text: 26. Mr. AKHTAR (Bangladesh) said that he would have voted for the provision if he had been present for the vote, because he was convinced of the need to expand ESCAP premises and firmly supported the observations made in the Secretary-General's report. 27. On the propPsal of the United States representative, a vote was taken on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee for an additional appropriation of $774,200 under section 32 for the biennium 1984-1985. I ... A/C.5/38/SR.46 English Page 7 28. The recommendation of the Advisory Committee for an appropriation of $774,200 under section 32 for the biennium 1984-1985 was approved by 81 votes to 1, with 11 abstentions. 29. The CHAIRMAN said that, if there was no objection, he would take it that the Committee wished to recommend to the General Assembly that it take note of the Secretary-General's report on expansion of the conference facilities of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific at Bangkok (A/C.5/38/34), that it concur in the observations made by the Advisory Committee in its report (A/38/7/Add.5) and that it accept with appreciation the offer of the Government of Thailand to make available to the United Nations additional land for the construction of new conference facilities at ESCAP. 30. It was so decided. Revised estimates under section 27 (Yearbook of the United Nations) (continued) (A/C.5/38/38J A/38/7/Add.8J A/C.5/38/L.ll) 31. Mr. FORAN (Controller), replying to the request for additional information made by the United States representative at the 44th meeting, said that 6,000 copies of the Yearbook of the United Nations had been published annually since 1980, when the 1977 edition had been publishedJ 5,200 copies of that edition had been sold and 755 distributed free of charge, at an estimated cost of $116,000 as against estimated net earnings from sales of $143,600. In 1981, 4,600 copies of 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the allocation of funds for the expansion of the conference facilities of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) at Bangkok, as well as the publication of the Yearbook of the United Nations. The language used is formal and bureaucratic, suggesting that the text is related to administrative or organizational matters. The context of the discussion seems to be focused on budgeting and resource allocation, which leads me to believe that the text is more closely related to economic development and administrative matters.