United Nations A/RES/59/278 General Assembly Distr.: General 7 March 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 107 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2004 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/652)] 59/278. Proposed programme budget outline for the biennium 2006–2007 The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolution 41/213 of 19 December 1986, in which it requested the Secretary-General to submit in off-budget years an outline of the proposed programme budget for the following biennium, Reaffirming also section VI of its resolution 45/248 B of 21 December 1990, Reaffirming further rule 153 of its rules of procedure, Recalling its resolution 58/269 of 23 December 2003, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the proposed programme budget outline for the biennium 2006–2007 1 and the related recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 1. Endorses the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2 2. Reaffirms that the proposed programme budget outline shall contain an indication of the following: (a) A preliminary estimate of resources needed to accommodate the proposed programme of activities during the biennium; (b) Priorities, reflecting general trends of a broad sectoral nature; (c) Real growth, positive or negative, compared with the previous budget; (d) Size of the contingency fund expressed as a percentage of the overall level of resources; 3. Also reaffirms that the budget outline should provide a greater level of predictability of resources required for the following biennium and promote greater _______________ 1 2 04-49294 A/59/415. See A/59/600.