UNDER SECTION 3C(NAMIBIA) OFTHEPROGRAMME BUDGET FORTHE BIENNIUM 1990-1991 A.Regular budget: section 3C-NJilJl1J)?).i3, 9.Resource requirements foractivities undersection 3C(Namibia) forthe biennium 1990-1991 werepresented bytheSecretary-General andadopted bythe General Assembly asaprovisional budget. Itwassubmitted toreviewing bodiesat atimewhen,owingtomajordevelopments relating totheimplementation ofSec~rity Council resolution 435(1978)of20September 1978ontheindepennence planfor Namibia, itwasdeemeddifficult todefine withprecision thenature andscopeof theactivities falling underprogramme 3(Namibia) ofchapter 4(Political affair~, trusteeship anddecolonization) ofthemedium-term planforthepedr)d 10:->4·19139 (extended to1991), asrevised, andtosubmitdetailed proposals totheAssembly /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/C.5/45/2 English Page3 forapproval inthecontext oftheproposed programme budget forthebiennium 1990-1991. Inthelightthereof, theAssembly approved theSecretary-General's provisional estimates intheamount of$19,568,200 reflecting therevaluation of theresources appropriated forthebiennium 1988-1989. TheSecretary-General further indicated that,atalaterstage, revised estimates wouldbesubmitted to theAssembly, onthebasisofdecisions thattheAssembly mightadoptinconnection withthequestion ofNamibia. Asindicated above, theGeneral Assembly notedthis intention andrequested himtosubmit theserevised estimates nolaterthanatits forty-fifth session. 10.Atits534thmeeting, on20December 1989,theUnited Nations Council for Namibia, pursuant tothemandate entrusted toitbytheGeneral Assembly inits resolution 2248(S-V)of19May1967,approved itsprogramme ofworkfor1990. In sodoing, theCouncil recognized thepositive developments inandrelating to Namibia anddecided tocarryoutitsmandated activities atamodified level, with adjustments, asitdeemed necessary, inordertofacilitate thefullanddefinitive implementation ofSecurity Council resolution 435(1978). 11.Subsequent developments, including theattainment ofindependence ofNamibia on21March1990,havefurther modified theprogramme ofactivities in1990ofthe United Nat0nsCouncil forNamibia. Although independence implied thatthemandate oftheCour.ilasthelegalAdministering Authority forNamibia hadbeenfulfilled, itdidnot~utomat;cally leadtothedissolution oftheCouncil, which, asaduly constitued organoftheGeneral Assembly, maybedissolved onlybyanexplicit decision oftheAssembly. Independence endedsomeoftheCouncil's activities, suchasitspolicy-making andrepresentational functions, itsadherence treaties andissuance oftravel documents (seeannex Itothep~esent report) whichwere assumed bytheGovernment ofNamibia. Itisproposed thatotheractivities ofthe Council mandated underAssembly resolutions continue, withappropriate adjustments, asoutlined inannexI. 12.Atitsresumed forty-fourth session, theGeneral Assembly considered the recommendations oftheCouncil embodied indocuments A/44/24/Add.l and A/44/24/Add.1/Corr.l/Rev.1 andon11September 1990adopted resolution 44/243. Underthetermsofthatresolution, theAssembly, inter ali~,dissolved theCouncil andapproved thecontinued implementation ofitsapproved butlimited programme of activities forthebiennium 1990-1991. 13.Therevised estimates forthebiennium 1990-1991, submitted herewith, reflect thescopeofactivities called forbytheapproved programme ofworkoftheCouncil for1990,asmodified bysubsequent developments, andtakeintoaccount theimpact oftheindependence ofNamibia andtheimplications ofGeneral Assembly resolution 44/243. Theserevised estimates assumethatamajorcomponent ofthoseactivities willbecompleted bytheendof1990,withresidual programmes tobedelivered in 1991andbeyond. Inrespect of1991,requirements proposed foraTransitional Unit
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the budget and activities of the United Nations Council for Namibia, which is related to the independence and decolonization of Namibia. The focus is on the program of work for the Council, including its activities, estimates, and revisions. The text does not mention specific economic development projects, natural resources, or environmental issues, but rather the administrative and political aspects of the Council's work.

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International affairs, Humanitarian aid and relief