text: 15.13Theestimate forconference affairs ($4,306,400) includes requirements forthecentral Economic Reference Service forUNCTAD. Asexplained inparagraph 15.5oftheproposed programme budget, theService, whichwasattached totheUnitedNations Library inGeneva,istobereintegrated intotheUNCTADsecretariat. Toachieve this,itisproposed toredeploy 10posts(1P-3,3P-2and6GeneralService) toconference affairs fromadministration andcommonservices(para.15.100oftheproposed programme budget). TheAdvisory Committee hasno objection totheseredeployments ortotheestimate forconference affairs. 15.14Theestimate of$5,258,500 foradministration andcommonservices (table15.34)includes non-recurrent resource growthtotalling $212,700 (atrevised 1985rates)forfurniture andequipment. Asexplained inparagraph 15.119of~he -96-..~•.<.~.I .1• erence, )fthe !It,is ~il1be ceehasno Jraph15.10 As istobe latealso .e, the onis Iry nagement. 15.3. eprovided onfor ancyand tenless tions )vision es mceof for affairs, mtsfor 'aph15.5 Jnited at.To ,ral asno table ed1985 heproposed programme budget,thisamountwouldcoverthecostofadditional word-processing andelectronic data-processing equipment. TheCommittee recommends acceptance ofthisrequest andoftheestimate foradministration andcommon services. 15.15Subject toitsobservations inparagraphs 15.9and15.10above,'theAdvisory Committee recommends acceptance oftheSecretary-Generalis estimate of$51,945,900 forsection 15. -97-:; ,I Ii I.. ...~ Section 16.International TradeCentre $ Estimate submitted bytheSecretary-General ••••••••••••••••••••• Estimate recommended bytheAdvisory Committee ••••••••••••••••••8100700 8041300 Revised appropriations 1984-1985 Initial appropriations 1984-1985................................ 7892300 8627100 Actualexpenses 1982-1983 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 8152900 16.1Theestimate of$8,100,700 forsection 16represents theUnitedNations share (SOpercent)ofthebudgetoftheInternational TradeCentre, netofmiscellaneous income. TheotherSOpercentiscontributed bytheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade(GATT)underthetermsofitsagreement withtheUnitedNations forthe jointfinancing oftheCentre (seepara.16.1oftheproposed programme budget). 16.2ThetotalITCproposed budgetfor1986-1987 isestimated at$17,230,400 of whichtheUnitedNations andGATTwouldprovide $16,201,400 ($8,100,700 each,see tables16.2and16.4). Thebalance of$1,029,000 wouldbemetfrommiscellaneous income. 16.3Resource growthforthetotalITCproposed budgetfor1986-1987 isestimated at$596,000 (atrevised 1985rates)andtherateofrealgrowthhasbeencalculated at2.7percent(table16.2). However, theAdvisory Committee notesfrom table16.1thatthesharesofthebudgettobecontributed bytheUnitedNations andbyGATTeachreflect resource growthof$97,900 (atrevised 1985·rates)anda rateofrealgrowthofonly0.2percent. 16.4Asexplained bytheSecretary-General inparagraph 16.4oftheproposed programme budget, thisisbecause theresource growthof$596,000 hasbeen partially offsetbytheincrease of$400,300 inmiscellaneous incomeprojected for 1986-1987 over1984-1985. Consequently, thebalance of$195,700 underresource growthwouldbesharedequally bytheUnitedNations andGATT. 16.5Table16.4compares theCentre's anticipated resources (including theshares paidbytheUnitedNations andGATT)for1986-1987 withtherevised estimates for 1984-1985. Theestimated miscellaneous incomefor1986-1987 ascompared withthe revised 1984-1985 miscellaneous incomeestimates isasfollows: -98--i i I. 16.6Ascanbeseenfromtheabovetable,thebulkofthetotalincrease in miscellaneous incomein1986-1987 isinrespect of"transfer ofincomefromthe surplus account". Theamountof$650,000 shownfor1986-1987 underthisheading represents thebalance ofunspent fundsfor1982-1983, which,inaccordance with thefinancial regulations ofITC,istreated asincomenotinthebiennium immediately fOllowing, butratherinthebiennium afterthat.$ 8100700 8041300 7892300 8627100 8152900 INations share :miscellaneous ItonTariffs :ionsforthe lmebUdget). ',230,400 of '00each,See liscellaneousTransfer fromsurplus account Rentalofparking spaces Rentalofofficespace Saleofpublications Interest oninvestments Otherincome TotalRevised estimates for1984-1985 (at revised 1985rates) $ 218000 48800 218100 15600 120000 8200 628700Estimates for Increase 1986-1987 (decrease) $ $ 650000 432000
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the budget of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Trade Centre (ITC). It mentions the deployment of posts, non-recurrent resource growth, and the sharing of the budget between the UN and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The text also discusses the miscellaneous income of the ITC, including the transfer of income from the surplus account. Based on this, it seems that the text is related to international trade and economic development.