security and resolve the major economic and social problems of the day. At the same time, his Government reserved the right not to take part in or to contribute to those activities which ran counter to the Charter, failed to serve the foremost aims of the United Nations or did not belong in the regular budget. 25. Mr. ABRASZEWSKI (Poland) said that the programme budget documents had been submitted deplorably late, which had interfered with the work of CPC and ACABQ. His delegation was pleased to note the improvements in the presentation of the programme budget, although it was rather bulkier than in the past. It might be possible to institute limits on the size of budget documentation. 26. Real growth in the programme budget tended to be understated owing to the level of the base used and the presence of so-called non-recurrent items, which in fact appeared in every programme budget. In off-budget years, starting in 1984, the Fifth Committee should devote particular attention to establishing methods for the determination of real rates of growth, in co-ordination with CPC and ACABQ. 27. His delegation noted that the rate of growth in the initial estimates was lower than it had been in earlier bienniums. That was a welcome development, which should be encouraged through a more effective use of resources and the elimination of obsolete and marginally useful activities. It should also be possible to absorb a substantial portion of the financial and budgetary implications arising out of resolutions adopted at the current and thirty-ninth sessions of the General Assembly. 28. Both the level and the rate of growth of the programme budget were too high, a view which was shared by the major contributors, which provided over 80 per cent of the resources available to the Organization. Although there were those who 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the budget and financial aspects of the United Nations, specifically the program budget and its growth rate. It also mentions the need to absorb financial implications of resolutions adopted by the General Assembly. This suggests that the category should be related to economic or financial matters.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade