Administrative and budgetary issues

28 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3251

REFORM OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ESSENTIAL TO MODERNIZING UNITED NATIONS MOST IMPORTANT ASSET, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19981028 Kofi Annan Says Organization Needs Right People with Right Skills, Committee Also Continues Discussing Scale of Assessments

26 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3250

ANNUAL RECALCULATION OF UNITED NATIONS SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS MIGHT BETTER REFLECT STATES' CAPACITY TO PAY, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981026 Speaking for European Union, Austria's Representative Also Suggests Contributions Committee Consider Semi-Annual Application of Article 19

23 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3249

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON FINANCING MINURSO, UNMOT, UNPREDEP

19981023

The General Assembly would decide to appropriate some $78.2 million for three United Nations peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, according to three draft resolutions approved this morning by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).

21 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3248

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3247

16 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3246

15 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3245

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON GRATIS PERSONNEL

19981015

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon approved a draft resolution reaffirming that 28 February 1999 was the deadline for phasing out staff loaned to the United Nations by Governments and other entities.

14 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3244

PRIORITIES IN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S BUDGET OUTLINE SHOULD CONFORM WITH THOSE IN MEDIUM-TERM PLAN, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981014 Committee Continues Discussing Programme Planning, Considers Bosnia and Herzegovina Request for Exemption From Article 19

12 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3243

7 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3242

REPLACING GRATIS PERSONNEL MUST NOT DIMINISH UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING CAPACITY, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981007 Committee Also Discusses Support Account, Death And Disability Claims, UN Conference on Trade and Development