commissions. He would ask the Secretary-Ger.~ral to monitor and rationalize all such reouests. A second concern was the presentation of the reouirements for staff travel to the second regular session of the Economic and Social Council in Geneva. According to paragraph 4.8 of the proposed programme budget, the estimated requirements would cover the travel of 34 staff to that session, but according to ACABQ, 82 members of staff had attended the second regular session in 1984. He hoped that the presentation of the total numbers travelling would be made clearer in future. ; ... A/C.S/40/SR.31 English Page 3 (Mr. Murray, United Kingdom) 5. Turning to section 4B, he understood that a recent meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference for the Promotion of International co-operation in the ~eaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy had dP-cided to reduce the length of the preparatory process. His delegation would like to know how the Committee would be formally informed of the conseauent reduction in costs which he assumed would be made. In addition, his delegation was interested in the outcome of the undertaking by the Secretariat noted in paragraph 614 of the report of the Committee for Programme and co-ordination (A/40/38) and wondered if there were any results of which the Committee should be aware. 6. Mr. FORAN (Controller), replying to the auestions raised by the representative of the United Kingdom, said that reauirements for staff travel would ~e carefully scrutinized and their presentation rationalized in future budget proposals. The Secretariat had not yet been informed about the outcome of the meeting of the Preparatory Committee to which he had referred or about any conseauent budget adjustment, but the matter would be pursued and a report presented to the Committee as soon as possible. Finally, there was nothing yet to report as a result of the 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the budget of the United Nations and the travel requirements of staff to attend a meeting in Geneva. It also mentions a conference on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and the potential reduction in costs. These topics suggest a connection to international organizations, governance, and possibly international relations.

**Category**
International relations, Economic development