UN General Assembly
1994

contributions of a group of new Member States. Since the creation of this problem Kazakhstan has demonstrated realism and a balanced approach and has tried to take into consideration the interests of other Member States. We hope that the principle of the capacity to pay and of the need to improve the methodology of the scale by eliminating its most distorting elements will be taken fully into account in the determination of the new scale of assessments. This would undoubtedly help to improve the Organization’s overall financial situation. With regard to the financial standing of the United Nations, I should like to refer to the question of improving administrative and financial management in the system. Kazakhstan has welcomed concrete steps in this field and supported the creation of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, and we deem it appropriate that such efforts be continued. Ten years ago, in this Organization, the former rector of the University for Peace, Mr. Robert Muller, said the following very true words: “A jubilee is an occasion for reflection and not for celebration”.