8. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide interpretation services for informal meetings on an ad hoc basis in accordance with established practice; 9. Authorizes the Secretary-General to apply maximum overprogramming of meetings whenever possible to achieve better utilization of conference resources; 10. Requests the Committee on Conferences and the Secretary-General to take account of the following principles in drawing up the draft calendar of conferences and meetings: (a) The biennial calendar of conferences and meetings approved by the General Assembly shall govern the meetings programme during the period concerned; (b) All United Nations meetings shall be carried out within the resources allocated by the General Assembly for that purpose; (c) Between sessions of the General Assembly, departures from the calendar may, in special or unusual circumstances, be approved by the Committee on Conferences, provided that changes affecting the subsequent year of the biennium shall be approved by the Assembly; (d) Subsidiary organs of the General Assembly shall not, without the approval of the Assembly, create new standing bodies or ad hoc sessional or intersessional bodies that require additional resources, and other principal organs of the United Nations should make similar decisions with regard to their respective subsidiary bodies, if they have not already done so; (e) An adequate interval of time, to be determined by the body concerned, shall be allowed between sessions of the same bodies to permit Member States to derive maximum benefit from the activities and to provide sufficient time for the preparation of future activities; (f) United Nations bodies shall meet at their respective established headquarters, subject to the exceptions to this principle approved by the General Assembly; (g) The implications of the capacity of the documentation services of the Secretariat to process and issue in time the documentation required for the sessions of all scheduled organs should be taken into account;
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing the organization and management of meetings and conferences within the United Nations system. It outlines principles for the scheduling and coordination of meetings, including the allocation of resources and the approval process for changes to the calendar. The text does not mention specific issues related to economic development, natural resources, or environmental protection, but rather focuses on the internal operations of the UN.

**Category**
Administration, International Relations