Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, SECRETARIAT POST STRUCTURE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

PROPOSED BUDGET FOR UN SHOULD REFLECT PRIORITIES SET OUT IN MID-TERM PLAN,

MILLENNIUM GOALS, MAJOR CONFERENCES, FIFTH COMMITTEE DELEGATES STRESS

Concerns Raised about Funding for Development Needs, Extrabudgetary Financing

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES UNDERLINE REDEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES, RESULTS-BASED BUDGETING

AS FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON 2004-S005 BUDGET PROPOSAL

Support for African Development, Creation of Special Adviser’s Office Welcomed

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

PRESENTING BUDGET PROPOSAL TO FIFTH COMMITTEE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IT

REPRESENTS BARE MINIMUM OF REQUIRED RESOURCES FOR REQUIRED TASKS

Document Reflects Minimal Real Growth over Previous Biennium;

SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL PRESENT BUDGET FOR 2004-2005

TO FIFTH COMMITTEE TUESDAY, 28 OCTOBER

Secretary-General Kofi Annan will present his budget proposal for 2004-2005 to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on Tuesday, 28 October.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TOLD OF MOVES TO WIDEN MARKETING OF UNITED NATIONS PRODUCTS,

BOTH FOR ADVOCACY AND TO GENERATE INCOME

Series of Texts Approved on Auditing, Oversight, Related Issues

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE DELEGATES VOICE SUPPORT FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES,

CITING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY RECOVERED

Audits, Inspections, Investigations Address Management

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

FINANCIAL STABILITY OF UN ‘UNDER PRESSURE’, SAYS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

FOR MANAGEMENT, IN BIANNUAL STATEMENT TO BUDGET COMMITTEE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON SCALE USED FOR UN CONTRIBUTIONS;

MANY SPEAKERS SAY CAPACITY TO PAY NOT ACCURATELY REFLECTED

Several Delegations, However, Object to Immediate

Reopening of Debate on 2000 Agreement on Assessment Scale

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

IMPORTANCE OF TIMELY, FULL PAYMENT OF UN CONTRIBUTIONS, ‘CAPACITY TO PAY’

PRINCIPLE REAFFIRMED, AS FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS