Fifth Committee

24 November 1998

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GA/AB/3272

SECRETARIAT SHOULD ASSESS REASONS FOR HIGH VACANCY RATES AT INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS, ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY COMMITTEE TOLD

19981124 Committee Continues Discussing Tribunals' Financing, Also Discusses United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

23 November 1998

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GA/AB/3270

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD RESUME CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED REVOLVING CREDIT FUND AT FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION, BY TEXT APPROVED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

19981123 Committee Also Acts on Programme Budget Implications of MINUGUA, Discusses Results-Based Budgeting

23 November 1998

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GA/AB/3271

HEALTH OF DETAINEES IN RWANDA TRIBUNAL DETENTION AREAS IS OF SERIOUS CONCERN, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT DISCUSSES FINANCING OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS

19981123 Representative of Uganda Also Concerned By Practice of Sharing One Prosecutor between Both Tribunals

20 November 1998

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GA/AB/3269

INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF FUNCTIONING OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS CALLED FOR IN FIFTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

19981120 Committee Begins Consideration of International Tribunals' Financing, Concludes Discussion of Board of Auditor's Reports

20 November 1998

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GA/AB/3268

IN CURRENT BUDGET PROCESS, LINK BETWEEN RESULTS AND RESOURCES WEAK, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT TAKES UP RESULTS-BASED BUDGETING

19981120 Committee Also Discusses Proposed Revolving Credit Fund, Coherence of Oversight and Board of Auditors Reports

19 November 1998

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GA/AB/3267

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOULD REVIEW STRUCTURE OF UNITED NATIONS PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES ON ONGOING BASIS, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981119

The Secretary-General should review the structure of United Nations publishing activities on an ongoing basis, the representative of Austria, speaking for the European Union, told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning, as it continued discussing the United Nations pattern of conferences.

18 November 1998

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GA/AB/3266

CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE WOULD BE REQUESTED TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION TO CONSIDER REQUESTS FOR EXEMPTION TO ARTICLE 19, BY FIFTH COMMITTEE TEXT

19981118 Committee Also Approves Text on Financing UNOMSIL, Discusses Human Resources Management, Board of Auditors Reports

16 November 1998

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GA/AB/3264

INTERNAL OVERSIGHT OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED ONLY WHEN GENERAL ASSEMBLY SO DECIDES, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981116 Administrative and Budgetary Committee Concludes Consideration of Oversight Office, Takes Up Board of Auditors Reports

16 November 1998

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GA/AB/3265

INCREASED MOVEMENT FROM SHORT-TERM TO PERMANENT CONTRACTS CALLED FOR IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

19981116 Committee Continues Discussing Human Resources Management, Considers Aspects of 1998-1999 Programme Budget

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3263