UNITED NATIONS A ~---. ------- --_-.~ _-__ ___ __ .-. _ ._~. General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/'C.5/45/16 Y October 1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLlSH Forty-fifth session FIFTH COMMITTEE Agenda items 118 and 124 PROGRAMME BUDGET FO? THE BIENNIUM lYYO-1991 PATTERN OF CONFERENCES Eeport..oLthe Committee on-Conferences -. Statement submitted by the Secretary-General_ina~~~~da ra t-b rules of nroce&re of the General Assembly 1. The Executive Secretary of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), ~- in a Setter addressed&e the Commit-tee on Conferences dated I3 August 1948 21. requested that arrangements be made to hold a special session of the Commission from 5 to 9 November 1990. This request constitutes an exception to section I, paragraph 7, of General Assembly resolution 401243 which states that "no subsidiary organ of the General Assembly may meet at United Nations Headquarters during a regular session of the Assembly unless explicitly authorised by the Assembly". 2. The Committee on Conferences at its 311th meeting, on 23 August 1990, decided to recommend to the General Assembly that it authorize XCSC to hold the special session at Headquarters from 5 to 9 November 1990 on the understanding that (a) meetings would be accommodated as facilities and services became available so that the activities of the General Assembly itself were not adversely affected and (b) that a statement of programme budget implications would be submitted to the Assembly in accordance with existing procedures. 21 go-25417 lRG7h (E) / . . . A/C.5/45/16 English Page 2 3. It will be recalled ti~at. the ('enerdl Assembly, in its resolul-ion 44/19H, section I D, paragraph I, had instructed the Commission to complete as soon as possible, and preferably by t.he end ot 1991, a 1-ouutl ot place- Lo-place surveys, on 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report from the United Nations General Assembly, specifically from the Fifth Committee, discussing the organization of a special session of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) and the implications on the programme budget. The text does not seem to be related to any specific field of economic development, natural resources, or human activity, but rather is focused on the internal workings of the UN organization.

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International Organization, Administration