A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/54/253 22 February 2000 Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 121 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/54/691)] 54/253. Working Capital Fund for the biennium 2000-2001 The General Assembly Resolves that: 1. The Working Capital Fund shall be established for the biennium 2000-2001 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 2000; 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 1998-1999 in accordance with General Assembly resolution 52/224 of 22 December 1997; 4. Should the credits and advances paid by any Member State to the Working Capital Fund for the biennium 1998-1999 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 2000-2001; 00 28404 /...