1. Secretary General, when preparing budget outline for 2004 2005, recalls that Programme is due to expire unless extended by General Assembly beyond December 2003.

Appointment of a Secretary General and an Executive Secretary of the Eleventh Congress

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5.1 The secretariat of the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly and of the Committee for Programme and Coordination is headed by a Secretary who is accountable to the Under Secretary General for Management.

The Secretary General of the Eleventh Congress read an opening message to the Congress from the Secretary General of the United Nations.

to the President of the General Assembly

addressed to the President of the General Assembly

The Secretary General was represented at the Conference by the Under Secretary General for Political Affairs.

The secretariat is headed by an Executive Director who is elected by the Assembly on the nomination of the Secretary General.

The decisions of the General Assembly should be respected by the Secretariat.

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It invited the Secretary General to promote cooperation between the United Nations Secretariat and that of the Agency and requested him to submit a report on the implementation of the resolution at its fifty second session.

The Assembly requested the Secretary General to submit a report to it at its sixtieth session.

Letter dated 4 February 1998 from the Secretary General to the President of the General Assembly

(i) Financial reports of the Secretary General to the General Assembly

It should report to the Security Council and to the General Assembly.

Confirmation of the nomination of the Secretary General of the Conference

The Secretary General recommends that the General Assembly take note of the present report.

addressed to the Secretary General and to the President of the General Assembly

Mr. Lin Kuo Chung, Secretary of the Disarmament and International Security Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, served as Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the first session.

Additional information on credentials received by the Executive Secretary of the Congress after the issuance of the memorandum was provided to the Committee by the Secretary of the Committee.

The Under Secretary General for General Assembly and Conference Management made a statement and introduced the report of the Secretary General on the reform of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (A 60 112).

53. The SECRETARY GENERAL said that his appearance before the Fifth Committee was in keeping with the wish of the General Assembly that there should be a timely dialogue between Member States and the Secretary General on the process of the restructuring of the Secretariat.

A. Report by the Secretary General to the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly

addressed to the President of the General Assembly and to the President of the Security Council

addressed to the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council

The meeting unanimously confirmed the nomination of Ambassador Esther Tolle, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, as Secretary General of the conference.

The Under Secretary General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Management introduced the reports of the Secretary General (A 60 93 and A 60 112).

The Secretary General of the United Nations is requested to provide to the Commission such secretariat services as it may require, subject to the approval of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

18. A proposal for merging the Committee s secretariat with the IAEA secretariat was considered by the General Assembly in 1991.

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It would suffice for the General Assembly to give a standing authorization to the Secretary General to that end.

The Executive Secretary of the Congress also made an introductory statement.

in 1996 by the Secretary General in accordance with General Assembly resolution 50 245

(a) Letter from the Secretary General to the President of the General Assembly (A 52 731)

(a) Letter from the Secretary General to the President of the General Assembly (A 52 731)

Report of the Secretary General (General Assembly resolution 52 196)

Report of the Secretary General (General Assembly resolution 52 189)

Report of the Secretary General (General Assembly resolution 48 121)

Takes note of the proposal of the Secretary General contained in paragraph 13 of his report1 and his intention to report to the Assembly at its sixtieth session on the matter

29. Requests the Secretary General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty eighth session on

24. Cooperation meetings between the Secretariat and the secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference are mandated by General Assembly resolutions.

49. For the Secretariat to operate efficiently in fulfilling mandates, micromanagement of the Secretariat by the General Assembly should be avoided.

In paragraph 3 of the resolution, it requested the Secretary General to review the Secretariat apos s internal requirements in order to avoid a surplus of documents provided in the Secretariat.

16. Welcomes the appointment, by the Secretary General, of a Secretary General and an Executive Secretary of the Eleventh Congress, to perform their functions under the rules of procedure for United Nations congresses on crime prevention and criminal justice