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Establishment of a Publications Board: In order to insure maximum efficiency and economy in the use of equipment, staff and funds of the Secretariat for the publication of United Nations documents, it was announced in December 1949 that a publications board had been established. It was to be composed of representatives of the executive office of the Secretary-General, the Department of Public Information, Conference and General Services and Administrative and Financial Services. The representative of the executive office of the Secretary-General was to be chairman of the board, which would be directly responsible to the Secretary-General. Duties of the board included: 1) approving the estimates for contractual printing for inclusion in the budget estimates for each financial year, 2) establishing annually the publications program of the United Nations and issuing all necessary directives to insure control of that program, 3) determining policies within the Secretariat to govern all phases of the preparation, production and distribution of documents, and 4) reporting to the Secretary-General on its work at least once a year.

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Establishment of an Administrative Tribunal: On November 8, 1949, the administrative and budgetary committee of the General Assembly recommended establishment of an administrative tribunal for the Secretariat to come into force on January 1, 1950. Discussion in the committee was based on a report of the Secretary-General proposing the discontinuance of the Appeals Board. The representative of Belgium (Lebeau) favored creation of the tribunal but urged the continuance of the Appeals Board to handle disciplinary measures. Iran, Poland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, and Yugoslavia supported this view; the United Kingdom and the United States suggested postponing the question of an administrative tribunal. The chairman of the Staff Committee (Epstein) expressed the view that the joint disciplinary committee proposed by the Secretary-General to replace the Appeals Board did not fulfill the rights guaranteed by the provisional staff regulations. After consultation the Secretary-General and the Staff Committee agreed upon a revised draft statute, subsequently approved by the administrative committee, which provided for internal appeals machinery to advise the Secretary-General in disciplinary as well as contractual cases, and on administrative practices. The administrative tribunal was not to have jurisdiction in disciplinary cases but was to pass judgment upon applications from staff members alleging non-observance of contracts on terms of appointment.

Administrative and Budgetary Matters: On April 10, 1947, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions met, in its advisory capacity, to deliberate on the form of the 1948 budget and various matters of a financial or administrative nature falling within its competence. Based mainly on reports from the Secretary-General (Trygve Lie), the committee review covered such subjects as 1) auditing procedure, 2) investments of United Nations funds, 3) commitments against the Working Capital Fund, 4) control of expenditures resulting from Council resolutions, 5) loans to specialized agencies, 6) the fund for self-liquidating purchases and activities, 7) procedure for the final valuation of League of Nations assets, 8) form of the 1948 budget, 9) desirability of strengthening the role of the Bureau of the Comptroller by allowing the Comptroller more specific authority, 10) administrative and budgetary relations with the specialized agencies, 11) the need for greater study of United Nations basic salary scales to determine any necessary adjustments, 12) arrangements to conduct surveys concerning Secretariat efficiency and results of work so far accomplished, and 13) preliminary information on workload in departments, United Nations Appeals Board, staff retirement plans, development of Branch Offices and limitation of staff recruitment.

Pt. 1: 41 S. - 3. March 1983 (GE.83-50838); Addendum: Contractual marketing: specimens and lists of contracts, 81 S., Tab. - 4. March 1983 (GE.83-50882)