text: UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/C.5/45/4 14September 1990 -, L&£AZZU_ ifORIGINAL: ENGLISH . Forty-fifth session FIFTHcn),jMITTEE Item 1'~oftheprovisional agenda* PROGRAMME BUDGET FORTHEBIENNIUM 1990-1991 Review ofthefunctioning andadministrative support ofthedepartments having mandates related toglobal social development issues andproposals forthe strengthening oftheUnited Nations OfficeatVi~nna Report oftheSecretary-General INTRODUCTION 1.TheGeneral Assembly initsresolution 44/201 Bof21December 1989, section II,onthe"Functions andpostsrelated toglobalsocial development issues insections 6and8oftheproposed proglamme budget forthebiennium 1990-1991", decided "thattheactivities related toglobalsocial development issuesidentified inparagraphs 6.14and8.2oftheproposed programme budget forthebiennium 1990-1991 andthecorresponding resources shallbeinsection 6oftheprogramme budget". Inthesameresolution theAssembly requested "theSecretary-General to review thefunctions andadministrative support ofthedepartments having mandates relating toglobalsocial development issues, bearing inmindtheneedforan integrated approach todevelopment", and"tosubmitproposals, asappropriate, to theGeneral Assembly atitsforty-fifth session forthestrengthening oftheUnited Nations OfficeatVienna". 2.Thepresent report reviews thefunctions ofSecretariat entities having mandates reJ~ting toglobalsocial development issues, inparticular theDepartment ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs andtheCentre forSocial Development andHumanitarian Affairs, United Nations OfficeatVienna. Pursuant toGeneral *A/45/150 andCorr.1. 90-22660 2300a(E) /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library~------------- AlC.5/45/4 English Page2 Assembly resolution 44/201 B,section II,thereportalsoincludes proposals, on thebasisofthereview, forthestrengthening oftheCentre forSocial Development andHumanitarian Affairs, United Nations OfficeatVienna. 3.Theissuesofadministrative support willbedealtwithinaseparate document tobesubmitted pursuant toGeneral Assembly resolution 44/201 B,section XV, relating totheDivision ofAdministrative andCommon Services, Vienna. I.REVIEW OFTHEFUNCTIONS OFDEPARTMENTS HAVING MANDATES RELATING TOGLOBAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES 4.Atthegloballevel,apartfromtheOffice oftheDirector-General for International Economic Co-operation forDevelopment whichwasentrusted bythe General Assembly initsresolution 32/197 of20December 1977withthe responsibility ofoverall policy guidance andco-ordination intheeconomic and socialsectors, thetwomajorSecretariat bodies involved inimplementing mandates relating toglobal social development issues aretheDepartment ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs inNewYorkandtheCentre forSocial Development and Humanitarian Affairs intheUnited Nations OfficeatVienna. A.Department ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs 5.Inaccordance withtheannextoresolution 32/197, section VIII,the Department ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs, ofwhichtheCentre for Social Development andHumanitarian Affairs wasanintegral parttill1987,was giventhemandate toundertake: "Interdisciplinary research andanalysis, drawing asnecessary uponall relevant partsoftheUnited Nations system. Onthebasisoftherelevant legislative authority, thisfunction includes: "(i)Preparing, onaregular basis, global economic andsocial surveys andprojections toassist theGeneral Assembly andtheEconomic andSocial
analysis: The text appears to be related to the United Nations' efforts to strengthen its Office at Vienna, which is involved in global social development issues. The report discusses the functioning and administrative support of departments related to these issues, including the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs and the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs. The text mentions research, analysis, and surveys, which suggests a focus on understanding and addressing social and economic development challenges.