Administrative and budgetary issues

3 June 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3080

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES ABOUT $45 MILLION FOR TWO MISSIONS AND CONFERENCE-SERVICING COSTS

19960603 Also Approves Two Drafts on JIU, Implementation of 1996-1997 Programme Budget

3 June 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3081/

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROPRIATION OF $63.6 MILLION FOR CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS, $1.4 BILLION FOR PEACE-KEEPING

19960603 CORRECTION

On page 13 of Press Release GA/AB/3081 issued on 3 June, the third and fourth sentences of the statement by AHMAD AL-HARIRI (Syria) should read:

21 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3079

17 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3078

BUDGET COMMITTEE IS ASKED TO REJECT EFFORTS BY A STATE TO APPLY DOMESTIC LAW TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

19960517 Cuba Says 'Certification' of UN Spending Limit as Prelude to Dues Payment Not Acceptable; Others Warn of Consequences of Reduction in Services

16 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3077

15 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3076

FIFTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD UN HAS ACHIEVED 773 OF 800 VACANCIES NEEDED TO KEEP 1996-1997 BUDGET WITHIN $2.61 BILLION LIMIT

19960515 Under-Secretary-General also Reports Efficiencies Will Be Institutionalized in Next Biennial Budget

10 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3075

9 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3074

BUDGET COMMITTEE SEEKS $931,000 TO MAINTAIN RWANDA COMMISSION; SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKED FOR REPORT

19960509 Action Likely Tomorrow on Financing of Other UN Mission; Official Says Liberia Operation Affected by Country's Deteriorating Situation

7 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3073

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS SPENDING OF $1.1 MILLION TO MAINTAIN UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE IN EL SALVADOR UNTIL END OF YEAR

19960507 International Tribunals Also Discussed; Rwanda Asks If World Community Has Forgotten Magnitude of Crimes against Humanity

6 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3072

COUNTRIES NOT PAYING DUES SHOULD NOT BE AWARDED UNITED NATIONS CONTRACTS, FIFTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19960506 Ghana Calls for 'Drastic' Action against Defaulters; 'Waste and Overlap' Also Cited as Cause of Current Financial Crisis