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At 3 p.m., the General Assembly's Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) will discuss improving the UN's financial situation following the UN Controller's semi-annual presentation of the UN's finances A/80/440/Add.1 on 7 May.
Administrative and budgetary issues
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GA/AB/4512
With its cash reserves rapidly depleting, and long-term financial stability eroding, the United Nations is not only risking its peace and development agenda, it is struggling to survive as an organization, delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) warned today.
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The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) meets on the UN financial situation.
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GA/AB/4511
The current cash balance for the United Nations regular budget is “only sufficient to meet legal obligations through the middle of August” — not through December — the Organization’s top management official told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), urging Member States either to pay their assessed contributions in full and on time or to fundamentally overhaul the UN’s financial rules to avert imminent collapse.
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GA/AB/4510
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) opened its May session today with Member States focused on the Secretary-General’s proposed $5.23 billion budget for peacekeeping missions — a 7.5 per cent reduction from the previous period — and the United Nations ongoing liquidity crisis.
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The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) will begin the second part of its resumed session from 4 to29 May with a discussion on its organization of work for the session: A/C.5/80/L.31. Afterwards, it consider the Board of Auditor's reports on UN peacekeeping operations as well as various reports related to the administrative & budgetary aspects of financing peacekeeping operations, namely: the support account; Regional Service Centre in Entebbe, Uganda; United Nations Logistics Base; closed peacekeeping operations and financing of current peacekeeping.
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GA/AB/4509
Despite weeks of negotiations, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) concluded its five-week session without agreement on urgent measures to confront a deepening liquidity crisis that now threatens the United Nations ability to function.
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GA/AB/4508
The General Assembly’s Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) opened its first resumed session today to consider key matters under its purview, including issues related to the Organization’s liquidity crisis, the geographical diversity of staff, air travel, staff contract types, supply chain management, and modernization of technology infrastructure.
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GA/12748
Following complex negotiations in its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the General Assembly today adopted the United Nations programme budget for 2026 — totalling $3.45 billion — as it concluded the main part of its eightieth session.
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GA/AB/4507
Emerging from complex negotiations, delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today approved the United Nations programme budget for 2026, totalling $3.45 billion, as they concluded the main part of their eightieth session. The budget largely reflects the Secretary-General’s proposed 15 per cent reduction in financial resources and a nearly 19 per cent cut in staffing.