United Nations telecommunications system : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1994
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SymbolA/RES/48/262
TitleUnited Nations telecommunications system : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Approves at this stage only the proposal to establish a European hub station, to be situated at the most cost-effective location, and the proposal to upgrade the New York station with only essential associated works, within existing resources in both the regular budget and the peace-keeping special accounts on a fifty-fifty basis; requests the Secretary-General to submit a report, no later than 1 Nov. 1994, setting out alternative ways of implementing the proposals contained in his report with a comprehensive evaluation, including comparative costs, based on bids obtained through the international competitive bidding procedures and in accordance with the Financial Regulations and Rules of UN; also requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the executive heads of the funds and programmes and the specialized agencies, to develop plans, including sharing the capital costs thereof, for the installation of further Earth stations as necessitated by the various UN activities; requests the Secretary-General to report on all aspects, related to the establishment, operation and maintenance of a global telecommunications system and to ensure, in consultation with the Member States in which UN telecommunications facilities and equipment, including those in support of UN peace-keeping operations, will be located, that the establishment, maintenance and operation of a system owned and operated by UN will be permitted without compensation.
Action note1994-07-14
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 98th meeting
Meeting record
A/48/PV.98
Agenda information
A/48/251 123 Proposed programme budget for the biennium 1994-1995. UN--BUDGET (1994-1995)
Date[New York] : UN, 1 Aug. 1994.
Description
2 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 98th plenary meeting, 14 July 1994.