Development Planning ($473,400), Commission ontheStatusofWomen($114,700), the Committee onNatural Resources ($19,900), theCommission forSocialDevelopment ($81,700), theStatistical Commission ($81,100), thepopulation Commission ($73,700) andtheCommittee onCrimePrevention andControl ($113,400). 4.11Theestimate of$1,248,600 insubsection Brelates tothenon-conference­ servicing requirements oftheUnitedNations Conference forthePromotion of International Co-operation inthePeaceful UsesofNuclear Energyscheduled tobe heldatGenevafrom10to28November 1986.Theseareexplained inparagraphs 4.37 to4.42oftheproposed programme budget. -59-~ ~', \. I, fI !. \4.12Inparagraph 4.37oftheproposed programme budgettheSecretary-General requests thecontinuation through 1986oftheninetemporary postscomprising the Conference secretariat (1ASG,1D-2,1D-l,1,P-5,1P-2and4General Service, including 1atthePrincipal level). According totheSecretarY-General, the further continuation ofsevenofthesetemporary posts(1ASG,1D-2,1P-5,1P-2, 3General Service) during1987wouldalsoberequired "tocoverthenecessary co-ordination ofpost-Conference activities between theconclusion ofthe Conference andthesubmission ofitsreporttotheAssembly," andto"dealwithany follow-up actions vis-a-vis Memberstatesandinternational organizations" ~(para.4.37oftheproposed programme budget). : 4.13TheAdvisory Committee hasnoobjection tothecontinuation' ofthenine temporary poststhrough 1986.However, atthisstageitrecommends thatthe reauested further extension ofsevenpoststhrough 1987notbeapproved. Inthis connection, theCommittee notesthatthescopeofanypost-conference activities hasyettobedetermined. Accordingly, itrecommends thatanyfurth~r continuation ofthesepostsshoulddependontheoutcome andrecommendations oftheConference inNovember 1986.Theconsequential reduction intheSecretary-General's estimate wouldbe$348,800, whichcoverssalaries, commonstaffcostsandthatportion of therepresentation allowance relating to1987. 4.14Asexplained inparagraphs 4.38and4.39oftheproposed programme budget, theestimate fortheConference alsocoversthecostof20consultancy work-months ($89,000 atrevised 1985rates)andtheconvening ofafourdayadhocmeeting of experts tobeheldatViennasixmonthspriortotheConference ($59,700 atrevised 1985rates). TheAdvisory Committee hasnoobjection totheseestimates., 4.15TheSecretary-General's 1986-1987 estimate of$68,000 forotherofficial travelofstaffisdiscussed inparagraph 4.41oftheproposed programme budget. Inlinewithitsrecommendation inparagraph 4.13abovetopostpone consideration of1987requirements, theAdvisory Committee recommends thattheportion ofthe estimate relating to1987bedeleted ($17,600). Accordingly, itrecommends that theestimate of$68,000 forotherofficial travelofstaffbereduced byatotalof $17,600 to$50,400. 4.16Thetemporary assistance required forconvening theConference isoutlined in paragraph 4.42(a)oftheproposed programme budget, andabreakdown ofthestaff servicing theConference fromvarious Secretariat unitsisprovided in paragraph 4.42(b)oftheproposed programme budg~t. Inthisconnection, the Committee notesthatinaddition tosixstaffmembers fromtheDepartment ofPublic Information, 24localstaffwillberequired to"ensure adequate pUblicinformation coverage oftheConference". Representatives oftheSecretary-General also informed theCommittee that12staffmembers oftheUnitedNations Information ServiceatGenevawouldservice theConferenceJ therefore, atotalof42staff woulddealwithinformation activities related totheConference. 4.17Asshowninparagraph 4.42(a)and(b)oftheproposed programme budget, an amountof$37,500 hasbeenincluded forthe24temporary localstaffand$17,400 hasbeenestimated forthetravelandSUbsistence costsofthesixstaffmembers fromDPI.Intheopinion oftheAdvisory committee, areviewofthetaskstbbe undertaken bythestaffinvolved shouldgiverisetoeconomies. Ittherefore recommends thatthetotalestimate of$54,900 (atrevised 1985rates)forthese 30staffbereduced to$40,000. Theconsequential reduction inthe Secretary-General's 1986-1987 estimate wouldbe$15,600. -60- ./ <I, I. Reduction recommended4.19Inparagraphs 4.7,4.13,4.15,4.17and4.18above,theAdvisory Committee hasrecommended reductions totalling $428,600. Therefore theCommittee recommends