A/RES/71/272. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2016

• Resolution Number: A/RES/71/272
• Session: 71st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/71/272*

General Assembly

Distr.: General

18 January 2017

Seventy-first session

Agenda item 134

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2016

[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/71/716)]

71/272 . Special subjects relating to the progra mme bu dget for the

bienni um 2016–2017

The General Assembly ,

I

Interna tional Publi c Sector Accoun ting Standar ds

Reca lling sectio n IV o f i ts r esolutio n 6 0/28 3 of 7 July 2006 , se ction V of its

resol ution 6 3/26 2 o f 24 Dec ember 2 008, its resolu tion 64 /243 of 24 Dece mber 20 09,

its r esolutio n 65/24 3 A o f 24 De cember 2 010, se ction II .B of it s resolut ion 65 /259 of

24 Dece mber 2010 , se ction I of it s res olution 6 6/23 2 B of 21 Ju ne 2 012, its

resol ution 66/246 o f 24 De cember 2011, secti on IV o f its resolu tion 6 7/24 6 of

24 Dece mber 20 12, its re solution 68/246 of 2 7 Decemb er 2013, section II of its

resol ution 6 8/24 7 A of 27 Dece mber 201 3, secti on I of i ts resol ution 6 9/26 2 of

29 Dece mber 20 14 and section I of its resoluti on 70/ 248 A of 23 Dec ember 20 15,

Havi ng considere d t he ninth progr ess report of the Secr etary-G eneral on the

adop tion of t he Intern ational Public Sector Accoun ting Sta ndards b y the Unit ed

Nati ons

1

and the re lated repor t o f th e A dvisory Co mmittee on Adm inistra tive and

Budg etary Q uestions ,

2

1. Takes note o f the re port of t he Secr etary-Ge nera l;1

2. En do rses t he c onclus ions and recom menda tions conta ined in t he re port

of t he Advi sory C ommit tee o n Admin istrati ve and Budg etary Questi ons; 2

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* Reissued for technical reasons on 23 August 2017.

1

A/71/226.

2

A/71/542.

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II

Subvent ion to the E xtraordinary Chambers

in the Courts of Ca mbodia

Reca lling section I of its resolu tion 68/247 B of 9 April 2014, sectio n I o f its

resol ution 6 9/27 4 A of 2 April 2 015 and section IV of it s resolu tion 70 /248 A,

Havi ng consid ered the rep ort of the Se cretary-Ge neral on the request fo r a

subv ention t o the E xtraord inary Ch ambers in the Courts of Cam bodia

3

and the

relat ed repo rt of th e Advisory Commit tee,

4

1. Takes note o f the re port of t he Secr etary-Ge nera l;3

2. En dors es the conc lusions and re commend ations cont ained in the repo rt

of th e Advisor y Commi ttee;4

3. Re affi rms th e high prio rity acco rded to the w ork of the E xtraordi nary

Cham bers in the Cou rts of C ambodia ;

4. Au thor izes the S ecretar y-Genera l, as an e xception al meas ure, to en ter

into co mmitmen ts i n a n a mount not to exc eed 11 milli on United Stat es dollars to

supp lement the volunta ry f inancial reso urces of t he in ternatio nal c omponen t of the

Extr aordinar y C hambers fo r th e pe riod from 1 J anuary to 31 De cember 201 7, a nd

requ ests t he Se cretary -General to report on the u se of comm itment autho rity i n the

cont ext of t he next report;

5. En cour ages a ll Me mber States to pr ovide volunta ry sup port for bo th the

inter nationa l and nation al co mponents of the Ex traordin ary Ch ambers, and reques ts

the Secretar y-Genera l to co ntinue his int ensive e fforts t o obtai n addit ional volunta ry

cont ribution s, inc luding by broa dening the dono r ba se, fo r fun ding the future

acti vities of the Ext raordin ary Cha mbers;

III

Request for a subven tion to the Residual Sp ecial Court

for Sie rra Leone

Reca lling its resol ution 58/2 84 of 8 Apr il 2 004, secti on VII of its reso lution

59/2 76 of 23 De cember 200 4, s ection II o f i ts r esolutio n 59/294 of 22 June 200 5,

sect ion X II of its reso lution 65/ 259, se ction IX of it s resol ution 66/2 47 of

24 Dece mber 20 11, secti on I of i ts resol ution 6 7/24 6 an d sectio n VII of its

resol ution 7 0/24 8 A,

Havi ng con sidered the report of the S ecretar y-Genera l on the use o f the

comm itment author ity and the req uest for a subve ntion to the Residu al Spec ial

Cour t for Si erra Leo ne

5

and the rela ted rep ort of th e Advisor y Commi ttee,

6

1. Takes note o f the re port of t he Secr etary-Ge nera l;5

2. Endo rses the conclu sions and reco mmendat ions conta ined in the report

of th e Advisor y Commi ttee;6

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3

A/71/338.

4

A/71/550.

5

A/71/386, Corr.1 and 2.

6

A/71/613.