Welcome to Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

About the ACABQ

The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly, consists of 21 members appointed by the Assembly in their individual capacities. The Members are elected by the General Assembly for a period of three years, on the basis of a broad geographical representation. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee are elected by the Members of the Advisory Committee.

Today the Advisory Committee started its winter session. The Committee will consider a wide variety of items including reports on human resources management, accountability and peacekeeping. This session will end on 26 April 2024. 

Today, Chairman Abdallah Bachar Bong introduced to the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly the Advisory Committee’s report on financial reports, audited financial statements and reports of the Board of Auditors for the period ended 31 December 2022, as well as the Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board for the same period  (A/78/578).

 

Reports

 

Symbol Report Title Date
A/78/7/Add.45

Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

Programme budget implications of draft resolution A/78/L.41

A/78/7/Add.44

Part II   Political affairs: Section 3 Political affairs: Revised estimates relating to the programme budget for 2024 under section 3, Political affairs, and section 36, Staff assessment: Special political missions Thematic Cluster III: regional offices in support of political process and other missions:  United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS)

A/78/743

Thirteenth progress report on accountability: strengthening accountability in the United Nations Secretariat

A/78/7/Add.43

Revised estimates relating to the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic

A/78/762

Seconded active-duty military and police personnel