A/RES/74/263. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Year: 2019
• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/263
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 135

Proposed programme b udget for 202 0

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 27 December 2019

[on th e report of the Fifth Committ ee (A/74 /614)]

74/263. Special sub jects relatin g to the propose d progr amme budget

for 2020

The General Assembly ,

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Request for a subven tion to the United Natio ns Institute for Disarma ment

Research resulting f rom the recomm endations of the Board o f Tru stees

of the I nstitute on the work pro gramme of th e Institu te for 2020

Havi ng co nsid ered the note by the S ecretar y-Gener al on th e reques t for a

subv ention to the United Nations Instit ute for Disarma ment R esearch resulti ng fro m

the re commend ations of the Board o f Trustees o f the Insti tute on the work prog ramme

of th e Instit ute for 2 020

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an d the rel ated rep ort of th e A dvisory Commit tee on

Admi nistrati ve and B udgetar y Quest ions,

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1. Takes note of the n ote by t he Secr etary-G eneral;1

2. Endo rse s the conclus ions an d recomm endatio ns conta ined in t he repor t of

the Ad visory C ommitte e on Admi nistrat ive and Budgeta ry Quest ions; 2

3. Appro ves th e requ est fo r a s ubventi on to the U nited Nations Instit ute fo r

Disa rmament Resear ch of 275,00 0 Unite d Stat es doll ars (b efore r ecosting ) from the

regul ar budge t of the Un ited Nati ons, for w hich the provisio n has alre ady be en

inclu ded unde r sectio n 4, Disar mament, of the pr oposed p rogramme budget for 2020;

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A/74/33 9.

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A/74/7/ Add. 9.

A/RES/74/263

Special subjects relating to the proposed

programme budget for 2020

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II

Revised estimates re sulting from resolutions a nd decisions adopted

by the Economic and Social Coun cil at its 2 019 session

Havi ng consid ered the r eport of the Secr etary-Ge neral

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and t he relat ed report of

the Ad visory C ommitte e,

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1. Takes note of the r eport of the Sec retary- General ;3

2. Endo rse s the conclus ions an d recomm endatio ns conta ined in t he repor t of

the Ad visory C ommitte e;4

3. Welcom es wit h appre ciat ion the gene rous offer o f the Gover nment of Qat ar

to host the Fifth Unit ed Na tions Confer ence on the Least Develo ped Countrie s, in

Doha in 2021 ;

III

Interna tional Trade Cen tre

Reca llin g its r esolutio n 74/ 262 o f 27 Dece mber 2 019 o n que stions relati ng to

the p roposed progra mme bud get for 2020,

Deci des to a pprove resour ces in the amount of 1 8,861,80 0 dol lars (t he Uni ted

Nati ons sh are eq uivalen t to 50 per cent of 3 6,739,00 0 Swis s fra ncs at the exchange

rate of 0.9 739 Sw iss fr ancs to 1 do llar) propo sed fo r 2020 under sectio n 13,

Inter nationa l Trade Ce ntre, o f the pro posed p rogramm e budge t for 20 20;

IV

Adminis trative and financial im plications of the deci sions and

recomme ndations con tained in th e report of t he Internati onal Civil S ervice

Commiss ion for 2019

Havi ng co nsid ered the s tatement s ubmitted b y the Secre tary-G eneral in

acco rdance with rul e 153 o f the ru les of p rocedur e of the Gene ral Assem bly

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and the

relat ed repo rt of th e Advisory Commit tee,

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1. Reca lls its reso lution 74/255 B o f 27 De cember 2019;

2. Takes note of the s tatement submit ted by t he Secre tary-G eneral; 5

3. Endo rse s the conclus ions an d recomm endatio ns conta ined in t he repor t of

the Ad visory C ommitt ee;6

4. Deci des not to app rove the re quest for an ad ditional p ost o f

Comm unicati ons Offi cer (P- 4);

V

Request for a subven tion to the Extraordin ary Chamber s in the Cou rts

of Cambodi a

Reca llin g section I o f its resol ution 68/247 B of 9 April 2014, section I of its

resol ution 69/27 4 A of 2 Apr il 2015 , secti on IV o f its r esolutio n 70/ 248 A of

23 Dece mber 201 5, sectio n II of its resoluti on 71/2 72 A of 23 Dec ember 201 6,

sect ion I X o f i ts resoluti on 72/262 A of 24 Decemb er 2017 and sect ion IV of its

resol ution 7 3/279 A of 22 Dece mber 20 18,

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A/74/34 7.

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A/74/7/ Add. 12.

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A/ C.5/7 4/2.

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A/ 74/7/ Add. 7.