Editing 412 16 Interpretation 22 57 19 6104 29.41, Copypreparation andproof-reading 1 8 5 14 29.42 29.50Subtotal 51135 116 18 320 Vienna 29.98 Translation 812 20 Terminology Editing Interpretation Copypreparation andproof-reading Subtotal 812 20 Total 151 387 349 77 964 Ludedin ~y ;entatives 2../Excluding non-language postsinthelanguage units.pro~,sed programme budget). ForGeneva andVienna, theestimated requirements are basedonpastexperience (paras. 29.111, 29.112 and29.123oftheproposed programme budget). I;~29.14Table29.4oftheproposed programme budgetindicates that$10,926,600 (at revised 1985rates)undertemporary assistance formeeting~ hasbeendeducted from therevalued resource basefor1984-1985. Inresponse toinquiries fromthe Advisory Committee, representatives oftheSecretary-General statedthat non-recurrent amounts forconferences andspecial meetings heldduring 1984-1985 havebeendeleted fromtheestimates forHeadauarters, Geneva andvienna. The Advisory Committee notesthatthisisthefirsttimethattheGeneva andVienna estimates havebeenreduced to.takeaccount ofnon-recurrent conferences and special meetings, andthatthisactionisinresponse toobservations ofthe Advisory Committee onthesUbject, contained inparagraph 29.12ofitsfirstreport ontheproposed programme budgetfor1984-1985. li/ 29.15 Areduction of$1,648,300 (atrevised 1985rates)inresource growthisalso shownfortemporary assistance formeetings (table29.4).Itreflects reduction by$2,389,200 (atrevised 1985rates)inreauirements forthisobjectof expenditure atGeneva, partially offset byincreased reauirements atHeadauarters ($303,900 atrevised 1985rates) andatVienna ($437,000 atrevised 1985rates) (tables 29.54,29.57and29.60). 29.16Duringitsexamination oftheestimate fortemporary assistance formeetings atGeneva, theCommittee recalled itsobservation inparagraph 29.12ofthe Committee's firstreport onthe1984-1985 proposed programme budgetthatthe work-load statistics forconference services atGeneva hadbeenfaulty •.1IInthis connection, theAdvisory Committee notedfromtable29.33ofthe1986-1987 ~roposed programme budgetthatconference work-load statistics atGeneva havebeenrevised. Whileacknowledging thattheSecretary-General's 1986-1987 estimate fortemporary assistance formeetings atGenevaareslightly moreconservative thanbefore, the Committee believes thatfurther improvements arepossible inthemethodof compiling work-load statistics atGeneva. 29.17 TheAdvisory Committee alsoviewsthework-load statistics atVienna, as shownintable29.62,withcaution. Inthisconnection, theCommittee recalls that ithaddrawnattention tosignificant inconsistenci~s inthepresentation ofsuch datatotheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-ninth session, inthecontext ofthe secretarY-General's consolidated statement ofconference-servicing costs.12/ 29.18 Theimpending introduction ofword-anddata-processing eauipment atGeneva shouldconsiderably improve productivity intherelated services atGeneva. In thisconnection, theCommittee understands thattheinstallation offacilities and introduction ofwordprocessing atGenevaintheEnglish, French andSpanish typing poolshasbeendelayed andwillnotbecomeoperational until1986. TheAdvisory Committee wasinformed that,whenpreparing the1986-1987 estimates, the secretariat tooknoaccount ofproductivity gainsandsavings thatwouldarisefrom theintroduction ofwordprocessing. 34/Ibid. 35/Ibid.,Thirty-ninth Session, Supplement No.7(A/39/7), annex,para.72. ../. t.-188- L/. 1·~,./uirements are posed ,926,600 (at deducted from romthe hat g1984-1985 'nna.The andVienna Icesand