WTEQ NAJIONS Distr. GETJERAL ENERAt. SSE”MBhY - “;F: !+=+1 ,! : .-r’. J$Jy/47g 21 October l$%l ,ENGLrSH ORIGIJ'TAL., EXJGLISIll/PREN.!J~/ SPMJISJJ JX2irty~fifth session Zgenda item 32 REDUCTIOR OF NILITARY BUDGETS Report of the Secretary-General --- --...- 1. At its thirty-third session. the General Assel;lbly adopted resolution 33/67 of Lli. December 1978. entitled "Reduction of military budgets", in which it requested tl?e Secretary-General, with the assistance of an ad hoc panel of experienced CC..- practitioners in the field of military IsudCeting;: (a) To carry out a practica1 test of the propose% reportinC instrument with tl?e voluntary co-operation of States; (b) To assess the results of the practica1 test: i (c) To develop recommendations for further refinement anA i3plement tion of the reportin-, instrument.: and also requested him to report to the Assembly at its thirty-fifth session on the implementation of the resolution, 2. In pursuance of resolution 33/67. the Secretnry.General appointed the members 3f the Ad Iloc Panel on Military BudCetin,n;. l/ Dy a letter dated ,!9 .hugust 198C:, -,-.- .-,._ the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Panel transmitted to the Secretsyy-*General the report ^...._ ,,.-"-- brhich is hereby submitted to the General Assembly. l-/ For the names of the experts, see the letter of transmittal below, I’o--::5352 / *.. ANNEX Report of the Ad Hoc Panel on MilitarY Bud6xetina The Practica1 test of the proposed standard instrument for international reporting of military exnenditures CONTEN53 Paraaraphs FORBWORD BY TBE SECRETARY-GENERAL , , , . . , t . . , , . . . . . . . . . . LlFlY!ER OFTRANSMITTAL . . . . . . , , . . . . . , .., , , . . . . . . . . 