Advisory Committee wasnotyetinaposition totibmitareporttotheAssembly. Ittherefore recommended thatitshouldbeunderstcod that,iftheAssembly tooka decision involving anychangeinthecurrent emoluments ofstaffinthe Professional andhighercategories, theAdvisory Committee, onbehalfofthe Assembly, wouldearlyin1990approve suchpurelyconsequential changes asmightbe necessary intheremuneration ofthosethreeofficials, andwouldreport accordingly totheAssembly atitsforty-fifth session. (SeeA/C.5/44/SR.58, para.44.) Programme budgetimplications ofdraftresolution Vsubmitted by theSecond Committee initsreport(A/44/746/Add.7, para.55), concerning agendaitem82(f)~ 65.Atthe60thmeeting, theChairman oftheAdvisory Committee saidthatby adopting thedraftresolution inquestion, theGeneral Assembly woulddecideto Development andinternational economic co-operation: environment. -52-convene theUnitedNations Conference onEnvironment andDevelopment lasting two weeks,tocoincide withWorldEnvironment Day,5June19921theConference woul~be hostedbytheGovernment ofBrazil. TheAssembly wouldalsoestablish a Preparatory Committee fortheUnitedNations Conference onEnvironment and Development, whichwouldbeauthorized toholdoneorganizational session oftwo weeksinMarch1990andafinalsession inN~wYork,andt~reesubstantive sessions, oneatNairobi andtwoatGeneva. Thecostsofth~preparatory process andtheCunference itselfwouldbemetentirely fromthereg~lar budget, andan adhocsecretariat fortheConference wouldbesetupatGer.la,withunitsinNew Y~rkandNairobi. 66.Inparagraph 5ofhisstatement ofprogramme budgetimplications ofthedraft resolution (A/C.5/44/53), theSecretary-General indicated thathecouldnotyet ascertain theadditional requirements whichadoption ofthedraftresolution would entail. Forthetimebeing,thecostoftheorganizational session ofthe Preparatory Committee wasestimated at$141,500. Additional requirements could betterbedetermined inthelightofthedecisions takenbythePreparatory Committee duringitsorganizational session. Therequirements forthebiennium 1990-1991 wouldbesubmitted totht>General Assembly ataresumed session sothat thenecessary fundscouldbeappropriated. 67.TheAdvisory Committee recommended that,forthetimebeing, noadditional appropriation shouldberequested. Thecostsoftheorganizational session would bemetfromsection 29(Conference andlibrary services) ortheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1990-1991. Anyadditional requirements forthebiennium wouldbeidentified onthebasisofthedecisions takenbythePreparatory Committee inMarch1990,andwouldbesubmitted fortheconsideration ofthe General Assembly ataresumed session. (BeeA/C.5/44/BR.60, par~s.1-3.) Thecontingency fundIconsolidated statement ofprogromme budget implicati~s andrevised estimates 68.Atthe60thmeeting, theChairman oftheAdvisory Committee saidthat activities co~ting atotalof$1,879,500 weretobefinanced outofthecontingency fund.Theywerebroken downbysection oftheproposed programme budgetin paragraph 2oftheSecretary-General's report(A/C.5/44/50). Theamounts indicated foreachitem w~rethosepreviously recommended bytheFifthCommittee. The Secre~ary-General indicated thatabalance of$13,120,500 wouldremaininthe contir.qency fund. 69.TheAdvisory Committee recommended thattheGeneral Assembly should appropriate anBmountof$1,879,500 underthevarious budgetsections indicated in paragraph 2ofdocument A/C.5/44/50. (SeeA/C.5/44/SR.60, paras. 18and19.) Revisea estimates: effectof~hanges inrotesof exchange andinflation 70.Atthe60thmeeting, theChairman oftheAdvisory Cnmmittee saidthatthe Advisory Committee hadconsidered therecosting reflectad inthereportofthe Secretary-General onthequestion (A/C.5/44/52 andCorr.l), submitted toitin accordance withpastpractice. Asaresultofthatrecosting, the Secretary-General wasproposing adecrease of$14,398,000 undertheexpenditure -53- ~.B••tCopyAv.U.bl.sections ofthepro~osed programme budgetforthebiennium 1990-1991 andan increase of$12,603,000 undertheincomesections. Thedecrease wasattributable to$60,290,100 arising fromtheapplication oftherevised UnitedNations operational ratesofexchange ineffecton1December 1989,partially offsetby additional requirements amounting to'45,892,100 aris1ng fromtheapplication of
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing the budget implications of a draft resolution related to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, which suggests a strong connection to environmental issues. The text also mentions the establishment of a Preparatory Committee and the costs associated with the conference, which implies a focus on international cooperation and development.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, International development