Background Release

IN SECOND RESUMED SESSION, FIFTH COMMITTEE EXPECTED

TO FOCUS ON PEACEKEEPING FINANCING

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

54^th Meeting (AM)

OPENING SECOND PART OF RESUMED SESSION, FIFTH COMMITTEE HEARS

INTRODUCTION OF REPORTS ON PEACEKEEPING FINANCING

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

53^rd Meeting (AM)

CONCLUDING RESUMED SESSION, FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS RESTORATION

OF INTERNET SERVICES FOR PERMANENT MISSIONS

Approving 12 Texts without Vote, Committee Endorses

Financing Levels for MONUC, Tribunals, but Defers Decision on Separation Age

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

52^nd Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZE ONLY PART

OF RESOURCES NEEDED FOR FOLLOW-UP TO DURBAN RACISM CONFERENCE

Approves Four Draft Texts on Financing

Of Special Political Missions, New Office Space at Addis Ababa

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

51^st Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF UNITED NATIONS FINANCIAL SITUATION

Citing Absence of Other Sources of Interim Financing,

Under-Secretary-General for Management Says Cross-Borrowing Likely to Continue

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

50^th Meeting (AM)

SECRETARIAT PRESENTS FINAL EXPENDITURES OF SOME $2.56 BILLION

FOR 2000-2001 BIENNIUM

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

49^th Meeting (AM)

FINANCIAL SITUATION IN 2001 'OVERALL BETTER', SAYS

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

48^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF FINANCING OF UN MISSION

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Secretariat Responds to Delegates’ Concerns

Over Rules Governing Evaluation, Award of Outsourced Contracts in DRC

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

47^th Meeting (AM)

ACABQ RECOMMENDS $450-MILLION BUDGET FOR UN MISSION IN DRC -–

$87 MILLION LESS THAN FIGURE REQUESTED BY SECRETARIAT

Several Speakers Express Disappointment

At Lack of Data to Justify Secretariat’s Demands

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

46^th Meeting (AM)

PROPOSED EXTENSION OF RETIREMENT AGE FOR STAFF HIRED BEFORE 1990

RAISES QUESTIONS, RESERVATIONS FROM SOME DELEGATIONS

Fifth Committee Adopts 2 Draft Resolutions,

One on Arrears of Former Yugoslavia, Another on Geneva Common Services