United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee

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United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee
AbbreviationC5
Legal statusActive
Headquarters New York, United States
Head
Chairperson
Egriselda López
Parent organization
 United Nations General Assembly
Website www.un.org/en/ga/fifth
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The United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee (also known as the Administrative and Budgetary Committee or C5) is one of six main committees at the United Nations General Assembly. It deals with internal United Nations administrative and budgetary matters.

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Mandate

The Fifth Committee deals with: Member State contributions to the regular and peacekeeping budgets of the organisation, how Member State contributions are allocated, the programme and peacekeeping budgets of the United Nations and human resources issues. It also is responsible for administrative matters, such as: management reform, governance, oversight and accountability issues. Finally, it is responsible for examining all draft resolutions with budget implications before they can head to the Plenary. [1]

Working Methods

The work of the Fifth Committee is split into three sessions: [1] [2]

The work of the Committee begins when reports are introduced in formal meetings, which are followed by discussion in informal meetings. Following these meetings, draft resolutions are created and discussed in informal consultations. There are two readings per draft resolution. If consensus cannot be reached, the resolution is not passed by the Committee. However, if there is consensus, the draft resolution is first adopted informally, then tabled by the Chair and, finally, formally adopted by the Committee. The Committee rarely formally votes as most resolutions are adopted by consensus. [1]

As all draft resolutions with budget implications must be examined by the Committee, it is usually the last committee to complete its work, usually in mid- to late-December. [1]

Reporting Bodies

The following bodies report through the Fourth Committee to the General Assembly: [1]

Current state

In its 79th Session, the Committee focused on organizational, administrative and other matters: [3]

Bureau

The following make up the bureau of the Fifth Committee for the 79th Session of the General Assembly: [4]

NameCountryPosition
Egriselda Aracely González López Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Chairperson
Johanna BischofFlag of Austria.svg Austria Vice-Chair
Szymon PekalaFlag of Poland.svg Poland Vice-Chair
Surat SuwannikkhaFlag of Thailand.svg Thailand Vice-Chair
Elaye-Djibril Yacin AbdillahiFlag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti Rapporteur

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The GA Handbook: A Practical Guide to the United Nations General Assembly (PDF) (2nd ed.). New York: Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations. 2017. ISBN   978-0-615-49660-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Main Committees". Dag Hammarskjöld Library. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  3. ↑ United Nations General Assembly Session 75 Annex1. Allocation of agenda items to the Fifth CommitteeA/C.5/75/1 18 September 2020. Retrieved accessdate.
  4. ↑ "Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth Committee): Bureau of the Fifth Committee of the 79th session". General Assembly of the United Nations. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
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