The increase in the activities over the past year of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) was testimony to the fact that the groundwork of almost six years had borne fruit, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told as it took up its agenda item on the activities of that Office.
The range and depth of need in East Timor was extensive, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning, and the international community was responding to those needs with energy - through development and humanitarian assistance and contributions of personnel.
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon made recommendations to the General Assembly on the proposed regulations governing the status of non-staff officials of the United Nations.
The investments of the United Nations Joint Pension Fund had met their objective of obtaining an optimal investment return while avoiding undue risk, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning, as it began its consideration of the United Nations common and pension systems.
As the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) began its consideration of results-based budgeting this morning, United Nations Controller Jean-Pierre Halbwachs stressed that the new approach would enhance evaluation of performance, improve monitoring and provide better information on the work of the Organization.
Never before had such concrete mechanisms of accountability been developed and implemented at the United Nations, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management, Rafiah Salim, told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning, as it continued its general debate on human resources management.
As the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) continued its general debate on human resources management, several speakers stressed that accountability mechanisms were of central importance to the successful implementation of the Secretary-Generals reform proposals.
