Fifth Committee administrative and budgetary

The Advisory Committee was provided with a copy of the budget adopted by the Management Committee.

c. Meetings of the High Level Committee on Management (2 sessions per year)

The budget was before it for information only and the Committee did not engage in a detailed examination of it, since it is considered by the Management Committee.

The Committee welcomes the constructive dialogue with the delegation of the State party, which included representatives of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR).

Formal and informal contacts between the Special Committee and the administering Powers must be continued.

The Committee has not held that administrative proceedings fall within the full compass of article 14.

UNFPA is participating in the discussions of the High level Committee on Management in this area and will fully implement the recommendations made by that Committee.

The UNFPA Management Committee has discussed the information and communications technology strategy, which will be submitted to the UNFPA Executive Committee for approval.

The Commission s report led to the redrawing of India s administrative and federal map in 1956.

The Committee recommends that MSAR make concerted efforts to combat the phenomenon of trafficking in persons.

The Committee requests HKSAR to report back to the Committee in its next periodic report on the result of the study by the Commission on Women on domestic violence.

1. Reaffirms that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the General Assembly entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters

The Committee regrets that HKSAR has not implemented a number of the recommendations contained in its concluding observations of 2001.

Management services, administration of justice and services to the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly and to the Committee for Programme and Coordination

(i) Responses on behalf of the Commission on cases of specific issues before the Administrative Tribunals (12)

To that end, the Special Committee should continue to seek the formal and timely cooperation of the administering Powers.

The Committee calls upon MSAR to intensify its efforts to combat domestic violence.

The Committee affirms that children have the right to be heard in court proceedings and administrative procedures.

2. Reaffirms that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the General Assembly entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters

3. Reaffirms that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the General Assembly entrusted with responsibility for administrative and budgetary matters

Reaffirming that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the General Assembly entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters,

UNFPA also participates in discussions in this area of the High Level Committee on Management and will implement fully its recommendations.

The High Level Committee on Management has approved a project for the development of such accounting standards within the United Nations system.

He therefore strongly encouraged the other administering Powers to return to formal cooperation with the Special Committee.

Administrative and financial implications of the decisions and recommendations contained in the report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2005

The new policy will be submitted for approval to the UNFPA Management Committee by December 2005.

1. Requests the Commission, in reviewing and modernizing the system of grants and allowances, to attach priority to enhancing transparency and administrative simplicity

The Committee also calls upon HKSAR to introduce education on sexual and reproductive health in the school curriculum.

The Committee drew attention to the fact that the Mission has not been able to develop a clear vision for its managerial structure or processes.

Comment by the Administration. The ICT strategy has been discussed by the UNFPA Management Committee and will be submitted to its Executive Committee for approval.

Comment by the Administration. UNOPS participates in the meetings of the High level Committee on Management and of a working group established to assess this matter.

He hoped that those initiatives would lead the administering Powers to participate more actively in the work of the Special Committee.

They are considered final with the issuance of a consolidated corrigendum (E CN.4 2005 SR.1 63 Corrigendum).

1. Reaffirms that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the General Assembly entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters

68. Invites the Sixth Committee to consider the legal aspects of the reports to be submitted by the Secretary General, without prejudice to the role of the Fifth Committee as the Main Committee entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters

It aims to help the General Assembly better exercise governance responsibilities with respect to the various operations of the United Nations.

To make its work more effective, the Committee needed an official and respectful relationship with the administering Powers.

The Committee is concerned that the social security system in HKSAR does not include unemployment benefits.

The Committee urges MSAR to consider enacting legislation to criminalize sexual harassment in the workplace.

In March, the Committee received an update on management reforms and discussed the proposal to create a post of Assistant High Commissioner (Protection).

At the same time the Management Committee was informed that the proposal represents the final significant request to the United Nations or donors for funding.

1. Concurs with the recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on the administrative expenses of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

Objective The objective of the Programme is to provide strategic direction to all services and activities of this Major Programme, as well as effective management and guidance to ensure efficient and cost effective human resource management, financial, legal, and administrative services for all major programmes.

The Committee believes that further elaboration is required on the role of the Department in promoting improved management practices in the Secretariat as a whole.