text: preparation andprogramme budgetimplications weremoredetailed thanwasthecase inothersections ofthebudgetandquestioned whether thatlevelofdetailwas required. Inreply,itwasnotedthatasoneofthelargest secretariat entities, theDepartment wasmerelyreflecting thebudgetpreparation, monitoring andrelated functions ofthesubprogramme. Anumberofdelegations, however, wereofthe opinion thattheworkinresources planning didnotneedtobepresented insuch detailandthatthedescription insection 6shouldconform tothepractide elsewhere. 126.WithregardtoconSUltants, asdescribed inparagraph 6.15,particuiar concern wasexpressed abouttheuseoftheterm"worldeconomic recovery" inconjunction with"global negotiations". Itwasnotedthatneither themeaning oftheconcept noritsrelationship withtheglobalnegotiations wasclear. Inreply,the Under-Secretary-General saidthatthequestion ofglobalnegotiations was long-standing anditwasincumbent ontheSecretariat tohaveresources available toitintheeventthattherewasprogress onthatquestion duringthebiennium. TheCommittee, however, concluded thatthereferences shouldnotbeincluded. 127.Withregardtoparagraph 6.17ontravel, notewastakenthatthelistoftypes ofentities towhichtravelwasbeingrequested wasincomplete andsomemention shouldbemadeoftraveltosuchintergovernmental organizations asthe Organization oftheIslamic Conference andtheCouncil forMutualEconomic Assistance. Moreover, itwasnotedthatreferences toa"North-South RoundTable" shouldmoreproperly refertoround-table discussions ingeneral. (b)Globaldevelopment issuesandpolicies 128.Inconsidering theprogramme asawhole,several delegations nQtedthata numberofoutputcitations indicated thatreports wouldbeprepared fortheGeneral Assembly andtheEconomic andSocialCouncil "through theCommittee forDevelopment Planning". Thequestion wasraisedwhether reports wereinfacttransmitted to thesebodiesthrough theCommittee forDevelopment Planning orwhether the citations weretoreports submitted tothatCommittee. Inreply,the Under-Secretary-General saidthatsomereports totheAssembly andtheCouncil ­ theWorldEconomic Survey, fOtexample -weremadeavailable totheCommittee for Development Planning butthatinothercasesthereports weresubmitted tothat Committee only. Hesaidthattheformofpresentation, whichhadbeenmaintained overseveral biennia, wasanattempt toshowtherelationship between thework -24- ./ ./.t c t s o r e 1 r, 1 p E, e 1 i a t i t n f 1 r p gin e rcesof othe nse, and erently ent; ionof a ffairs. budget ecase was ities, related e such concern tion ncept lable ium. ftypes ion Table" a General lopment to i1­ efor hat ained rk Iproduced fortheCommittee forDevelopment Planning andtheworkforthemain intergovernmental organsinthecontext ofrecv~.endations bytheCommittee. It wassuggested thatanalternative formulation shouldbefoundtoindicate those documents whichweremadeavailable totheCommittee forDevelopment Planning and thosemadeavailable tocentral intergovernmental bodies, butwhichdidnot formally passthrough thatCommittee. 129.Questions wereraisedwithrespect tosubprogramme 2intermsofwhether work ontheunified approach todevelopment analysis andplanning shouldbeincluded in thatsubprogramme. Inresponse, therepresentative oftheDepartment saidthat, although thatworkhadbeenincluded inthepast,inarecentresolution the General Assembly hadrenewed themandate ontheunified approach todevelopment analysis andplanning, andthattheworkshouldbeincluded undersubprogramme 2as anewprogramme element, numbered as2.2.Itwasagreedthatthemostappropriate stepwastocreateanewoutputunderprogramme element 2.1concerning theunified approach todevelopment analysis andplanning, underwhichthemandated output wouldbeincluded. Questions wereaskedwhyprogramme element 3.1(Changes inthe structure oftheworldeconomy forthepromotion ofsocialandeconomic development
analysis: This text appears to be discussing the budget implications and programme details of the United Nations, specifically in the context of economic development and international cooperation. It touches on issues related to global development, global negotiations, and the work of various UN agencies and bodies.