A/40/PV.131 General Assembly

Members will recall that at its l27th meeting the General Assembly requested the Fifth Committee to reconvene to clarify technical questions relating to agenda item 150. Members will also recall that the Assembly concluded the debate on this item at its l30th meeting held yesterday afternoon. I now call upon the Rapporteur of the Fifth Committee, Mr. Falk Meltke, of the German Democratic Republic, to introduce the report. Mr. Falk Meltke (German Democratic Republic), Rapporteur of the Fifth Committee, presented the report of that Committee (A/40/llll) and then spoke as follows: Mr. MELTKE (German Democratic Republic), Rapporteur of the Fifth Committee: In accordance with the decision taken by the General Assembly at its l27th meeting, the Fifth Committee reconvened on 30 April and 1 May to clarify technical questions relating to the report of the Secretary-General on the current financial crisis of the United Nations. The report of the Fifth Committee in this regard is contained in document A/40/lll1. As indicated in paragraph 4 of that document, the Fifth Committee proceeded to consider the item, first, by studying the reports of the Secretary-General and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) in a comprehensive and exhaustive manner and, then, by means of a broad and detailed reflections and clarifications provided by members of the Secretariat and by the Chairman of the Advisory Committee. Following this detailed consideration of the technical quastions, in accordance with the mandate re~eived from the General Assembly the Committee came to certain conclusions, as detailed in paragraph 5 of the repo~t to which I have referred. On behalf of the lifth COTmnittee, I commend the report of the Committee in the hope that the considerations and suggestions contained therein will be of assistance to the General Assembly in its consideration of this important question.

If there is no proposal under rule 66 of the rules of procedure, I shall consider that the General Assembly decides not to discuss the report of the Fifth Committee. It was so decided.

May I take it that the General Assembly takes note of the report of the Fifth Committee? It was so decided. PROGRAMME OF WORK

Given the fact that consultations are under way, if there were, in principle, to be some agreement on the basis of which the Assembly could conclude this resumed session, I would propose a meeting of the Assembly at approximately 4 p.m. on Monday, 5 May. Such meeting would, however, on the assumption an agreement is reached, be announ=ed in the Journal and indicated on the board in advance. The (Mr. Meltke, Rapporteur, Fifth Committee)