Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the Government plans to vote in favour of establishing a budget for the Member State-led, intergovernmental committee at the United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee.

The UN's Fifth Committee (Administration and Budget) is a technical committee which applies appropriate resources to UN mandates and seeks agreement amongst the broadest possible consensus. The UK encourages budget discipline across the UN System and calls for the appropriate level of funding for agreed mandates.