Officer ofUNRWAandthat,duringthefrequent absences oftheCommissioner-General, theDeputyCommissioner-General assumesfullresponsibility forday-to-day management ofUNRWA's operations. Inthecircumstances, theAdvisory Committee recommends acceptance oftheproposed reclassification. ,ished'posts, P-S,36P-4, thenumber"UNRWAwas tber1949Jits :ion3331B Ithe ,dotherwise Im idNationsfor thatthe lIdbeextendedivised I1985rates) commonstaff incalculated '1,293,000, all ,wasinformed linservices at ictedtobe :hecur.rent Immittee notes, ears,the "whichwere :ed. to2A.I08of ,epostof 1level ,owngradings of lara.2A.lllof ,dvisory Itaffnumber ,cial dministrative itioninthe -51-Section 2B.Department forDisarmament Affairs 2B.lTheestimate of$9,463,400 forthissectionis$146,900, or1.5percent, higherthantherevised appropriation for1984-1985. Itincludes resource growth of$226,700 (atrevised 1985rates)J therateofrealgrowthhasbeencalculated by theSecretary-General at1.9percent. 2B.4Asshownintable2B.9,theDepartment ofDisarmament Affairs accounts foran estimate of$9,121,300 for1986-1987. Thisestimate includes resource growthof $236,400 (atrevised 1985rates), thelargest singleelement ofwhichisfor external printing andbinding ($148,800 atrevised 1985rates).$ 9463400. 9359800 9316500 8893000 7268500Revised appropriations 1984-1985 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Initial appropriations 1984-1985 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Actualexpenses 1982-1983 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Estimate submitted bytheSecretary-General •••••••••••••• Estimate recommended bytheAdvisory Committee ••••••••••• 2B.2Ascanbeseenfromtable2B.10oftheproposed programme budget, atotalof 57postsisproposed fortheDepartment for1986-1987 ofwhich31areinthe Professional category andabove(1USG,3D-2,3D-l,9P-5,8P-4,5P-3,2P-2/l) and26General Service postsofwhich8areattheprincipal level.!IAlthough thetotalnumberofpostsremains unchanged, theproposals include the reclassification ofaP-5posttothe0-1level. 2B.6TheCommittee notesfromparagraph 2B.24oftheproposed programme budget thattheestimate forfellowships reflects thetransfer ofresources toanumberof other'objects ofexpenditure "forthepurpose ofbetterresource administration-. TheCommittee isnotconvinced thatthisrepresents animprovement andbelieves thatitisimportant tobeabletoidentify thetotalexpenditure forfellowships. Accordingly, theCommittee recommends thatallestimates related tofellowships be reconsolidated underoneheading.2B.3Theestimate forpolicy-making organs, asshownintable2B.4, ~mounts to $342,100 for1986-1987. Thisestimate includes thecostofcontinuing a~emporary postattheASGlevelforthesecretary oftheCommittee onDisarmament whoalso acts,astheSpecial Representative oftheSecretarY-General. TheAdvisory Committee recommends thattheestimate forpolicy-making organsbeapproved. 2B.5Theestimate forexternal printing andbindingisdescribed in paragraph 2B.16oftheproposed programme budget. TheAdvisory Committee isnot convinced thattheextended publication programme oftheDepartment willrequire thefulladditional amountrequested andaccordingly recommends thatthe1986-1987 estimate bereduced by$103,600, from$728,600 to$625,000.,1I ~i ~ ,, I'kJ J:' ~J I!fi l~ f'i~ ~;i: !7;\fl I', !~'l-fI f· ,. , ['II· I' ~: I, fl ~':1~ .~! t'·· , 1");: i~, t~.. ""I;~ f~ f ~:'~ I',. f .,I I"r>:, l "I' ~\ /" i,11, I I, ! 11 fo'I .J.!IInaddition, atemporary postattheASGlevelisprovided forthe Secretary oftheCommittee forDisarmament (seetable2B.5). Thispostisnotpart oftheDepartment forDisarmament Affairs. -52-Reduction recommended28.8Therecommendation inparagraph 28.5aboveentails areduction of$103,600 in theSecretary-Generalis estimate forsection 28from$9,463,400 to$9,359,800. $ 103600