ADVISORY OPINIONS

CERTAIN EXPENSES
OF THE UN
ICJ REPORTS, 1962
  Posed before the Court was the interpretation of Article 17 par 2 of
the UN Charter with regard to identifying what are considered as
“expenses of the Organization”.

 In question were the expenditures incurred for maintenance of

peace and security related to United Nations Emergency Force in
the Middle East (UNEF) and those related to the United Nations
facts operations in the Congo (ONUC).

 Operations in Congo were initially authorized by the Security

Council with the end view of maintaining international peace and
security and the financial obligations incurred by the Secretary-
General was in accordance with the clear and reiterated authority
of both the Security Council and the General Assembly.
  Whether or not the expenditures incurred in relation to the
issue UNEF and Congo operations were “expenses of the
Organization” under Article 17 par 2 of the UN Charter
  the Court declared that the expenditures authorized in certain
General Assembly resolutions relating to the United Nations
operations in the Congo and in the Middle East undertaken in
pursuance of Security Council and General Assembly resolutions
were “expenses of the Organization” within the meaning of Article
held 17 par 2 of the Charter of the United Nations.
 Expenditures must be tested by their relationship to the
purpose of the United Nations in the sense that if expenditures
were made for a purpose which was not one of the purposes of
the United Nations, it could not be considered as “expense of
the Organization”.