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Fifty-second session
FIFTH COMMITTEE

I have the honour to transmit to you herewith the decisions taken by the General Assembly at the 4th plenary meeting of its fifty-second session pertaining to the allocation of items to the Fifth Committee.

I wish to draw your attention to the recommendations on the organization of the session contained in section II of the report of the General Committee (A/52/250). Those recommendations were approved by the General Assembly, also at its 4th plenary meeting.

May I also draw your attention to paragraph 40 and the relevant part of paragraph 49 of the report (A/52/250) concerning the agenda of the Main Committees.

I earnestly request your cooperation in these matters.

1. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors (item 113):

(a) United Nations peacekeeping operations;

(b) United Nations Institute for Training and Research;

(c) Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

2. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations (item 114).

3. Programme budget for the biennium 1996-1997 (item 115).

4. Proposed programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999 (item 116).

5. Improving the financial situation of the United Nations (item 117).

6. Joint Inspection Unit (item 118).

[The General Assembly decided that the item should be allocated to the Fifth Committee, on the understanding that the reports of the Joint Inspection Unit dealing with subject matters assigned to other Main Committees would be referred also to those Committees.]

7. Pattern of conferences (item 119).

8. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations (item 120).

9. United Nations common system (item 121).

10. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East (item 122):

(a) United Nations Disengagement Observer Force;

(b) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

11. Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (item 123).

12. Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 687 (1991) (item 124):

(a) United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission;

(b) Other activities.

13. Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (item 125).

14. Financing and liquidation of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (item 126).

15. Financing of the United Nations Protection Force, the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia, the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force and the United Nations Peace Forces headquarters (item 127).

16. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Somalia II (item 128).

17. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Mozambique (item 129).

18. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (item 130).

19. Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (item 131).

20. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Haiti (item 132).

21. Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (item 133).

22. Financing of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (item 134).

23. Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (item 135).

24. Financing of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (item 136).

25. Financing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 (item 137).

26. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (item 138).

27. Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (item 139).

28. Financing of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (item 140).

29. Financing of the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (item 141).

30. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations (item 142):

(a) Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations;

(b) Relocation of Ukraine to the group of Member States set out in paragraph 3 (c) of General Assembly resolution 43/232.

31. Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (item 143).

32. Human resources management (item 153).

33. Financing of the Military Observer Group of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (item 154).

34. Report of the Economic and Social Council [chapters I, V (section B) and VII] (item 12).

[The General Assembly decided that chapters I, V (section B) and VII of the report would be referred also to plenary meetings and to the Second and Third Committees.]

35. Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments (item 17):

(a) Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

(b) Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions;

(c) Appointment of a member of the Board of Auditors;

(d) Confirmation of the appointment of members of the Investments Committee;

(e) Appointment of members of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal;

(f) Appointment of members of the International Civil Service Commission;

(g) Appointment of members and alternate members of the United Nations Staff Pension Committee.