United Nations A/RES/55/233 General Assembly Distr.: General 30 January 2001 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 116 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/55/532/Add.1 and Corr.1)] 55/233. Proposed programme budget outline for the biennium 2002-2003 The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolution 41/213 of 19 December 1986 in which it, inter alia, requested the Secretary-General to submit in off-budget years an outline of the proposed programme budget for the following biennium, Reaffirming also section VI of its resolution 45/248 B of 21 December 1990, Recalling its resolution 53/214 of 18 December 1998, Reaffirming rule 153 of its rules of procedure, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the proposed programme budget outline for the biennium 2002-2003,1 the related recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination2 and the recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,3 1. Takes note of the report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination4 and the report and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;3 2. Reaffirms that the proposed programme budget outline shall contain an indication of the following: (a) Preliminary estimate of resources to accommodate the proposed programme of activities during the biennium; (b) Priorities reflecting general trends of a broad sectoral nature; (c) Real growth, positive or negative, compared with the previous budget; (d) Size of the contingency fund expressed as a percentage of the overall level of resources; 1 A/55/186. Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/55/16), part two, chap. II, paras. 50–70. 3 A/55/685 and Corr.1. 4 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/55/16). 2 00 57313