A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/218 29 February 1996 Fiftieth session Agenda item 116 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/50/842)] 50/218. Working Capital Fund for the biennium 1996-1997 The General Assembly Resolves that: 1. The Working Capital Fund shall be established for the biennium 1996-1997 in the amount of 100 million United States dollars; 2. Member States shall make advances to the Working Capital Fund in accordance with the scale adopted by the General Assembly for contributions of Member States to the budget for the year 1996; 3. There shall be set off against this allocation of advances: (a) Credits to Member States resulting from transfers made in 1959 and 1960 from the surplus account to the Working Capital Fund in an adjusted amount of 1,025,092 dollars; (b) Cash advances paid by Member States to the Working Capital Fund for the biennium 1994-1995 in accordance with General Assembly resolution 48/232 of 23 December 1993; 4. Should the credits and advances paid by any Member State to the Working Capital Fund for the biennium 1994-1995 exceed the amount of that Member State’s advance under the provisions of paragraph 2 above, the excess shall be set off against the amount of the contributions payable by the Member State in respect of the biennium 1996-1997; 5. The Secretary-General is authorized to advance from the Working Capital Fund: 96-77011 /...