A/38/38) A/C.5/38/2 and Corr.lJ A/38/7/Add.3J A/38/172 and Add.!) Expansion of the conference facilities of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia an.d the Pacific at Bangkok (A/C.5/38/34, A/38/7/Add.5) 1. Mr. MSELLE (Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions) said that ACABQ had considered the report of the Secretary-General on the expansion of the conference facilities of ESCAP at Bangkok (A/C.5/38/34). The report which he was presenting (A/38/7/Add.5) contained the relevant recommendations of ACABQ. The proposals on construction had been submitted to ACABQ in 1982 in accordance with the procedures outlined in paragraphs 13 or 14 of the ACABQ report (A/36/643) on the report of JIU on building construction procedures (A/36/297) submitted to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth- session. 2. After it had studied the Secretary-General's proposals ACABQ had set forth its conclusions in a letter, dated 4 October 1983, addressed to the Secretary-General. As indicated in that letter and in the body of document A/38/7/Add.S, ACABQ agreed with the Secretary-General that there was a need for a study to be made concerning additonal conference facilities at ESCAP headquarters. It had therefore authorized the Secretary-General to submit to the current session of the General Assembly a proposal for an architectural and engineering study so that the Assembly could decide on the scope of the work to be done and the construction costs involved. 3. The Secretary-General had requested an appropriation of $400,000 for the study and ACABQ was recommending approval of that amount in paragraph 6 of its report. In so doing, ACABQ had not taken a final decision on the number of conference rooms to be made available to ESCAP. It had suggested several alternatives to the Secretary-General which he might wish to include in the architectural and engineering study. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing administrative and budgetary matters related to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The focus is on the expansion of conference facilities at ESCAP's headquarters in Bangkok, including a proposal for an architectural and engineering study. The language used is formal and technical, indicating a bureaucratic or administrative context.

**Category**
Economic development, Administration