784800 L09300 355400 ,200or Resource growth growthis Jrowth, $35,400 leproposed )posed i2,000 letary li.onal ~rvices :Geneva. :he :sto redcan lroposed ~apportioned mference andSection 9 Transnational corporations Section 24 Regular programme of technical co-operation ECEFundfor supportcost reimbursement of technical co-operation activities FAO FundofUNEP UNFPA Total1 11 2 32 31 1 2 41 4 1&1 1£1 7~/ 1 1 1, '. ludgettothe heldduring :0inquiries, :teethatat Iofthematter ,EeEin I(1USG, 'iceposts one .Committee, :scurrently ,ows: ~,a/Twenty-four work-months duringthebiennium 1984-1985 foraRegional Adviser intheTransport, communications andtourism programme, whichis proposed tobecontinued in1986-1987. &IThesepostswillbediscontinued after1985. £Icontinuation ofthesepostsduring1986-1987 willbedecided by UNFPAinSeptember/OCtober 1985. -75-!,. ./10.5TheSecretary-General requests anewP-3postfortheTransport, communications andtourism programme. Thecostofthenewpost($51,600 atrevised 1985rates)willbepartially offsetbycorresponding reductions inresource requirements forconsultants andstafftravel ($39,400 atrevised 1985rates) (table10.4). Takingintoaccount thereasons advanced inparagraphs 10.1 and10.55oftheproposed programme budgetandadditional information provided by representatives oftheSecretary-General, theAdvisory Committee recommends acceptance ofthisrequest. 10.6TheAdvisory Committee alsohasnoobjection totheredeployment ofone P-5postfromtheScience andtechnology programme totheInternational tradeand development finance programme (paras. 10.34and10.45oftheproposed programme budget). 10.7TheAdvisory Committee recommends approval oftheSecretary-General's estimate of$23,462,000 forsection 10. -76- ISection 11.Economic andSocialCommission forAsiaandthePacific $ 39034900 348186003499800040418500 ...................Revised appropriations 1984-1985Estimate sUbmitted bytheSecretary-General •••••••• Estimate recommended bytheAdvisory Committee ••••• Initial appropriations 1984-1985)ymentofone ational tradeand Josedprogrammesport, ($51,600 atrevised inresource ~1985rates) raphs10.1 ationprovided by recommends Actualexpenses 1982-1983 •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 29667800* (-General's *Excludes Regional Commissions Liaison Office. 11.1The1986-1987 estimate of$40,418,500 is$5,420,500 or15.4percenthigher thantherevised appropriation for1984-1985. Resource growthisestimated at $1,627,700 (atrevised 1985rates)andtherateofrealgrowthiscalculated at 1.9percent(table11.1). Oftheestimated resource growth, $1,236,600 (at revised 1985 ~ates)isconsidered non-recurrent andrelates toarequest fora non-recurrent temporary Professional post(para.11.12oftheproposed programme budget) andtheproposed acquisition ofanewcomputer system(paras. 11.100and 11.101oftheproposed programme bUdget). 11.2Extrabudgetary resources expected tobeavailable toESCAPin1986-1987 are estimated at$47,691,000 (table11.1). Inresponse toinauiries bytheAdvisory Committee, representatives oftheSecretary-General statedthatmeasures hadbeen takentoensureamoreaccurate forecast ofextrabudgetary resources for1986-1987 inviewofthefactthatinprevious yearstheseamounts hadbeenover-estimated. 11.3Atotalof560regular budgetestablished postsisproposed forESCAPin 1986-1987, comprising 199postsattheProfessional andhigherlevels (1USG, 1D-2,15D-l,28P-S,60P-4,62P-3,32P-2/l)and361Locallevelposts. In addition, threetemporary regular budgetpostsareproposed (1p-4,1P-3and 1Locallevel). Table11.5shows152extrabudgetary postsfor1986-1987: 24at theProfessional andhigherlevels (2P-5,12P-4,3P-3,7P-2/l)and128Local levelposts. 11.4TheSecretarY-General requests sixnewpostsonanestablished basisforthe following programmes: Marineaffairs (1P-3and1Locallevelpost)JEnvironment