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GA/AB/3045

REPORTS ON OVERSIGHT OFFICE INTRODUCED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

21 November 1995


Press Release
GA/AB/3045


REPORTS ON OVERSIGHT OFFICE INTRODUCED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

19951121

The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) has two distinct roles to play -- to promote better management and to deter corruption, waste, fraud and mismanagement throughout the United Nations system -- the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning as it considered the reports on activities of that Office.

GA/AB/3040

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS DRAFT RESOLUTION ON DOCUMENTATION

8 November 1995


Press Release
GA/AB/3040


FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS DRAFT RESOLUTION ON DOCUMENTATION

19951108

The General Assembly would decide to restrict the length of documents produced by the Secretariat for its discussion or for its subsidiary bodies to 16 pages, under a draft resolution on reduction of paperwork introduced by the United States in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon.

GA/AB/3039

FIFTH COMMITTEE COMPLETES FIRST READING OF 1996-1997 BUDGET SECTIONS

7 November 1995


Press Release
GA/AB/3039


FIFTH COMMITTEE COMPLETES FIRST READING OF 1996-1997 BUDGET SECTIONS

19951107 Concludes Initial Reading of Final Sections on Construction, Technological Innovations, Staff Assessment, and Seabed Authority

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon concluded the first reading of the proposed United Nations budget for 1996- 1997 and would begin informal consultations on it next week.