<,Hs5€lmluation ofUnited Nations materials indeveloping countries. 44.28Efforts willalsobedirected towards theachievement ofgreater involvement withauthor departments andotherrevenue producing andpromotional activities with avil!lwtoanexpansion andbetter co-ordinat.ion ofefforts towards promoting and publici~ing theworksoftheUnited Nations. 44.29 ASpartofitsmandate, thePublications Boardwillcontinue toreview and rev!fJJe, ••nece••ary,policies governing thepreparation, production, distribution andsal.ofUnited Nations publications. Inconjunction withthesalesoperation, publications withgoodsalespotential willbeidentified. Basedonsales p~rform8nce andfeedback from r~adorghip, thesalesservices willadvise author d(~J:Hittll\(mttl onimproving thl!lquality oftheirpublications inordertoreachas wld® ClI'€!Ei(lt::l!"Elhip al!!pOluJible andtogi1lnerate maximum saleofsuccessful titles. -5-areaatEeaoq-J.arters, n~.ely, the building. willberedesigned in tUi,edforc~~ercial purposes. The centre, thebookstore andthestaM'P. , '.. "''''_ordlnatioll andco-operatJ.on;LocaI:10ns. ,,-,v •activities viIIbeencouragea.44.23 Themain vi~ltors andretail first b&~~.entc()nc.ourl!le oftheGEfne,ral ordertof~1'ti.!ze thepotential ofthe majorretailfacilitiee, the counter, ....il100givenmere ~.iOnqthevarloue!ilalecea:ndpillll",--------------------­I i 44.25 Theprimeryobjective inthesaleofUnited Nations publications ~st~ anaddedchannel of.dhliJetdnation ofinformation abouttheOrganJ.zatJ.on, ltlllwork:il1ndrelated topiclSofint~!l'rest atnocosttotheOrganization andto gen~rl:lt~ r~Vf'll'1tHJ6i a~pos!ill:blt'!l t.hrough abalanced freedistribution andsalespolicy ait~,~d lii'lt.9'~n@rt:ltlng th.egr~&1t~~t. pO~$ible saleofsuccessful publications. 44.26 Het r~v~nUIi:Hll accruing fromthesaleofUnited Nations publications inNew York,Ge!Utva andViennl\'! havebeendrastically reduced sincethebiennium 1984~1985. Thatc1ecrealile canbeattributed inparttogrowing production and dirstdbution COl!lt~. Itisrecognized thatthemajority ofunited Nations publioatlom, i'1l.re I!lpecializfH~ innature and,assuch,reachalimited market. In addition tothedililst'!lmination ofpublic information materials, greater attention willbe toencouraging th€ld€lvelopment andmarketing ofpublications ofa tf,or~ nature. (b) 44.27 AfJJaresultoftherevie....ofthetHI.leofpublications, activities willbe hrOlident1H'j with ~viewtoappealing toawideraudience through acareful selection of§llll~Hi).itemB,thediseemination ofpUblications inelectronic formats, and @xperiment8tion withdifferential pricing structures asameansofincreasing the <,Hs5€lmluation ofUnited Nations materials indeveloping countries. 44.28Efforts willalsobedirected towards theachievement ofgreater involvement withauthor departments andotherrevenue producing andpromotional activities with avil!lwtoanexpansion andbetter co-ordinat.ion ofefforts towards promoting and publici~ing theworksoftheUnited Nations. 44.29 ASpartofitsmandate, thePublications Boardwillcontinue toreview and rev!fJJe, ••nece••ary,policies governing thepreparation, production, distribution andsal.ofUnited Nations publications. Inconjunction withthesalesoperation, publications withgoodsalespotential willbeidentified. Basedonsales p~rform8nce andfeedback from r~adorghip, thesalesservices willadvise author d(~J:Hittll\(mttl onimproving thl!lquality oftheirpublications inordertoreachas wld® ClI'€!Ei(lt::l!"Elhip al!!pOluJible andtogi1lnerate maximum saleofsuccessful titles. -5-(IfU~$ tracti:q ~t:-& C'fii'atc~'lli,rsat. t:h~Q 'lt4.36 '1'h$ltilqislatlv'l!'; ~andat$ for :r~'scltltiol!iS: 11586(lX)lW.d4~f50. 44.31 Th'€!obitecthre of Qtr·'Q;<!m:i.~;ation· spurposes alsolltI.aking aprofitifthe andw!(}rxt,c) poaSihl$.lst:op;rOill'lOt:tlan thepublic. whl1~ r~'c.ovoroftbe Ctl~t5antI ~4"J2 During thebhlm::d.tl.l'!) 1988- halfaltl1111011 vhitcr€il pery.HlXtooktheguided tour'lilat'tJuH:ed AtthaUnit:~d