Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON SCALE USED FOR UN CONTRIBUTIONS;

MANY SPEAKERS SAY CAPACITY TO PAY NOT ACCURATELY REFLECTED

Several Delegations, However, Object to Immediate

Reopening of Debate on 2000 Agreement on Assessment Scale

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

IMPORTANCE OF TIMELY, FULL PAYMENT OF UN CONTRIBUTIONS, ‘CAPACITY TO PAY’

PRINCIPLE REAFFIRMED, AS FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 10 STATES RETAIN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTING RIGHTS,

AS UNPAID CONTRIBUTIONS DUE TO FACTORS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL

Also Takes Up Reports on Pattern of Conferences

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE REVIEWS PROPOSALS TO INCREASE PROFITABILITY

OF REVENUE-PRODUCING ACTIVITIES BY UNITED NATIONS

Non-Payment of Assessed Dues also Considered; Exemptions

Suggested for 10 Member States Said to Face Financial Hardships

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE REVIEWS WORK OF UN OVERSIGHT BODIES, RECEIVING

REPORTS FROM BOARD OF AUDITORS, JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

Delegates Question Effectiveness of Follow-up Action

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

56^th Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES $2.17 BILLION FOR 2003/2004 PEACEKEEPING,

AS IT CONCLUDES RESUMED SESSION

CORRECTION

In press release GA/AB/3570, issued 4 June, the statement of the United States on page 3 should read, as follows:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

56^th  Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES $2.17 BILLION FOR 2003/2004 PEACEKEEPING,

AS IT CONCLUDES RESUMED SESSION

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon approved some $2.17 billion gross to finance 11 active peacekeeping missions for 2003/2004, as it concluded its second resumed session.  That amount includes some

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

55^th Meeting (AM)

TEXT ON FINANCING LEBANON INTERIM FORCE INTRODUCED IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

In a brief meeting this morning, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) heard the introduction of a draft resolution that would provide financing for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

54^th Meeting (AM)

IN FIFTH COMMITTEE, DELEGATES ADVOCATE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE RESOURCES

FOR INSTRAW, FILLING OF VACANT DIRECTOR POST