12.Asexplained insectionIIIofdocument A/C.S/44/9, thePanelofCounsel had continued toassiststaffmembers inpreparing theirstatements ofappealandin providing appropriate counselling, thusobviating theneedforformalappeals. The Advisory Committee notedthattheamicable settlement ofgrievances hadalsobeen achieved through theintervention ofgrievance panelsatbothHeadquarters and otherdutystations. TheCommittee alsonotedthat that procedure wasdesigned to supplement, ratherthanreplace, theformalprocedures oftheJAB,the Administrative Tribunal andspecialized appeals bodies. TheSecretary-General indicated inthatconnection thatthenextphaseofthereformprocess wouldfocus ontheimprovement ofinformal procedures forthoamicable resolution ofstaff grievances. (SeeA/C.5/44/SR.28, parus. 45-48.) -35-Admini.tratiy. andfinancial implicatiQns Ofthedegisions and r.gommendation. contained inthereports OftheIntgrnatiQAAl CivilSeryige CommissiOn andoftbeUnite4Nation. JointStaff Pension Board 13.Atthe31stme.ting, theChairman oftheAdvisQry Committee .aidthat,in accordance withpastpractice, theSecretary-Gener-al hadsubmitted astatemer·t (A/C.5/44/18) ontheadministrative andfinancial implications ofthedecisions and recommondations contained inthereportoftheInternational CivilService Commission g/andoftherecommendations cuntained inthereportQftheUnited Nations JointStaffPension Board. ~/TheAdvisory Committee hadfoundnoreason toobjocttothecalculations ofcostsindiQated inthestatement. ~ormally, it wouldhaveprepared awlit.ten report. Sincp.,however, thecostestimates were likelytob~revised inthelightofforthcoming decisions bytheFifthCommittee, theAdvisory Committee feltitwouldbeprudent tocallforafurther statement of prQgrmmne budgetimplications basedonthedraftresolution whichtheFifth Committee eventually wouldprepare. Itwouldthenmakerecommendations astothe actualadditional amounts required intheproposed programme bUdgetforthe bi.nn~um 1990-1991. 14.TheChairman drewtheattention ofthefifthCommittee tot~eAdvisvry Committee's report(A/44/682) onthereportoftheUnitedNation' JointStaff Pension Board. Asstatedinparagraph 11oftheAdvisory Committee's report, the financial implications oftherecommendations madebythePension Boardwould amountto$11.2million yearlyforalltheorganizations ofthecommonsystem. The shareofthatamounttobebornebytheregular budgetoftheUnitedNations would besome$4million yearly. Thosefigures wereinagreement withthefigures given inparagraphs 3and28ofdocument A/C.5/44/18. (SeeA/C.5/44/SR.31, paras.46 and47.) PublicatiOnS oftheInternational CQurtofJustice 15.Atthe32ndmeeting, inthecontext ofhiscomme~ts onsection 25 (International CourtofJustice) oftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1990-1991. theChairman oftheAdvisory Committee statedthat,as~ndicated inthe notebytheSecretary-General onthepublications oftheCourt(A/C.5/44/13), the Courtmaintainod itsposition Yis-a-yis therecommendations regarding its publications madebytheJointInspection Unit.A/Inparagraph 11ofdocument A/C.S/44/13 theSecretar.y-General alsoindicated that,inthecircumstances, hedid notintendtoimplement therecommendations oftheJointInspection UnIt.The Advisory Committee recommended thattheGeneral Assembly shouldtakenoteofthat paragraph. (SeeA/C.5/44/SR.32, para.71.) Integrated management information systemproject: plogress report 16.Atthe34thmeeting, theCha~rman oftheAdvisory Committee, inthecontext of hiscomments onsection 28A(Office oftheUnder-Secretary-General for Administration andManagement) oftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1990-1991, notedthatanappropriation of$3,425,700 hadbeenmadeforthe development oftheintegrated management information system(IMIS)in1989. However, asstatedintheSecretary-General's progress report(A/C.5/44/8), little ofthatappropriation hadbeenspent. TheChairman alsonotedthatthe -36-secretary-General proposed toputthebalance oftheappropri~tion intoaseparate account andcarryitforward fromoneyeartothenextuntilphaseIoftheproject wascompleted. 17.Aspointed outintheSecretary-General's progress report, theonlymajor changeintheprQject stemmed fromthefactthattheUnitedNations andtheFood andAgriculture OrganizatJ.on oftheUnitedNations (FAO)hadnotaqreedonUnited ~ations acquisition oftheFAOinformation ~l~t~ml theUnitedNations would
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The text appears to be related to the administrative and financial aspects of the United Nations, discussing various reports, recommendations, and decisions made by the Advisory Committee and the Secretary-General. It also touches on the budget implications of certain decisions and projects. Given this context, it seems likely that the text is related to the management and administration of the United Nations, rather than specific areas of development or humanitarian aid.

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