A/RES/56/254 A–C Thousands of United States dollars Income section 1. Income from staff assessment 352 537.8 2. General income 47 283.2 3. Services to the public 4 474.4 Total, income sections 404 295.4 2. The income from staff assessment shall be credited to the Tax Equalization Fund in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955; 3. Direct expenses of the United Nations Postal Administration, services to visitors, sales of statistical products, catering operations and related services, garage operations, television services and the sale of publications not provided for under the budget appropriations, shall be charged against the income derived from those activities. 92nd plenary meeting 24 December 2001 C FINANCING OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 2002 The General Assembly Resolves that for the year 2002: 1. Budget appropriations consisting of 1,312,589,350 United States dollars, being half of the appropriations of 2,625,178,700 dollars approved for the biennium 2002–2003 by the General Assembly under paragraph 1 of resolution A above, shall be financed in accordance with regulations 5.1 and 5.2 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations, as follows: (a) 25,878,800 dollars, being the net of half of the estimated income other than staff assessment approved for the biennium 2002–2003 under resolution B above; (b) 1,286,710,550 dollars, being the assessment on Member States in accordance with its resolution 55/5 B of 23 December 2000 on the scale of assessments for the year 2002; 2. There shall be set off against the assessment on Member States, in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund in the total amount of 176,268,900 dollars, being half of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the biennium 2002–2003 under resolution B above. 92nd plenary meeting 24 December 2001 4