GENERAL ASSEMBLY WRAPS UP WORK WITH APPROVAL OF $5.5 BILLION UN BUDGET FOR 2014-2015 TO BE PRESENTED TO THE SECURITY COUNSEL FOR AUDIT

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Date: 27 Dec 2013 18:00:01 -0500
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UN BUDGET FOR 2014-2015
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY WRAPS UP WORK WITH APPROVAL OF $5.5 BILLION UN BUDGET
FOR 2014-2015New York, Dec 27 2013 6:00PMThe General Assembly today
wrapped up its work for the main part of the 68th session by approving
a budget of $5.5 billion for the United Nations to carry out its vital
work over the next two years.

The 193-member body approved the budget for the biennium 2014-2015 by
consensus, acting on the recommendation of its committee dealing with
administrative and budgetary matters, known as the Fifth Committee,
which concluded its work earlier today.

"The new budget is lower than the one for the previous biennium,
reflecting our shared wish for a fiscally responsible Secretariat,"
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message delivered to the
Assembly meeting by his Chef de Cabinet, Susana Malcorra, following
the decision.

"We will continue to adapt and equip the United Nations to better
implement its mandates," he said, adding that he has urged all
managers to rethink their business practices, reduce overlap, embrace
innovation, encourage creativity and build synergies.

At the same time, he voiced disappointment that the Assembly failed to
reach agreement on two "critically important reform proposals," namely
a managed mobility policy and strengthened arrangements for
partnerships with the private sector. The Assembly decided to defer
consideration of these two proposals to next spring.

Mr. Ban also stated that it would be unrealistic to presume that any
substantial budget reduction will have no impact while mandates keep
growing.

"The time may have come for you to consider reviewing mandated
activities that may have been fulfilled or overtaken by new
developments," he stated.

In his closing <"http://www.un.org/en/ga/president/68/pdf/statements/12272013Closing_GA_remarks_27_December.pdf">remarks,
Assembly President John Ashe noted that today's conclusion of the
Fifth Committee – which normally wraps up its work just prior to
Christmas – again underscored the need to adapt, indeed revitalize,
the Assembly's working methods.

"As the work of our Organization gets more challenging, so does its
financial and administrative needs. We therefore need to ensure that
the ways in which we deal with these challenges have evolved and that
the approaches of yesteryear also need to evolve if we are to have a
fully functional Organization," he told Member States.

Noting the need for adequate time to consider all aspects of what is
now "a fairly detailed and intricate UN budget," he said that perhaps
the time has come to look at either a dedicated session of the Fifth
Committee for this process or to have the introduction of the budget
at the outset of the Committee's work rather than in late October as
is the current practice.

Discussing some of the achievements of the session, Mr. Ashe reported
that the Assembly adopted 259 resolutions and took 66 decisions,
covering a wide range of issues, from nuclear disarmament to the rule
of law at national and international levels, and from financing for
development to the peaceful use of outer space.

The session also saw new resolutions introduced on the right to
privacy and the safety of journalists, as well as a resolution
designed to strengthen the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).Dec
27 2013 6:00PM
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