A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/48/259 1 August 1994 Forty-eighth session Agenda item 123 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/48/811/Add.3)] 48/259. Special representatives, envoys and related positions The General Assembly 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General 1/ and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 2/ 2. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee as contained in its report; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to clarify the position of special representatives and envoys appointed on a "when actually employed" basis, on special service agreement, on a one United States dollar-a-year honorarium or with no remuneration, and to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session such special guidelines as would need to be applied to these types of contractual arrangements, including a set of objective criteria for determining the level of such positions and the form of remuneration to be used; 4. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the number of special envoys, special representatives and other special high-level positions is kept at a minimum, that their functions and responsibilities are more clearly defined and streamlined, avoiding any possible duplication, and that current financial regulations and budgetary procedures are fully complied with, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session; _______________ 1/ A/C.5/48/26 and Add.1. 2/ A/48/7/Add.7. /...