text: General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/45/493 18 September 1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Forty-fifth session Item 138 of the provisional agenda* ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY ASPECTS OF THE FINANCING OF THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE-KEEPING OPERATIONS peoort of the Secreta Y Gene r- ral 1. At its forty-fourth session, the General Assembly, by its resolution 441192 A of 21 December 1983, requested the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session on the measuree taken in accordance with the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee contained in its reports (A/44/725 and A/44/666) and to provide further information covering, J&er aliar (a) Economies of Scaler (b) Start-up problems8 (c) The establishment of a reserve stock of equipment and supply itemsr (a) The use of civilian personnel in peace-keeping operationst (e) Problems related to overload posts an8 the proposep establishment of a support account for peace-keeping operations. 2. In the same resolution, the General Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to keep under review the format and amount of information that should be included in his reports on the financing of Unitecl Nations peace-keeping operations in order to assist Member States in the scrutiny and evaluation of those 90-23021 1933b (E) / . . . A/45/493 English Page 2 reports. As regards that latter request, the Secretary-General undertakes to provide, in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, such information as will permit Member States transparency of the financing of each peace-keeping operation, taking into consideration the request of the Assembly to limit the number of pages of reports submitted to it. 3. The present report is submitted in response to the request for information on problems related to overload posts and the proposed establishment of a support account for peace-keeping operations. The additional information requested will be 
analysis: This text appears to be related to the administrative and budgetary aspects of the United Nations peace-keeping operations, specifically discussing the financing and management of these operations. The text does not seem to be directly related to any specific economic or social development issue, but rather focuses on the logistical and financial aspects of the operations.