The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 45/258 of 3 May 1991 and 47/218 A of 23 December 1992,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the support account for peace-keeping operations and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,
Reaffirming the need to continue to improve the administrative and financial management of peace-keeping operations,
1. Endorses, on a provisional basis, the observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions relating to the funding from the support account of the posts in the Department of Peace-keeping Operations, the Field Operations Division, the Internal Audit Division and, within the Department of Administration and Management, the Peace-keeping Financing Division and the Purchase and Transportation Service (excluding the six General Service posts proposed), subject to the policy decisions to be taken during the current session of the General Assembly after consideration of the report of the Secretary-General requested in paragraph 6 of the report of the Advisory Committee;
2. Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments to cover costs borne by the support account in an amount not to exceed 16,376,250 United States dollars for the period from 1 January to 30 June 1994, as recommended by the Advisory Committee in paragraph 34 of its report;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its resumed forty-eighth session in accordance with the recommendations contained in paragraph 6 of the report of the Advisory Committee;
4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-ninth session the item entitled "Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peace-keeping operations".
87th plenary meeting
23 December 1993
