(Source: United Nations General Assembly) Delegates at today's Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) meeting aired their concerns on the financing of the proposed renovation of the historic Palais des Nations in Geneva - estimated to tally nearly $1 billion - and the Secretariat's first year of work in carrying out a comprehensive information and communications technology strategy. In introducing the Secretary-General's report, Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, said the renovation project aimed to make the historic structure safer, more accessible and more energy efficient, while giving the United Nations and other global institutions more...
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