text: in first readinq by 97 votes to 1. 108. The CHAIRMAN invited the Committee to vot~ on section 23 as a whole, based on the CPC recommendation, just adopted, in the amount of $9,776,800 and the revised estimate of $557,900 contained in document A/C.S/40/9. He also invited the Committe e to approve, under the heading of revised estimates, an appropriation of $21,300 in the expenditure section 31 (staff assessm ent), to ~ offset by a similar amount under income section 1. 109. At the request of the representative of the United States of America, a recorded vote was taken. In favour: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Jl1exico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia. Against: United States of America. Abstaining: None. 110. The recommendation of the Advisory Committee for an appropriation in the amount of $9,976,800, together with the amount of $500,000 under the heading revised estimates under section 23, and for an appropriation in the amount of $21,300 under section 31, for the bienniu~ 1986-1987, was approved in first reading by 97 votes to l. A/C.5/40/SR.36 English Page 20 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the allocation of funds for a specific project or program, with a focus on the approval of an appropriation in the amount of $9,776,800. The mention of "staff assessment" and "revised estimates" suggests that the funds are being allocated for administrative or operational purposes. The fact that the recommendation was approved in first reading by 97 votes to 1 also implies that the discussion is focused on the approval of a specific budget or appropriation.