text: -17-, .I I " ~; I I; ~I100.Atits21stmeeting, on13May,theCOmmittee considered section SAofthe proposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1986-1987. Fortheconclusions and recommendations oftheCommittee, seeparagraphs 616-621 below.98.Asregards thenumberofinformation services staff,therepresentative ofthe Secretary-General indicated thatitwasdifficult tosaywhatthecorrect ratioof servicing stafftoinformation staffshouldbeJhowever, therequirements wouldbe continuously reviewed bytheSecretariat. 99.Onedelegation* reserved itsposition ontheprogramme elements contained in paragraphs 4.11to4.14.Itconsidered thatthesparseoutputoftheCommittee for Development Planning duplicated workdoneelsewhere intheUnitedNations system anddidnotjustify theexpenditure involved. Italsoexpressed thestrongview thatnoexpenditure underthoseprogramme elements wasauthorized forthetravel andsubsistence ofanyindividual whowasnotadUlyappointed memberofthe COmmittee forDevelopment Planning.101.Severa oftheacti Internation effortcoul presentatio delegation andthesec Director-Ge session.,!/ 102.Much0 theDirecto attached to andsocial lightofth Nations sys theOffice emergency s greater inv UnitedNati 103.Regard theprovisi globalecon request of. options that sameparagra subparagrap responsibili liewiththe thatinthe development, DutiesofS 104.Somede D-2postto recommendati reclassifica thepostcou particular i delegations inparagraph consultants emphasized t thedescript especially t 10S.Respond Director-Gen difficult to Officedealt beplanned i -18- t-UnitedStatesofAmerica. *Section SA.OfficeoftheDirector-General forDevelOpment andInternational Economic Co-operation 1.IntroductionReservation96.Inreply,therepresentative oftheSecretary-General pointed outthatthe General Assembly haddecided toassigntheresponsibility forthepreparation and theholding oftheConference toasmall,adhocsecretariat unitheadedbyan Assistant Secretary-General, andnottoIAEA. IAEAhadaroletoplay, nevertheless, insupport oftheConference. Sincenodepartment orofficeinthe UnitedNationsSecretariat hadresponsibilities thatembraced thoseofthe Conference secretariat, therewouldbeaneedtomaintain anappropriate partof theConference secretariat toundertake activities, suchasfinalizing ther.eport oftheConference, duringtheperiodbetween theconclusion oftheCOnference and theforty-second session oftheGeneral Assembly. 97.Therepresentative oftheSecretary-General pointed outfurther thatthe Conference secretariat waspurposely limited toafewgeneralists and administrators inordertokeepcostsdown,leaving thehighlyspecialized preparatory worktobedonebyconsultants, whoseservices weretobeengaged as theneedarose. Theconsultants wereneededtoprepare working documents, while thegroupofeminent persons, whichwasspecifically mandated bythePreparatory Committee fortheConference, wastomakerecommendations totheConference, partly onthebasisofthediscussion ofthosedocuments.2.Discussion 101.Several delegations welcomed theimproved presentation inthebudgetdocumentoftheactivities oftheOfficeoftheDirector-General forDevelopment andInternational Economic Co-operation. Nevertheless, theythought thatgreatereffortcouldhavebeenexerted tomaketheformatconform totheprogrammaticpresentation intheothersections oftheproposed programme budget. Onedelegation alsowishedtoknowwhathappened totheSecretary-General's bulletinandthesection oftheorganizational manualdevoted totheOfficeoftheDirector-General, theissuance ofwhichtheCommittee hadurgedatitstwenty-thirdsession. ~ 102.Muchofthesubstantive discussion centred onthefunctioning oftheOfficeoftheDirector-General. Mostdelegations remarked ontheimportance thattheyattached tothesystem-wide co-ordinating function oftheOfficeintheeconomicandsocialareas. Theyviewedthatfunction asanespecially important oneinthe lightofthenecessity ofavoiding duplication ofactivities withintheUnitedNations system. Further inthisregard, somedelegations raisedthequestion howtheOfficehadco-ordinated theefforts oftheUnitedNations concerning theemergency situation inAfrica. Somedelegations emphasized theneedforthegreater involvement oftheOfficeoftheDirector-General inactivities intheUnitedNations systemforeconomic co-operation amongdeveloping countries.
analysis: This text appears to be discussing the budget and activities of the Office of the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation, which suggests a focus on economic development and international cooperation. The text mentions specific activities such as the Conference on Development Planning, the preparation of reports, and the coordination of efforts among United Nations agencies, which further supports the hypothesis that the category is related to economic development.