md !ther 19s :his I IOd 15, Iton le and ;sues IS, .ve :he It, lbe lff121.Atits48th,49th,51stand52ndmeetings, on27and28May,theCommittee considered section 6oftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1986-1987. Fortherecommendations oftheCommittee, seeparagraphs 627-633 below. 122.TheUnder-Secretary-General, Department ofInternational Economic andSocial Affairs, notedthattherewerespecialpriorities ineachoftheprogrammes included inthesection. Hestressed theimportance indevelopment issuesand policies ofproviding analysis whichwasofdirectusetoMemberStates-in particular, atthepresent time,todeveloping countries inAfrica-aswellasthe importance ofestablishing anearlywarning systemtobringresearch andpolicy analysis tobearoncritical emerging issues. Regarding energy, hestressed the importance ofworkidentifying areasofco-operation amongallcountries, especially amongdeveloping countries themselves, forpromoting energydevelopment andefforts toimplement theNairobi Programme ofActionfortheDevelopment and Utilization ofNewandRenewable Sources ofEnergy. Intheprogramme oneconomic andtechnical aspects ofmarineaffairs, efforts weredirected toassisting Member Xtatestoin~orporate marineresources intonational development, particularly inthecontext oftheexclusive economic zones. Inpopulation, workcentred on implementation oftherecommendations oftheInternational Conference on Population, heldin1984.Insocialdevelopment, thepriority wasthefamilyasa central socialfactor; emphasis wasplacedonsocialco-operation amongdeveloping countries andonfullparticipation ofallpeople-especially thosecovered by specific plansofaction-indevelopment. Ins.tatistics, theemphasis wason providing improved methodologies toGovernments forthe1985-1994 roundof censuses. Finally, intheOfficeforProgramme Planning andeo-ordination, the mainthrustwasimprovement ofthecapacity oftheUnitedNations tomonitor programme performance andimproveitsprocess ofevaluation. 2.Discussion 123.Inthegeneral discussion onsection 6,particular attention wasgiventothe introductory section. Itwasagreedthattheintroductory material required a numberofmodifications inordertoimprove thepresentation oftheprogramme, including theaddition ofreferences totheglobalnegotiations aswellastomajor policydocuments suchastheSubstantial NewProgramme ofActionforthe1980sfor theLeastDeveloped Countries. Onedelegation askedforassurance thatwork relating totheinternational context ofnational policywouldnotberestricted to onlyonecountry. TheUnder-Secretary-General replied thattheintention wasto lookmoregenerally atthatquestion, although thepolicies ofsomecountries clearly hadagreater impactintheinternational context thanthoseofothers did.Withregardtothegeneral description ofworkintheOfficeforProgramme Planning andeo-ordination, itwasagreedthattheroleoftheOfficeinachieving internal co-ordination ofprogrammes withintheUnitedNations deserved special emphasis. Onedelegation statedthatthereshouldbereference intheintroductory material totheCharter ofEconomic RightsandDutiesofStatesandtheDeclaration andProgramme ofActionontheEstablishment ofaNewInternational Economic Order. -23-(a)Executive direction andmanagement I124.Several delegations notedthatthetotalamountofresources devoted to executive direction andmanagement, toprogramme formulation andmanagement in individual programmes, andtotheworkundertaken bytheOfficeforProgramme Planning andCo-ordination seemedtoshowthatasizeable shareoftheresources of theDepartment ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs wereallocated tothe functions ofmanagement, programme planning andco-ordination. Inhisresponse, theUnder-Secretary-General pointed outthatthecentral management function and thefunction oftheOfficeforProgramme Planning andCo-ordination wereinherently different: onewasconcerned withthedirection ofasinglecomplex department; theotherwithprogramming fortheentireUnitedNations andwithco-ordination of theUnitedNations system, therefore theamounts wereatanormallevelfora department thesizeoftheDepartment ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs. 125.Several delegations notedthatthefunctiom: ofdepartmental programme budget