a series of informal meetings with some of the Chairmen with whom he had been in contact over that matter and reported thereon to the Committee. 15. On 25 March 1985, the Acting Chairman of the Committee on Conferences met with the Chairman of the Legal Sub-Committee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to discuss the Sub-Committee's past use of the conference-servicing resources allocated to it. The Chairman of that Sub-Committee agreed to make a statement to the Sub-Committee describing the meeting and stressing the importance of making the fullest possible use of the conference-servicing resources made available to the Sub-Committee. 16. A further meeting, between the Acting Chairman of the Committee on Conferences and the Chairman of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, took place in June 1985. The latter subsequently made a statement to the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, stressing the importance of punctual attendance at the Committee's meetings. 17. At its 231st meeting, on 27 August 1985, the Committee resumed discussion of this item on the basis of a Secretariat report containing statistics of bodies' meetings in New York and Geneva (A/AC.172/88/Add.3), and a number of proposals and suggestions were made. 18. One delegation proposed that the Secretary-General should be authorized to reduce the level of conference services made available to those bodies that had, over the past three years, utilized 75 per cent or less of the conference-servicing resources made available to them. Another delegation commented that the Secretary-General was not the proper authority to make such a reduction and felt that the time had not yet come for such sweeping measures. 19. In response to questions, the Secretariat explained that, while the Secretary-General could not reduce the entitlement of a body to a certain level of services, the policy of overprogramming, as approved by the Committee on 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the allocation and utilization of resources by various bodies, specifically conference-servicing resources. It mentions the Committee on Conferences, the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, and the Secretariat, which suggests that the context is international organizations and governance. The text does not seem to be related to any specific economic, social, or environmental issue, but rather focuses on the management and optimization of resources.

**Category**
Science and technology, International relations