text: $557,900 in adnitional appropriation s under section 23. That estimate included a total of $263,700 for consultants' fees and travel, general temporary assistance, contractual services, travel of staff, general operating expenses and research grants. 101. With regard to the payment of a daily fee of $260 to the third member of th~ Committee, to which reference was mad~ in paragraph 4 of the Secretary-G eneral's report, the Advisory Committee understood that the fee had been negotiat ed and that the rate was the sam~ as that paid to the previous third member of the Committee. The fee was not expected to change during the biennium 1986-1987. A/C. 5/40/SR.36 English Page 18 (Mr. Mse lle) 102. For the current biennium, resources totalling $347,600 were available to the Committee. As at August 1985, $208,700 had been obligated or expended. The sum of $340,000 was expected to be spent by December 1985. Although the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus had commenced its work in 1984, there had been little experience with regard to the level of resources required to service the substantive activities of the Committee for a full biennium. In those circumstances, the Advisory Committee was convinced that the full provision of $550,900 was not warranted at the current stage. It therefore recommended that $500,000 be authorized. 103. Mr. KRAMER (United States of America) said that although his delegation supported much of the work carried out by the Commission on Human Rights, it objected to the levels of expenditure on such activities as those related to the Second United Nations Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. The United States Congress had recently decided that the country would no longer contribute to such activities. Although almost six pages of CPC's report was devoted to the Commission's activities, CPC had failed to agree on a single 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the budget and financial resources allocated to the Commission on Human Rights and the Advisory Committee, specifically the payment of consultants' fees, travel expenses, and general operating costs. The mention of the Second United Nations Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination suggests that the text may be related to international cooperation and human rights.