text: General operating expenses (Decrease: $430,200) 39.Provision underthisheading, $281,100, ismadefor: (a)Rental ofoffice spaceandothercostsrelative totheproper maintenance andsecurity ofthepremises inLusaka, Botswana, andLuandain1990($38,700); (b)Utilities ($5,000); (c)Therental andmaintenance ofcomputer andword-processing equipment in theCommissioner's NewYork,Lusaka, Botswana andLuandaoffices andtheoperation andmaintenance. oftheofficevehicles for1990($76,300); (d)Cables andlong-distance telephone facilities, whichareindispensable in thetimely implementation oftheoffice's workprogramme, particularly in facilitating communications between theNewYorkandfieldoffices, aswellasa provision fortheairshipment ofthetransfer ofrelevant information materials andpublications requested bytheGovernment ofNamibia afterindependence ($118,100); (e)Miscellaneous expenses ($42,800), including thecostsrelated tothe closure oftheInstitute; (f)Hospitality ($~OO). Supplies andmaterials, furniture andequipment (Decrease: $310,700) 40.Therequirements underthisheading, estimated at$315,500, areprovided for: (a)SUbscriptions tovarious publications thathaveserved asan indispensable source ofinformation relating totheactivities underthisprogramme ($13,000); (b)Acquisition ofbasicpublications onNamibia, namely, Namibia: Perspectives forNational Reconstruction andDevelopment, Walvis Bay,andNamibia, theFacts($275,000); (c)Subscription toReuters andAFPnewswireservices fordailyfeedback of worldnewsinformation ($18,000); (d)Purchase ofnon-expendable materials notavailable intheregular stock oftheOrganization ($3,100); (e)Replacement ofword-processing equipment ($1,200); (f)Stationery requirements in1990($5,200). /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/C.5/45/2 English Page13 3.United Nations grants: revised estimates (Decrease: $1,088,200) Assistance toNamibians 41.Underthetermsofparagraph 16ofGeneral Assembly resolution 44/243 B,the Secretary-General wasrequested tocredit assoonaspossible totheUnited Nations FundforNamibia thesumof$1.5million already appropriated for1990underthe regular budget. Thissumhasbeendulycredited totheFund. 42.Underthetermsofoperative paragraph 8ofGeneral Assembly resolution 44/243 B,theSecretary-General, inconsultation withtheUnited Nations Trust Committee fortheUnited Nations FundforNamibia, andinco-operation withthe Governments ofNamibia andZambia, wasrequested toimplement theclosure ofthe United Nations Institute forNamibia. Ithasbecome apparent thatsufficient resources arenotavailable intheInstitute forNamibia Account oftheUnited Nations FundforNamibia tomeetthefinancial requirements setoutinthe Institute's budget asapproved bytheSenate oftheInstitute and,asindicated in thestatement ofprogramme budget implications (A/C.5/44/56/Rev.1) issuedinthe context ofconsideration ofresolution 44/243 BbytheGeneral Assembly, itis proposed tomeetnetresidual obligations oftheInstitute through asubvention of upto$1.4million fromtheregular budget oftheUnited Nations. 43.Ofthe$3,oro,000 provisionally appropriated underthisheading, theestimated subvention fromtheregular budgetisthusestimated at$2,900,000 anditis assumed thatoperational activities undertheUnited Nations FundforN~nibia will otherwise befinanced solely fromvoluntary contributions andwillnotentail additional subventions undertheregular budgetin1990-1991. Support totheSouthWestAfrica People's Organization 44.Provisional resource~ appropriated forthispurpose ($988,200) wasrelated to thesupport oftheOffice oftheObserver oftheSouthWestAfrica People's Organization (SWAPO) totheUnited Nations inNewYork. Thissupport wassuspended asof1April1989,andtheappropriation isnotrequired forthebiennium 1990-1991. B.Extrabudgetary resources: United Nations FundtorNp_mibia
analysis: The text appears to be related to the financial management of the United Nations' activities in Namibia, specifically the provision of funds for the United Nations Fund for Namibia and the closure of the United Nations Institute for Namibia. The text mentions various expenses such as office space rental, utilities, computer equipment, and supplies, which are likely related to the administrative and operational activities of the organization.