develop its content and structure and to consider whether it should be placed within the framework of a major unit of the Secretariat or within a new United Nations agency. 33. By operative paragraph 4 of the draft resolution, the General Assembly would request the Secretary-General to take immediate action, pending the convening of a summit or ministerial meeting, to consider the conversion of the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch into a new, major unit of the United Nations Secretariat with an appropriate programme, and to report thereon to the summit or ministerial meeting and to the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control at its twelfth session. 34. The establishment of an expert working group to elaborate the proposed crime and justice programme would involve expenditures which cannot be precisely determined at present. It is expected that should the Congress recommend to the General Assembly the adoption of the draft resolution, the Congress will at the same time provide additional guidance on such issues as the composition of the expert working group, the duration of its mandate and the frequency of its meetings. 35. With the additional guidance provided by the Eighth Congress, the Secretary-General will be in a position to inform the General Assembly of the programme budget implications relating to the establishment of an expert working group as envisaged in the draft resolution. VII. PROGRAMME BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF COMMITTEE RESOLUTION 11/3 ON THE REVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONING AND PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 36. By operative paragraph 1 of its resolution 11/3, the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control unanimously approved the report of the Committee entitled "The need for the creation of an effective international crime and justice programme" (E/1990/31/Add.1). 37. By operative paragraph 3 of the same resolution, the Committee recommended 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the creation of a new international crime and justice programme, which is related to the functioning of the United Nations in crime prevention and criminal justice. This programme would involve the establishment of an expert working group, which would require additional funding. The text also mentions the report of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, which provides context for the proposed programme.

**Category**
International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief