New York, 27 Mav 2006 Excellency, We wish to bring to your attention an urgent problem that has arisen in the context of managementreform' You are well aware olthe background to our negotiationson the Secretary General's report "Investing in the united Nations fo, a stronger organrzationworldwide,, and the difficult path they have pursued.You know the depth of feeling Jn the issuesand the many efforts that have been made to find agreement.

There is now a resolution tabled by the Group of 77 and China in the Fifth Committee which the Group of 77 andchina believescould be the basis for consensus. have to underline we that this draft resolution is not acceptable us. By to convention,thosewho proposeresolutionsin the Fifth committee do so when they believe conditions for adoption without dispute have been established. That is not the casenow.

we stand ready to work for true consensus a mutually on agreeable text. we are prepared to conclude our discussionsin the Fifth committee by reporting ua-ctto you that we were unable to reach a consensus' Forcing a decision on a non-consensual resolutionwould trigger a vote. This would leave us no alternativebut to vote against the Group of 77 andchina draft resolution. we are concernedthat a vote under thesecircumstances could entail considerable disadvantages for the united Nations, for this proposaland for the budgetprocess. Therefore' we hope that you could continue to assist us in taking this forward in a way which permits us to find consensus this important issue. on

H. E. JanEliasson President the 60th session the United Nations of of GeneralAssembly New York
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