A/45/PV.74 General Assembly

I request the Rapporteur of the Fifth Committee, Mr. Shamel Blsayed Naaser of Egypt, to introduce the reports of the Fifth COmDittee in one intervention. Hr. IASSBR (Bgypt), Rapporteur of the Fifth Commit.tee: As Rapporteur of the Fifth Committee I have the honour, Sir, to appear before the General Assembly UDder your presidency to introduce the reports of the Fifth Committee on the agenda items listed for today's meeting. With your pe~ission I shall introduce the ~eports of the Fifth Committee fo1101l1n9 the order of aqenda items as they appear ia today'S JournAl. Before I do so, please permit me to express my appreciation to you, Sir, for the efficient manner in which the General Assembly has already acted under your presidency on the reports of the Fifth Committee OD other items allocated to it at the forty-fifth session. It will be recalled that the reports of the (Hr. Hassor« J<ApJ?ortem:, Fifth Committee) Fifth Committee on tho•• itegs contained 22 draft resolutioDS and 12 draft decis10ns, all of which the Committee vas able to ~do~t without a vots. ne report of the Fifth Committfte OD agenda item 134, "AdmiDJ.strative and bUdgetary aspeots of the financing of the U~ited Sations peace-teopiug operations", is c0l1tai~.4 in docUJll8nt Al43/903 of 21 December 1~90. The Committee had concluded work o~ this item before thesuSp8DsloD of the forty-fifth aea810D, althou9,h time did DOt p8~lt its report to be procesaed fo~ consideration ID plenary meetln~• For the consideration of the item, the Committee had before it four reports of the Secreta~-General, on review of the rates of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributing States (Al45/582), support account for peace-keeping operations (Al45/493), the feasibility and cost effectivenes8 of' a reserve stock of eCJUipment aDd supply items for United Rations peace-keeping activities (Al45/493/~.da.l) and use of civilian personnel in peace-keeping operations (Al45/502). The Committee also had before it a report ,by the 'Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (Al45/801), dealing with the matters covered in the four reports. As stated in para~raph 2 of the report of the Fifth Committee, this agenda item was considered by the Comittt[te at its 40th to'43r4 and 52nd meetings, on 5, 7, 10, 11 and 21 De~ember 1990. In addition, several , informal meetings of the Committee were dev~ted to it. I should Dew like to draw 'the Assembly's attention to sectloa 11 of the Committee'. report, entitled "Consideration of Proposals". As stated in paragraph 4 therein, at the 52nd meeting of the Co~ittee, the representative of Ireland submitted, on behalf of itself and 25 other sponsor countries, a draft resolution OD Administrative and Budgetary Aspects of the Financing of the United Rations Peace-keeping Operations (contained in document AlC.5/45/L.25). A procedural motion proposed at the same meeting to defer action on the draft resolution was ~eject.4 by 54 votes to 7 0 with 16 abstentions. Moreover, the proposal of an amendment to the draft resolution, submitted at the sue meeting, wall rejected by 52 votes to 3, with 21 abstentions. (Hr, 'Dlser, Rapporteur, Pifth Committee) filii draft re.olution va8 adopted by 82 vot•• to 2, with 9 abstentions, at the same moeting. Accordingly, the Committee recommends to the General As.embly the tidoption of the d~~ft resolution, the te:t of whIch i. contained in paragr8ph e of the repg~t. Aa delegatee will have noticed, the draft resolution which 18 before the Aalembly contaIns several preambular and operative paJ:&qraphs. ne first three preambular paragraphs rscall the three previous resolutions adopted by the Goneral Assembly on the subject,'two in 1989 and oae in 1990. These are resolution ..../192 of 21 December 1909, reaolut!on ..../49 of 8 December 1989 and resolution ..5/75 of 11 December 1990. The aezt preambular paragraph mentions the relevant documentation considered by the C~~ittee: I~ a4ditlon, the five remaining preambular paragrapha ,at outth. considerations and the concern. motivating the action taten by th. Colll'ftittee. ,Among these area the significant increase in United , Nations peace-keeping activities and the resultingiDcreased demands on the human, material and financial resources of the Organization and Member Statesl the extreme~y difficult financial situatioD of lome peace-keeping,operatioDs and the heavy burden OD troop-contributing States, the need to ensure a sound financial and administrative basis for peace-keeping operationsI and the need to provide peace-keeping operations with the necessa~ financial resourcea, especially those essential for the start-up of such operations. The draft resolution which is befare the delegates has 1« operative paragraphs. I shou14 like to highlight briefly some of the.e. In paragraph 1 the General Assembly would continue to urge all Member State. to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their ass.l.ed contributiolls to peace-keeping opGtratione in full and on tile, in accor4ece with their obligations under th, Charter of the United Bations. Paragraphs 2, ·3 ADd • concern the efficient and co-ordinated administration of peace-k••ping operations, aa well as the broadening of the participation of countries in United Bations peace-keeping operatioDs. Paragraph ij tat.. note of the ob.ervatioDs mad. by the S.creta~y-General and the ComMent. of the A4vl.o~ Committ.e on Administrative and Budgetary Que.tions (ACABO). . ID paragraph CS the Assembly would dec14e that, as aD. interim meaeure, the standard rat.s of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributing Stete. shall be inerees.d by " per cent beqi!!Dinq on 1 July 1991. Paragraphs 7 ADd 8 deal with the que.tion of voluntary contributions. ~, parawraph 7 the Assembly would invite States contributing persoDDel, equipment aDd .ervic.. that can affor4 to do so to consider providinq them, ~ ~hole or in part, on a volutary bads. In paragraph 8 it would invite St~~'.x,:~a to make voluntary contributions to United RatioDs peace-keeping operations both in caah and iD the fo~ of service. ADd supplies acceptable to the Secretary-General, to be administered in a~cordance with General Assembly Paragraphs 9 and lO,reapectively, deal with the use an« operation of the support account ~or peace-keepin9 oper~tions and the proposals of the Secreta~-G.D.ral to e.tablish a re••rve stock of commonly u.e4 e~uipment and supply items for United BatioDs peace-teeping operations. In paragraph 11 the Assembly would endorse the propo8als made by the Secretary-oeneral OD the use of civilian peraoDDel iD peace-keeping operations, ta~in9 into account the cOlllll8nta of the Mvillory C~t.te. OD Adminiltrative aDd BUdgetary Question.. Standard aa.iDiltrative proce4ure. to govern the providoD of civUia perloDDetl in peace-k••piDg opsration. would be called for in paragraph 12. Lastly, in paragraph 13 the Secretary-General would be called upon to ratport to the General AB.eaably, 88 appropriate, OD the pr••entatioD of data by troop-contributia; State. on the ratel of re~url...nt, the lupport account for peac:e-Jc••p1r1lJ operations" thct l'e,eEVe Itock of cOlllllODly .04 equlpMnt a4 supply it... 8d the U88 of civilians iD peace-ke.piag operatioDs. ne Alseably would also 4scide, ia paragraph It, to inclUde the lubject in the provilional agenda of its fortY-liztb •••aion. I now call the atteDtion of d.legat.1 to 4CCUBeDt Al45/815&/A4cl.l, which cO':ltainl the report of the Pifth CCHII1littea on itea 17 (h) 4ealiDg with the appolzatMnt of a Mi'lber of the United RatiolUl Staff Plluloa Co-ltt... The Fifth COr&llllltte. I'ecollaendl that the Goneral AIllll8llb11' should appolat Mr. Leonid B. Blc1Dy al a _lIbttr of the Uaitecl Rations Staff PenDloD Ce-ltte. for a tera of office begiDD!1l9 on the date of adoption of the deCision by the General Msembly ut! e1141119 OD 31 December 1991. With l"89u4 ~o apD4a ia. 121 (c), "Othtll" 181".0..1 .-stio..", the Z'epol't of tile Pifth Ca.dtttM 1. ccatdu4 ia .soc..at Alt5/191/Ma.l. !'he 4l'aft l'e.olv.tioD la pu'8lJl'aph e of that report was ac1opte4 by tU C~tt.e without a vote. ft.o Coadttea l".c...»4a to tJae 0.l1li1'&1 bll..ll' the adoptioD of thin draft l"ellolutloD. Pifth Ca.dtteo cOIl.i4el"G4 tbe npol't cf the lacr5ta1y-GeltOl"a1 OD tU coD41tiou of ••"ie. u4 cGlllNtlUlatlo!A fol' official. otber tIwl 8e:::etadat official. - .....1". of tile JOilllt IlllBpectioft ODit. '!bit !'11th Ca.aitt..•• report appal's iD ~C"i1t W.S/900/Wd.l. .b .tet'" illl "~I'.ph 4 of thi. report, the C~ttee 441ci4e4 w1thout ob,eetlcli to l'acGllMD4 to the GeMra! As.emb17 that It dofel" to tile fortY-lliatk •••idoD cout4enoatiol! of t:_ report of the Secl'et8rJ'-G4t_l'al OD tJl18 _ttel". ne 1'8c..-D4atioD of tile Ca-J.tt.e i. eODtalaed la parograpb 5 of .~ report. UDder ..,osa4B it. 151, "Piauclag of the actlviti6J. larid.. fl"OII hcudty COWlcil l"ello1utioa 187 (19'1)", tile PlfthC~tt_, at its 531"4 to 56th ...t11t98, fl"_ 21 Apl'il to 2 Nay 1911" coui4el'e4 the l"ep1.)l"t of tba Secr.tel"J'-GeMl"al (91l ~ fiDUCiq of the Uaf.te4 Ifetiou Irat-Kawalt Ob.ervat!oD IUD.loD. aa4 tU l'e1ateiJ report of tile AcJvlS0lT CORaittH Oil A&ilIDletl'ati". u4 Bu4get,8I'J' Qutttatlouo ~ C.-1t.t..•• report OD till. _tter J.II before tho Aa."1y la 4oc....«: AI.S/l001. 'I'M Cc..itt•• l"ec.-1I4a to th. o.Del"a1 ~1l.-blJ' tJw a40ptioD of tbe 4I"aft r ••ollltioD ill pal'lllp'ap 6 of I tll report. ~ C~ltta.·. doc181oD OD tb!. draft l"oaolutioD .ea l"eacbe4 without a vote. rlzaalll', I tum to -.cda it. 132, ItPi:umci:ag of the Umtd Rations 1'r..1tioll .AII.l.tr:uac:e Group". I ,,18h to 1Dfol'll the Aa.ellb1:r that the Fifth C..U~ta~ coulct.N4 thi. it. at it. 53r4 to 51th IINtiagl, flrOlll 29 April to 2 Na:r 1191. It agrH4 that WOI'll Oil tbl. _tter ahou14 be cODtinued by tho secret_iat alIM1 tJt.e A4visol'J' COiIalttH Oil Aallild.trati". IUL4 Bwlptary Queatlo.. ucl that the·Plfth COI5IIlttM it••lf 8houJ,4 cODtiDue iafomal couult&tioll. wlth 11 vi.. ~e raachlDg a decl.ioa" Jht ",IXpllrl If tber. i. DO propo.al UDder rule ea of the rul•• It ... IQ 41;1011. of vet•• 'lbe pol1tlou of dol8tJatiou regar41Dl) the varieu. rlccaMDdat!ou of the I'ifth COI!BI.ttee have beell u4e cl.or ID the Ce-1ttee aa4 are rof18cte4 iD the Nay I HM1BC1 __r. that WI4e:o parll9raph 7 tl)f doCli.ioD 34/.01 tJw C._ral AIIm.ely afFH4 that -Mbe. the .... 4~aft re'GlutioD i. c0ll8idere4 iD 0 MaiD C~itte. ad'ill ple...1'}' -ntilll9, • c181egetloll 1IIlouJ,4, u far u poe.lble, ezplaiD it. vote oaJ.:r OD!!:., that i., either ill ~ Ca.altt.. ";r 111 p18a817 _etlDg, unle.. that 4elegati~D" vote 11ll pleury ...tlB1g 1. clifferellt fl'_ ltl vote ID tile C~itt_." "'INbl!, 4ecbloD 3./401, explaaatlou of vote .r8 I1111t04 to 10 .iDute" u4 lho1l114 be ~ by 4e1898tiorsa frCNI their .eatll. Before .. begin to take acUOD OD the reeOl!llll8il4atioDs cODt.iDed iD the reports of the Pifth C~ittee, I should lite to advi.e represeDtatives that .. are golD9 to proce04 with the votlDCJ ID the ... aamaer .a was dODe in the Plf~ Co-a1ttee, ezcept ID ~o.e ca.e. where aelegatloDs hava already Dotified the Secretariat that they wi.h to proce.d otherwis•• ~ Aaseabl~ will firat con.lder the report of the Pifth Committee (Al4S/I03) OD 898Dda it_ 134, eDtltled "Adalallltrative aJlcl budgetarr aspects of the fllUUlclag of United Batlon. peace-koeplDg operatloDs 8l • :be A8s.ably will take a decl.1oD OD the draft l'.solutioa recommended in paragraph a of that report. ID this cODDGctlon, the Assembly has before it an _lU1IIellt to the draft resolution. That aMllc!lleat Is contained in document Al4S/L.47. I BOW call on the repre.entatlv. ~f Ireland, who wl.hes to iatl'odnce the Hr. COlQlX Urelud) I I have the honour to IDIom the General facilitate the adoption of the draft resolutloD OD thi. agenda item without a vote. ID accorc1aac•.with that agree.at, I have the·hoJlour to propose the inclusion ID the draft resolutioD cODtalned In paragraph 8 of document Al4S/903 of a Ille" operatlvepw,,;agraph .s coatalned In dCcUMnt A/CS/L e ..7. I should like to actnowleage the constructive approach and goodwill of delegatloDII that have lac! to this _lCOM outCOM. Con.eDIIUS 1. Important to the work of the General Aas8llbly, and iD particular to the work of the Fifth C~itt.e. Tbl. i. e.pecially the ca•• when it come. to peace-keeping In accordance with the agreement reached, I propoae that the amendment in document Al45/L.47 be adopted without a vote and that the draft resolution in paragraph 8 of 40cu.ent Al45/903, aM amended, alao be adopt.d without a vote. :rhl PIBSIDBRT, The Aaaellbly will first tate a dfltcision on the amendment in document Al45/L.47 to the draft reaolution in paragraph 8 of document Al45/903. This amendment would become operative paragraph 14 of the draft reaolution. May I take it that the Aaaembly decidea to a~opt that amendment? Tbe amendment DS A4Qpte.st. (Hr. 'AMY. IrelA!ld) The PRESIDENtI The Ass8~ly will now tate a decisioD OD tha draft resolution recommended in paragraph 8 of the report of th~Fifth Committee (Al45/903), as a whole, as '!meDeled, that is, with a Dew operative paragraph 14; the old operative paragraph 14 w111 become paragraph 15. May I tate it that the Assembly decides to adopt the draft resolution as a whole as amended? %he draft resQlution, ea a whole, aa amended, wal &dopted (resolution The PRISIDlUTI We have thus concluded our consideration of agenda item 134. I now invite memberm to turn their attention to part 11 of the report of the Fifth Corrlltittee, on sub-ltell (h) of agel!da item 17, entit.led "Appointment of a member of the United Rations Staff PODSion Committee" (Al45/866/Ad4.1). In paragraph 4 of that report, the Fifth Committee recommends that the General Ae••mbly appoint Mr. Leoni4 BidDy &S a member of the United Rations Staff Pension Committee for a tG~ of offic~beglnnin9OD 3 May 1991 ODd endlp.~ on 31 December of the same year. May I tate it that the General Ass.ablY appoints this peraon? It WO' IQ decid.d. Tb' PBBSlDEBtI 1'hat concludes our condderatioD of sub-item (h) of agenda item 17, If. turn now to part XI ef the report (Al45/900/Add.l) of the Fifth Committee, on agenda item 118, "ProgrUllllO bUdget for the hiellllium 1990-1991", In paragraph 5 of that report, tha Fifth Committee rGcomm8nds that the of the Secret~ y-Geueral on conditions of service and compensation for. officials other than Secr.ta~iat officials - members of ~e Joint Inspection Unit. May I take it that the Asaembly adoptsthia recommendation? The recommepOatiop waD adopt.O. D, PBISIDBBTr We have thus conclu4Q4 that stage of our consideration of agenda item 118. We turn nov to the report of the Fifth Committee which pertains to sub-item (c) of agenda item 126, "Other personnel questions" (Al45/8ge/Add.l). Th. Assembly villnov take a decislon on the draft resolution contain.d in paragraph 6 of that report. The Fifth Committee recommends to the G.neral Assembly the adoptic~ of the draft resolution entitled "Amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Rations". May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt ~e draft r.solution? ,The draft.resolution yo. I40Rte4 (re~01ut10D 45/259). The PBISIQlBtr The Aaseably has thus concluded its consi~.ratioD of sub-item (c) of agenda it•• 126. The Assembly vill nov consid.r the report (Al45/1006) of the Fifth C~mmitte. on sub~it.. (a) of ag.ada it•• 156, .ntitled "Unit.d Rations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission". The Assembly vill DOW tate a d.ci.ioa on the draft resolution cont~iDed in paragraph 6 of that raport. The Fifth Committee adopted the draft resolution entitl.d "F1DaDciD9 of the United RatiODs Iraq-~uvait Observation Misl!!iOD" without a vot•• May I take it that the Aa.Gllbly viahe. to do the BBIII? tbJ draft [elolwt1cn wa' adqpt.4 (r.solution 45/260). (The Presid.nt.) %he PREGIDINT' %be Assembly has thuD concluded its consideration of sub-item (a) of agenda item 156.. AGINJ)~ IDM 132 (c;;olltlllUed) FINANCING OF TIll UNITED NATIONS 'BABSITIOlf ASSISTMlCE GROUP %he PBISlpM. The Rapporteur has Informed the ABs8llbly that tbe Fifth Committee has not cODclu4ed its work OD this item.. !be. Assembly vill therefore consider the report of the Fifth Committee on agenda itelll 132 at a later date, to be mmoUllc.c1~ AGINDA ITEM 79 (goptiDUlCJ) DEVELOPMENT AND INTEIW'ATIONAL BCONOMIC COOPERATION (b) TRADE AND DBVELOi»MBN'1' The PIISIpm. The. AseeDably vill 11011 conllider, under sub-item Cb) of agenda item 79, the questioD of the change iD the 4ate and venue of the eighth se.sion of the· United Rations Conference on Trade and Development.. In this cODDection, a draft resolutioD has been issued as documen~ We shall D01l take a decisioD on the draft resolution.. May I take it that the Assembly decides to adept draft resolutioD AlC5/L.461 Draft resolution A/C5/L&40'va, adqpted (re.olutioD 45/261) .. The PRESIDENT' We· have thu~ concluded our consideration of sub-item Cb) of agenda item 19. AGENDA IDN 86 (contiqpo4) SPECIAL ECONOMIC AHD. DISAfth RlLIBI" ASSISTAIIC!: (a) UPOn' 01" 'lD SBCRftAU-GDUAL (Al4S/1002) Cb) nun USOLUTIOlf (Al4S/L.4S) Do PRlSIDIU, .epro.entative. vUl recall that the Gf'ltnerral Assembly, in paraqraph 3 of its re.olutioD 45/257, !'ICJUlJ~to4 the Secretary-General to consult the Goverament of Baiti as aoon as possible cODcerning appropriate initiative. for the launchiDg of a special programme of emergency assistance to Baiti and to lnfo~ the AaSe~ly of the outcome of such consultations. The report of the Secretary-General on special oaerqeacy a••istanc~ to Baiti has been circulated in docu.eat A/4S/l002. I ea informed that a draft resolution vill be submitted and circulated shortly for coosideration at BD early datoo aeprt)8entatives vill also recall that at our 73rd plenary moet1aq" held on Monday.. 29 April, I infor:me4 the Assembly that the repre.eZltatives of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua had advised me of their. intention to submit a draft resolution regardiDg emergency asaistance to Coata Rica and P5Dsma, and that thaaforementloned draft resolutioD had been issued aa document A/4S/L.4S. I should also like to iDfo~ members that a draft r••olution OD emergency assistance to Bangladesh has now been submitted and ~lll be circulated as document Al4S/L.48. The Assembly.w1l1,Dow take a decision on the draft resolution contained in document Al45/L.45, entitled "Emergency assistance to Costa Rica and Panama". Mal" I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt draft resolut:'Ji Draft resolution A/45/L.45 was adopted (resolution 45/262).

The Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its cQnsideration of agenda item 86. (The President)