ofmaintaining contact withthefield,particularly sincespecial events, suchas international yearsanddecades, hadindicated aneedtodevelop newtypesof technical co-operation designed forthem.145.Withregardtosubprogramme 10,programme element 10.2(Development of national criminal justice databases), thetechnical publication consisting ofa manualtoassistnational administrations inthedevelopment ofcomprehensive data basesinrespect ofprisons andnon-institutional services wasquestioned. Itwas arguedthattheworkwasnotjustified byanymandate andwasimproper forthe UnitedNations toperform.144.Thedesignation oflowestpriority giventoprogramme element 5.3(Research andpolicyanalysis ontheparticipation ofwomeninpromoting international peace andco-operation) wasquestioned anditwasproposed thattheprogramme element shouldnotbedesignated asbeingoflowestpriority. Onedelegation arguedthat thequestion ofwomenandpeacewasofparticular importance inthecontext Jf UnitedNationsactivities fortheadvancement ofwomenbecause oftheinvolvement ofwomen's groups. Another delegation arguedthat,intermsofrelative priorities, thelowestpriority designation wasappropriate sinceexperience showed thatalthough theproject wasimportant, theimpactofUnitedNationsactivities in theareawaslimited. TheCommittee didnotagreetotheremoval ofthelowest priority designation. Onedelegation strongly reserved itsposition onthematter.(g)Worldstatistics 148.Ageneral question wasaskedaboutthereasons fortheinclusion ofactivities related tostatistical dataintheprogramme onglobaldevelopment issuesand policies ratherthanintheprogramme onworldstatistics. Inreplythe Under-Secretary-General statedthatthereweredifferences inthetypeofwork undertaken inthosetwoprogrammes. Thestatistical programme wasconcerned with developing statistical concepts andcompiling statistics, whereas thedevelopm~nt issuesandpolicies programme applied thestatistics related toeconomic analysis andprojections. Thestatistical compendia produced asaresultofthat application differed incontent andintheintended audience fromthoseproduced underthestatistics programme. 149.Withregardtooutput(iv)ofprogramme element 1.7(Development ofconcepts andmethods onspecial population groupsandco-ordination ofsocialstatistics and indicators), itwasaskedwhytheoutputwaspartially fundedfromextrabudgetary resources andpartlyfromtheregular bUdget. Itwasnotedthat,asamatterof practice, usingextrabudgetary fundstodevelopactivities whichwouldthenbe transferred totheregular budgetshouldbeavoided. Inreply,theDirector ofthe Statistical Officepointed outthatthefirstpartoftheoutputwasbeingfunded from extrab~dgetary resources inordertobeginworkinanareaforwhichresources hadnotbeenavailable, butthattheworkhadacontinuing andlonger-term significance andwasanemerging priority andtherefore shouldcorrectly becarried ontheregular budget. Onedelegation wasoftheviewthatbothpartsofthe outputshould becovered byextrabudgetary funding andreserved itsposition onthe matter. 150.Onprogramme element 3.3(Collection, compilation anddissemination of industrial, construction anddistributive tradestatistics -recurrent publications), thequestion wasaskedwhether theDistributive-Trade Statistics Yearbook, 1985wasnecessary anddesirable, sincemostofthestatistics initwere alsoincluded intheStatistical Yearbook. Inreply,theDirector ofthe Statistical Officestatedthatdistributive-trade statistics wasanareaofgrowing importance, forwhich e~isting datawerenotadequate, eitherconceptually orin practice. Aspecial presentation wastherefore desirable toensurethatthe subject waskeptatanappropriate levelofvisibility. Itwasagreedthatthat particular outputshould begivenlowpriority inrelation toothers. 151.Withregardtooutput(i)ofprogramme element 6.1(Collection, compilation anddissemination ofdemographic statistics), thequestion wasraisedwhether the Compendium ofImmigrant StockDatamightduplicate theworkofthepopulation programme oninternational migration flows. TheDirector oftheStatistical Office statedthatwhiledealing withrelated phenomena, thetwolinesofworkwerenot duplicative, sincethepopulation studies wereconcerned withflowswhilethe statistical workdealtwithstocks. Whileinbothcasesthedatawouldbederived fromnational population censuses, theirtreatment andusewouldbedifferent. (h)Programme support: programme planning andco-ordination
**Analysis**
The text discusses various aspects of the United Nations' activities, including the development of national criminal justice databases, research on women's participation in international peace and cooperation, and the collection of statistical data. These topics seem to be related to the UN's efforts to promote global development, peace, and human rights. The text also mentions the importance of statistical data in informing economic analysis and projections, which suggests a connection to economic development.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade, Science and technology