General operating expenses (Decrease: $407,500) 23.Therequirements underthisheading areestimated at$202,200, reflecting a decrease of$407,500. Theyrelate toprovision during 1990fortheCouncil's special plenary meetings andaseminar tobeheldatWindhoek for:(a)rentalof conference facilities andoffices ($18,000); (b)rental ofoffice equipment ($53,000); (c)communications costs($12,000); (d)official receptions ($5,000); and(e)miscellaneous services toprovide fortheengagement oflocalsupport staff andtechni.cal services toservice meetings aswellasthecostofshipment ofthe archival collections oftheCouncil totheGovernment ofNamibia ($114,200). Supplies (Decrease: $37,400) 24.Therequirements underthisheading ($5,300), whichreflect adecrease of $37,400, relate tothepurchase ofoffice andconference supplies required atthe Council's plenary meetings andtheseminar inNamibia. /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/C.5/45/2 English Page8 Contributions (Decrease: $25,400) 25.Namibia, represented bytheCouncil, hadfullmembership statusinanlli~berof international organizations. Whilemostoftheagencies havewaived membership fee,theCouncil wasrequired topayannualcontributions totheInternational LabourOrganisation (ILO)andtheFoodandAgriculture Organization oftheUnited Nations (FAO). Thefinancial obligations in1990amounted to$45,000. Thebalance of$25,400 ofthe1990-1991 resources provisionally appropriated isrelinquished. Grants (Decrease: $881,500) 26.Initsprogramme ofworkfor1990,theCouncil decided tocontinue its programme ofco-operation withNGOs.Priortoindependence, theCouncil had approved grantstotalling $118,500 insupport oftheactivities ofthefollowing NGOs;theAssociation ofWestEuropean Parliamentarians forActionagainst Apartheid (AWEPAA), Operation Dagvaersk, WorldUniversity Service andthe Washington Office onAfrica. Ofthe$1,000,000 appropriated provisionally forthe 1990-1991 biennium $881,500 canthusberelinquished. 2.OfficeoftheUnitedNations Commissioner forNamibia 27.TheUnitedNations Commissioner forNamibia assisted theCouncil infulfilment ofitsresponsibility withregardtoNamibia, empowered byGeneral Assembly resolution 2248(S-V)andsubsequent annualresolutions onthequestion of Namibia. TheCommissioner served asthechiefexecutive officer oftheCouncil and provided overall direction andmanagement fortheCouncil's programme of activities. TheCommissioner wasresponsible fortheco-ordination ofallthe servicing activities oftheCouncil anditssubsidiary bodies. 28.Theprogramme ofactivities oftheOfficeoftheUnitedNations Commissioner forNamibia fellunderProgramme 3,Namibia ofthemedium-term planfortheperiod 1984-1991 asrevised. Theseactivities arecovered underthefollowing subprogrammes: 1.Representation ofNamibia; 2.Reviewing andreporting ontheprogress oftheliberation struggle in Namibia; 3.Protection ofNamibian interests; 4.Assistance toNamibians; 5.Mobilization ofinternational support fortheNamibian people's struggle forliberation 29.Thesubprogrammes implemented, asappropriate, bytheCommissioner's offices inNewYork,Lusaka, Gaborone andLuandahavebeenadjusted inthelightof developments relating toNamibia, whichhaveoccurred sincethelastrevision of /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryAlC.5/45/2 English Page9 themedium-term plan. Thedetails ofthesubprogrammes andrelated programme elements whichhavebeenimplemented during 1990,aswellasthosewhichare proposed forcontinuation undertheTransistional UnitforNamibia, arepresented inannex Itothepresent report. 30.Theserevised estimates forthebiennium 1990-1991 reflect theactivities, as called forintheapproved programme ofworkoftheCouncil for1990andas modified bysubsequent developments. ~ccordingly, therequirements havebeen estimated ontheassumption thattheCommissioner's officewillceasetoexiston
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to the financial management of the Council's activities, including the provision of resources for various programs, meetings, and services. The focus is on the allocation of funds for administrative expenses, grants to NGOs, and the activities of the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Namibia. While some of the activities mentioned may have an indirect impact on economic development, the primary focus seems to be on the management of the Council's resources rather than the development of specific sectors.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations