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13 June 2016
GA/AB/4201

Concluding Resumed Session, Budget Committee Approves Resolutions on Financing for 15 Peacekeeping Missions in 2016/17, Cross-Cutting Issues

Concluding its second resumed session, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today sent 25 draft resolutions and one decision to the General Assembly, asking the world body to authorize the allocation of $7.86 billion to finance 15 peacekeeping missions for the year beginning 1 July 2016.

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24 May 2016
GA/AB/4200

Speakers Request More Details on Secretariat’s Role, as Fifth Committee Considers Proposed Funding to Support Sustainable Development, Addis Ababa Action Agendas

Delegates called for a more detailed picture of funding needed by the Secretariat to help implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, as the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) considered the Secretary-General’s report on the subject.

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11 May 2016
GA/AB/4199

Delegates Stress Negative Effect of Unpaid Dues on Peacekeeping Operations, Troop Commitments, as Budget Committee Discusses United Nations Financial Situation

With 37 Member States having paid all their assessments so far this year, speakers in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today emphasized the need for all countries to fulfil their financial obligations to the United Nations — and warned of the impact on peacekeeping if they failed to do so.

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9 May 2016
GA/AB/4198

Fifth Committee Considers Budget Performance, Proposals, Support Account of Peacekeeping Operations

The Fifth Committee (Budgetary and Administrative) heard today how the United Nations had sought to manage the costs of its far-flung peacekeeping missions, for which a budget of $8.25 billion has been proposed for 2016/17, down fractionally from the 2015/16 period.

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6 May 2016
GA/AB/4197

Fifth Committee Examines Budget Proposals for Cyprus, Darfur Peacekeeping Operations, Plus Final Funding Outlays of Five Closed Missions

Recent developments on the ground necessitated additional budgetary resources for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) heard today, as it took up resources proposals for a pair of active peacekeeping operations, as well as the final budget performance of several closed missions.

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4 May 2016
GA/AB/4196

United Nations Financial Situation ‘Generally Sound and Positive’, Top Management Officials Tells Budget Committee

The financial health of the United Nations remained “generally sound and positive”, the Organization’s senior management official told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today, adding that some areas still needed to be closely monitored and that Member States must make all efforts to meet their obligations.

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2 May 2016
GA/AB/4195

Delegates Examine 2016/17 Peacekeeping Budget, Concerns over Payment Arrears, Borrowing between Missions, as Fifth Committee Begins Resumed Session

Budget requirements for United Nations peacekeeping operations, which would top $8.3 billion for the 2016/17 fiscal period, would figure prominently in upcoming negotiations, as the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today opened the second part of its resumed seventieth session.

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24 March 2016
GA/AB/4194

Budget Committee Approves Five Texts as It Concludes First Part of Resumed Seventieth Session

Taking action without a vote as it concluded the first part of its resumed seventieth session this afternoon, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) approved five texts relating to Staff Regulations and Rules, special subjects in the 2016-2017 biennium programme budget, the accountability system, the Joint Inspection Unit, and questions deferred for future consideration.

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21 March 2016
GA/AB/4193

Budget Committee Approves Resolution on Project at Criminal Tribunals Mechanism in Arusha, Considers Staff Rules, Cost-Sharing for Resident Coordinator System

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today approved a draft resolution on a new facility for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Arusha branch, by which the General Assembly would request the Secretary-General to ensure that the project was completed within approved resources and the revised timeline.

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18 March 2016
GA/AB/4192

As Fifth Committee Examines Budget for Special Adviser on Burundi, Delegates Seek Clarity over Role of Regional Actors, Secretary-General’s Representatives

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) discussed today the proposed 2016 budget for the Office of the Special Adviser for Burundi, amid delegates’ concerns that aspects of it lacked “clarity and justification” over how to fully involve regional and subregional actors that were integral to achieving peace in the East African country, among other essential areas.

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