617.TheCommittee emphasized theimportance oftherole play~d bytheOfficeof theDirector-General, inparticUlar intheco-ordination, planning, programming, bUdgeting, monitoring andevaluation processes oftheOrganization. 618.TheCommittee notedtheneedtostrengthen theOfficeoftheDirector-General inordertoenableittodischarge fullyitssystem-wide co-ordinating functions in theeconomic andsocialareasandstressed theimportance oftheinvolvement ofthe Officeinco-ordination atanearlystageinordertoachieve thepurposes for whichitwasestablished. 619.TheCommittee reiterated therecommendation madeatitstwenty-third session thattheSecretary-General's bulletin andthesection oftheorganizational manual devoted totheOfficeoftheDirector-General should beissuedurgently andnoted thecommitment bytheDirector-General thatthiswouldbedone. -126- tj620.TheCo section SA (a)S intergovern states", an (b)P words"int UnitedNati 621.Witht shouldappr bUdgetfor S 622.TheCo taskrelati 623.Witht shouldappr budgetfor 624.TheCo Liaison Off' commissions 625.TheCo words"assi 626.Witht shouldappr bUdgetfor Sec (a) 627.The (a) programme e (b)P (worldecon global nego620.TheCommittee recommended thatthefollowing reV1Slons should bemadein section 5Aoftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1986-1987: (a)Subparagraph 5A.3(a):inthesecondline,thewords"attherequest of intergovernmental organs" should beinserted afterthewords"assistance toMember States", andthewords"andpromotion" should bedeletedl (b)Paragraph 5A.13: inthesecondentryunderthedescription oftasks,the words"inthecontext oftheUnitedNations" should bereplaced with"through the UnitedNations"• 621.Withtheabovechanges, theCommittee recommended thattheGeneral Assembly shouldapprove theprogramme narrative ofsection 5Aoftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1986-1987. Section 58.CentreforScience andTechnologY forDevelopment 622.TheCommittee recommendeu thatinparagraph 58.13,inthedescription ofthe taskrelating toprogramme element 1.1,thewords"tobe"should bedeleted. 623.Withtheabovechange, theCommittee recommended thattheGeneral Assembly should approve theprogramme narrative ofsection 58oftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1986-1987. Section 5C.Regional Commissions Liaison Office 624.TheCommittee recommended thestrengthening oftheRegional Commissions Liaison Office, whichwouldmakepossible betterco-ordination between theregional commissions andreducetravelbetween Headquarters andtheregional commissions. 625.TheCommittee recommended thatinprogramme element 1.6(seepara.5C.2)the words"assistance in"should i:>einserted afterthewords"Provision of". 626.Withtheabovechange, theCommittee recommended thattheGeneral Assembly should approve theprogramme narrative ofsection 5Coftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1986-1987. Section 6.Department ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs (a)Executive direction andmanagement 627.TheCommittee recommended thatthefollowing revisions should bemade: (a)Programme elements 2.1and2.3should beconsolidated intoasingle programme elementl (b)Paragraph 6.15:inthelastsentence thewords"global negotiations (worldeconomic recovery)" should bedeleted andthewords"and,asnecessary, to globalnegotiations" should beaddedattheendofthesentencel -127-(c)Paragraph 6.17:thewords"TheNorth-South RoundTable"shouldread "round-table meetings", "non-aligned nations" shouldread"theNon-Aligned Movement" andafter"EEC",the"Organization oftheIslamic Conference andthe Council ofMutual Economic Assistance" should beadded. (b)Globaldevelopment issuesandpolicies 628.TheCommittee recommended thatthefollowing revisions should bemade: (a)Paragraph 6.23:attheendoftheparagraph, thephrase"including globalnegotiations" should beaddedJ (b)Paragraph 6.24:afterthewords"derive policysuggestions" thewords "uponrequest ofintergovernmental organs" should beinsertedJ (c)Paragraph 6.25:After"International Development Strategy" thephrase "andoftheSubstantial NewProgramme ofActionforthe1980sfortheLeast Developed Countries" should beinsertedJ