whether a vote should be taken on the appropriation for programme element 2.16 (vi) separately or on section 27 as a whole. 10. The CHAIRMAN said that, since the process of explanations of vote had started, he could not accept Mauritania's proposal. 11. Since there was no other delegation wishing to explain its vote before the vote, he announced that the Committee would proceed to vote on the appropriation of an amount of $41,100 for the booklet on the question of Palestine (section 27, programme element 2.16 (vi) of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985) 0 12. An appropriation of $41,100 for proqramme element 2.16 (vi) was approved by 62 votes to 2, with 12 abstentions. 13. The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee would proceed to vote in first reading on the appropriation under section 27 of the proposed proqramme budget for the biennium 1984-1985. 1 ... A/C.5/3B/SR.3l English Page 4 14. An appropriation of $69,210,600 under section 27 of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985 was approved in first reading by 65 votes to 11, with 4 abstentions. 15. Mr. HOLBORN (Federal Republic of Germany), referring to the discussion at the previous meeting on section 27, said that he fully shared the concerns expressed by many delegations, and in particular the statement made by the representative of the United Kingdom. 16. It was regrettable that there was still no information service in German which could provide the people of his country with the necessary information about the activities of the United Nations. In theory there was a small service of that type at Vienna provided by personnel from UNIDO. However, no staff member of the United Nations was specifically assigned to public information services in German. Thus 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the budget allocation for a specific program element, which is related to the United Nations' activities and public information services. It mentions the booklet on the question of Palestine and the proposed program budget for the biennium 1984-1985. The discussion involves delegations from various countries, which suggests an international organization or conference setting.

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