Administrative and budgetary issues

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GA/AB/3362

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ASSEMBLY APPROVE CLOSE TO $6.2 MILLION FOR POLITICAL MISSIONS IN GUINEA-BISSAU AND CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning recommended the Assembly approve requirements of close to $6.2 million for political missions in Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic against the provision for special political missions in the programme budget for 2000-2001.

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GA/AB/3361

CLOSE ATTENTION BEING PAID TO ASBESTOS SITUATION AT HEADQUARTERS, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Assistant Secretary-General for Central Support Services Says Safety Not Compromised by Presence of Asbestos

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GA/AB/3360

UNITED NATIONS HAS TAKEN ‘STEP BACK FROM FINANCIAL BRINK’ IN 1999, UNDER- SECRETARY-GENERAL CONNOR TELLS ASSEMBLY’S BUDGETARY COMMITTEE

Current Year Projection Is More Cash, Better Assessments Collection, Lower Level Of Debt -– ‘A UN Better Prepared to Meet Responsibilities Member States Gave It’

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GA/AB/3359

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORTS ON ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, DISCUSSES PROPOSED DEFINITION FOR ‘EXIGENCY’ IN PROCURMENT

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) took up a number of reports on administrative matters this morning, as it continued its first resumed session.

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GA/AB/3358

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORTS ON OUTSOURCING

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) met this morning to consider reports on ways the United Nations Secretariat could use outsourcing as a means of performing certain of its functions.

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GA/AB/3357

FIFTH COMMITTEE OPENS FIRST PART OF RESUMED FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) opened the first part of its resumed fifty-fourth session this morning by adopting its programme of work as orally amended, and hearing calls for the timely submission of reports.

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GA/AB/3356

UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR 2000-2001 WOULD BE SOME $2.536 BILLION BY BUDGET COMMITTEE TEXT

Fifth Committee, Concluding Work for Main Part of Fifty-fourth Session, Approves Seven Draft Resolutions and Five Draft Decisions

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GA/AB/3355

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON UNITED NATIONS MISSIONS IN SIERRA LEONE, UNTAET, SUPPORT ACCOUNT, RATE OF ASSESSMENT FOR KIRIBATI, NAURU AND TONGA

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GA/AB/3354

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON BUDGETS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA TRIBUNALS

Committee Also Approves Drafts on United Nations Common System and Human Resources Management

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GA/AB/3353

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON FINANCING UN INTERMIN ADMINISTRATION MISSION IN KOSOVO AND OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

Also Takes Decisions on Level Of Peacekeeping Assessments of Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga