foreign monopolies and,inrespectofNamibia, thesupport theyrendertothe racistminority regimeofSouthAfrican J Cc)Inaconsensus onthequestion ofNamibia, adoptedatits1l95thmeeting, on14August (seechap.VIII,para.15,ofthepresent report), theSpecial Committee reiterated itsrequest thattheSecretary-General "further intensify his efforts, throughallavailable media,inordertomobilize worldpublicopinion against thepolicypursued bythatGovernment withrespect toNamibia, and,in particular, tointensify wor1d-wide andcontinuous dissemination ofinformation on theliberation struggle wagedbythepeopleofNamibia, undertheleadership ofthe SouthWestAfricaPeople's Organizationn• -75-I- I. ANNEXI* Statement bythesecretary-General submitted inaccordance with rule153oftherulesofprocedure oftheGeneral Assembly Administrative andfinancial implications oftherecommendations contained indocument A/AC.109/L.1386/Rev.l 1.Inparagraph 9(c)ofitsreport, theSlb-Committee onPetitions, Information andAssistance recommends totheSpecial Committee thatitrequest theDepartment ofPUblicInformation, interalia,toorganize inco-operation withtheUniton Information onDecolonization oftheDepartment ofPolitical Affairs, Trusteeship andDecolonization, aseriesofspeaking engagements inuniversity campuses across NorthAmerica. 2.Thecostoftheabove-mentioned engagements isestimated atSUS3,500. '!be provision ismadeontheassumption thatonestaffmemberoftheDepartment of Political Affairs, Trusteeship andDecolonization wouldundertake sixspeaking engagements oftwodays'duration each. '!beaverageairfareandterminal expenses foreachtripwouldamounttoSUS580. 3.Itisproposed thattheestimated costoftheabove-mentioned engagements (SUS3,500)couldbeabsorbed fromwithintheresources available tothe~partment ofPolitical Affairs, Trusteeship andDecclonization. *Previously issuedunderthesymbolA/AC.l09/L.1387. -76-2. fr to rec res 3. Ass wor bed stre adva esta 4. the miss non 5. prov memb visi the ..,.-rmation rtment ton eeship across The of ing ~xpenses lts >artment--_.~.--._----_ ...._. ,-~~.._.~_ .._-- At-'fl.1FXII* Statement bytheSecretary-General submitted inaccordance withrule153oftherulesofprocedure oftheGeneral Ass~mbly Administrative andfinancial implications oftherecommendatonscontained indocuments A/AC.I09/L.1401 andA!AC.I09/L.1402 1.Inparagraph 16C3}ofthereportcontained indocument A/AC.I09/L.1401, theSUb-Committee onPetitions~ Information andAssistance recommends thattheresources available totheunitonInformation onDecolonization, whichisasubunitoftheCo-ordination andInformation Section withintheDepartment ofPolitical Affairs, Trusteeship andDecolonization, shouldbestrengthened inordertoincrease theoutputofstudies andmonographs published intheDecolonizationseries. 2.TheSecretariat hastakennoteoftheneedtoincrease thenumberandfrequency ofthesestudies aswellastheotherinformational activities referredtointhereportoftheSub-Committee. TheSecretariat willensurethatifthisrecommendation isapproved theintention oftheCommittee willbemetwithinthe resources oftheDepartment. 3.Inthisconnexion, itshouldbenotedthat,inkeeping withtheGeneralAssembly's policyofnegative growthandhavingregardtothecurrent leveloftheworkload oftheDepartment arising fromtherelated decisions oftheUnitedNationsbodiesconcerned, ithasbeennecessary toeffectreauctions intheover-allstrength oftheDepartment. Nevertheless, theDepartment willemploytomaximumadvantage thestaffresources available toitinaccordance withtheprioritiesestablished bythepolitical bodieswhichitserves. 4.Inparagraph 4C3}Cc}ofthereportcontained indocument A!AC.I09/L.1402/theSUb-COmmittee requests authorization fromtheSpecial Cownittee tounoertake a mission inthecourseof1982forthepurpose ofholding consultations withnon-governmental organizations withheadquarters outside NewYork. 5.Thecostoftheabove-mentioned missionisestimated at$US21,200. Theprovision ismadeontheassumption thatthemission willbecomposed offivemembersoftheSub-Oommittee accompanied bytwomembers oftheSecretariat andwill visit r~neva, Prague, Brussels, TheHagueandLondon. Theestimated duration of themission willbe15days. '*Previously issuedunderthesymbolA/AC.I09/L.1415. -77-CHAPTER III* QUESTION OFSENDING VISITING MISSIONS TOTERRITORIES A.Consideration -bytheSpecial COll1mittee 1.Atits1184thmeeting, on21January 1981,byadopting thesuggestions