text: Secretary-General (A/r..5/44/28), thecostsassociated withtheimplementation of thedraftConvention ontheRightsoftheChild,asadopted bVtheCommission on HumanRightsandSUbsequently amended bytheThirdCommittee lshouldbemetfrom theregular budgetoftheOrganization. Inparagraphs 6to12ofhisstatement, theSecretary-General outlined theactivities bywhichtherequests contained in thedraftresolution wouldbeimplemented. Ameeting oftheStatesparties tothe Convention wouldbeconvened foronedayin1991toelect memb~rs oftheCommittee ontheRightsoftheChild,which,inaccordance witharticle 43oftheConvention, wouldconsist of10experts andwouldmeetannually atUnitedNations Headquarters oratanyotherconvenient placeasdetermined bytheCommittee. However, the Secretary-General believed thattheprinciples embodied insection IofGeneral Assembly resolution 40/243of18December 1985shouldbeobserved andthat, consequently, theCommittee shouldmeetattheheadquarters ofitssubstantive secretariat, i.e.,Geneval andthatthatunderstanding shouldbereflected inthe calendar ofconferences forfuturebienniums. Accordingly, theSecretary-General, subject totheentryintoforceoftheConvention andtheelection ofCommittea members, intended toconvene thefirstregular session oftheCommittee fora periodofthreeweeksduringthefirsthalfof1991attheUnitedNations Officeat Geneva. Travelandsubsistence costs,estimated at$55,000, wouldneedtobepaid forthe10members. Adoption ofaconvention ontherightsofthechild. -38-25.Article 43oftheConvention, asamended, alsostatedthatthe Secretary-General shouldprovide thenecessary staffandfacilities foreffective performance ofthefunctions oftheCommittee. Itwastheqecretary-General's view thatthoseservices couldnotbeensured ~ithout additional staffing resources beingmadeavailable totheCentreforHumanRights. SincetheConvention wasnot expected toenterintoforceuntil1991,andtheprogramme ofworkoftheCommittee hadyettobeestablished, th6Secretary-General proposed toprovide foranamount of$119,000 undertemporary assistance in1991equivalent to12work-months atthe Professional leveland6work-months attheGeneral Service level. Subsequent requirements wouldbepresented totheGeneral Assembly inthecontext offuture budgetproposals. 26.Article 43,asamended, further statedthat,withtheapproval oftheGeneral Assembly, themembers ofthaCommittee shouldreceive emoluments fromUnited Nations resources onsuchtermsandconditions astheAssembly mightdecide. The Secretary-General suggested thattheAssembly mightwishtobeguided byits resolution 35/218of17Decemb6r 1980indetermining thelevelofsuchemoluments. Underthetermsofresolution 35/218, anamountof$5,000peryearwasprovided to theChairman and$3,000peryeartoeachofthem~mbers oftheHumanRights Committee, whichappeared tohavebeenentrusted withfunctions similar tothose thattheConvention wouldentrust totheCommittee ontheRightsoftheChild. Pending adecision bytheAssembly, anamountof$32,000 hasbeenprovisionally included inthestatement ofprogramme budgetimplications. 27.Thefullcostofrequirements inrespect oftheactivities provided forinthe Convention amounted to$984,500 forconference-servicing costsand$206,000 for othercosts. rorthereasons setforthinparagraph 15oftheSecretary-General's statement, itwasestimated thatnoadditional resources wouldberequired under section 29(Conference andlibrary services) oftheproposed programme budgetfor thebiennium 1990-1991. Withregardtoothercosts,section 23(Humanrights) of theproposed programme budgetcontained aprovision intheamountof$1,685,300 for activities inthefieldofhumanrightswhichmightbemandated bytheEconomic and SocialCouncil duringitsregular sessions. IntheviewoftheSecretary-General, theamountrequired inrespect ofothercostsshouldbecovered bythatprovision, thusmakingitunnecessary torequest anadditional appropriation. Asforthe information contained inparagraph 19oftheSecretary-General's statement, th~ Advisory Committee hadsubsequently beeninformed thatnoadditional appropriation wouldberequired undersection 31(Staffassessment) oftheproposed programme budget. 28.TheAdvisory Committee recalled that,underGeneral Assembly resolution 2489(XXIII) of21December 1968and8Sreaffirmed inAssembly resolution 35/218, neither afeenoranyotherremuneration inaddition tosubsistence allowances at thestandard rateshouldnormally bepaidtomembers oforgansorsubsidiary organs otherthanastheresultofanexplicit decision bytheAssembly. TheAdvisory Committee wasoftheviewthat,shouldtheAssembly decidetopaytheproposed
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the financial implications and logistics of implementing a convention on the rights of the child, specifically the costs associated with the activities and services required to fulfill the convention's objectives. This suggests that the category should be related to international organizations, human rights, or social issues.