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18 March 2014

GA/AB/4100

Fifth Committee Speakers Stress Importance of Health, Safety, Accessibility On United Nations Premises, as They Undertake Strategic Capital Review

Delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today underlined the importance of ensuring that all United Nations premises meet health, safety and accessibility standards, as they began the strategic capital review, an examination of the management of overseas property and construction projects.

14 March 2014

GA/PAL/1288

Palestinian Approach to Ending Occupation Will Change Unless Israel Ends Its ‘Inflammatory, Illegal’ Policies, Permanent Observer Warns

Palestinians would change their approach to ending the occupation of their land if Israel’s inflammatory and illegal policies — such as its recent attempt to impose its sovereignty over Al-Aqsa Mosque, a major Islamic holy site in East Jerusalem — continued unabated, the Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine said today.

11 March 2014

GA/AB/4099

Fifth Committee Delegates Seek More Clarity on Budget Implications of Building Institutional Civilian Capacity in Post-Conflict Situations

While commending the progress made in the past two years to expand the pool of civilian experts providing immediate aid and support for institution-building in post-conflict countries, delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) sought greater clarity today on the budgetary implications of those efforts and on ways to align the work of United Nations field personnel with the national decision-making cycles of the countries concerned.

7 March 2014

GA/11487

General Assembly Re-elects Achim Steiner for Additional Two-Year Term as Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme

The General Assembly re-elected Achim Steiner today as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for a two-year period beginning on 15 June 2014.

6 March 2014

GA/COL/3261

United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization Undertakes Visiting Mission to New Caledonia, 9-18 March

The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization will undertake an Official Visiting Mission to New Caledonia and Paris, France from 9 to 18 March.

6 March 2014

GA/AB/4098

Speakers in Fifth Committee Commend Organization’s Emergency Management, Saying Storm Sandy Underlined Importance of Fully Operational System

Good progress was being made on the creation of an emergency management system to better prepare the United Nations to withstand disruptive crises and natural disasters, Secretariat officials and delegates alike told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today as they scrutinized reports on the subject.

5 March 2014

GA/PAL/1287

Statement by Bureau of Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, on the Situation in Jerusalem

The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued the following statement today:

3 March 2014

GA/AB/4097

Fifth Committee Opens Resumed Session with Discussion of Joint Inspection Unit’s Oversight Role

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) opened the first part of its resumed sixty-eighth session today with a review of its 2014 work programme and organization of work, and of the role of the Joint Inspection Unit in light of its importance in the “United Nations oversight landscape”.

20 February 2014

GA/COL/3259

Special Committee on Decolonization Opens Session, with Deputy Secretary-General Urging Progress on Pending Issues

Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told the Special Committee on Decolonization as it opened its 2014 substantive session that it was becoming loud and clear and that the time was opportune to push forward on pending issues.

18 February 2014

L/3225

Divergent Views Emerge on Whether UN Charter Committee Is Correct Platform for Discussing Sanctions, as Week-long Session Opens

The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization opened its 2014 session today, as delegates debated questions surrounding economic sanctions, as well as wide‑ranging issues of reform.