Fifth Committee

31 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3102

FIFTH COMMITTEE WARNED ABOUT TACTICS TO DESTROY INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE FROM WITHIN

19961031

The General Assembly would raise from the previous limit of $12,000 payments that could be made to United Nations system pension-drawing retirees to $22,000 per calendar year, should it adopt a draft decision approved this morning without a vote by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) as it considered human resources management.

29 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3101

25 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3100

'CORPORATE' UN MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FAR REMOVED FROM CHARTER, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19961025 United Nations Not a Company, says Costa Rica; Committee Also Discusses Funding Operation in former Yugoslavia, Budget Cuts

24 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3099

WOMEN FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 'VIRTUALLY ABSENT' AT SECRETARIAT'S TOP LEVELS, BURKINA FASO TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19961024 Committee Also Discusses Budget Reduction, Pattern of Conferences; Speakers Say Zeal for Reform Should Not Keep UN from Priority Objectives

23 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3098

DISCUSSION OF MEDIUM-TERM PLAN IS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SECRETARY-GENERAL WITH STRATEGIC DIRECTION TO GUIDE UN INTO NEW MILLENNIUM

19961023 Fifth Committee Told as Debate on Programme Planning Begins; UNAMIR'S Financing and Proposals for Budget Cuts also Considered

22 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3097

21 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3096

18 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3095

IMPACT ON UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMMES MUST BE DETERMINED BEFORE PERSONNEL INVOLUNTARILY TERMINATED, COSTA RICA TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19961018 Says Development Priorities of UN Curtailed by Budget Practices; Committee Also Discusses Scale of Assessments, Human Resources Management

16 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3094

SANCTIONS, EXTERNAL DEBT MUST BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING STATES' DUES, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19961016 Debates on Assessments, Pattern of Conferences and Budget Cuts Continue

15 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3093

SOME STAFF MEMBERS WHO FACED POSSIBLE INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION REDEPLOYED, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMAN RESOURCES

19961015 Says Action Followed Committee's Recommendation; ACABQ States Such Separations Should Not be Used Solely to Reduce Budget