text: Actualexpenses 1982-1983 •••••• 0••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 14.1TheSecretary-Generalis est~mate of$35,049,700 forsection 14is$7,746,900, or28.3percent,higherthantherevised 1984-1985 appropriations. Ofthis amount, $4,448,700 isattributable toprojected inflation for1986-1987, $1,269,000 represents resource growth(atrevised 1985rates), and$2,029,200 isaccounted for bytherevaluation ofthe1984-1985 resource base.TheSecretary-General has calculated therateofrealgrowthat1percent. Redeployments programme Executive direction Industrial development Energy Publicadministration andfinance Science andtechnology Socialdevelopment Statistics Information services Conference services Administration and commonservices14.3Table14.5oftheproposed programme budgetshowsatotalof314established posts,comprising 1USG,1D-2,8D-l,20P-5,37P-4,29P-3,11P-2/1and 207locallevel. Inaddition torequesting onenewpostandonereclassification (seeparas.14.7and14.8below), theSecretary-General indicates hisintention to redeploy postsamongprogrammes asfollows: -92- /14.4Inparagraphs 14.5and14.6ofitsfirstreportontheproposed programme budgetfor1984-1985!£!theAdvisory Committee indicated that,asat30April1983, 31.7percentofProfessional postswerevacant, andrecommended thattheturnover deduction applicable toestablished postsintheProfessional category andabove shouldbeincreased forsection 14from5percentto13percent. ~oo, ,000 for :ed led In to n d :get 114.5TheCommittee wasinformed thatthesituation hadimproved andthatalthough thecumulative average vacancy forProfessional postsfor1984hadbeencalculated at26.9percent,several vacantpostswereunderactiverecruitment. Inthe circumstances, theCommittee recommends thattheturnover deduction forestablished postsintheProfessional category andaboveinsection 14,whichhasbeenrestored to5percentforthepurposes ofthe1986-198~' estimates (seetable14.2),beset at9percent,withaconsequential reduction of$744,500. 14.6Table14.4showsthatatotalof$280,400 forotherofficial travelofstaff isrequested undersection 14.TheAdvisory Committee notesthatinanumberof casesthejustification forproposed travelincludes the"collection ofunpublished material" andthe"verification ofdata"(see,forexample, para.14.21ofthe proposed programme budget). TheAdvisory Committee believes thatinmanyinstances thesetypesofactivities couldbecarried outmoreeconomically byothermeans, suchastheuseofthemailsortelecommunications. Accordingly, theCommittee recommends thattheestimate fortravelbereduced by$10,400 to$270,000 for 1986-1987. 14.7TheCommittee hasnoobjection totherequest toreclassify onetranslator postfromtheP-3totheP-4level(para.14.62oftheproposed programme budget). 14.8Inparagraph 14.67oftheproposed programme budgetitisproposed to establish anewP-4postfortheChiefoftheElectronic Dataprocessing and Information Systems Section. Thisrequest wasoriginally madeintheproposed programme budgetfor1984-1985 andtheAdvisory Committee recommended thenthatthe needbemet ~hrough redeployment.!l! TheSecretary-General nowindicates that because oftheanticipated improvement inthevacancy situation therewillbeno possibility forredeployment in1986-1987. Underthecircumstances, theAdvisory Committee recommends establishment ofthepostonatemporary basisfor1986-1987. Theneedtoestablish an·additional permanent postforthispurpose canthereafter beevaluated inthelightofexperience inconnection withthevacancy rate situation. 14.9TheCommittee hasnoobjection totherequest forconsultants in paragraph 14.69oftheproposed programme budget. TheCommittee wasinformed that theeducational consultant isrequired inconnection withtheestablishment ofan inteLnational schoolatBaghdad. TheCommittee w~sassured thatthisschoolwould besupported entirely through feesandthatnocontribution fromtheUnitedNations regular budgetisforeseen. 14.10Upgrading thecomputer systematECWAandtherentalofcomputer software account forrequirements (atrevised 1985rates)of$316,500 and$234,800 respectively (paras. 14.78and14.72oftheproposed programme budget). In !£!~.,Thirty-eighth Session, Supplement No.7,(A/38/7 andCorr.l). 131Ibid.,para.14.18. -93-'i ·i jr I i~I I: I il :~ ,~addition, anamountof$196,500 (atrevised 1985rates)isincluded fordata
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the budget and financial estimates for the United Nations, specifically for the 1986-1987 period. The Secretary-General is proposing a budget of $35,049,700 for section 14, which includes various programs and activities related to industrial development, public administration, and science and technology. The budget also includes estimates for staff travel, consultants, and computer system upgrades. Based on this information, it seems likely that the category would be related to economic development, science and technology, or international relations.