text: SC.3TheAdvisory Committee recommends approval oftheSecretary-General's estimate of$704,500 fortheRegional Commissions Liaison Office(section 5C). -65--66-Section 6.Department ofInternational, Economic andSocialAffairs 6.6At' informat" posts. andp-2 Departme level) estimate 6.7For theSecr Global s TheAdviProWor1 1/ Su1eme6.5The 2General ofthepr Programme Duringth financed Secretar Advisory Programme Unit's i Secretar theUnit Assembly6.4The thetotal followS: .1$ 55874100 55754200 436121004890000050056800 ...................... ......................Estimate sUbmitted bytheSecretary-General ••••••••••• Actualexpenses 1982-1983 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Estimate recommended bytheAdvisory Committee •••••••• Revised appropriations 1984-1985 Initial appropriations 1984-1985 6.1Theestimate of$55,874,100 forsection 6is$5,817,300, or11.6percent, higherthantherevised 1984-1985 appropriation andincludes resource growth estimated at$681,800 (atrevised i985rates). Asshownintable6.1,therateof realgrowthhasbeencalculated at0.6percentprimarily due t~thedeletion of 1986-1987 non-recurrent itemstotalling $462,200 (atrevised 1985rates). The Advisory Committee notesthattheamountof$462,200 comprises $130,000 for furniture andeauipment, $249,400 fornon-recurrent temporary posts(1P-4and 2General Service) and$82,8QO fortheholding ofameeting ofanadhocexpert group(para.6.12oftheproposed programme bUdget). 6.3TheSecretary-General requests atotalof524established regular budgetposts for1986-1987 comprising 290Professional andabove(1USG,4ASG,8D-2,26D-1, 57P-5,78P-4,66P-3and50P-2/1)and234General Service, including 42atthe Principal level. Thisrepresents anincrease offourpostsover1984-1985 (1P-4, 1P-2/1and2General Service, including 1attheprincipal level). Notemporary regular budgetpostsareshownintable6.5,however, asindicated inparagraph 6.1 above,oneP-4postandtwoGeneral Service postshavebeen requ~sted ona non-recurrent basis. TheCommittee's observations regarding non-recurrent posts arecontained inchapterI,paragraphs 44and45above.6.2Extrabudgetary resources for1986-1987 areestimated at$7,556,700, comprising $2,384,700 forservices insupport ofextrabudgetary programmes and$5,172,000 for sUbstantive activities. Ascanbeseenfromtable6.1,bothfigures showdecreases fromthecorresponding 1984-1985 estimates of$2,439,300 and$5,920,400. With regardtothedecrease of$748,400 undersubstantive activities, theAdvisory Committee notesthatnofurther contributions areforeseen in1986-1987 fora numberoftrustfunds. Inthisconnection, representatives ofthe Secretary-General informed theCommittee thatthedecrease ofextrabudgetary posts (table6.5) ~sprimarily attributable tothisdecline intrustfundcontributions, i.e.anumberofpostscurrently financed fromtrustfundswillbediscontinued. Representatives oftheSecretary-General alsoinformed theCommittee thatthe numberofextrabudgetary postsshownintable6.5for1986-1987 should be 47instead of56.Thefurther decrease relates toninepostswhichwereformerly financed bytheTrustFundforpreparation ofthe1985WorldConference toReview andAppraise theAchievements oftheUnitedNations DecadeforWomenbutwhichhave nowbeentransferred toUNDP.Thesepostswereincorrectly included inthe 1986-1987 totalsofextrabudgetary postsshowninbothtables6.5and6.17ofthe proposed programme budget.6.4Thenewpostsproposed bytheSecretary-General, whichaccount for$464,400 of thetotalresource growthof$681,800 (atrevised 1985rates)(table6.4),areas follows: Programme/new posts Worldstatistics 1non-recurrent P-4post 2non-recurrent General Service posts Programme planning andco-ordination 1P-4post 1P-2post 1General Service post(Principal level) 1General Service postParagraph reference inthe proposed programme budget 6.87 6.101 6.5TheAdvisory Committee hasnoobjection tothenon-recurrent posts(1P-4and 2General Service) requested underWorldstatistics. Asstatedinparagraph 6.102 oftheproposed programme budget, thefourpermanent postsreauested under
analysis: The text appears to be related to the budget and financial planning of the United Nations, specifically the Department of International, Economic and Social Affairs. It discusses the allocation of funds, posts, and resources for various programs and activities. The text mentions specific areas such as World statistics, Programme planning and co-ordination, and Extrabudgetary resources, which suggests that the category should be related to economic development, international relations, and possibly humanitarian aid.