A/RES/69/274
United Nations
Distr.: General
24 April 2015
General Assembly
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 132
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 April 2015
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/69/422/Add.2)]
69/274. Special subjects relating to the programme budget
for the biennium 2014–2015
The General Assembly,
I
Subvention to the Extraordinary Chambers
in the Courts of Cambodia
Recalling section I of its resolution 68/247 B of 9 April 2014,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the request for a
subvention to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia 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 conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 subject to the
provisions of the present resolution;
3.
Affirms the high priority accorded to the work of the Extraordinary Chambers
in the Courts of Cambodia;
4.
Recalls paragraph 39 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and, without
prejudice to the voluntary nature of the current funding arrangements, should there be a
further need to submit to the General Assembly resource proposals relating to the
Extraordinary Chambers, requests the Secretary-General to ensure detailed justification of
the requirements;
5.
Authorizes the Secretary-General, as an exceptional measure, to enter into
commitments in an amount not to exceed 12.1 million United States dollars to supplement
the voluntary financial resources of the international component of the Extraordinary
Chambers for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2015, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to report on the use of commitment authority in the context of the second
performance report on the programme budget for the biennium 2014–2015;
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2
A/69/536.
A/69/652.
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