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Contributions from
the Column
Monitor
Peacekeeping: No reason to fear of civilian-military cooperation
BMZ budget increases
USA approves Indian three-in-one AIDS pill
D+C author under pressure in Togo
Genetic modifications: Uganda: in search of pest-resistent bananas
Liberia: timber embargo lifted
UN budget released
German government assesses crisis-prevention policy
Gender-related violence: Good governance includes protection for women
A single roof for GTZ and KfW
Poor countries lack tax revenues
8-9/2006
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UN budget released
At the beginning of July, the UN General Assembly approved the budget of the world body for the 2006/2007 period, thus lifting the spending cap that had been imposed in December 2005. Back then, under pressure from the USA, the General Assembly had released only a quarter of the budget for 2006/2007 and made further payments conditional on progress in the reform of the UN (see D+C/E+Z 1/2006, p. 5, and 6/2006, p. 227). In June, UN controller Warren Sach warned UN members that the organisation would be insolvent by mid-July, if the cap was not dropped. To the very end, the USA, Australia and Japan stayed opposed the release of funds, but they did not put it to a formal vote. A few days after the budget decision, the General Assembly approved several secondary proposals from Secretary General Kofi Annan’s reform plan, but postponed dealing with the crucial issues until autumn. (ell)
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