ascurrently formulated, ~'is-i-yis recentdevelopments andcurrent requirements. 11 Inparagraph 26ofitsreporttotheAssembly concerning UnitedNations peace-ke.ping operations (A/44/725), theAdvisory Committee statedthatitagreed inprinciple that,inrespect ofunforeseen andextraordinary expenses, thelevel ofcommitment authority provided toitshouldbeincreased. TheCommittee stated further thatitintended toreverttothematteruponreceipt oftheanalysis that itrequested fromtheSecretary-General. 2.TheAdvisory Committee, havingreceived theinformation itrequested fromthe Secretary-General, n~wsubmits, intheparagraphs below,itsobse~vations and recommendations ontheresolution onunforeseen andextraordinary expenses forthe bi.nnium 1990-1991. Apossible textofadraftresolution onunforeseen and extraordinary expenses forthebiennium 1990-1991 isalsoincluded asanannexto thepresent report. 3.Overtheyears,theattention oftheAdvisory Committee hasb.endrawntoa numberofanomalies andotherdifficulties thatexistwithregardtowhathas b.comethestandard textfortheresolution onunforeseen andextraordinary expenses. 4.Inparagraph 1(A)ofGeneral Assembly resolution 42/227of21December 1987, theAssembly authorized theSecretary-General toenterintocommitments without the priorconcurrence oftheAdvisory Committee fori "Suchcommitments, notexceecllng atotalof$US2million inanyone year ofthebiennium 1988-1989, astheSecretary-Gen~ral certifies relatetothe maintenance ofpeaceandsecurity." 5.TheAdvisory Committee understands thatthelevelof$2million isderived fromGeneral Assembly resolution 68(I)of14December 1946.Itisobvious that thisfigureneedstobeupdated, partiCUlarly inviewoftherecentexpansion of thegoodoffices andpeace-keeping function oftheUnitedNations. Theinitiatives bytheSecretary-General intheexercise ofhisgoodoffices function, andfor whichcommitments wereentered intoonhisownauthority, haveincreased inrecent yearsbothinnumberandincostfromatotalof$804,300 forfouractivities in1986toatotalof$1,664,000 fornineactivities in1988.Thusfarin1989, commitments havetotalled $1,835,800 forsixactivities. -15-6.Furthermore, themagnitude oftherequirementa forthegoodoffices function oftheSecretary-General, giving ris~tocommitments entered intoonhisown authority, hassignificantly increased overthepastfewyearsreaching anaverage of$306,000 thusfarin1989.Itshouldbenoted,inthisconnection, thatthose initiatives whichimmediately preceded thelaunching ofapeace-keeping orgood offices operation, forwhichtheconcurrence oftheAdvisory Committee was ultimately sought, involved highcosts. Forexample, goodoffices exercised bythe theSecretary-General's Representative ontheSettlement oftheSituation Relating toAfghanistan ($423,500) priortothelaunching oftheUnitedNations GoodOffices Mission inAfghanistan andPakistan: theTechnical SurveyMission to Namibia ($285,000), whichpreceded thelaunching oftheUnitedNations Transition Assistance Group, andinitial commitments forthatGroup($450,000); andinitial commitments fortheUnitedNations Observer Mission toVerifytheElectoral Process inNicaragua ($540,300), whichwerelatersubsumed inthecommibment authorized by theAdvisory Committee forthatObserver Mission. 7.Underthecircumstances, theAdvisory Committee recommends thatthe Secretary-General shouldbeallowed toenterintocommitments, onhisown authority, inamounts notexceeding acumulative totalof$3million inany oneyearofabiennium. 8.TheAdvisory Committee isoftheopinion th~t t~eprovisions relating tothe International CourtofJustice (seeGeneral Assembly resolution 42/227, para.1(~»,aswellasthatcovering commitments forinterorganizational security measures (ibia., para.1(~»,aresufficient andcanremainunchanged. 9.Forreasons ofclarity, theAdvisory Committee recommends rewording paragraph 1ofGeneral Assembly resolution 42/227, asshownintheannextothe present report: thisredrafting implies nosubstantive change. 10.TheAdvisory Committee hasnodifficulty withtheexisting textofparagraph 2 ofGeneral Assembly resolution 42/227. Inthisconnection, theCommittee points outthatthetreatment ofsuchsupplementary estimates asmayarisefromthe