Abstract
As guidance from the beginning, the words governing the financial running of the organization were remarkably concise. The onus lies, according to Article 17 of the Charter, with the General Assembly which ‘shall consider and approve the budget’. Without precise definition, it continues: ‘The expenses of the Organization shall be borne by the Members as apportioned by the General Assembly.’ In a further clause, the General Assembly ‘shall consider and approve any financial and budgetary arrangements with specialized agencies… and shall examine the administrative budgets of such specialized agencies with a view to making recommendations to the agencies concerned.’1
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Notes
Kofi Annan, Renewing the United Nations: A Programme for Reform (New York: United Nations, 1977), para. 221.
H. G. Nicholas, ‘The UN in Crisis’ in International Affairs (RIIA, London,), vol. 41, no. 3, July 1965, p. 441.
Jeffrey Laurenti, Considerations on the Financing of an International Criminal Court ( New York: UNA-USA, June 1998 ), p. 2.
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McDermott, A. (2000). The Ways from the Beginning. In: The New Politics of Financing the UN. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27765-0_4
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