity-building efforts for the judiciary of Rwanda, including through recruitment, training and attachment programmes for Rwanda jurists, advocates and human rights practitioners, in view of the intention to transfer cases for prosecution to Rwanda; and requested the Tribunal, in accordance with its mandate and in consultation with the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, to develop and implement outreach programmes that are proactive, utilizing available resources optimally, and that contribute to the reconciliation process by effectively developing an increased understanding of its work among Rwandans (resolution 60/241). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: First performance report of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for the biennium 2006-2007; Financial and any other implications resulting from the introduction of staff retention bonus at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (resolutions 60/241 and 60/243); (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 134) Report of the Secretary-General on the budget for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994, for the biennium 2006-2007 (A/60/265) (also relates to item 135) Report of the Secretary-General on staff retention and legacy issues (A/60/436) (also relates to item 135) Second performance report of the Secretary-General on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for the biennium 2004-2005 (A/60/573) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/591) (also relates to item 135) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.34 and 36 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/605 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.69 and Corr.1 Resolution 60/241 128. 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 Yugoslavia since 1991 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-ninth sessions, the General 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, 56/247 A and B, 56/278, 57/288, 58/254, 58/255 and 59/274 and decisions 48/461, 49/471 A and B and 55/477). At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly encouraged the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to continue its efforts to refer cases involving intermediate and lower-ranking accused to competent national jurisdictions in the former Yugoslavia pursuant to rule 11 bis of its Rules of Procedure and Evidence (resolution 60/243). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report on any additional requirements arising from the appointment of the three reserve judges in the context of the second performance report for the biennium 2006-2007 (decision 60/560). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: First performance report of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the biennium 2006-2007; Financial and any other implications resulting from the introduction of staff retention bonus at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (resolutions 60/241 and 60/243); (b) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 135) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 for the biennium 2006-2007 (A/60/264) (under item 136) Staff retention and legacy issues (A/60/436) (also under item 134) Second performance report of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the biennium 2004-2005 (A/60/575) Revised estimates arising in respect of Security Council resolution 1660 (2006) on the appointment of reserve judges at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (A/60/844) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/591 and A/60/854) (also under item 134) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.34, 36, 60 and 64 Reports of the Fifth Committee A/60/606 and Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.69 and Corr.1 and PV.92 Resolution 60/243 Decision 60/560 129. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of United Nations peacekeeping operations This item was included in the provisional agenda of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly, in 2000, at the request of a number of Member States (A/55/141 and Add.1-3), subsequently, nine other Member States joined in requesting inclusion of the item in the agenda (A/55/193, A/55/195 to A/55/199, A/55/224, A/55/225 and A/55/230). At its fifty-fifth session in 2000, the General Assembly established a new system of adjustments of rates in the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations under the regular budget, assigning each Member State to 1 of 10 levels in order to establish their rates of assessment for peacekeeping operations; decided on ad hoc arrangements for the apportionment of the expenses of United Nations peacekeeping operations to several Member States; and requested the Secretary-General to update the composition of the levels on a triennial basis, in conjunction with the regular budget scale of assessment reviews, in accordance with the criteria established in the resolution, and to report thereon to the Assembly (resolution 55/235). At its fifty-eighth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the updating of the composition of levels of contribution for peacekeeping operations for the period 2007 to 2009, in accordance with the provisions of Assembly resolution 55/235 (resolution 58/256). Document: Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 55/235 and 55/236), A/61/139 and Corr.1. References for the fifty-fifth session (agenda item 169) Report of the Secretary-General A/C.5/55/38 and Add.1 Summary records A/C.5/55/SR.7, 9, 12, 43 and 64 Report of the Fifth Committee A/55/712 and Add.1 Plenary meeting A/55/PV.89 Resolutions 55/235 and 236 References for the fifty-eighth session (agenda item 133) Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 55/235 and 55/236 (A/58/157 and A/58/157/Add.1) Summary records A/C.5/58/SR.8 and 29 Report of the Fifth Committee A/58/581 Plenary meeting A/58/PV.79 Resolution 58/256 130. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations Cross-cutting issues At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to entrust the Office of Internal Oversight Services with carrying out a review of the management structures of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session; also requested the Secretary-General to update the information on criteria used for recruitment to support account posts and to submit a report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session for its consideration in the context of human resources management; and recalled section X, paragraphs 5 and 6, of its resolution 59/266, in which it requested the International Civil Service Commission and the Secretary-General to review conditions of service in the field and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 59/296). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to consider the report of the Secretary-General on the overview of the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations and other relevant reports on the administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations at the main part of its sixty-first session; requested the Secretary-General to continue to undertake the review of staffing requirements with a view to ensuring the most cost-effective use of resources; also requested the Secretary-General to ensure that the commissioning of external consultants in the Organization by senior management and programme managers was conducted according to established administrative procedures and financial regulations and rules and to report thereon; further requested the Secretary-General to intensify his ongoing efforts to ensure the expeditious filling of all vacant posts; requested the Secretary-General to entrust the Office of Internal Oversight Services with ensuring that all current and future investigations by the Office were conducted impartially, thoroughly and expeditiously; also requested the Secretary-General to increase efforts to improve procurement opportunities for vendors from developing countries and countries with economies in transition and to report to the Assembly on the implementation thereof; further requested the Secretary-General to continue the practice of using 300-series contracts as the primary instrument for the appointment of new staff; requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its resumed sixty-first session a comprehensive report on the proposed establishment of and justification for mission on site, mission in theatre and off site, and off-site and out-of-theatre redundant data centres for disaster recovery and business continuity in peacekeeping missions; and also requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a comprehensive report on the implementation of strategic deployment stocks and the use of logistics base and installations, as well as all mechanisms for rapid deployment (resolution 60/266). Financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly at its sixty-first session detailed information on the efficiency and effectiveness of all Department of Peacekeeping Operations training programmes to be implemented at the United Nations Logistics Base; also requested the Secretary-General to continue to analyse how the Logistics Base could best be utilized to provide efficient and economical communications and information technology services, as well as other services, for United Nations peacekeeping and Headquarters clients; approved the cost estimates for the United Nations Logistics Base amounting to $35,478,700 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007; and decided on the financing of the cost estimates for the same period (resolution 60/267). Support account for peacekeeping operations At its forty-fifth session, in 1991, the General Assembly established the support account for peacekeeping operations, effective 1 January 1990 (resolution 45/258). It became operational on 1 May 1990 through the incorporation of resources relating to the overload posts that were funded from the separate budgets of the five peacekeeping operations that were financed at the time outside the scope of the regular budget. The Secretary-General proposed to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session that the support account funding methodology be changed so that the Assembly would appropriate the Headquarters backstopping requirements for the 12-month period ending 30 June of the following year and Member States would be assessed on the same scale as that used for peacekeeping assessments (A/50/876). In its related report (A/50/897), the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions recommended approval of the Secretary-General’s proposal and stated that the requirements would be prorated among the individual peacekeeping operations rather than appropriated and assessed separately. In its resolution 50/221 B of 7 June 1996, the Assembly approved on a provisional basis, for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997, the new support account funding arrangements. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of the support account; also requested the Secretary-General to entrust the Office of Internal Oversight Services with the task of refining the methodology for allocating resident auditors; further requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the efforts made in support of African Union capacity-building; approved the support account requirements in the amount of $183,187,000 for the financial period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, including 734 continuing posts and 56 new temporary posts and their related post and non-post requirement; and decided on the financing of the requirements for the support account for the same period (resolution 60/268). Financing of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission The Security Council, by its resolution 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991, decided to set up the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM). In its resolution 689 (1991) of 9 April 1991, the Council noted that the observer unit could be terminated only by a decision of the Council and that the Council should therefore review the question of termination or continuation of UNIKOM, as well as its modalities of operation, every six months. The Security Council, by its resolution 1490 (2003) of 3 July 2003, decided to continue the mandate of UNIKOM for a final period until 6 October 2003; decided also to end the demilitarized zone extending 10 kilometres into Iraq and 5 kilometres into Kuwait from the Iraq-Kuwait border at the end of the mandate of UNIKOM; and directed the Secretary-General to negotiate the transfer of the Mission’s non-removable property and of those assets that could not be disposed otherwise to the States of Kuwait and Iraq, as appropriate. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided that two thirds of the cash balance available as at 30 June 2005 in the amount of $27,844,700 should be returned to the Government of Kuwait; also decided that Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to UNIKOM should be credited their respective share of the remaining balance as at 30 June 2005 in the amount of $13,922,300; further decided that, for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Observation Mission, their respective share of the remaining balance as at 30 June 2005 in the amount of $13,922,300 should be set off against their outstanding obligations; decided that updated information on the financial position of UNIKOM should be included in the report on the updated position of closed peacekeeping missions to be considered by the Assembly at its sixty-first session under the agenda item entitled “Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations”; and also decided that the item entitled “Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 687 (1991): United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission” should be deleted from its agenda (resolution 60/274). Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a number of reports, including details regarding specific proposals contained in the report of the Secretary-General (A/60/692 and Corr.1) (resolution 60/260) (see items 46, 110, 114, 115, 120, 121 and 148). At its resumed session, in July 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide the Assembly at its resumed sixty-first session detailed information on the structure and staffing requirements of the envisaged information and communication technology structure (resolution 60/283) (see items 46, 110, 114, 115, 120, 121 and 148). At the same resumed session, the General Assembly decided to defer until its sixty-first session consideration of the item and its related documents (decision 60/551 C). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Overview of the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations: budget performance for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 and budget for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/266); Comprehensive policy on quick-impact projects (resolution 60/266, sect. VIII, para. 3); Staffing of field missions, including the use of 300- and 100-series appointments (resolution 60/266, sect. XIV, para. 4); Comprehensive report on disaster recovery and business continuity in peacekeeping missions (resolution 60/266, sect. XV); Performance report on the budget of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 (resolution 60/267); Budget for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/267); Comprehensive report on the implementation of strategic deployment stocks and the use of logistics base and installations (resolution 60/266, sect. XVI); Performance report on the budget of the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 (resolution 60/268); Budget for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/268); (b) Notes by the Secretary-General: Approved resources for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (resolution 49/233 A); Sixth-month update of information on the proposed budgetary levels for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 49/233 A); Financing of the support account for peacekeeping operations and the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008; Approved resources for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 49/233 A); (c) Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on a review of integrated peacekeeping training (resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244 and 59/272) (also under item 125); (d) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the fifty-ninth session (agenda item 123) Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations cross-cutting issues: programme budget implications of draft resolution A/C.5/59/L.53 Summary records A/C.5/59/SR.46, 47, 48, 50, 53 and 57 Report of the Fifth Committee A/59/532/Add.1 Plenary meeting A/59/PV.104 Resolution 59/296 References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 136) (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Final performance report of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (A/60/651) (under item 146 (a)) Performance report on the budget of the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/681 and Corr.1 and A/60/681/Add.1) Overview of the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations: budget performance for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 and budget for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/696) Cost-benefit analysis on the issue of the transfer of vehicles with high mileage to the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, to other missions and to upcoming United Nations peacekeeping operations (A/60/699) Performance report on the budget of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 and implementation of the strategic deployment stocks, including the award of contracts for procurement (A/60/700) Budget for the United Nations Logistics Base for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/711) Use of the United Nations Logistics Base to provide efficient and economical communications and information technology services, as well as other services, for United Nations peacekeeping and Headquarters clients (A/60/715) Budget for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/727) (b) Notes by the Secretary-General: Resource requirements for the Office of Internal Oversight Services under the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/898) Approved resources for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 (A/C.5/60/27) Proposed budgetary levels for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/C.5/60/30) Financing of the support account for peacekeeping operations — Financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy (A/C.5/60/31) Approved resources for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/C.5/60/32) (c) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions: Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 and proposed budget for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi (A/60/787) Final performance report of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (A/60/788) (under item 146 (a)) Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 and proposed budget for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/807) Staffing of field missions, including the use of 300- and 100-series appointments (A/60/851 and Corr.1) (under item 129) Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations (A/60/880) (also under item 121) Resource requirements for the Office of Internal Oversight Services under the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/900) References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 and 136) [See item 46 above for a complete list of references for these items.] Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.44, 45, 47-56, 58-61 and 64-67 Reports of the Fifth Committee A/60/609/Add.3, A/60/831 and Add.1, A/60/916 and A/60/922 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.79, 92, and 93 Resolutions 60/260, 60/266-268, 60/274 and 60/283 Decision 60/551 C 131. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Burundi By its resolution 1545 (2004) of 21 May 2004, the Security Council authorized, for an initial period of six months as from 1 June 2004, with the intention to renew it for further periods, the deployment of a peacekeeping operation in Burundi entitled the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB). In its most recent resolution 1692 (2006) of 30 June 2006, the Council extended the mandate of the Operation until 31 December 2006. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for ONUB in a total amount not exceeding $78,959,200 for the maintenance of the Operation for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2006; and decided to apportion among Member States the amount of $40 million at a monthly rate of $10 million, subject to a decision by the Security Council to extend the mandate of ONUB; decided also that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $2,092,500 approved for ONUB for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2006; decided further to appropriate to the Special Account for ONUB the amount of $3,426,800 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, comprising $2,830,400 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $596,400 for the United Nations Logistics Base, and to apportion among Member States the amount of $3,426,800; and decided that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $363,400, comprising the prorated share of $318,300 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $45,100 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base (resolution 60/269). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for ONUB for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (resolution 60/269), A/61/309; Performance report on the budget of ONUB for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; (b) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, A/61/485. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 137) Report of the Secretary-General on the financing of ONUB for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2006 (A/60/731 and Add.1) Performance report on the budget of ONUB for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/612) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/893) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.63 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/917 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.92 Resolution 60/269 132. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire The Security Council, by its resolution 1528 (2004) of 27 February 2004, established the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) for an initial period of 12 months as from 4 April 2004. By the same resolution, the Council requested the Secretary-General to transfer authority from the United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire (MINUCI) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) forces to UNOCI on that date. By its resolution 1652 (2006) of 24 January 2006, the Security Council extended the mandate of the Operation and the French forces which support it until 15 December 2006. Following violent attacks during the month of January 2006 targeting UNOCI personnel and property, the Security Council, by its resolution 1657 (2006) of 6 February 2006, authorized the Secretary-General to redeploy a maximum of one infantry company from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 31 March 2006, in order to provide extra security coverage for United Nations personnel and property and to perform other tasks mandated by UNOCI. The Security Council, by its resolution 1682 (2006) of 2 June 2006, further increased the strength of UNOCI with up to an additional 1,500 personnel, including a maximum of 1,025 military personnel and 475 civilian police personnel. At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for UNOCI the amount of $51,276,000 for the maintenance of the Operation for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006, in addition to the amount of $386,892,500 already appropriated for the same period under the terms of its resolution 59/16 B of 22 June 2005; also decided to apportion among Member States the additional amount of $28,946,129 for the period from 1 July 2005 to 24 January 2006; further decided that there should be added to the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of $4,064 approved for the Operation for the period from 1 July 2005 to 24 January 2006; decided to apportion among Member States the additional amount of $22,329,871 at a monthly rate of $4,273,000 for the period from 25 January to 30 June 2006, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Operation; and also decided that there should be added to the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the amount of $3,136, representing the estimated decrease in staff assessment income approved for the Operation for the period from 25 January to 30 June 2006 (resolution 60/17 A). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for the Operation the amount of $438,366,800 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $420,175,200 for the maintenance of the Operation, $15,025,600 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $3,166,000 for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided also to apportion among Member States the amount of $200,328,914 for the period from 1 July to 15 December 2006; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $4,483,156, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $3,601,258 approved for the Operation, the prorated share of $772,403 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $109,495 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided to apportion among Member States the amount of $238,037,886 for the period from 16 December 2006 to 30 June 2007, at a monthly rate of $36,530,566, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Operation; also decided that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $5,327,044, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $4,279,142 approved for the Operation, the prorated share of $917,797 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $130,105 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; further decided that, for Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to the Operation, there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of $57,385,300 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided that, for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Operation, there should be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $57,385,300 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; and also decided that the decrease in the estimated staff assessment income of $1,436,900 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against the credits from the amount of $57,385,300 (resolution 60/17 B). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Revised budget for UNOCI for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (resolution 60/17 B), A/61/468; Performance report on the budget of UNOCI for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; Budget for UNOCI for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008; (b) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 138) Reports of the Secretary-General: Revised budget for UNOCI for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 (A/60/364) Performance report on the budget of UNOCI for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/630) Budget for UNOCI for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/753 and Corr.1) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/420 and A/60/896) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.11, 15, 63 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/540 and Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.53 and 92 Resolutions 60/17 A and B 133. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus By its resolution 186 (1964) of 4 March 1964, the Security Council recommended that a United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) be established and that the Force be stationed for three months with a mandate to use its best efforts to prevent a recurrence of fighting and, as necessary, to contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order and a return to normal conditions. Since then, the Council has periodically extended the mandate of UNFICYP, usually for periods of six months at a time, the latest extension of which was by resolution 1687 (2006) of 15 June 2006 for a further period ending on 15 December 2006. Prior to 16 June 1993, the Secretary-General was not authorized to utilize any funds other than voluntary contributions pledged by Member States for the financing of UNFICYP. Pursuant to Security Council resolution 831 (1993) of 27 May 1993, the General Assembly, in its resolution 47/236 of 14 September 1993, decided that, beginning 16 June 1993, the costs of UNFICYP that were not covered by voluntary contributions should be treated as expenses of the Organization to be borne by Member States in accordance with Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for UNFICYP the amount of $46,770,000 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $44,831,400 for the maintenance of the Force, $1,601,200 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $337,400 for the United Nations Logistics Base and to apportion among Member States the amount of $25,354,700 at a monthly rate of $2,112,891; also decided that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $2,024,100, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $1,818,500 approved for the Force, the prorated share of $180,100 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $25,500 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; further decided that for Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to UNFICYP, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $870,911 for the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided that for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to UNFICYP, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $870,911 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against their outstanding obligations; also decided that the decrease in the estimated staff assessment income of $339,100 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against the credits from the amount of $870,911; further decided taking into account its voluntary contribution for the financial period ended 30 June 2005, that one third of the net unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of $331,400 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be returned to the Government of Cyprus; decided, taking into account its voluntary contribution for the financial period ended 30 June 2005, that the prorated share of the net unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of $130,989 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be returned to the Government of Greece, and also decided to continue to maintain as separate the account established for UNFICYP for the period prior to 16 June 1993 (resolution 60/270). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for UNFICYP for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/270); Performance report on the budget of UNFICYP for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; (b) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 139) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of UNFICYP for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/584) Budget for UNFICYP for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/592) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/785) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.51, 52 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/918 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.92 Resolution 60/270 134. Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo By its resolution 1279 (1999) of 30 November 1999, the Security Council decided that the personnel authorized under its resolutions 1258 (1999) and 1273 (1999), including a multidisciplinary staff of personnel, should constitute the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) until 1 March 2000. Subsequently, by its resolutions 1291 (2000) of 24 February 2000, 1493 (2003) of 28 July 2003 and 1565 (2004) of 1 October 2004, the Council authorized the expansion of MONUC. The latest extension of the mandate of MONUC, until 15 February 2007, with the intention to renew it for further periods, was approved by the Council in its resolution 1711 (2006) of 29 September 2006. At its resumed sixtieth session, in December 2005, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for MONUC the amount of $1,133,672,200 for the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006, inclusive of the amount of $383,187,800 previously authorized by the Assembly under the terms of its resolution 59/285 B for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2005 and in addition to the amount of $20,220,700 already appropriated under the terms of the same resolution for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the United Nations Logistics Base for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; decided also, taking into account the amount of $350 million already apportioned under the terms of resolution 59/285 B for the maintenance of MONUC for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2005, to apportion among Member States the additional amount of $783,672,200 for the maintenance of MONUC for the period from 1 November 2005 to 30 June 2006; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the amount of $15,664,375, representing the estimated additional staff assessment income approved for the Mission for the period from 1 November 2005 to 30 June 2006; decided that, for Member States that had fulfilled their obligations to the Mission, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of $32,836,900 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2004; decided also that, for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there should be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of $32,836,900 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2004; and decided further that the increase of $466,700 in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2004 should be added to the credits from the amount of $32,836,900 (resolution 60/121 A). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for MONUC the amount of $1,138,533,000 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $1,091,242,800 for the maintenance of the Mission, $39,060,000 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $8,230,200 for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided also to apportion among Member States the amount of $284,633,250 for the period from 1 July to 30 September 2006; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $5,944,125, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $4,690,000 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $1,098,375 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $155,750 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided to apportion among Member States the amount of $853,899,750 for the period from 1 October 2006 to 30 June 2007 at a monthly rate of $94,877,750, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of MONUC; decided also that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $17,832,375, comprising the estimated tax assessment income of $14,070,000 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $3,295,125 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $467,250 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided further that, for Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $68,796,500 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided that, for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there should be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $68,769,500 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; and decided also that the decrease of $2,640,600 in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against the credits from the amount of $68,769,500 (resolution 60/121 B). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for MONUC for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/121 B); Performance report on the budget of MONUC for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; (b) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 140) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of MONUC for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 (A/59/657) Budget for MONUC for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 (A/60/389) Performance report on the budget of MONUC for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/669) Budget for MONUC for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/840) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/536 and A/60/888) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.24, 27, 63 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/574 and Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.62 and 92 Resolutions 60/121 A and B 135. Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor The Security Council, by its resolution 1246 (1999) of 11 June 1999, established the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET). By its resolution 1257 (1999) of 3 August 1999, the Council extended the mandate of the Mission until 30 September 1999 and, by its resolution 1262 (1999) of 27 August 1999, further extended the mandate of UNAMET until 30 November 1999. At its fifty-fifth to fifty-ninth sessions, the General Assembly decided to include the item in its draft agendas of those sessions (decisions 55/494, 56/483, 57/599, 58/578 and 59/570). References for the fifty-ninth session (agenda item 128) Plenary meeting A/59/PV.117 Decision 59/570 136. Financing of the United Nations United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor The Security Council, by its resolution 1272 (1999) of 25 October 1999, established the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) for an initial period until 31 January 2001. Its mandate has been extended by subsequent Council resolutions, the last of which was resolution 1392 (2002) of 31 January 2002, which extended the mandate until 20 May 2002. By its resolution 1410 (2002) of 17 May 2002, the Security Council established the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) as of 20 May 2002 for an initial period of 12 months. The mandate of UNMISET has been extended by the Council in its subsequent resolutions, the last of which was resolution 1573 (2004) of 16 November 2004, by which the Council extended its mandate for a final period of six months until 20 May 2005. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided that Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission should be credited with their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $16,775,900 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; also decided that, for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, their share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $16,775,900 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against their outstanding obligations; further decided that the decrease of $408,700 in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against the credits from the amount of $16,775,900; and took note of the report of the Secretary-General (A/60/703) on the final disposition of the assets of the Mission (resolution 60/271). Documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General: performance report on the budget of UNMISET for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 (resolution 60/271); (b) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 142) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of UNMISET for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/614) Financing of UNMISET (A/60/703) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/789) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.51, 52 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/919 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.92 Resolution 60/271 137. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea The Security Council, by its resolution 1312 (2000) of 31 July 2000, established the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), consisting of up to 100 military observers and the necessary civilian support staff until 31 January 2001. Subsequently, by its resolution 1320 (2000) of 15 September 2000, the Security Council authorized the deployment within UNMEE of up to 4,200 troops, including up to 220 military observers. By its resolution 1430 (2002) of 14 August 2002, the Security Council decided to adjust the mandate of UNMEE, in order to assist the Boundary Commission in the expeditious and orderly implementation of its Delimitation Decision, to include with immediate effect demining in key areas to support demarcation and administrative and logistical support of the field offices of the Boundary Commission with the costs of civilian demining contractors and field office support to be funded from the Trust Fund in support of the delimitation and demarcation of the Ethiopia-Eritrea border. By its resolution 1560 (2004) of 14 September 2004, the Security Council approved the adjustments to UNMEE, including its presence and operations, as recommended by the Secretary-General in paragraphs 13 to 18 of his report (S/2004/708). By its resolution 1622 (2005) of 13 September 2005, the Security Council approved the reconfiguration of the UNMEE military component, including an increase in the number of military observers by 10, within the existing overall mandated strength of UNMEE, and the assistance to the parties in the mine action sector, as recommended by the Secretary-General in paragraphs 11 and 42 of his report (S/2005/553). By its resolution 1681 (2006) of 31 May 2006, the Security Council authorized the reconfiguration of the UNMEE military component and in that regard approved the deployment within UNMEE of up to 2,300 troops, including up to 230 military observers, with the existing mandate, as stipulated in resolution 1320 (2000) and further adjusted in resolution 1430 (2002). The mandate of UNMEE has been extended by the Council in subsequent resolutions, the latest of which is resolution 1681 (2006) of 31 May 2006, whereby it was extended until 30 September 2006. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for UNMEE the amount of $182,237,800 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $174,679,200 for the maintenance of the Mission, $6,243,100 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $1,315,500 for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided also to apportion among Member States the amount of $45,559,450 for the period from 1 July to 30 September 2006 and, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission, to apportion the amount of $45,559,450 for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2006; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $1,091,375 for the period from 1 July to 30 September 2006, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $890,925 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $175,550 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $24,900 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided that for Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to UNMEE, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $32,154,200 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided also that for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to UNMEE, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $32,154,200 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against their outstanding obligations; and decided further that the decrease of $556,500 in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against the credits from the total amount of $32,154,200 (resolution 60/272). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Revised budget for UNMEE for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (resolution 60/272) Budget for UNMEE for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008; Performance report on the budget of UNMEE for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; (b) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 143) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of UNMEE for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/615) Budget for UNMEE for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/636 and Corr.1) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/790) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.51, 52 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/920 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.92 Resolution 60/272 138. Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia The Security Council, by its resolution 858 (1993) of 24 August 1993, decided to set up the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) for a period of six months. The mandate of UNOMIG was extended by the Council in subsequent resolutions, the latest of which was resolution 1666 (2006) of 31 March 2006, whereby it was extended until 15 October 2006. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for UNOMIG the amount of $34,827,000 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $33,377,900 for the maintenance of UNOMIG, $1,196,900 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $252,200 for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided also to apportion among Member States the amount of $10,157,900 for the period from 1 July to 15 October 2006; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $694,300, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $649,400 approved for UNOMIG, the prorated share of $39,300 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $5,600 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided to apportion among Member States the amount of $24,669,100 for the period from 16 October 2006 to 30 June 2007 at a monthly rate of $2,902,247, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Observer Mission; decided also that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $1,686,100, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $1,577,200 approved for the Observer Mission, the prorated share of $95,400 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $13,500 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided further that for Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to UNOMIG, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $1,854,900 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided that for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to UNOMIG, their respecting share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $1,854,900 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against their outstanding obligations; and decided also that the increase of $37,400 in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be added to the credits from the amount of $1,854,900 (resolution 60/273). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for UNOMIG for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/273); Performance report on the budget of UNOMIG for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 July 2006; (b) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 144) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of UNOMIG for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/643 and Corr.2) Budget for UNOMIG for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/652) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/810) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.51 and 60 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/921 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.92 Resolution 60/273 139. Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti By its resolution 1542 (2004) of 30 April 2004, the Security Council established the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for an initial period of six months. The mandate of MINUSTAH was extended by the Council in subsequent resolutions, the latest of which was resolution 1702 (2006) of 15 August 2006, whereby it was extended until 15 February 2007. At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for MINUSTAH the amount of $46,414,900 for the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006, in addition to the amount of $494,887,000 already appropriated from the same period under the terms of its resolution 59/17 B; decided also, taking into account the amount of $494,887,000 previously apportioned at a monthly rate of $41,240,583 for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 under the terms of its resolution 59/17 B, to apportion among Member States the additional amount of $29,147,500 for the period from 1 July 2005 to 15 February 2006; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the additional amount of $104,100 approved for the Mission for the period from 1 July 2005 to 15 February 2006; decided to apportion among Member States the additional amount of $17,267,400 for the period from 16 February to 30 June 2006 at a monthly rate of $3,867,900, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission; decided also that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the additional amount of $61,600 approved for the Mission (resolution 60/18 A). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for MINUSTAH the amount of $510,394,700 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $489,207,100 for the maintenance of the Mission, $17,500,200 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $3,687,400 for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided also to apportion among Member States the amount of $63,799,300 for the period from 1 July to 15 August 2006; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $1,455,800, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $1,174,800 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $246,100 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $34,900 of the estimated staff assessment income for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided to apportion among Member States the amount of $446,595,400 for the period from 16 August 2006 to 30 June 2007 at a monthly rate of $42,532,892, subject to decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission; decided also that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $10,190,500, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $8,223,900 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $1,722,400 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $244,200 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided further that, for Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $6,646,600 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided that, for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission there should be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $6,646,600; and decided also that the decrease of $909,400 in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against the credits from the amount of $6,646,600 (resolution 60/18 B). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for MINUSTAH for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/18 B); Performance report on the budget of MINUSTAH for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; (b) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 145) Reports of the Secretary-General: Revised budget for MINUSTAH for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 (A/60/176 and Corr.1) Performance report on the budget of MINUSTAH for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/646) Budget for MINUSTAH for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/728) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/386 and A/60/869) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.2, 15, 57, 58 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/541 and Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.53 and 92 Resolutions 60/18 A and B 140. Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo The Security Council, by its resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999, established the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) for an initial period of 12 months, to continue thereafter unless the Security Council decided otherwise. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for UNMIK the amount of $227,400,400 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $217,962,000 for the maintenance for the Mission, $7,795,800 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $1,642,600 for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided also to apportion among Member States the amount of $227,400,400; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the amount $17,537,800, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $16,536,600 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $876,900 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $124,300 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided that, for Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of $10,423,600 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided also that, for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there should be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income of $10,423,600 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; and decided further that the increase of $84,100 in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be added to the credits from the amount of $10,423,600 (resolution 60/275). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for UNMIK for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/275); Performance report on the budget of UNMIK for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; (b) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 147) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of UNMIK for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/637 and Corr.1) Budget for UNMIK for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/684 and Corr.1) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/809) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.51, 52 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/923 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.92 Resolution 60/275 141. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia The Security Council, by its resolution 1509 (2003) of 19 September 2003, established the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) for a period of 12 months. The mandate of UNMIL has been extended by the Council in subsequent resolutions, the latest of which was resolution 1712 (2006) of 29 September 2006, whereby it was extended until 31 March 2007. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for UNMIL the amount of $745,572,300 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $714,613,300 for the maintenance of the Mission, $25,571,000 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $5,388,000 for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided also to apportion among Member States the amount of $186,393,100 for the period from 1 July to 30 September 2006; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $3,394,000, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $2,573,000 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $719,100 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $101,900 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided to apportion among Member States the amount of $559,179,200 for the period from 1 October 2006 to 30 June 2007 at a monthly rate of $62,131,022, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission; decided also that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $10,182,100, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $7,718,900 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $2,157,300 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $305,900 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided further that for Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to UNMIL, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $108,308,700 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided that for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to UNMIL, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $108,308,700 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against their outstanding obligations; decided also that the decrease of $316,800 in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against the credits from the amount of $108,308,700 (resolution 60/276). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for UNMIL for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/276); Performance report on the budget of UNMIL for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; (b) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 148) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of UNMIL for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/645) Budget for UNMIL for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/653) and Corr.1 and 2) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/852) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.56 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/924 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.92 Resolution 60/276 142. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East (a) United Nations Disengagement Observer Force The Security Council, by its resolution 350 (1974) of 31 May 1974, established the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). The mandate of UNDOF has been extended periodically by the Council in subsequent resolutions, the latest of which was resolution 1685 (2006) of 13 June 2006, whereby it was extended until 31 December 2006. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for UNDOF the amount of $41,588,400 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $39,865,200 for the maintenance of the Force, $1,423,300 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $299,900 for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided also to apportion among Member States the amount of $41,588,400 at a monthly rate of $3,465,700, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Force; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $1,249,400, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $1,066,600 approved for the Force, the prorated share of $160,100 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $22,700 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided that, for Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to the Force, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $1,983,300 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided also that, for member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Force, there should be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $1,983,300 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; and decided further that the decrease of $101,500 in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against the credits from the amount of $1,983,300 (resolution 60/277). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for UNDOF for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/277); Performance report on the budget of UNDOF for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; (b) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 149 (a)) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of UNOF for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/628 and Corr.1) Budget for UNDOF for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/641 and Corr.2) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/811) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.51, 52 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/925 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.92 Resolution 60/277 (b) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon The Security Council, by its resolution 425 (1978) of 19 March 1978, established the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for an initial period of six months. The mandate of UNIFIL has been extended periodically by the Council in subsequent resolutions, the latest of which was resolution 1701 (2006) of 11 August 2006, whereby it was extended until 31 August 2007. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly stressed once again that Israel should pay the amount of $1,117,005 resulting from the incident at Qana on 18 April 1996 and requested the Secretary-General to report on the matter to the Assembly at its sixty-first session; decided to appropriate to the Special Account for UNIFIL the amount of $97,579,600 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $93,526,200 for the maintenance of the Force, $3,348,000 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $705,400 for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided also to apportion among Member States the amount of $8,131,633 for the period from 1 to 31 July 2006; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $414,025, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $378,200 approved for the Force, the prorated share of $31,383 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $4,442 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided to apportion among Member States the amount of $89,447,967 for the period from 1 August 2006 to 30 June 2007 at a monthly rate of $8,131,633, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Force; decided also that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $4,554,275, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $4,160,200 approved for the Force, the prorated share of $345,217 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $48,858 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided further that for member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to the Force, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of $8,814,700 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided that for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Force, there should be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of $8,814,700 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; and decided also that the decrease of $521,300 in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against the credits from the amount of $8,814,700 (resolution 60/278). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for UNIFIL for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/278); Performance report on the budget of UNIFIL for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; (b) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 149 (b)) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of UNIFIL for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/629 and Corr.1) Budget for UNIFIL for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/642 and Corr.1) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/812 and Corr.1) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.51, 52, 64 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/928 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.92 Resolution 60/278 143. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone The Security Council, by its resolution 1270 (1999) of 22 October 1999, established the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) for an initial period of six months. By the same resolution the Council decided that UNAMSIL would take over the substantive civilian and military components and functions as well as the assets of the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL), which had been terminated by Council resolution 1181 (1998) of 13 July 1998 and that the mandate of UNOMSIL should terminate immediately upon the establishment of UNAMSIL. The mandate entrusted to UNAMSIL under the terms of Security Council resolution 1270 (1999) was to cooperate with the Government of Sierra Leone and other parties in the implementation of the peace agreement, to assist the Government in the implementation of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration plan, to establish a presence at key locations, to ensure security and freedom of movement of United Nations personnel, to monitor adherence to the ceasefire agreement, to encourage and support the creation of confidence-building mechanisms, to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance, to support the operation of United Nations civilian officials and to provide support, as requested, for the constitutional elections. Subsequently, by its resolution 1289 (2000) of 7 February 2000, the Security Council revised the mandate of the Mission to include the following additional tasks: to provide security at key locations and Government buildings; to facilitate the free flow of people, goods and humanitarian assistance along specified thoroughfares; to provide security in and at all sites of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme; to coordinate with and assist the law enforcement authorities in common areas of deployment; and to guard weapons, ammunition and other military equipment collected from ex-combatants and assist in their disposal or destruction. The mandate of UNAMSIL has been extended by subsequent Council resolutions, the latest of which was resolution 1610 (2005) of 30 June 2005, by which the mandate was extended until 31 December 2005. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided that Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission should be credited with their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $99,287,600 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided also that, for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there should be set off against their outstanding obligations their share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the amount of $99,287,600 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; and decided further that the decrease of $1,339,800 in the estimated staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against the credits from the amount of $99,287,600 (resolution 60/279). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of UNAMSIL for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 (resolution 60/279); Final disposition of the assets of UNAMSIL; (b) Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 150) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of UNAMSIL for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/631) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/786) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.52 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/926 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.92 Resolution 60/279 144. Financing of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan The Security Council, by its resolution 1590 (2005) of 24 March 2005, established the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) for an initial period of six months and decided that UNMIS would consist of up to 10,000 military personnel and an appropriate civilian component, including up to 715 civilian police personnel. The mandate of UNMIS was extended by the Council in subsequent resolutions, the latest of which was resolution 1714 (2006) of 6 October 2006, whereby it was extended until 30 April 2007. At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for UNMIS the amount of $222,031,700 for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 for the establishment of the Mission; decided also to approve the increase in the estimated staff assessment income for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 from $1,635,000 to $2,313,100; decided further to appropriate to the Special Account for UNMIS the amount of $969,468,800 for the maintenance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006, inclusive of the amount of $315,997,200 for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2005 previously authorized by the Assembly under the terms of its resolution 59/292; decided, taking into account the amount of $315,997,200 already apportioned by the Assembly for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2005 under the terms of its resolution 59/292 and the amount of $57,469,600 indicated in the preceding paragraph, to apportion among Member States the additional amount of $355,679,000 for the period from 1 November 2005 to 24 March 2006; decided also that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the amount of $5,792,000, representing the estimated additional staff assessment income approved for the Mission for the period from 1 November 2005 to 24 March 2006; decided further to apportion among Member States the additional amount of $240,323,000 for the period from 25 March to 30 June 2006, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission; and decided that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the amount of $3,914,000, representing the estimated additional staff assessment income approved for the Mission for the period from 25 March to 30 June 2006 (resolution 60/122 A). At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for UNMIS the amount of $1,126,295,900 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $1,079,534,400 for the maintenance of the Mission, $38,623,300 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $8,138,200 for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy; also decided to apportion among Member States the amount of $262,802,400 for the period from 1 July to 24 September 2006; further decided that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $5,883,800, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $4,726,300 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $1,013,700 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $143,800 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided to apportion among Member States the amount of $863,493,500 for the period from 25 September 2006 to 30 June 2007, subject to a decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the Mission; decided also that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $19,332,400, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $15,529,400 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $3,330,800 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $472,200 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided further that for Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $2,804,000 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided that for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there should be set off against their outstanding obligations their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $2,804,000 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided also that the net increase of $455,200 in the staff assessment income in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005, representing the difference between the additional staff assessment income of $678,100 previously approved under the terms of its resolution 60/122 A for the financial period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 and the decrease in the staff assessment income of $222,900 in respect of the same financial period, should be added to the credits from the amount of $2,804,000 (resolution 60/122 B). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget for UNMIS for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 (resolution 60/122 B); Budget for UNMIS for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008; (b) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 151) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for UNMIS for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2006 (A/60/190) Performance report on the budget of UNMIS for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/626) Budget for UNMIS for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/726 and Corr.1) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/428 and A/60/868) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.17, 25, 57, 58 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/562 and Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.62 and 92 Resolutions 60/122 A and B 145. Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara The Security Council, by its resolution 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, established the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) in accordance with the timetable outlined by the Secretary-General (see S/22464). The Security Council has since extended the MINURSO mandate in subsequent resolutions, the latest of which was resolution 1675 (2006) of 28 April 2006, which extended the mandate of the Mission until 31 October 2006. At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for MINURSO the amount of $44,460,000 for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, inclusive of $42,619,400 for the maintenance of the Mission, $1,520,300 for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $320,300 for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided also to apportion among Member States the amount of $14,820,000 for the period from 1 July to 31 October 2006; decided further that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $800,534, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $735,467 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $57,000 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $8,067 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided to apportion among Member States the amount of $29,640,000 for the period from 1 November 2006 to 30 June 2007, at a monthly rate of $3,705,000; decided also that there should be set off against the apportionment among Member States their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of $1,601,066, comprising the estimated staff assessment income of $1,470,933 approved for the Mission, the prorated share of $114,000 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the support account and the prorated share of $16,133 of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the United Nations Logistics Base; decided further that for Member States that had fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, there should be set off against their apportionment their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $1,483,200 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005; decided that for Member States that had not fulfilled their financial obligations to the Mission, their respective share of the unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of $1,483,200 in respect of the period ended 30 June 2005 should be set off against their outstanding obligations; and decided also that the decrease in the staff assessment income of $597,000 should be set off against the credits from the amount of $1,483,200 in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2005 (resolution 60/280). Documents: (a) Reports of the Secretary-General: Budget for MINURSO for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (resolution 60/280); Performance report on the budget of MINURSO for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006; (b) Related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 152) Reports of the Secretary-General: Performance report on the budget of MINURSO for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A/60/634) Budget for MINURSO for the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (A/60/724) Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/60/897) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.63 and 66 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/927 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.92 Resolution 60/280 147. Report of the Human Rights Council At its resumed sixtieth session, in March 2006, the General Assembly decided to establish the Human Rights Council, based in Geneva, in replacement of the Commission on Human Rights, as a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly; decided also that the Council should be responsible for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any kind and in a fair and equal manner; decided further that the Council should serve as a forum for dialogue on thematic issues on all human rights; decided that the Council should assume, review and, where necessary, improve and rationalize all mandates, mechanisms, functions and responsibilities of the Commission on Human Rights in order to maintain a system of special procedures, expert advice and complaint procedure; recommended that the Economic and Social Council request the Commission on Human Rights to conclude its work at its sixty-second session and that it abolish the Commission on 16 June 2006; and decided that the Council should submit an annual report to the Assembly (resolution 60/251). The 47 members of the Council were elected on 9 May 2006 (see item 102 (e)). References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46 and 120) Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.37, 38 and 40 Report of the Fifth Committee A/60/721 Draft resolution A/60/L.48 Plenary meeting A/60/PV.72 Resolution 60/251 148. United Nations reform: measures and proposals At its fifty-first session, in June 1997, in response to a letter dated 17 March 1997 from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly concerning a wide-ranging review he had initiated of the activities of the United Nations and on several management and organizational measures undertaken as the first steps of a wide-ranging reform programme (A/51/829), the General Assembly decided to include in the agenda of its fifty-first session an additional item entitled “United Nations reform: measures and proposals” (decision 51/402 B). The General Assembly continued its consideration of the item from its fifty-first to fifty-fifth sessions (resolutions 52/12 A, 53/202, 53/242, 54/254, 54/261, 54/281, 54/282 and 55/285 and decisions 51/473, 52/477 A to F and 54/489). At its fifty-fifth session, the General Assembly held the Millennium Summit from 6 to 8 September 2000, under the theme “The role of the United Nations in the twenty-first century”; adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2); and decided that the item would be considered biennially as from the fifty-sixth session (resolution 55/285). At its fifty-sixth and fifty-eighth sessions, the General Assembly took no action under this item. At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to specifically define accountability as well as clear accountability mechanisms; also requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session reports regarding the following proposals contained in the report of the Secretary-General (A/60/692 and Corr.1): 1 to 4 and 7; 8 to 10, 17 and 18; and 14 and 15; further requested the Secretary-General to provide information on the consultations undertaken with the staff representatives to develop the proposals on personnel policies; decided to revert to the issue of undertaking a detailed cost-benefit analysis of relocation, outsourcing and telecommuting opportunities at its sixty-first session; and requested the Secretary-General to submit a detailed proposal on strengthening the monitoring and evaluation tools in the Secretariat (resolution 60/260) (see items 46, 110, 114, 115, 120, 121 and 130). Also at its resumed session, in July 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to ensure the full operationalization of the Ethics Office; decided to establish the post of Chief Information Technology Officer at the level of Assistant Secretary-General in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General; also requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, detailed information on the structure and staffing requirements of the envisaged information and communication technology structure; further requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, the comprehensive report referred to in paragraphs 17 and 18 of his report (A/60/846/Add.1); and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a comprehensive report containing detailed parameters on access to United Nations documentation by Member States and the public (resolution 60/283) (see items 46, 110, 114, 115, 120, 121 and 130). Further at its resumed session, the General Assembly decided to defer until its sixty-first session the consideration of the item and its related documents (decision 60/551 C). References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 and 136) [See item 46 above for a complete list of references for these items.] Summary records A/C.5/60/SR.44, 45, 47-50, 60, 61, 64, 65 and 67 Reports of the Fifth Committee A/60/609/Add.3 and A/60/831 and Add.1 Plenary meetings A/60/PV.79 and 93 Resolutions 60/260 and 60/283 Decision 60/551 C 149. Observer status for the OPEC Fund for International Development in the General Assembly By a letter dated 11 May 2006 (A/61/141), the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia requested the inclusion of the above item in the provisional agenda of the sixty-first session. No advance documentation is expected. 150. The rule of law at the national and international levels By a letter dated 11 May 2006 (A/61/142), the Permanent Representatives of Liechtenstein and Mexico requested the inclusion of the above item in the provisional agenda of the sixty-first session. No advance documentation is expected. The title of this item was modified in accordance with General Assembly resolution 60/259 of 8 May 2006. From 3 June 2006, the membership of Serbia and Montenegro in the United Nations was continued by Serbia. See also decision 60/555 of 9 May 2006. __________________ __________________  sss1 \* MERGEFORMAT A/61/100/Add.1 sss1 \* MERGEFORMAT A/61/100/Add.1 FooterJN \* MERGEFORMAT 06-57152 \* MERGEFORMAT 96 \* MERGEFORMAT 95 FooterJN \* MERGEFORMAT 06-57152 United Nations A/61/100/Add.1 General Assembly Distr.: General 12 September 2006 Original: English jobn \* MERGEFORMAT 06-57152 (E) 231006 Barcode \* MERGEFORMAT *0657152*