Fifth Committee

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GA/AB/3364

SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS, PEACEKEEPING FINANCE AMONG ITEMS ADDRESSED, AS FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FIRST PART OF RESUMED SESSION

Committee Will Meet Again 8 May to 2 June

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GA/AB/3363

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS FINANCING OF PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND EAST TIMOR

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GA/AB/3362

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ASSEMBLY APPROVE CLOSE TO $6.2 MILLION FOR POLITICAL MISSIONS IN GUINEA-BISSAU AND CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning recommended the Assembly approve requirements of close to $6.2 million for political missions in Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic against the provision for special political missions in the programme budget for 2000-2001.

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GA/AB/3361

CLOSE ATTENTION BEING PAID TO ASBESTOS SITUATION AT HEADQUARTERS, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Assistant Secretary-General for Central Support Services Says Safety Not Compromised by Presence of Asbestos

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GA/AB/3360

UNITED NATIONS HAS TAKEN ‘STEP BACK FROM FINANCIAL BRINK’ IN 1999, UNDER- SECRETARY-GENERAL CONNOR TELLS ASSEMBLY’S BUDGETARY COMMITTEE

Current Year Projection Is More Cash, Better Assessments Collection, Lower Level Of Debt -– ‘A UN Better Prepared to Meet Responsibilities Member States Gave It’

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GA/AB/3359

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORTS ON ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, DISCUSSES PROPOSED DEFINITION FOR ‘EXIGENCY’ IN PROCURMENT

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) took up a number of reports on administrative matters this morning, as it continued its first resumed session.

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GA/AB/3358

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORTS ON OUTSOURCING

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.

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GA/AB/3357

FIFTH COMMITTEE OPENS FIRST PART OF RESUMED FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION

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.

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GA/AB/3356

UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR 2000-2001 WOULD BE SOME $2.536 BILLION BY BUDGET COMMITTEE TEXT

Fifth Committee, Concluding Work for Main Part of Fifty-fourth Session, Approves Seven Draft Resolutions and Five Draft Decisions

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GA/AB/3355

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON UNITED NATIONS MISSIONS IN SIERRA LEONE, UNTAET, SUPPORT ACCOUNT, RATE OF ASSESSMENT FOR KIRIBATI, NAURU AND TONGA