1.    Authorizes the Secretary-General, with the prior concurrence of
the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and subject
to the Financial Regulations of the United Nations and the provisions of
paragraph 3 below, to enter into commitments in the biennium 1996-1997 to meet
unforeseen and extraordinary expenses arising either during or subsequent to
the biennium, provided that the concurrence of the Advisory Committee shall
not be necessary for:
 
      (a)   Such commitments, not exceeding a total of 5 million United States
dollars in any one year of the biennium 1996-1997, as the Secretary-General
certifies relate to the maintenance of peace and security;
 
      (b)   Such commitments as the President of the International Court of
Justice certifies relate to expenses occasioned by:
 
      (i)   The designation of ad hoc judges (Statute of the International
            Court of Justice, Article 31), not exceeding a total of 300,000
            dollars;
 
      (ii)  The calling of witnesses and the appointment of experts (Statute,
            Article 50) and the appointment of assessors (Statute, Article
            30), not exceeding a total of 50,000 dollars;
 
      (iii) The maintenance in office for the completion of cases of judges
            who have not been re-elected (Statute, Article 13, paragraph 3),
            not exceeding a total of 40,000 dollars;
 
      (iv)  The payment of pensions and travel and removal expenses of
            retiring judges and travel and removal expenses and installation
            grant of members of the Court (Statute, Article 32, paragraph 7),
            not exceeding a total of 180,000 dollars;
 
      (v)   The work of the Court or its Chambers away from The Hague
            (Statute, Article 22), not exceeding a total of 50,000 dollars;
 
      2.    Resolves that the Secretary-General shall report to the Advisory
Committee and to the General Assembly at its fifty-first and fifty-second
sessions all commitments made under the provisions of the present resolution,
together with the circumstances relating thereto, and shall submit
supplementary estimates to the Assembly in respect of such commitments;
 
      3.    Decides that, for the biennium 1996-1997, if a decision of the
Security Council results in the need for the Secretary-General to enter into
commitments relating to the maintenance of peace and security in an amount
exceeding 10 million dollars in respect of the decision, that matter shall be
brought to the General Assembly, or, if the Assembly is suspended or not in
session, a resumed or special session of the Assembly shall be convened by the
Secretary-General to consider the matter.