UNITED NATIONS A General AssemblyDistr. GENERAL A/C.5/45/17 8~tober 1990 ORIGINAL: EOOLISH Fbrty-fifth session FIFTHCCMMITI'EE Agendaitem121 FI~IAL EMERG~ OFTHEUNITED NATIOOS Analysis ofthefinancial situation oftheUnitedNations Rep:?rtoftheSecretary-General INl'ROOOCTICN 1.Atitsforty-fourth session, afterconsidering thereportofthe Secretary-General onthefinancial emergency oftheUnite~Nations, 1/the General Assembly adopted resolution 44/195Bon21December 1989.Inthat resolution theGeneral Assembly: (a)Reaffirmed. itscommitment toseekaccmprehensive andgenerally acceptable solution tothefinancial problems oftheUnitedNations, based ontheprinciple ofthecollective financial responsibility ofMemberStates andinstrictcompliance withtheCharter oftheUnitedNations; (b)UrgedallMemberStatestomeettheirfinancial obligations under theCharter bypayingpromptly andinfullallassessed contributions and advances totheWorking eapitalFund; (c)Requested theSecretary-General, inaddition tosendinghis official corrununications tothepernanent representatives ofMemberStates, toapproach, asandwhenappropriate, theGovernments ofMemberStatesfor thepurpose ofencouraging expeditious payment infullofalloutstanding assessed contributions toallpeace-keeping operations, aswellasseeking further voluntary contributions forpeace-keeping cperations; (d)Alsorequested theSecretary-General tosu1:mitareportonthe financial emergency oftheUnitedNations totheGeneral Assembly atits forty-fifth session by10october 1990,including therein acomprehensive analysis ofthefinancial situation oftheUnitedNations andtheresults of hisefforts inimplementation oftherequest citedintheprevious subparagraph. /... 90-25448UNITED NATIONS A General AssemblyDistr. GENERAL A/C.5/45/17 8~tober 1990 ORIGINAL: EOOLISH Fbrty-fifth session FIFTHCCMMITI'EE Agendaitem121 FI~IAL EMERG~ OFTHEUNITED NATIOOS Analysis ofthefinancial situation oftheUnitedNations Rep:?rtoftheSecretary-General INl'ROOOCTICN 1.Atitsforty-fourth session, afterconsidering thereportofthe Secretary-General onthefinancial emergency oftheUnite~Nations, 1/the General Assembly adopted resolution 44/195Bon21December 1989.Inthat resolution theGeneral Assembly: (a)Reaffirmed. itscommitment toseekaccmprehensive andgenerally acceptable solution tothefinancial problems oftheUnitedNations, based ontheprinciple ofthecollective financial responsibility ofMemberStates andinstrictcompliance withtheCharter oftheUnitedNations; (b)UrgedallMemberStatestomeettheirfinancial obligations under theCharter bypayingpromptly andinfullallassessed contributions and advances totheWorking eapitalFund; (c)Requested theSecretary-General, inaddition tosendinghis official corrununications tothepernanent representatives ofMemberStates, toapproach, asandwhenappropriate, theGovernments ofMemberStatesfor thepurpose ofencouraging expeditious payment infullofalloutstanding assessed contributions toallpeace-keeping operations, aswellasseeking further voluntary contributions forpeace-keeping cperations; (d)Alsorequested theSecretary-General tosu1:mitareportonthe financial emergency oftheUnitedNations totheGeneral Assembly atits forty-fifth session by10october 1990,including therein acomprehensive analysis ofthefinancial situation oftheUnitedNations andtheresults of hisefforts inimplementation oftherequest citedintheprevious subparagraph. /... 90-25448 Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/C.5/45/17 English Page2 1.CURRENT ANDFORESEEN DEFICIT ANDTHECASH-FILW SITUATION OFTHEORGANIZATICN 2.Everyyearsince1965theGeneral Assembly hasincluded anitem entitled "Financial emergency oftheUnitedNations" initsagenda. Despite theappeals andexpressions ofcommitment contained intherelated resolutions adopted bytheGeneral Assembly, solutions havenotbeen found~ thusthefinancial situation oftheOrganization continues tobeas precarious asever.