text: UNITED NATIONS General^pAssembly FORTY-FOURTH SESSION Official Records FIFTH COMMITTEE 63rd meeting held on Wednesday, 28 March 1990 at 3 p.m. New York SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 63rd MEETING Chairman; Mr. VAHER (Vice-Chairman) (Canada) Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; Mr. MSELLE CONTENTS AGENDA ITEM 123: PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM 1990-1991 (continued) Programme budget implications of the draft decision contained in document A/44/48 on agenda item 82 (f) (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) This record is subject to correction. Corrections should be sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned wiihin one week of the dale of publication to the Chief of the Official Records Editing Section. Room DC2-750, 2 United Nations Plaza, and incorporated in a copy of the record. Corrections will be issued after the end of the session, in a separate corrigendum for each Committee. Distr. GENERAL A/C.5/44/SR.63 16 April 1990 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: FRENCH A/C.5/44/SR.63 English Page 2 In the absence of the Chairman. Mr. Vaher (Canada). Vice-Chairman, took the Chair. The meeting was called to order at 3.50 p.m. AGENDA ITEM 123: PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM 1990-1991 (continued) Programme budget implications of the draft decision contained in document Л/44/48 on agenda item 82 (f) (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) (A/44/48, A/C.5/44/54) 1. Mr. STRONG (Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) said that the Preparatory Committee felt that the meetings to be held at the headquarters of the regional commissions were of particular importance because they would afford an opportunity for considering the various agenda items from a regional perspective and ensuring that the concerns of each region were taken into consideration. 2. With regard to the Conference secretariat, he recalled that the General 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, which suggests a strong connection to the topic of natural resources and environment. The mention of regional commissions and the importance of considering regional concerns also implies that the topic may be related to international cooperation and diplomacy.