Press Release
GA/AB/3314
FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS
19991018Delegations Stress Transparency, Importance of Capacity-to-Pay, Need for Scale To Be Re-evaluated
Delegations Stress Transparency, Importance of Capacity-to-Pay, Need for Scale To Be Re-evaluated
Fails To Reach Consensus on Development Account Draft
Questions relating to the apportionment of expenses and to the scale of assessments would be best addressed after the present financial crisis had passed, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this afternoon as it continued its discussion on improving the Organizations financial situation.
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon elected Ahmed H. Darwish (Egypt), Amjad B. Sial (Pakistan) and Judith Maria Cardoze (Panama) as its Vice Chairmen, and Jan Jaremczuk (Poland) as its Rapporteur. The Committee Chairman, Penny A. Wensley (Australia), was elected on 14 September.
Committee Also Decides to Apportion $125 Million among Member States