!!!ReportoftheUnitedNations Conference onDesertification, Nairobi, 29Augustto9September 1977(A/CONF.74/36). -105-18.13Itistherefore evident totheAdvisory Committee thattheGeneral Assembly 1 madeacleardecision thatactivities related tothePlanofActiontocombat r desertification shouldbefinanced entirely through extrabudgetary funding. Inthe f circumstances, theAdvisory Committee isunabletorecommend acceptance ofthe n Secretary-Generales request. Theconsequential reduction inthe e Secretary-Generales estimate for1986-1987 (takingintoaccount theincreaseu t turnover deduction recommended inpara.18.4above)wouldbe$130,200. a 18.14 Asindicated inparagraph 18.50oftheestimates, theSecretary-General proposes toestablish anewP-3postforanArabictranslator inConference Services. TheAdvisory Committee concurs withthisrequest. 18.15Thereclassification ofaSpanish translator's postfromtheP-4totheP-5 levelisrequested inparagraph 18.51oftheestimates. Onthebasisofadditional information provided toit,theAdvisory Committee recommends approval ofthis request.1 f r e C C h w 18.16Requirements forpolicy-making organsthatrelatetosessions ofthe Governing Council ofUNEPanditsPreparatory Committee areestimated at $1,547,700, reflecting noresource growth(table18.6). Thisamountisexpected to coverthecostsofonesession oftheGoverning Council ofUNEPin1987andthree sessions oftheIntergovernmental Inter-sessional Preparatory Committee duringthe biennium. TheSecretary-General indicates inparagraph 18.7oftheestimates that noincrease inresources for1986-1987 isrequested inviewoftheoriginal decision thatadditional costsreqUired formeetings ofthePreparatory Committee wouldbeabsorbed through changes inthemeeting schedule oftheCouncilitself. 18.17Inthisconnection, theAdvisory Committee recalls thattherelated 1984-1985 estimates covered twosessions oftheGoverning Council. However, as notedbytheAdvisory Committee initsfirstreportontheproposed programme budgetfor1984-1985,1iIbecause oftheGoverning Council's decision in1983to shorten theduration ofitssessions, tomergeitstwosessional Committees into oneCommittee oftheWholeandtodispense withitsinter-sessional informal meetings, itwasanticipated thatsavings intheorderof$547,300 might subsequently result. Asfurther notedbythecommittee, thesesavings wouldbe partially offsetbytheGoverning Council's seconddecision toestablish anew open-ended Intergovernmental Inter-sessional Preparatory Committee, however, the netsavings whichmightberealized in1984-1985 iftheGeneral Assembly endorsed theGoverning Council's decisions, amounted toapproximately $433,600.1 o d n C 1 r o p t ( p e 1 A t $] la of re ju e 1918.19Whilerecognizing thatsavings gainedbybudgeting foronlyonesession of theGoverning Council in1986-1987 willbepartially offset bybudgeting forthree sessions ofthePreparatory Committee, theAdvisory Committee isnevertheless of theopinion, forthereasons givenbelow,thatreductions intheSecretary-Generalis estimate arepossible.18.18Inresponse toinquiries, theAdvisory Committee wasinformed thatthe expected savings hadnotbeenachieved. TheAdvisory Committee understands that 1 twosessions ofthePreparatory Committee willbeheldduringthe1984-1985 biennium, andthatthe1984-1985 appropriation willtherefore coverthecostoftwo sessions ofboththeGoverning Council ofUNEPandthePreparatory Committee. 15/Official Records oftheGeneral Assembly, Thirty-eighth Session, Supplement NO.7(A/38/7), para.18.13. -106-~-=.--==,~. ,'~-,=-,~"- ~lAssembly ~ombat lng.Inthe ofthe reaseu 3eneral ~nce totheP-5 Eadditional )fthis the expected to