ChairmanllJNI'1'1;;)NA1'10NS General.Assembly ..'(}RTY·..·OUR'I'H SESSION OfficialRecords SUMMARY RECORD OFTHE65thMEETING Mr.VAHER (Vice-Chairman)FIFTHCOMMITTEE 65thmeeting heldon Thursday, 29March1990 at6p.m. NewYork (Canada) Chairman oftheAdvisory Committee onAdrninh,tratiye and Budgetary Questionsl Mr.MSELLE CONTENTS AGENDA ITEM1231PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FORTHEBIENNIUM 1990-1991 (continued) Programme budgetimplications ofthedraftdecision indocument A/44/48 on agendaitem82(f)(United Nations Conference onEnvironment andDevelopment) (continued) 4·f·Thl'rl','..rdI'\Uh""'111l ,'IlH....lllln ('nlrrrllllll''hnuldhi',rIllUndl'!IIIl''l~n"lun'nliII1Il'mhl',nllhl' ltrlr~,,"nn 1'(ln,'rrl1l'd "'"h,n"m'",'rkolth,'rI"/I'"'llIIbltnl/l"/J Inthl'('Im","lhr 01rln~ll(r"nrd\ hhlln~Sr,lInn,I(,,,"nIK'~1~ll, ~llnlll'd N~lllln'Phi/a.,lllllmlMJMlIall'd In,Irill')nllh~11'1"\'111 ('lIrn',;llI1n, """Illht-h\ln,',llllh'l rh,,'"'nlltllltu'\t'\\IIHI. 11"1.1\l'Jlillutc \.urrl~·L·rhlull1 hlll,'lh:hl'l1l11l1l1lh.'f.· 90-55408 24518 (~);'istr. GENERAL A/C.5/44/SR.65 16April1990 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: FRENCH Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryAlC.5/44/SR.65 English Page2 Intheabsence oftheChairman, Mr.Vaher(Canada), Vice-Chairman, tooktheChair. Themeeting wascalledtoorderat6.30p.m. AGENDA ITEM123:PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FORTHEBIENNIUM 1990-1991 (continued) Programme budgetimplications ofthedraftdecision indocument A/44/48 onagenda item82(f)(United Nations Conference onEnvironment andDevelopment) (continued) (A/44/48, A/C.5/44/54) 1.TheCHAIRMAN readoutdraftdecisions I,11and111*,agreedtointhe informal consultations, andsuggested thattheCommittee shouldadoptthem,SUbject totheunderstanding that,astherepresentative oftheSecretariat hadindicated inhisstatement, thereportreferred toindecision 11wouldbesubmitted tothe General Assembly earlyintheforty-fifth session, wellinadvance ofthetimewhen theAssembly wouldtakedecisions ontheappropriations inquestion. Furthermore, thatreport wouldinclude aclearindication oftheactualuseofresources upto thetimeofitspreparation. 2.Itwassodecided. 3.TheCHAIRMAN recalled that,atthe63rdmeeting, therepresentative ofthe Soviet Unionhadintroduced aproposal regarding thevoluntary contribution ofthe Government ofSwitzerland. Hesuggested that,asdecided intheinformal consultations, itsconsideration shouldbepostponed toamoreappropriate time. 4.Itwassodecided. 5.Mr.INOMATA (Japan) expressed thehopethattheUnitedNations Secretary"~eneral andtheSecretary-General oftheConference wouldmakethemost effective andeconomical useoftheappropriations withregardtostaffing, he wondered ifitwasreallynecessary toestablish twohigh-level postswhenthe requisite competence couldbefoundintherelevant substantive bodies, suchasthe UnitedNations Environment Programme (UNEP) andtheUnitedNations CentreforHuman Settlements (Habitat), andthespiritofGeneral Assembly resolution 41/213could thusberespected. 6.General Assembly resolution 42/211stipulated prudent useoftheContingency Fundsoasnottoexhaustitbeforetheendoftheperiodofuse.TheAssembly had,moreover, decided inresolution 41/213thatifadditional expenditures were proposed thatexceeded resources available withintheContingency Fund,theycould onlybeincluded inthebudgetthrough redeployment ofresources fromlow-priority areasormodifications ofexisting activities. Lastly, theSecretary-General was required tosubmit aconsolidated statement ofallprogramme budgetimplications andrevised estimates considered atagivensession oftheGeneral Assembly and, *Subsequently issuedindocument A/44/933. /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/C.5/44/SR.65 English Page3 (Mr.Inomata. Japan) shouldthecQnsolidated amQuntexceedthebalance available intheFund,the Secretary-General WQuldmakepropQsals forrevising theamQunts SQthatitWQuld nQtexceedtheavailable balance. That,inhisview,wastheQnlywayfQrthe OrganizatiQn tQaddress thequestion QfadditiQnal expenditures andtQimprQve the planning, prQgramming andbudgeting prQcess. 7.Mrs.SRITAiHA (Kenya) saidthatshewouldlikeittoberecorded that,as regarded decisiQn 111andAssembly resQlutiQn 44/228,itwa.understQQd thatany permanent secretariat QntheenvirQnment WQuldbesetupaftertheCQnference Qnly
**Analysis**
The text discusses the United Nations' budget and the implications of a draft decision on the environment and development. It mentions the use of resources, staffing, and budgeting processes. The text also touches on the idea of a permanent secretariat on the environment.

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Natural resources and environment, International trade