A/RES/57/292 Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the capital master plan,3 Having also considered the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,4 1. Takes note with concern of the hazards, risks and deficiencies of the current condition of the United Nations Headquarters complex, and concurs with the SecretaryGeneral that a decision on viable solutions must be made to ameliorate those conditions; 2. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the capital master plan;3 3. Also takes note of the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,4 and endorses the observations and recommendations contained therein, subject to the provisions of the present resolution; 4. Welcomes with appreciation the offer of support from the City and State of New York, and acknowledges their efforts to make possible the implementation of the capital master plan; Scope of the capital master plan 5. Decides to implement the capital master plan on the basis of the baseline scope under the first approach to phasing and swing space, with a projected construction budget of 1,049 million United States dollars,5 a variance of plus or minus 10 per cent, that is, a range currently estimated at 944.1 million to 1,153.9 million dollars, a proposed construction start date of October 2004 and a construction duration of five years; 6. Notes that the projected budget should be increased by up to 144 million dollars should the Assembly decide to implement any of the scope options referred to in paragraph 11 below; 7. Authorizes the Secretary-General to proceed with the remaining phases of design development and construction documentation, bearing in mind the provisions set out below; Baseline scope 8. Approves the implementation of the baseline scope as amended by the exclusion of the proposed new large conference room and multi-function hall in the parking garage; 9. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fiftyeighth session plans for the three additional conference rooms foreseen in the baseline scope, including the information used to determine the need for such additional space and the size of each room; _______________ 3 A/57/285. A/57/7/Add.4. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 7. 5 The amount of 1,049 million dollars, with a variance of plus or minus 10 per cent, assumes a construction start date of October 2004 and reflects a baseline scope estimate of 991 million dollars, a swing space estimate of 96 million dollars, a decrease of 17 million dollars in respect of previously approved security measures, a decrease of 57 million dollars in respect of the exclusion of a new large conference room and multi-function hall in the existing complex and the addition of 36 million dollars in respect of the inclusion of the replacement of the curtain wall. 4 2