Secretary-General (A/r..5/44/28), thecostsassociated withtheimplementation of thedraftConvention ontheRightsoftheChild,asadopted bVtheCommission on HumanRightsandSUbsequently amended bytheThirdCommittee lshouldbemetfrom theregular budgetoftheOrganization. Inparagraphs 6to12ofhisstatement, theSecretary-General outlined theactivities bywhichtherequests contained in thedraftresolution wouldbeimplemented. Ameeting oftheStatesparties tothe Convention wouldbeconvened foronedayin1991toelect memb~rs oftheCommittee ontheRightsoftheChild,which,inaccordance witharticle 43oftheConvention, wouldconsist of10experts andwouldmeetannually atUnitedNations Headquarters oratanyotherconvenient placeasdetermined bytheCommittee. However, the Secretary-General believed thattheprinciples embodied insection IofGeneral Assembly resolution 40/243of18December 1985shouldbeobserved andthat, consequently, theCommittee shouldmeetattheheadquarters ofitssubstantive secretariat, i.e.,Geneval andthatthatunderstanding shouldbereflected inthe calendar ofconferences forfuturebienniums. Accordingly, theSecretary-General, subject totheentryintoforceoftheConvention andtheelection ofCommittea members, intended toconvene thefirstregular session oftheCommittee fora periodofthreeweeksduringthefirsthalfof1991attheUnitedNations Officeat Geneva. Travelandsubsistence costs,estimated at$55,000, wouldneedtobepaid forthe10members. Adoption ofaconvention ontherightsofthechild. -38-25.Article 43oftheConvention, asamended, alsostatedthatthe Secretary-General shouldprovide thenecessary staffandfacilities foreffective performance ofthefunctions oftheCommittee. Itwastheqecretary-General's view thatthoseservices couldnotbeensured ~ithout additional staffing resources beingmadeavailable totheCentreforHumanRights. SincetheConvention wasnot expected toenterintoforceuntil1991,andtheprogramme ofworkoftheCommittee hadyettobeestablished, th6Secretary-General proposed toprovide foranamount of$119,000 undertemporary assistance in1991equivalent to12work-months atthe Professional leveland6work-months attheGeneral Service level. Subsequent requirements wouldbepresented totheGeneral Assembly inthecontext offuture budgetproposals. 26.Article 43,asamended, further statedthat,withtheapproval oftheGeneral Assembly, themembers ofthaCommittee shouldreceive emoluments fromUnited Nations resources onsuchtermsandconditions astheAssembly mightdecide. The Secretary-General suggested thattheAssembly mightwishtobeguided byits resolution 35/218of17Decemb6r 1980indetermining thelevelofsuchemoluments. Underthetermsofresolution 35/218, anamountof$5,000peryearwasprovided to theChairman and$3,000peryeartoeachofthem~mbers oftheHumanRights Committee, whichappeared tohavebeenentrusted withfunctions similar tothose thattheConvention wouldentrust totheCommittee ontheRightsoftheChild. Pending adecision bytheAssembly, anamountof$32,000 hasbeenprovisionally included inthestatement ofprogramme budgetimplications. 27.Thefullcostofrequirements inrespect oftheactivities provided forinthe Convention amounted to$984,500 forconference-servicing costsand$206,000 for othercosts. rorthereasons setforthinparagraph 15oftheSecretary-General's statement, itwasestimated thatnoadditional resources wouldberequired under section 29(Conference andlibrary services) oftheproposed programme budgetfor thebiennium 1990-1991. Withregardtoothercosts,section 23(Humanrights) of theproposed programme budgetcontained aprovision intheamountof$1,685,300 for activities inthefieldofhumanrightswhichmightbemandated bytheEconomic and SocialCouncil duringitsregular sessions. IntheviewoftheSecretary-General, theamountrequired inrespect ofothercostsshouldbecovered bythatprovision, thusmakingitunnecessary torequest anadditional appropriation. Asforthe information contained inparagraph 19oftheSecretary-General's statement, th~ Advisory Committee hadsubsequently beeninformed thatnoadditional appropriation wouldberequired undersection 31(Staffassessment) oftheproposed programme budget. 28.TheAdvisory Committee recalled that,underGeneral Assembly resolution 2489(XXIII) of21December 1968and8Sreaffirmed inAssembly resolution 35/218, neither afeenoranyotherremuneration inaddition tosubsistence allowances at thestandard rateshouldnormally bepaidtomembers oforgansorsubsidiary organs otherthanastheresultofanexplicit decision bytheAssembly. TheAdvisory Committee wasoftheviewthat,shouldtheAssembly decidetopaytheproposed