A/RES/56/274 United Nations Distr.: General 23 April 2002 General Assembly Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 123 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/56/736/Add.1)] 56/274. Estimates in respect of matters of which the Security Council is seized The General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the estimates in respect of matters of which the Security Council is seized1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Recalling its resolution 56/255 of 24 December 2001, in which it approved a charge totalling 11,113,400 United States dollars against the provision for special political missions under section 3, Political affairs, of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2002–2003,3 1. Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the estimates in respect of matters of which the Security Council is seized,1 and concurs with the observations and endorses the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in its report;4 2. Approves the charge of 41,458,500 dollars, inclusive of the amount of 11,113,400 dollars approved by the General Assembly in its resolution 56/255 for the 19 special political missions dealt with in the reports of the Secretary-General against the provision for special political missions requested under section 3, Political affairs, of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2002–2003;3 3. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the special political missions are administered with the maximum of efficiency and economy. 97th plenary meeting 27 March 2002 _______________ 1 A/C.5/56/25 and Add.1–3. A/56/7/Add.5–8. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 7A. 3 A/56/6 (Sect. 3). For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 6. 4 See A/56/7/Add.8, para. 24. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No.7A. 2 01 49832