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GA/AB/3375

FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF PEACEKEEPING EQUIPMENT LOSSES, OVERSIGHT REPORTS ON ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, RWANDA

Loss of equipment from peacekeeping missions through theft had decreased every year since 1995, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning, as it began consideration of the Secretary-General’s report on losses of equipment in missions from January 1996 to December 1997.

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GA/9709

LEARN TO 'GOVERN BETTER TOGETHER', SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTICIPANTS AT MILLENNIUM FORUM

Speakers at Forum, Scheduled for 22-26 May, Stress Need for NGOs to Help Redress Balance between Winners, Losers

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GA/AB/3374

FIFTH COMMITTEE INFORMED SUFFICIENT FINANCING RECEIVED FOR UN CIVILIAN SUPPORT MISSION IN HAITI

Committee Also Considers Increased Use of Nairobi Office, Approves Decision on Guidelines for Internal Control Standards

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GA/AB/3373

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION ON ASPECTS OF PEACEKEEPING FINANCE, INCLUDING REVISION OF SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS, GRATIS PERSONNEL

Some Speakers Ask for Consideration of Revision During Current Session, Others Question Timing, Procedures

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GA/AB/3372

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON PEACEKEEPING SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS, AS FOUR STATES ANNOUNCE VOLUNTARY INCREASE IN SHARE OF COSTS

Four Member States -- Estonia, Hungary, Israel and the Philippines -- announced they would voluntarily increase their financial responsibility for peacekeeping missions, at a meeting of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning. A fifth, Cyprus, made a similar announcement yesterday.

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GA/AB/3371

UNITED STATES CALLS FOR REVISION IN PEACEKEEPING SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS, AS FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP PEACEKEEPING BUDGETS, ADMINISTRATION

Other Speakers Stress UN Financial Problems Not Linked to Peacekeeping Scale

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GA/AB/3370

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP BOARD OF AUDITORS REPORT ON UN PEACEKEEPING 1998-1999

The United Nations peacekeeping bill was $837.8 million for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, down from $879.3 million for the previous 12 months, the United Nations Board of Auditors told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), as the Committee began its consideration of the Auditors’ report on peacekeeping operations.

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GA/9708

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AGENDA ITEM ON HIV/AIDS

The inclusion of a General Assembly agenda item on HIV/AIDS was recommended this afternoon by the Assembly’s General Committee.

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GA/COL/3027
PI/1249

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE TO HOLD PACIFIC REGIONAL SEMINAR IN MARSHALL ISLANDS, 16 - 18 MAY

NEW YORK, 11 May -- The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Special Committee of 24, will hold a Pacific regional seminar in Majuro, Marshall Islands, from 16 to 18 May 2000.

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GA/AB/3369

FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SIERRA LEONE PEACEKEEPING FINANCE, APPROVES TEXT CALLING FOR $4.56 MILLION FOR ANGOLA OFFICE