| Date | 16 April 1996 |
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| Started | 15:00 |
| Ended | 18:10 |
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Agenda item 120 (continued)
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations (A/50/888/Add.4)
The Acting President
I should like to draw the General Assembly's attention to document A/50/888/Add.4. In a letter contained in that document, the Secretary-General informs the President of the General Assembly that, since the issuance of his communications dated 28 February, 6 March and 3 and 11 April 1996, Vanuatu has made the necessary payment to reduce its arrears below the amount specified in Article 19 of the Charter.
May I take it that the General Assembly duly takes note of this information?
Agenda item 12 (continued)
Report of the Economic and Social Council
Report of the Secretary-General (A/50/847) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Group of Experts on Public Administration and Finance on its twelfth meeting (A/50/525)
Letter from the President of the Economic and Social Council to the President of the General Assembly (A/50/926)
Draft resolution (A/50/L.69)
The Acting President
This afternoon the Assembly will continue its plenary meetings devoted to public administration and development.
I call first on Mr. Wang Xuexian, representative of China.
Mr. Wang Xuexian (China)
It goes without saying that public administration plays an important role in the economic development of a State. This is especially so when the State is in the process of carrying out economic reforms and restructuring. Without dynamic macro-adjustment and regulation on the part of the Government, and without a highly efficient public administration, it will be difficult for any country to conduct economic activities in an orderly manner, and its efforts to realize sustained economic growth and sustainable development will be frustrated. It is therefore useful for States, in the framework of General Assembly resolution 49/136, to exchange information and experiences on public administration and development and to review United Nations activities in this area.
However, it is also necessary for us clearly to understand that public administration is in essence closely related to the tradition, culture and polity of the State concerned. A particular system of public administration is always shaped by the specific conditions of the State in question. The international community should respect the choices made by a country in consideration of its specific circumstances. The success or failure of public administration also has to be judged by the peoples of the countries concerned in the light of their specific conditions and needs. There is no universal model whose success can be guaranteed everywhere. Exchange of information among States is always helpful, but such an exchange must be conducted on the basis of non-interference in the internal affairs of others and respect for diversity in the field of public administration. It must not be used as a pretext for meddling in the internal affairs of other countries.
This should also be the basis on which the role of the United Nations in the area of public administration is to be considered. The United Nations role in this area has always been to facilitate exchanges of information and experience and to provide technical support for capacity-building. While it is useful to explore the opportunities for strengthening the United Nations role with regard to public administration, this does not mean that the general direction of United Nations activities in this area should be changed in any way, much less that the United Nations should now refocus its attention on working out a standard model for all States to emulate. At the same time, it should be emphasized that the strengthening of the United Nations activities in this area should not be achieved at the expense of its existing role in other areas. In particular, United Nations programmes and activities in the fields of economic and social development, environmental protection and other areas of special concern to the developing countries should not suffer negative consequences as a result.
The relevant reports under consideration also contain several recommendations concerning institutional arrangements in the area of public administration. We believe that we must proceed with caution on this matter. Several United Nations working groups are now in the process of considering the restructuring of the institutional arrangements of the United Nations in the economic, social and related fields, including functional commissions, expert committees and their agendas. A basic consideration underlying this exercise is to avoid duplication and enhance efficiency. Past experience has clearly shown that establishing new institutional mechanisms is not the right way to proceed in strengthening the role of the United Nations. In fact, it flies in the face of the reform methods under way. Instead, we should focus our attention on existing mechanisms and try to work out ways to strengthen their resources and capacities so as to enable them better to perform their functions. This should be the basic starting point for our consideration of related institutional issues.
The Acting President
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| 196 maintrunk(pathpart) |
| 197 |
| 198 |
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