text: transposed. Afterthecorrection hadbeenmade,onedelegation requested the deletion-from intermediate output(iii)ofthereference totheUnitedNations Association oftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.andthrough the Several delegat biennium, inclu indicated that theviewsexpre distribution wo Sect 72.Inresponse toquestions, therepresentative oftheDepartment indicated which publications weresalespublications andthelanguages inwhichtheywere published. Itwasagreedthatthisinformation should beincluded inthebudget narrative. 73.Inresponse toquestions raisedregarding theproportions ofregular budget resources andvoluntary contributions forsubprogramme 5(WorldDisarmament Campaign), therepresentative oftheDepartment saidthattheactivities financed fromtheregular budgetpriorto1982wouldcontinue tobesofinanced. Onlythose additional activities undertaken since1982wouldbefinanced fromextrabudgetary resourceS. Thebreakdown offundsreceived thusfarwas$2.5million in non-convertible currencies and$0.7million inconvertible currencies. The non-convertible currencies wereusedforpublication activities withineachofthe donorcountries. '78.AtitsSOt oftheproposed andrecommendat 79.Twodelega devoted tocrav Special Committ notbenefiteH Onedelegation wasjustified a 76.Inor1ertotakeintoaccount thefullrangeofactivities beingcarried out bytheDepartment forDisarmament Affairs, somedelegations requested thata programme element dealing withdisarmament anddevelopment should beaddedtothe section. 77.InregardtopUblications, onedelegation askedwhether therewasanyreader feedback andamechanism toassesstheusefulness ofthepublications. The representative oftheDepartment statedthatfeedback wasreceived throughdaily contact withconstituencies oftheWorldDisarmament Campaign, atregional conferences attended byrepresentatives ofmajorconstituencies fromtheregion,75.Returning tothequestion oftheperiodicity oftheAdHocCommittee onthe IndianOceanraisedduringthediscussion ofsection 2A(subsection B,programme element 2.3,(Peace,security andco-operation intheseaandoceanareas), output(i»,theCommittee wasinformed thatthemandate hadbeenformulated bythe General Assembly atitsthirty-ninth session.82.Areservati subparagraph 3.380.Onedelegat implementation 0 AfricaPeople's delegation also resources forth inparagraph 3.8 83.Onedelegat Affairs, Trustee to(iii)unders opinion thatsuc mandates givenb statedthatthe81.Inresponse Secretariat inc representative 0 comprising repre Decolonization, Nations Commissi information acti 84.Onedelegat Special Committe Declaration ont f-14- 'I.'.74.Several delegations hadreservations concerning thepropriety ofprogramme element 5.1(Maintaining aregister ofconstituencies eftheWorldDisarmament Campaign). Afterbeinginformed bytherepresentative oftheDepartment thatthe register wassimplyacomputerized mailinglist(andthatmanyotherdepartments hadalsosetupsuchlists), somedelegations expressed theirconcern regarding the establishment, access, use,confidentiality andintegrity ofthoselists. They wantedtoknowwhether anyin-house guidelines existed inthisregardand,ifnot, requested theirformulation. Therepresentative oftheDepartment statedthat in-hou~e consultations wouldbeundertaken onthatmatter.andthrough themailaddressed totheDepartment byindividual organizations. Several delegations askedforalistofconsultants hiredduringthepresent biennium, including thegeographical breakdown. Inresponse, theSecretariat indicated thatsuchalistwasprovided annually totheGeneral Assembly andthat theviewsexpressed bydelegations withregardtoequitable geographical distribution wouldbetakenintoaccount. Section 3.Political affairs, trusteeship anddecolonization 1.Introduction 78.Atits50thand51stmeetings, on28May,theCOmmittee considered section 3 oftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1986-1987. Fortheconclusions andrecommendations oftheCommittee, seeparagraphs 609-611 below. 2.Discussion 79.Twodelegations expressed reservations concerning thelevelofresources devoted tocravelinthebudgets oftheUQitedNations Council forNamibia andthe Special Committee against Apartheid, sincetheyfeltthatsuchextensive traveldid
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the budget and activities of the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs, which suggests that the category should be related to international relations, security, or diplomacy. The text mentions disarmament, disarmament campaigns, and the use of resources for disarmament activities, which further supports this hypothesis.