Administrative and budgetary issues

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GA/AB/3322

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR 2000-2001 BIENNIUM

Secretary-General Introduces $2.535 Billion Budget Proposal

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GA/AB/3321

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF REPORTS OF BOARD OF AUDITORS

A way to address the long-standing issue of the term of office of the United Nations Board of Auditors must be found, Amjad Sial (Pakistan) told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon, as it concluded its discussion of the reports of that Board.

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GA/AB/3320

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT RELATED TO FINANCING OF IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVATION MISSION

Committee Discusses Board of Auditors Reports; Concludes Discussion on Oversight Office Reports

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GA/AB/3319

OFFICE OF UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES WELL-MANAGED, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Takes Up Board of Auditors and Oversight Office Reports

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was well-managed,and media allegations to the contrary were unproven. The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning.

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GA/AB/3318

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON MODALITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT AND FINANCING UNAMET

Two draft resolutions, on the operation of the Development Account and on the financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET), were approved this morning, by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).

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GA/AB/3317

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD RECOGNIZE IMPROVEMENTS IN UN PROCUREMENT MADE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCORDING TO TEXT APPROVED BY FIFTH COMMITTEE

Committee Concludes Discussion of Scale of Assessments, Pattern Of Conferences and JIU; Fails To Approve Text on Development Account

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GA/AB/3316

UNITED NATIONS CLEARLY DAMAGED BY INCREASINGLY ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE ON SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Also Takes Up Pattern of Conferences

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GA/AB/3315

LARGE CONSENSUS EXISTS ON ABSOLUTE NECESSITY FOR IMPROVED OVERSIGHT FOR UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Takes Up Reports of Joint Inspection Unit

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GA/AB/3314

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS

Delegations Stress Transparency, Importance of Capacity-to-Pay, Need for Scale To Be Re-evaluated

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GA/AB/3313

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON JOINT INSPECTION UNIT, UNAVEM III, CONTINGENT-OWNED EQUIPMENT AND BOARD OF AUDITORS RECOMMENDATIONS

Fails To Reach Consensus on Development Account Draft