Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

56^th Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES $2.17 BILLION FOR 2003/2004 PEACEKEEPING,

AS IT CONCLUDES RESUMED SESSION

CORRECTION

In press release GA/AB/3570, issued 4 June, the statement of the United States on page 3 should read, as follows:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

56^th  Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES $2.17 BILLION FOR 2003/2004 PEACEKEEPING,

AS IT CONCLUDES RESUMED SESSION

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon approved some $2.17 billion gross to finance 11 active peacekeeping missions for 2003/2004, as it concluded its second resumed session.  That amount includes some

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

55^th Meeting (AM)

TEXT ON FINANCING LEBANON INTERIM FORCE INTRODUCED IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

In a brief meeting this morning, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) heard the introduction of a draft resolution that would provide financing for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

54^th Meeting (AM)

IN FIFTH COMMITTEE, DELEGATES ADVOCATE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE RESOURCES

FOR INSTRAW, FILLING OF VACANT DIRECTOR POST

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

53^rd Meeting (AM)

IN FIFTH COMMITTEE, AFRICAN GROUP ADVOCATES ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR UN MISSIONS

IN SIERRA LEONE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

52^nd Meeting (AM)

UN MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO REQUIRES FLEXIBLE BUDGET,

CONTROLLER TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

51^st Meeting (AM)

FULL, TIMELY PAYMENT OF MEMBER STATES’ DUES ESSENTIAL TO UNITED NATIONS’

FINANCIAL HEALTH, DELEGATES STRESS IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

Decline in Number of States Paying in Full,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

50^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF PEACEKEEPING FINANCE ISSUES,

INCLUDING BRINDISI LOGISTICS BASE, CONTINGENT-OWNED EQUIPMENT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

49^th Meeting (AM)

PEACEKEEPING SUPPORT ACCOUNT, ROLE OF OVERSIGHT SERVICES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

48^th Meeting (AM)

BRIEFING FIFTH COMMITTEE ON UN FINANCIAL SITUATION, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

FOR MANAGEMENT SAYS 2002 WAS GOOD YEAR, BUT UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN