on but there was nothing to prevent the Fifth Committee from continuing in the mear time its consideration of the programme budget section as such. Approval in first reading of certain appropriations would not preclude any subsequent action by the Committee regarding the question of grants for emergency disaster assistance. 2. Mr. MSELLE (Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions) said that in its report ACABQ recommended approval of the estimate for the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator in the amount of $5,241,500 requested by the Secretary-General (A/38/7, para. 22.4). He recalled, however, that in his introductory statement at the Fifth Committee's 7th meeting (A/C.5/38/SR.7, para. 47) he had informed the Committee that the recommendations of CPC on section 22, as casted in paragraph 8 of annex I to Part II of its report, would lead to a further reduction of $4,800. In considering the ACABQ recommendation, therefore, account should be taken of that further reduction. 3. The CHAIRMAN said that the discussion of section 22 in CPC was reflected in paragraphs 326 to 335 of Part II of its report (A/38/38). He noted in connection with paragraph 334 that CPC recommended the deletion of programme element 4.3. If the Fifth Committee agreed to the recommendation, $4,800 should be deleted from thE amount recommended by ACABQ. 4. Mr. KELLER (United States of America) said that his delegation had noted a significant shift in the allocation of resources between the four subprogrammes of UNDRO's proposed programme budget. Although General Assembly resolution 36/225 hac mandated a certain realignment of priorities, the proposed programme budget reflected some dramatic changes in that direction. Subprogramme 1 (Disaster relie. co-ordination) accounted for only 51 per cent of the programme's total resources, 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the budget of the United Nations Office for Disaster Relief (UNDRO) and its coordination with other organizations. The mention of "emergency disaster assistance" and "disaster relief co-ordination" suggests that the topic is related to humanitarian aid and relief efforts.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief