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Fifth Committee

29 October 2010

GA/AB/3966

Budget Committee Continues Debate on Human Resources Management Reform; Continuing Contracts, Geographic Representation of Staff among Issues

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today wrapped up its debate on proposals to overhaul the management of the Organization’s global staff, as several delegates urged management to boost the ranks of employees from developing countries, while others remained unhappy with the Secretary-General’s plan for issuing continuing appointments.

28 October 2010

GA/AB/3965

United Nations ‘Greatest Resource Is Its Workforce’, Says Deputy Secretary-General as Budget Committee Takes Up Human Resources Management Reform Issues

With opening remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, the Fifth Committee today began debating the latest management reform proposals aimed at boosting the Organization’s efficiency by overhauling how tens of thousands of staff around the world are hired, trained and paid.

26 October 2010

GA/AB/3964

Budget Committee Takes Up Annual Report of International Civil Service Commission; Wide Range of Recommendations Aim at Unifying Conditions of Service for Staff

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today heard Secretariat officials unveil a set of recommendations that would move the United Nations a step closer to unifying the conditions of service for thousands of staff members around the world and carry an initial price tag of tens of millions of dollars.

21 October 2010

GA/AB/3963

Budget Committee Takes Up Report on Improving United Nations Financial Situation

Noting the Organization’s “mixed” financial situation, delegates at the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today reminded each other of the need to make timely contributions in full, so the United Nations could carry out its role as a global peacekeeper.

20 October 2010

GA/AB/3962

Budget Committee Approves Text Endorsing Recommendations of Committee on Programme and Coordination on Strategic Framework, Setting Priorities for 2012-2013

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today set in motion the Organization’s strategic plan and budget process for the next biennium with the adoption by consensus of a resolution that backed the priorities laid out by the Committee for Programme and Coordination for 2012-2013.

15 October 2010

GA/AB/3961

Budget Committee Approves Consensus Texts on Contributions Committee, Statistical Report on Financial Situation of United Nations Organizations

After approving two draft texts on financial issues for adoption by the General Assembly, delegates at the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning backed the Board of Auditors’ role as a key watchdog of the Organization, while raising concerns about the procedure the Secretariat had used to create the Office of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict.

12 October 2010

GA/AB/3960

Under-Secretary-General for Management Briefs Budget Committee, Describes ‘Mixed’ United Nations Financial Situation

The United Nations top management official told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today that the Organization was facing a “mixed” set of financial indicators for 2010, as an expected year-end positive cash position hinged on whether Member States paid their outstanding assessed contributions for the fourth quarter.

8 October 2010

GA/AB/3959

Budget Committee Takes Up Annual Reports by Office of Internal Oversight Services, Independent Audit Advisory Committee

As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen the accountability and transparency of United Nations activities, delegates to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today expressed strong support for the work of the two crucial oversight bodies — the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), and the Independent Audit Advisory Committee — as it took up their wide-ranging annual reports.

7 October 2010

GA/AB/3958

Budget Committee Takes Up Agenda Items on Programme Planning, Pattern of Conferences, Including Proposed Strategic Framework for Biennium 2012-2013

As it took a look ahead at the Organization’s objectives for the years 2012 and 2013, the Fifth Committee today praised the strategic plan shaped by Secretariat officials, while affirming the General Assembly’s key role in setting the priorities.

6 October 2010

GA/AB/3957

Budget Committee Approves Text Allowing Six Countries to Continue Voting During Current General Assembly Session, Despite Budget Arrears

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today adopted by consensus a resolution that lets six Member States — the Central African Republic, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, and Somalia — keep voting during this year’s sixty-fifth General Assembly session, even though they have fallen behind in their annual payments to the Organization’s budget.