23 December 2000

Acting on the reports of the Fifth Committee, which deals with Administrative and Budgetary Questions, the General Assembly today adopted a new scale of assessments for the regular budget of the United Nations for 2001-2003. Following extended consultations of the Fifth Committee, the Assembly met to conclude its work for the main part of the Millennium session. Action on all drafts was taken without a vote.

The President gave an overview of the General Assembly's work prior to its suspension saying that the Millennium Declaration had established the character of the main session and also its main challenge. He called the Declaration one of the most important documents of recent time and added that succeeding in achieving its targets would have an enormous global impact. The full text of his remarks is available on "Statements and Messages" page.

Summary of the work of the Main Committees is also available on the "Statements and Messages" page.