since its existing staff resources have already been fully allocated to other work during 1988, including preparation of reports on the priority themes of the Commission's thirty-third session. 28. An estimate of the requirements at full cost is as follows: A. Section 6B (a) Consultants' fees for three experts (b) Travel and subsistence of three experts Travel and subsistence to Vienna for two days -126-1988 $ 12 000 17 000 Travel and subsistence for field mission for 10 days Travel and subsistence to Vienna for five days (c) Travel and subsistence of the following two Secretariat staff: one Professional, substantive staff member (from Vienna) and one General Service secretary (from Vienna, Geneva or lo~al recruit in the region) (d) Travel and subsistence of witnesses Subtotal B. General operating expenses: (a) Local transportation (b) Communications (c) Rental of meeting rooms (d) Air freight of typewriter, documentation, ~tc. (e) Miscellaneous supplies and services Subtotal C. Conference-servicing costs (a) Travel and subsistence of two interpreters (Arabic-English, from Vienna) (b) Final report (24 pages: A, C, E, F, R, S) Subtotal GRAND TOTAL -127-1988 $ 4 800 2 000 35 800 12 500 4 700 26 000 30 700 79 000 E. Potential for absorption 29. Except for the conference-servicing costs ($26,000) relating·to issuance of the mission's special report for submission to the Commission at its thirty-third session, no possibility would exist for absorption of the other additional costs within the resources approved by the General Assembly for the biennium 1988-1989. F. Net additional requirements 30. Should the Economic and Social Council request the Secretary-General to send urgently a mission composed. of ex~erts on the status of women to investigate the issue, the actual additional costs required in 1988, under the relevant budgetary 