text: resources forgeneral temporary assistance ($48,000) forDPIwouldcoverthecost oftworeporters andonetelevision director duringa14-week period. Additional information ongeneral temporary assistance available toDPIundersection 1was provided totheCommittee. However,itremains unconvinced oftheneedforthe proposed additional resources andaccordingly recommends therequest notbe approved. Thecon2equential reduction intheSecretarY-General's estimates would be$51,700. 1.8Resource growthunderexternal printing andbindingisestimated at$131,700 (atrevised 1985rates). According totheSecretary-General "thisisattributable totheincrease indocumentation, whichinturnreflects thefactthatverbatim records asofthethirty-ninth ses~ion areprinted inallsixlanguages" (para.1.9 oftheproposed programme budget). 1.9WhiletheAdvisory Committee recognizes thatsomeadditional resources are required, inlightofadditional information provideditisnotconvinced thatthe entireincrease iswarranted. Ittherefore recommends thattheestimate for external printing andbinding bereduced by$80,300 from$1,430,300 to$1,350,000. 1.10Theestimate for th~General Assembly alsoincludes $3,787,800 fortravelof representatives. Inparagraph 1.8oftheproposed programme budget, the secretary-General statesthattherequirements ewhichinclude noresource growth, "reflect theexperience thatnotallMemberStatesexercise theirfullentitlement". -34- ! j1.11Inres present proc travelexpen session tow highlevel 0 Committee wa implementing wouldbecan biennium wou submitted. Advisor Com itssecretar 1.12Thees higherthan estimate sho growthJ the Advisory Com Committee on 1.13Thees thantherev programme bu proposed pro coversthec Committee, il Committee. United Nati~ 1.14Thees' revised 1984' 1985rates) $173,800, of provided by organization: (table1.13 1.15TheCOl objectofex' auditsperfo theestimate $2,030,786 u 1.16Assee staffing lev 4General Se Secretary fr theproposed andinthee Secretary-Gr1.11Inresponse toinquiries, theAdvisory Committee wasinformed thatunder present procedures MemberStates maysubmittheirclaimsforreimbursement of travelexpenses upto31December oftheyearfollowing theGeneral Assembly session towhichthetravelclaimrelates. Suchanarrangement canresultina highlevelofunliquidated obligations atthe'endofthefinancial period. The committee wasinformed thattheSecretary-General istherefore considering implementing newprocedures wherebyalloutstanding obligations forsuchtravel wouldbecancelled attheendofeachbiennium, allocations forthesUbsequent biennium wouldbeusedagainst anyclaimsfromtheprevious biennium thatmightbe submitted. Advisory Committee onAdministrative andBudgetary Questions (including itssecretariat) 1.12Theestimate of$1,777,700 underthisheadingis$98,400, or5.9percent, higherthantherevised 1984-1985 appropriations. Asseenfromtable1.10,the estimate showsareduction of$10,200 (atrevised 1985rates)underresource growth, therateofrealgrowthhasbeencalculated atminus0.6percent.The Advisory Committee recommends approval oftheSecretary-Generalis estimate. Committee onContributions 1.13Theestimate of$304,600 fortheCommittee onContributions is$82,000 higher thantherevised 1984-1985 appropriations, asseenfromtable1.12oftheproposed programme budget,itcontains noresource growth. Inparagraph 1.21ofthe proposed programme budget, theSecretary-General statesthattheestimate, which coversthecostoftraveland·subsistence oftheChairman andmembers ofthe committee, issubject toadjustment depending onchanges inthemembership ofthe Committee. TheAdvisory Committee recommends approval oftheestimate. unitedNations BoardofAuditors (including itssecretariat) 1.14Theestimate of$2,926,900 underthisheadingis$293,500 higherthanthe revised 1984-1985 apropriations andincludes resource growthof$10,300 (atrevised
analysis: This text appears to be a report on the budget of the United Nations, discussing various estimates and recommendations for different committees and organizations. The focus is on administrative and financial matters, with no apparent connection to specific economic development projects or environmental concerns.