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Allocation of agenda items to the Fifth Committee
UNITED NATIONS
Distr. GENERAL
A/C.5/53/1
16 September 1998
 
Original: Spanish

Fifty-third session

Fifth Committee
 
 

Allocation of agenda items to the Fifth Committee
 
 

Letter dated 15 September 1998 from the President of the General Assembly to the Chairman of the Fifth Committee
 

I have the honour to transmit to you herewith the decisions taken by the fifty-third session of the General Assembly at its 3rd plenary meeting, 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/53/250). Those recommendations were approved by the General Assembly, also at its 3rd plenary meeting.

May I also draw your attention to paragraph 45 of section IV and to the relevant part of paragraph 59 of section V of the report concerning the agenda of the Main Committees.

I earnestly request your cooperation in these matters.
 

(Signed) Didier Opertti
 

Annex
 

Allocation of items to the Fifth Committee
 

1. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors
    (item 111):

    (a) United Nations;
 
    (b) United Nations Development Programme;

    (c) United Nations Children's Fund;

    (d) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East;

    (e) United Nations Institute for Training and Research;

    (f) Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;

    (g) Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme;

    (h) United Nations Population Fund;

    (i) United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation;

    (j) Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme;

    (k) United Nations Office for Project Services.

2. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations
    (item 112).

3. Programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999 (item 113).

4. Programme planning (item 114).

5. Improving the financial situation of the United Nations (item 115).

6. Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies
    and the International Atomic Energy Agency (item 116).

7. Pattern of conferences (item 117).

8. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations (item 118).

9. Human resources management (item 119).

10. United Nations common system (item 120).

11. United Nations pension system (item 121).

12. 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.

13. Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer
      Mission in Angola (item 123).

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

    (a) United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission;

    (b) Other activities.

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

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

17. 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. 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).

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

27. 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).

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

29. Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja
      and Western Sirmium and the Civilian Police Support Group (item 139).

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

31. Financing of the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti, the United Nations Transition
      Mission in Haiti and the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (item 141).
 
32. Financing of the Military Observer Group of the United Nations Verification Mission in
      Guatemala (item 142).

33. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping
      operations (item 143):

    (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.

34. Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services
      (item 144).

35. Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 48/218 B (item 145).

36. Financing of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (item 161).

37. Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (item 163).

38. Joint Inspection Unit (item 165).

    [The General Assembly decided that the item would 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 also be referred to those Committees.]

39. Report of the Economic and Social Council [chapters I, VIII (sections B and C) and X]
      (item 12).

    [The General Assembly decided that the chapters of the report listed below would be referred
      also to plenary meetings and the Second and Third Committees, as follows:

        (a) Chapters I, VIII (section C) and X Plenary meetings,  Second and Third Committees

        (b) Chapter VIII (section B) Plenary meetings and  Second Committee]

40. 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) International Civil Service Commission:

        (i) Appointment of members of the Commission;

        (ii) Designation of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Commission.