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           United States General Accounting Office
                  Washington, D. C. 20548
                                      FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                      Expected at 10:00 a.m.
                                      Wednesday, June 27, 1979


                       Statement of

                     J. Kenneth Fasick

              Director, International Division

                before a joint hearing of the          0 t f

        Subcommittees on International Organizations and

                   International Operations

              House Committee on Foreign Affairs
                             on


      Linancial Management in the United Nations Syste

Mr. Chairmen and Members of the Subcommittees:

     We appreciate the opportunity to express our views on

financial management in the United Nations system. We in GAO

have for the past 10 years addressed the need for marked

improvement in this area.

     Illustrative of our efforts and concern have been the

18 reports we have prepared over the past 10 years on the need

to improve the U.S. participation in individual organs of the

U.N., such as the United Nations Development Program; the

specialized agencies, such as the World Health Organization;

and particular aspects of the organization, such as the need





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