Fifth Committee Report, 3-7 March 2008, No. 18

On 4 March 2008, Member States received briefings by UN officials in two separate sessions. Human Resources Management (HRM) was on the agenda during the morning session: Alicia Barcena, Under-Secretary-General for Management, and Jane Holl Lute, Officer-in-Charge of the Department of Field Support, made presentations to the Fifth Committee on the need to streamline contracts, harmonize conditions of service, and the establishment of a core cadre of 2,500 peacekeepers. In the afternoon, Barcena briefed the membership on the “Comprehensive Accountability Architecture.”