interval between sessions isofveryllmited duration and,consequently, inmost cases,toconvene theAssembly wouldbetoresumethesession ratherthanconvene a special session. -17-19.Inparagraph 3ofthedraftresoiudon annexed tothepresent report, an attempt 1smadetomeettheconcerns raised1nparagraphs 11to18above,by providing thatanytimein~hebiennium thatadecision oftheSecurity Council resultsintheneedfortheSecretary-General toenterintocommitme 'tsrelating to themaintenance ofpeaceandsecuritr inanamountexceeding $10million inrespect ofthatdecision, thenthemattermustbebrought totheGeneral Assembly ifthe Assembly isinsesslo". IftheAssembly issuspended ornotinsession, aresumed orspecial session oftheAssembly mustbeconvened bytheSecretary-General to consider thematter. 20.Forthereasons giveninparagraph 13above,theAdvisory Committee doesnot believethattheelimination ofacumulative limitinparagraph 3ofthedraft resolution (seeannex)shouldposeaproblem. However, theAdvisory Committee intends tokeepthematterunderreviewwiththeaimofdetermining whether a cumulative limitshouldbeimposed inaddition tothelimit'"perdec.lsion" recommended bytheCommittee. Notes 1/SeeOfficial Records oftheGeneral Ass,~bly, Forty-fourth Session, S"UIplement No.7andcorrigenda (A/4417 andCorr.land2),para.79. -18-ANNEX Textrecommended bytheAdvisory CQmmittee QnAdministrative and Budgetary QuestioDs forthedraftresolytiQn Qnynforeseen aDd extraordinary expenses forthebiennium 1990-1091 TheGeneral Assembly 1.Authori,es theSecretary-General tQenterintocommitments inthe biennium 1990-1991 tomeetunforeseen andextraordinary expenses arising either duringorsubsequent tothatbiennium, withthepriorconcurrence oftheAdvisory Committee onAdministrative andBudgetary Questions andsubject totheFinancial Regulations oftheUnitedNations andtheprovisions ofparagraph 3below,provided thattheconcurrence oftheAdvisory Committee shallnotbeneeessary fori (a)Suchcommitments, notexceeding atotalof.US3million inanyone year ofthebiennium 1990-1991, astheSecretary-General certifies relatetothe maintenance ofpeaceandsecurity; (b)Suchcommitments asthePresident oftheInternational CourtofJustice certifies relatetoexpenses occasiQned bya (i)Thedesignation ofadhQCjUdgeQ(Statute QftheCourt,Article 31),not exceeding atotalQf'250,000; (i~iTheappointment ofassessors (Statute, Article 30),orthecalling of witnesses andtheappointment ofexrerts (Statute, Article 50),not exceeding atotalQf'75,000; (iii)Theholding ofsessions oftheCQurtawayfromTheHague(Statute, Article 22),nQtexceeding ~totalQf$100,0001 (c)SuchcQmmitments, inanamQuntnQtexceeding '300,000, inthebiennium 1990-1991, astheSecretary-General certifies arerequired forinterorganizational security measures pursuant tosection IVofGeneral Assembly resolution 36/235of 18December 19811 2.ResQlves thattheSecretary-General shallreporttotheAdvisory Committee QnAdministrative andBudgetary QuestiQns andtotheGeneral Assembly at itsforty-fifth andforty-sixth sessions 011commitments modeundertheprovisions ofthepresent resolution, tQgether withthecircumstances relating th9reto, and shallsubmitsupplementary estimates totheAssembly inrespect ofsuch commitments; 3.Decides that,fQrthebiennium 1990-1991, ifadecision ofthe Se~'~rity Council results intheneedfQrtheSecretary-General toenterintocommitments relating tothemaintenance ofpeaceandsecurity inanamountexceeding $10million inrespect ofthatdecision, themattershallbebrought totheGeneral Assembly or,iftheAssembly issuspended ornotinsessiQn, aresumed orspecial session oftheAssembly shallbeconvened bytheSecretary-General toconsider the matter. -19-DOCUMENT A/44/7/Add.5 Seventh report Fromtheoptical discpilotproject attbeUnit.dNations Office atGenevatoonopticOl discsystemfortheUnitedNatiQDA (Originall English) (7D~cemb.r 1989) 1.TheAdvisory Committee onAdministrative andBudgetary Questions has considered thereportoftheJointInsp.ction Unit(JIU),entitled "fromthe optical discpilotproject atUNOG[United Nations OfficeatGeneva] toanoptical discsystemfortheUnitedNations", whichwastransmitted totheGeneral Assembly undercoverofanotebytheSecretary-General (A/44/684) andanotebythe
**Analysis**
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