Assistant Secretary-General for Central Support Services Says Safety Not Compromised by Presence of Asbestos
The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples this afternoon approved the draft guidelines and rules of procedure for this years Pacific Regional Seminar (contained in provisional document A/AC.109/2000/1).
Current Year Projection Is More Cash, Better Assessments Collection, Lower Level Of Debt - A UN Better Prepared to Meet Responsibilities Member States Gave It
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) took up a number of reports on administrative matters this morning, as it continued its first resumed session.
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) met this morning to consider reports on ways the United Nations Secretariat could use outsourcing as a means of performing certain of its functions.
Presidents of Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Sessions to Preside over Event
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) opened the first part of its resumed fifty-fourth session this morning by adopting its programme of work as orally amended, and hearing calls for the timely submission of reports.
The General Assembly this morning urged the international community, the United Nations system, international financial institutions and non-governmental organization to respond urgently and provide assistance to Mozambique's relief and rehabilitation efforts, following the recent devastating floods in that country.
