20December 1983.Fortherecommendations oftheCommittee, seeparagraphs 696-698 below. 412.Inintroducing thereport, t~.eAssistant Secretary-General forProgramme Planning andCo-ordination referred tosomeoftheconstraints involved inthe preparation ofstatements ofprogramme bUdgetimplications. Inthiscontext, he drewtheCommittee's att~ntion tothecontinuing absence ofafullyoperational monitoring system~ suchasystem, however, wascurrently underdevelopment and wouldultimately, interalia,facilitate theoptimum useofexisting databasesfor thepreparation ofstatements ofprogramme bUdgetimplications. 2.Discussion 413.Afterapreliminary roundofcomments, theCommittee heldinformal consultations onthereportoftheSecretary-General. D.Foodandagricultural activities inAsiaandthePacific: co-operation andco-ordination between theFoodand Agriculture Organization oftheUnitedNations andthe Economic andSocial Commission forAsiaandthePacific 1.Introduction 414.AtitslOthmeeting, on3May,theCOmmittee considered theprogress reportof theSecretary-General onfoodandagricultural activities inAsiaandthePacific: co-operation andco-ordination between theFoodandAgriculture Organization ofthe unitedNations (FAO)andtheEconomic andSocial Commission forAsiaandthe Pacific (ESCAP) (E/AC.51/1985/4). Fortheconclusions oftheCommittee, see paragraphs 699-700 below. 415.Inhisintroductory statement, therepresentative oftheOfficeforProgramme Planning andCo-ordination recalled that,atitstwenty-third session, the Committee hadrequested FAOandESCAPtoforward theSecretary-General's reporton thisSUbject (E/AC.51/1983/3), together withajointstatement bytheExecutive Headsofthetwoorganizations onthequestion ofharmonization oftheirwork programmes (E/AC.51/1983/3/Add.l) andthecomments oftheCOmmittee, tothe intergovernmental bodiesofFAOandESCAPfortheirviews,whichshould bebrought totheattention oftheCOmmittee atitstwenty-fifth session. 18/Accordingly, ESCAP,atitsfortieth session, inApril1984,hadconsidered thedocumentation, supported thestepstakenbyESCAPandFAOtoharmonize theirworkprogrammes, and expressed satisfaction withtheunderstanding thathadbeenreached between thetwo organizations. Similarly, theFAOCOnference, atitstwenty-second session, in November 1983,hadendorsed thejointstatement ofFAOandESCAPdefining their respective rolesandexpressed thehopethat,withsucharrangements, duplication ofworkwouldbeavoided. -85-I~i II'..._----~---..." ~-~~-~- 2.Discussion 416.TheCOmmittee expressed itsappreciation regarding thecourseofactionthat thetwoorganizations hadadopted inresponding toitsearlier recommendations and thefactthattheywerecollaborating onaregular basisthrough established co-ordinating mechanisms, asevidenced byprogress inco-operation ontheirwork programmes. 417.WhiletheCommittee notedthattherewerestillareaswhichrequired harmonization ofrespective programmes, thehopewasexpressed thatlimited resources wouldbeusedinthemosteffective mannerbyavoiding duplication. It wasfeltthatjointefforts inco-operation andco-ordination wereintheright direction andshouldcontinue, astherewasstillroomforimprovement inensuring thatgapsandduplication ofactivities didnotoccurintheregion. E.Aspects ofco-ordination andrationalization oftheactivities oftheUnitedNations Industrial Development Organization 1.Introduction 418.Atits22ndto24thmeetings, on13and14May,theCOmmittee considered the reportoftheSecretary-General onaspects ofco-ordination andrationalization of theactivities oftheUnitedNations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (E/AC.51/1985/11). Fortheconclusions andrecommendations oftheCommittee, see paragraphs 701-703 below. 419.Inintroducing thereport, therepresentative oftheOfficeforProgramme Planning andCo-ordination recalled that,initsresolution 1983/49 of 28July1983,theEconomic andSocialCouncil hadrequested theSecretary-General toreporttotheCommittee atitstwenty-fourth session onquestions raisedatits twenty-third session concerning thevarious programme elements oftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1984-1985 ofUNIDO,inordertoenablethe Committee toreviewtheissuesrelating totheavoidance ofduplication andthe achievement ofamorerational organization oftheworkprogramme ofUNIDO,in anticipation oftheconversion ofthatorganization tospecialized agencystatus. Anc~alreporthadbeenmadetotheCommittee atitstwenty-fourth session. The content ofthereport nowbeforetheCommittee (E/AC.51/1985/11) wascomplementary tothatofthereportoftheSecretary-General onthetriennial reviewofthe