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R 080113Z NOV 75
FM USMISSION USUN NY
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3785
INFO USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION VIENNA
UNCLAS USUN 5783
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: AORG, UN, APUB, ABUD
SUBJ: UN FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION: FIFTH COMMITTEE
MEETING, MORNING OF NOVEMBER 7, 1975
REF: USUN 5718
1. SUMMARY: AT ITS 1733RD MEETING, FRIDAY MORNING, NOV 7,
COMMITTEE CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF ITEM 101, PUBLICATIONS
AND DOCUMENTATION. NINE DELS SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF SYG AND
ACABQ REPORTS, WITH RESERVATIONS ON A FEW POINTS. USYG
LEWANDOWSKI ANSWERED QUESTIONS OF DELS. COMMITTEE WITHOUT
OBJECTION ADOPTED DRAFT REPORT ON PROGRAM BUDGET MACHINERY
(ITEM 97 - A/C.5/L.1244). FORTEZA (URUGUAY) WITH 68
VOTES AND USTOR (HUNGARY) WITH 57 VOTES WERE ELECTED TO
THREE-YEAR TERMS ON UN ADMINISTRATION TRIBUNAL. END SUMMARY
2. AGENDA ITEM 101 - PUBLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTATION -
LONG-WINDED DISCUSSION CONTINUED, WITH STATEMENTS BY
JAPAN, AUSTRIA, IRAN, INDIA, TURKEY, SIERRA LEONE, PHILIPPINES,
GREECE, FRG, UK, AND UNSYG LEWANDOWSKI. ALL DELS SUPPORTED
SYG CRITERIAL BUT IRAN ARGUED THAT PROBLEM OF DOCUMENTA-
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TION HAD BEEN OVER-DRAMATIZED, AND FURTHERMORE THAT
FIFTH COMMITTEE OUGHT TO BE GIVING GUIDANCE TO SECRETARIAT
AND NOT VICE VERSA. SAID HE HOPED "THIS EPISODE WOULD
NOT BE REPEATED." JAPAN FEARED SAVINGS FROM ELIMINATION
OF SUMMARY RECORDS COULD BE WIPED OUT BY REQUESTS FOR
GREATER DETAIL IN REPORTS OF COMMITTEE WORK. PHILIPPINES
READ OUT DRAFT DECISION ENDORSING ACABQ REPORT (TO BE
CIRCULATED NOV 10); REQUESTING ECOSOC, SECURITY COUNCIL,
TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL, UNCTAD AND UNIDO TO ADOPT SYG'S
CRITERIA FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR SUB-BODIES; AND
REQUESTING SYG TO SUBMIT PERFORMANCE REPORT TO 32ND GA.
FRG SYMPATHIZED WITH CONFERENCE SERVICES DILEMMA IN TRYING
TO REDUCE DOCUMENTATION WHEN MEMBERS CONTINUALLY REQUEST
NEW REPORTS. USYG LEWANDOWSKI NOTED THAT VIENNA SHOULD
HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN CRITERION 9.
3. ITEM 97 - DRAFT REPORT ON REVIEW OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AND EXPERT MACHINERY DEALING WITH FORMULATION, REVIEW AND
APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS AND BUDGEST (PBM) (A/C.5/L.1244)
WAS APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.
4. ITEM 103(E) - ELECTIONS TO UN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
(A/C.5/1702) - FORTEZA (URUGUAY) WIT 68 VOTES, AND USTOR
(HUNGARY) WITH 57 VOTES WERE ELECTED TO FILL TWO VACANT
SEATS ON ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL. ONE INCUMBENT, ROSSIDES
(CYPRUS) FAILED RE-ELECTION WITH ONLY 46 VOTES.
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