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GA/AB/3256/

IMBALANCE BETWEEN UN SYSTEM SERVICE CONDITIONS AND CONDITIONS OFFERED BY OTHER MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE RECTIFIED, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

5 November 1998


Press Release
GA/AB/3256/


IMBALANCE BETWEEN UN SYSTEM SERVICE CONDITIONS AND CONDITIONS OFFERED BY OTHER MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE RECTIFIED, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981105 CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/AB/3256 of 4 November, the last paragraph on page 1 should read:

When discussion turned to other matters, the representative of the United States told the Committee that the United States had recently paid some $164 million to the United Nations. Yesterday, the United States had delivered a further $197 million, bringing the total United States contributions for peacekeeping and regular budgets to roughly $586 million for the year. For three years, the United States had essentially delivered all the money it owed for current bills.

On page 6, the last line of the second paragraph of the United States representative's statement, RICHARD SKLAR, should read:

Yesterday, the United States had delivered $197 million to the United Nations, bringing the total United States contributions for peacekeeping and regular budgets to roughly $586 million for the year.

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