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Fifth Committee

16 November 2010

GA/AB/3970

Rocked by Turmoil in World Financial Markets, United Nations Staff Pension Fund Bounces Back to Post 30 Per Cent Jump in Assets, Budget Committee Told

Even though it suffered its first actuarial setback in 14 years during the biennium that closed in December 2009, the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund bounced back from the turmoil in global financial markets to post a 32.2 per cent jump in assets to $38.3 billion by March 2010, Secretariat officials told the Fifth Committee today.

10 November 2010

GA/AB/3969

Budget Committee Approves Texts on Board of Auditors Reports, Pattern of Conferences, Begins Debate on New United Nations Administration of Justice System

With the adoption of two draft resolutions today, the Fifth Committee gave its approval to the Board of Auditor’s scrutiny of the Organization’s 2009 financial statements and laid down a blueprint of guidelines meant to improve the staging of conferences.

5 November 2010

GA/AB/3968

Budget Committee Recommends Appointments to Subsidiary Bodies

As it moved to fill upcoming vacancies on five bodies that support its work in overseeing the Organization’s human resources and budget, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today recommended six people, whose names it will send to the General Assembly, to fill slots opening up in January on the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.

4 November 2010

GA/AB/3967

Budget Committee Considers Financing of United Nations Operations in Chad, Central African Republic as Mission Enters ‘Wind Down’ Period

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today considered the financing needs of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), as the Mission prepared to wind down its operations by year’s end and liquefy millions of dollars in assets.

29 October 2010

GA/AB/3966

Budget Committee Continues Debate on Human Resources Management Reform; Continuing Contracts, Geographic Representation of Staff among Issues

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today wrapped up its debate on proposals to overhaul the management of the Organization’s global staff, as several delegates urged management to boost the ranks of employees from developing countries, while others remained unhappy with the Secretary-General’s plan for issuing continuing appointments.

28 October 2010

GA/AB/3965

United Nations ‘Greatest Resource Is Its Workforce’, Says Deputy Secretary-General as Budget Committee Takes Up Human Resources Management Reform Issues

With opening remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, the Fifth Committee today began debating the latest management reform proposals aimed at boosting the Organization’s efficiency by overhauling how tens of thousands of staff around the world are hired, trained and paid.

26 October 2010

GA/AB/3964

Budget Committee Takes Up Annual Report of International Civil Service Commission; Wide Range of Recommendations Aim at Unifying Conditions of Service for Staff

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today heard Secretariat officials unveil a set of recommendations that would move the United Nations a step closer to unifying the conditions of service for thousands of staff members around the world and carry an initial price tag of tens of millions of dollars.

21 October 2010

GA/AB/3963

Budget Committee Takes Up Report on Improving United Nations Financial Situation

Noting the Organization’s “mixed” financial situation, delegates at the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today reminded each other of the need to make timely contributions in full, so the United Nations could carry out its role as a global peacekeeper.

20 October 2010

GA/AB/3962

Budget Committee Approves Text Endorsing Recommendations of Committee on Programme and Coordination on Strategic Framework, Setting Priorities for 2012-2013

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today set in motion the Organization’s strategic plan and budget process for the next biennium with the adoption by consensus of a resolution that backed the priorities laid out by the Committee for Programme and Coordination for 2012-2013.

15 October 2010

GA/AB/3961

Budget Committee Approves Consensus Texts on Contributions Committee, Statistical Report on Financial Situation of United Nations Organizations

After approving two draft texts on financial issues for adoption by the General Assembly, delegates at the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning backed the Board of Auditors’ role as a key watchdog of the Organization, while raising concerns about the procedure the Secretariat had used to create the Office of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict.