been made with the decision to meet the additional costs of holding the annual '::e::;s ion of ESCI~P in 'l'okyo £rom the regular budget. It seemed illogical for the I ... A/C.5/38/SR.52 English Page 7 (Mr. Pedersen, Canada) Council to meet in Bangkok when many staff would have to be sent to service the meeting and when the conference facilities at ESCAP were judged inadequate and in need of expansion. The delegations of the five countries concerned wished to ask the Secretariat if Council members had been notified of the logistical problems and substantial additional costs that the Bangkok meeting would involve. 24. Besides departing from General Assembly resolution 31/140, the Council for Namibia had decided to ignore resolution 3415 (XXX) and decision 34/401. Although it was rare -except, perhaps, for earlier decisions by the Council for Namibia - for subsidiary bodies to violate so many General Assembly decisions, the delegations on whose behalf he was speaking regretted that the Committee on Conferences, which was responsible for enforcing the rules on the use of conference resources, had been unable to reach specific or even general conclusions on those items. 25. In view of the current economic situation, the appropriation of almost $1.6 milllion for the Council's travel requirements in 1984 alone (see document A/C.5/38/54, para. 60) appeared excessive and unjustified. The same was true of the $1 million requested for the information programme, in so far as many of the related activities of DPI were not in keeping with the principles laid down in General Assembly resolution 13 (I). 26. All delegations should clearly distinguish between their eagerness to support an equitable solution to the situation in Namibia and the financial problems raised by the Council for Namibia's work programme and related practices. The five 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the allocation of funds for the United Nations and specifically criticizes the Council for Namibia for its financial practices. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, transport, communication, health, education, employment, humanitarian aid, or culture. However, it does relate to the allocation of funds and the management of resources, which is a crucial aspect of the United Nations' work.

**Category**
International relations, Administration