A/RES/61/21 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 15 December 2006 Sixty-first session Agenda item 117 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 28 November 2006 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/61/592)] 61/21. Renovation of the residence of the Secretary-General The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Renovation of the residence of the Secretary-General: revised estimates to the programme budget for the biennium 2006–2007” 1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;1 2. Endorses the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in its report;2 3. Regrets that the proposal to renovate the residence of the SecretaryGeneral was not submitted as part of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006–2007; 4. Approves the renovation of the residence of the Secretary-General; 5. Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments up to an amount of 4,490,400 United States dollars under the programme budget for the biennium 2006–2007, comprising 202,500 dollars under section 1, Overall policymaking, direction and coordination, and 4,287,900 dollars under section 32, Construction, alteration, improvement and major maintenance, and to report on expenditures in the context of the second performance report for the biennium 2006–2007; Requests the Secretary-General to ensure, to the extent possible, that 6. activities approved under section 32 of the programme budget for the biennium 2006–2007 are completed within the envisaged time schedule; Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that procurement processes 7. related to the project are conducted in a transparent manner and in full compliance with its relevant resolutions on procurement reform; _______________ 1 2 06-49569 A/61/377. A/61/523.