convened, unless the General Assembly specifically decides otherwise." 44. At its 230th meeting, the Committee took up other proposed amendments, which were subsequently modified at the meeting. The effect of the modified proposal was to permit a more even distribution of meetings and conferences among major United Nations conference centres as specified in the medium-term plan for 1984-1989, and to allow United Nations bodies based at Headquarters and now authorized to meet at Geneva to meet at those conference centres also. 45. In explaining the proposals, their initiator stated that the United Nations conference programme was dynamic and growing, and his amendment was designed to reflect that fact and the fact that the conference programme had changed a great deal since the present pattern was laid down in the 1950s. His proposals were not new, but had already been endorsed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Joint Inspection Unit, whose report had recommended, inter alia, that the Assembly should allow Headquarters-based bodies then authorized to meet at Geneva to meet also at Vienna during the period 1975-1977 (see resolution 3350 (XXIX), para. 5). 46. Other delegations, however, stated that a balance had already been achieved on the basis of a pragmatic and consensual approach. There now existed, by the decision of competent United Nations bodies, a number of exceptions to the principle that United Nations bodies should meet at their respective established headquarters, and the result of the amendment under discussion would be to convert an exception into a principle. Such a permanent and general change would lead to physical and financial problems and would upset the existing stability in the conference programme and in the Secretariat establishment. No evidence had been adduced to indicate that there was a need for an increased use of other conference 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the organizational structure and logistics of the United Nations, specifically the conference program and the location of meetings and conferences. It mentions the General Assembly, the Committee, and the Joint Inspection Unit, which suggests that the topic is related to the administration and management of the organization. The text does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or social issues, but rather focuses on the internal workings of the UN.

**Category**
International relations, Administrative affairs