Revised estimates: effectofchanges inratesofexchange and inflation . Programme budgetimplications ofdraftdecisions contained inthe reportofthePreparatory Committee fortheUnitedNations Conference onEnvironment andDevelopment ....••..•..•.••..•••••.••.•.••••••••••. -31-Paragraphs 60 61-63 64 65-67 68-69 70-75 76-91Programme budg.tImpllgatlonl Qfthldraftrl.olutlon gontalnld indPGum'ntA/••/L,17,gopg.rAiDg aglndaitlm32* 1.Atthe20thm••tingoftheFifthCommitte., theChairnlan oftheAdvilory Committee onAdminis~rative andBudgetary ~~eltionl saidthatinthedraft r.solution contain.d indocum.nt A/44/L.17 theSecretary-General wasrequested to encourage theearlyreali.ation ofacomprehen.ive political settlement in Afghanistan inaccordance withtheprovisions oftheAgreements ontheSettlement oftheSituation Relating toAfghanistan AIdraftresolution. Inhilstatement of programme budgetimplications (A/C.S/44/15), theS.cretary-General hadnotedthat therequ.strelated tohi'goodoffices funetions. Asimilar r.quest hadbeenmade inGeneral Assembly resolution 43/20of3November 1988,andtheadministrative and logistical lu~port forimplementation 0'thatmandate hadbeenprovided bythe UnitedNations GoodOfficel Mi.sion inAfghanietan andPakietan (UNGOMAP), the budg.tary provilionl forwhich••t.nd.dthrou9h 31D.cemb.r 1989.Shouldthe General As.embly adoptthedraftre.olution underconsideration, the Secretary-General wouldberequired toprovide, fortheperiodfrom1January to 31December 1990,theadministrative andlogistical lupport hithnrto provided by UNGOMAP, entailing additional requir.mentc of$5,813,800. Thatamountwould finance postsforthePersonal Repr~sentative oftheSecretary-General (atthe Assistant Secretary-General level)andsupporting staffinthen'ission area(1D-l, 3P-5,8rs,5GS(Otherlevel)and13locallevel)alwellasatHeadquarters (1P-4an~1GS(Otherlevel». ~heappropriation wouldallocoverthecostsof lovistical lupport indicated intheanne.todocument A/C.5/44/15. Ifthe budgetary authorisation forUNGOMAP weretobeextended, theSecretary-General wouldcontinue torely,tothee.tentpossible, ontheaQminlstrative and logistical support ofUNGOMAP. Theaforementioned additional requirements would thenbeadjusted appropriately, inordertoavoidanydoublebudgeting. 2.TheAdvisory Committee agreedwiththeSecretary-General thattheactivities calledforunderthedraftresolution related tothemaintenance ofpeaceand security, thattheywereofane.tra~rdinary natureandthat,therefore, in accordance withanne.I,paragraph 11,ofGeneral Alsembly r.solution 41/213of 19December 1986,theyshouldnotbefinanced fromthecontingency fundforthe biennium 1990-1991. Itwas,accordingly, therecommendation oftheAdvisory Committee thattherifthCommittee shouldinformtheAssembly that,shoulditadopt draft reloluti~n A/44/L.17, anadditional appropriation intheamount ~f$5,813,800 wouldberequired undersection 1(Overall policy-making, direction and co-ordination) oftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1990-·1991, and thatanadditional appropriation of$286,800 wouldberequired undersection 31 (Staffasseslment), tobeoffsetbythelameamountunderincomesection 1(Income fromstaffasseslmeut). (S.eA/C.5/44/SR.20, paras. 27and28.) *Thesituation inAfghanistan anditsimplications forinternational peace and.eLJrity. -32-contingency fundsetoutinsection CofannexItoGeneral Assembly resolution 41/213of19December 1986andintheannextoAssembly resolution 42/211of 21December 1987.Inparagraphs 15and16ofhisstatement ofprogramme budget implications, theSecretary-General indicated thatwiththeexception ofthepublic information activities, whichcameundersection 27(Public information) hecould notpropose themodification ofanyactivity oftheproposed programme budgetfor thebiennium 1990-1991 inordertofinance thenewactivities. 7.TheAdvisory Committee hadnoobjections totheSecretary-General's estimates oftheadditional re~uirements deriving fromthedraftresolution andthedraft decision. Ittherefore recommended thattheFifthCommittee shouldinformthe General Assembly that,shoulditadoptdraftresolution A/44/L.12 anddraft decision A/44/L.13, theholding ofthefirstsession ofthePreparatory Committee oftheWholeinDecember 1989wouldconstitute anexception totheprovisions of section I,paragraph 7,ofresolution 40/243; additional resource requirements in