required undersection 29(Conference andlibrary servicAs). TheAdvisory Committee recommended thattheAssembly shouldbesoinformod, (See A/C,S/44/SR,SO, para,7,) *ReportoftheSpecial Committee ontheCharter oftheUnitedNations and ontheStrengthening oftheRoleoftheOrganization, -44··SQProgramme budgetimpligation. Qfdraftre'QlutiQQ 11lubmitt.d by theSecondCommittee init.r'port(A/44/746/A4d.i. para.12) gQngerning agendaitem82(b)* 40.Atthe50thm••ting,theChairmen oftheAdvisory Committee saidthatin paragraph &ofdraftr.solution IttheSecretary-General wasrequested tomake avail~~le totheUnitedNatioDs Conference onTradeandDevelopment fromthe regular budgettheextr~fundsneededtoprepare acomprehensive studyonthe economy oftheoccupi.d Pal••tinianterritory. TheSecretary-General estimate( the totalrequirements fort~~studyof$792,000. Ofthatsum,$372,000 couldbe absorb.d withl~theprovisions undersection 15(United Nations Conferlnce onTrade andDevelopn.ent) oftheproposed programme budgetfQrt.hebiennium 1990-1991 for activities relating tothequestion ofPalestine. Thebalance of$420,000 could notbeabsorbed andwouldhavetobemetfromthecontingency fund. 41.Inhisstatement ofprogramme budgetimplications (A/C.5/44/39), the Secretary-General indicated thath.couldnotidentify anyactivity for termination, deferral, curtailment ormodification undertheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1990-1991 tofinance theadditional costswhichadoption of thedraftresolution would.ntail. ShOUlditnotprovepossible tofinance tha additional $420,000 fromthecontingency fund,itmightbenecessary topostpone preparation ofthestudy, a~provided forinthoguidelines foruseofthe contingency fundcontained in.ection Cofanne~ItoGen.ral Assembly resolution 41/213of19December 1986andintheannextQAssembly resolution 42/211of 21December 1987. 42.TheAdvisory Committee notedthatithadoriginally beenexpected thatthe studywouldbepaidforwith.xtrabudgetary funds,butthosefundshadnot materialized. TheAdvisory Committ.e ~adbeeninformed thatthestudywasa cQmp1ex undertaking involving 18different subject areas. Astheexpertise needed tocarryoutthestudycouldnotallbeobtained fromtheresources available under .ection 15,outside consultants wouldhavetoberecruited. TheAdvisory Committee therefore accepted theSecr.tary-General's submission. 43.Accordingly, theFifthCommitt.e shouldinformtheGeneral Assembly that adoption ofthedraftresolution wouldgiverisetoadditional requirements of $420,000 whichwouldhavetob.governed bythr.procedures fortheuseand operation ofthecontingency fund.Suchadditional appropriations asmightbe requested bytheSecretary-Gen.ral inthatconnection wouldbeconsidered bythe Assembly inthecontext ofthecQnsolidated statement ofprogramme budget implications andrevised.stimat.s hItobesubmitted bytheSecretary-Gen.ral shortly beforetheendofthecurrent session. (SeeA/C.5/44/SR.50, paras.10-13.) •Devel?pm.nt andint.rnational economic co-operation Ihumansottlements. -45-programme bUdgetimpligations ofth,draftresolution. gontain.d indocument. A/44/L.43-L.45, concerning agondaitom39* 44.Atthe53rdmeeting, theChairman oftheAdvisory Committee notedthatthe programme budgetimplications ofthethreedraftresolutions onthequestion of Paleltine related tot.heactiviti.s oftheCommittee ontheZxercise ofthe Inalienable RightsofthePalestinian Peopleundersection I(Overall policy-making, direction andco-ordination) andsection 27(Public information) of theproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1990-1991. Thoseactivities .ntailed conference-servicing requirem.nts of$3,482,300, thedetails ofwhichwere letoutinannexVtotheSecretary-General's statement ofprogramme budget implications (A/C.5/t4/t3" andanadditional requirement of$174,600 arising out ofthepostponements until1990ofmeetings scheduled for1989,thoserequirements couldbemetfromresources undersection 29(Conference andlibrary services). TheSecretary-Oeneral indicated thatprovisions badalready beenmadeforthe requirements arising undersections 1and27,andtbat,therefore, noadditional appropriation wouldberequired underthosesections. Intheannex.s tohis Itatement, theSecretary-General gavefulldetails ofalltb.various kindsof meetings tobeheldbytheCommittee sothattheycouldbeincluded inthecalendar ofconferences andmeetings infuturebienniums. (SeeA/C.5/t4/SR.53, para.23.)
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the budgetary implications of a draft resolution related to the Palestinian territories, including the need for additional funding to prepare a comprehensive study on the economy of the occupied Palestinian territory. The resolution involves various activities, including conference-servicing requirements, which are categorized under section 29 (Conference and library services) of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1990-1991.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development