memberfromeachofthefiveregional commission secretariats and(b)onestaff -9-~ ~.'..'.•..:Kt I'- ,l-, ",1 ~..L'I',:. -~_.' '~ ~ ~member fromthecentreforSocialDevelopment andHumanitarian Affairs, Vienna, as indicated inparagraph 1.51.TheAssistant Secretary-General forProgramme Planning andCo-ordination explained thatitwasinthebestinterest ofthe COmmittee tohaveitsmeetings attended byrepresentatives oftheregional commissions, whocouldanswerquestions directly. Hewasdoubtful abouttheneed fortheattendance oftherepresentative oftheCentreforSocialDevelopment and Humanitarian Affairs. 43.Onedelegation objected totherequest fortheestablishment ofaP-4post, provided forinparagraph 1.75,asitwasnotconsidered tobeafull-time job. Therepresentative oftheOfficeoftheUnder-Secretary-General forPolitical and General Assembly Affairs statedthat,withtheissuance oftheSecretary-General's bulletin onco-ordination ofUnitedNations drugcontrol programmes (ST/SGB/203), theresponsibilities assigned totheUnder-Secretary-General hadexpanded significantly. Heexplained thattherewereonlythreeProfessional staffmembers intheOffice. Thenewresponsibilities assigned totheUnder-Secretary-General wentbeyondco-ordinating theworkofthethreeagencies atVienna. Theyalso included co-ordinating thedrug-related activities ofallthespecialized agencies, aswellaskeeping theSecretary-General informed ofpertinent developments and issuesinthefieldofdrugcontrol. Reservation 44.Onedelegation* expressed itsstrongobjections totheactivities ofthe Committee ontheExercise oftheInalienable RightsofthePalestinian ~opleand theDivision forPalestinian Rights. Thatdelegation believed thattheactivities oftheCommittee andtheDivision werebiasedanddidnotcontribute toapeaceful solution totheMiddleEastconflict. Section 2A.Political andSecurity Council affairs; peace-keeping activities 1.Introduction 45.Atits17thto20thand24thmeetings, on9,10and14May,theCOmmittee considered section 2Aoftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1986-1987. Fortheconclusions andrecommendations oftheCOm~ittee, seeparagraphs 594-600 below.49. from serv worl 50. from unde wasc They incr serv theJ prep' week' infol thro also 2.Discussion [J-10-UnitedStatesofAmerica. * /.46.Onedelegation referred tothefortieth anniversary ofthevictory inthe SecondWorldWarinEuropeandpointed totheneedforthecontinuation ofthe struggle forworld pea~eandsecurity. Otherdelegations stressed thatmanyofthe idealsforwhichpeoplegavetheirlivesremained toberealized.I,as leed and it, I. and aI's 3), lbers al cies, d and ties efu1 987. 00 Ethe i 147.Withregardtoparagraph 2A.IIofsection 2A,strongly divergent viewswere expressed aboutwhether ornottherelevant partofthereportoftheCommittee on itstwenty-fourth session constituted amandate forthenewsservice ofthe Department ofPolitical andSecurity Council Aff~irs. Several delegations wereof theopinion thattheeffectofthenon-inclusion ofthatactivity inthe medium-term planfor1984-1989 (chap.I,para.1.4)2/wastoremoveany possibility ofinterpreting theexistence ofamandate, andthusany"enhancement" oftheactivity couldnotbejustified. Otherdelegations considered thatthe mandate wasprovided inparagraph 19ofthereportofCPConitstwenty-fourth session. Onedelegation saidthatanimportant question ofprinciple wasat stake-thatis,allactivities intheprogramme budgetshouldfirstappearinthe medium-term plan. 48.TheDirector oftheBudgetDivision informed theCommittee thatthe Administrative Management Service wouldshortly beundertaking areviewofthenews service. Oncondition thatthefullimportofthediscussion wouldbebrought to theattention oftheevaluators, theCommittee agreedtotakenoteofthe assurances received fromtheSecretariat inthisregardandtoawaittheoutcome of thestudy. 49.Several-delegations expressed concern atthenumberofnewsagencyservices fromthedeveloped countries. Theyrequested thatthenumberofnewsagency services beexpanded toinclude thosefromthevarious partsofthedeveloping world. 50.Theyalsoquestioned thereasons forextending thenewsservice andincreasing