Fifth Committee

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

CONCERN EXPRESSED OVER INCREASING EXTRABUDGETARY FUNDING OF UN ACTIVITIES,

AS FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON 2006 - 2007 BUDGET PROPOSAL

(Issued on 27 October 2005.)

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, PRESENTING 2006-2007 BUDGET, SAYS ‘BUSINESS AS USUAL’

NO LONGER AN OPTION FOR UN, IN CURRENT ENVIRONMENT

Budget Committee Receives $3.6 Billion Spending Plan;

Background Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL PRESENT 2006-2007 BUDGET PROPOSAL

TO FIFTH COMMITTEE 25 OCTOBER

Secretary-General Kofi Annan will present his budget proposal for 2006-2007 to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on Tuesday, 25 October.

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REVISED BUDGET FOR UN C ÔTE D’IVOIRE OPERATION

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

UN PAY AND BENEFITS REVIEW, NEW CONTRACT FRAMEWORK AMONG ISSUES,

AS BUDGET COMMITTEE DEBATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

MEMBER STATES TOUT UN REFORM, BUT FAIL TO ADDRESS PERENNIAL PROBLEM

OF DELAYED BUDGET CONTRIBUTIONS, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Also Takes Up Report of International Civil Service Commission

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

REGIONAL COMMISSIONS’ IMPLEMENTATION OF OVERSIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS

TAKEN UP BY BUDGET COMMITTEE

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON SCALE FOR UN BUDGET CONTRIBUTIONS;

CEILING, EASING EXCESSIVE INCREASES IN ASSESSMENTS AMONG ISSUES RAISED

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP SCALE SETTING MEMBER STATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UN BUDGET

Current Scale Set through 2006; Japan Says More Equitable Scale Structure Needed

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN FINANCIAL SITUATION SHOWS ‘ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT’,

BUT CONTINUED FRAGILITY, CONTROLLER TELLS BUDGET COMMITTEE

Debate on Accountability, Oversight Also Continues