15. As noEed in Ehe report of Ehe Working GrouP |A/4O/2O?', ' the Agency feced 1985 t itb the Prospecl of cash incone falling ahort of cash exPenditures by sone $5? niUion. As a first sEeP Eo bridge tbis gaP, the Comnisslone r-Gene ral had instituted a number ot ausfe;ity neasures, Principally lhe defernent of expenditures on sEatt salary increases and on Daintenance and nee con6tcuction' which bad Ehe effect ot reclircing buatge teal exPenditure by $40 million and reducing the shorEfall to $27 million. t6. The secre tary-crene ral and the ooorBigsione r -General baal then launched an appeal for additional contributions. Their appeal eas actively suPpor ted by f,he Horking Group on the Financing of UNRWA and th€ UNRWA Advtsory Com$lasion' L7. The Gover Ent ot ,JaPan increaaed its 1985 contribuEion by $500'000' Other GoverNnents, inctudinq lottria, Burkina Faso' caneroon' Finland' Ireland' Maldives' uauritius, llonaco, Norsay, s{eden, Tunlsia and Turkey' also pledged nert or increa3ed conEributions io the aqency for 1985. A comPlece IisE of all c.ontributions pletlged so far in 1985 19 conlained in an annex to Ehe report of Ehe Connissioner-Gene ral to Ebe G€neral Assenbly at its fortieEh session' 18. rn the Period since March 1985, esEinated lncottF had increased by some $I3 rnillion as a reault of the follosing additlonal contributlons pledged in response bo the aPPea l: Aus lral ia Canada tlenlnarl( Finland NornaY St'eden UniEed sEates of Arner ica(in United State8 dollars) 260 000 2 200 000 451 000 1?0 000 56 2 000 I l?0 000 I 000 000 The shortfall was thus reduced fron S2? Dillion to S14 niLlion' 19. on che exPenditure side, Ehere had been boEh increases and decreaaes' resulting in a net decreaae of $9 nillion. B6tinaEed exPenditure had increaEed by $2 niltion because of the need to fund a portion of tbe suPpLenenlary feedlng
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the financial situation of an international organization, UNRWA, and the efforts made to address a budget shortfall. It mentions contributions from various governments and the impact of these contributions on the agency's finances. The text also touches on the agency's expenditures, including salary increases and maintenance costs.

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