GA/AB/3187
7 November 1997
Utilization of meeting resources, development of technological capabilities and improved translations services were among the topics discussed this morning, as the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) continued its discussion of the Organization's pattern of conferences.
Reduction of the ceiling rate of the scale of assessments from 25 to 20 per cent held no guarantee that the United States would honour its financial obligations to the United Nations, the representative of Singapore said this morning, as the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) concluded its debate on the scale used to share the Organization's expenses.