Revised estimate for1984-1985.............................. 18925000 Initial estimate for1984-1985.............................. 20502100 Actual incomein1982-1983.................................. 11981300 IS3.1Theestimate for1986-1987 of$7,003,700 forincomesection 3isthebalance between estimated grossincomefromrevenue-producing activities ($60,932,400) and therelated estimated expenses ($53,928,700). Theestimate ofnetrevenue for 1986-1987 is$11,921,300 lowerthantheapproved revised estimate for1984-1985 of $18,925,000 (grossrevenue of$70,669,200 lessexpenses of$51,744,200) (tableIS3.2). IS3.2Inparagraph IS3.1,oftheproposed programme budget, theSecretary-General statesthatalthough revenue-producing activities included underthissection are ofacommercial nature, theyare"•••notnecessarily profit-making, norarethey established forthatreason". IS3.3 Ascanbeseenfromtable153.3,therevalued 1984-1985 resource base(at revised 1985rates), includes anamountof$376,000 fordelayed impactof1984-1985 growthunderestablished posts. Thisrelates toapproval bytheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-ninth session, ontherecommendation oftheAdvisory Committee, of sevenadditional postsfortheGarageoperation atHeadquarters. 39/TheAdvisory Committee submits further recommendations regarding thesepostsin- paragraphs IS3.24below. IS3.4Duringitsconsideration ofthissection theAdvisory Committee notedthe inclusion, forthefirsttime,ofstaffassessment inanumberoftheexpenditure tables. Inresponse toinquiries, representatives oftheSecretary-General informed theCommittee thatthiswasnotanewexpense. Inthepast,estimates for established postshadbeenshownonagrossbasis,including staffassessment. For 1986-1987, itwasdecided toidentify separately theamounts forstaffassessment. The1986-1987 estimates forestablished postshadcorrespondingly beenadjusted to reflect netsalarycostsJhence.the reductions showninanumberoftables, under therevaluea 1984-1985 resource baseforthisobjectofexpenditure. Inthe opinion oftheAdvisory Committee, consideration ofthissection wouldbe facilitated iftablesareprovided summarizing theoverall estimates ofexpenses by objectofexpenditure, andthetotalnumberofpostsfinanced underthisincome section. IS3.5According totheSecretary-General, the1986-1987 estimate forthissection coversthefollowing activities; 39/SeeGeneral Assembly resolution 39/236,II,andreportoftheAdvisory Committee (A/39/7, para.42). -208-7 8 o I Po hi ta pr ap ....c'~.iLf.:I I. 700Revenue-producing activitiesGross revenue Expenses Netrevenue 500(Thousands ofUnitedStatesdollars) Saleofpostage stamps1 I (Headquarters, Geneva j ~'! andVienna)25332.0 16664.3 8667.7 rn11 Souvenir shop(Headqu.Brters) 2655.8 1941.9 713.9 :,'1 t': /": GiftCentre (Headquarters)2028.3 1674.7 353.6\11riCatering services (Headquarters) 17067.4 17067.4t1 1-;Royalties: commemorative medals 450.0 450.0 f Garageoperation (Headquarters, ~GenevaandVienna) 1224.7 1 507.3 (282.6) 48758.2 38855.6 9902.6 ;{ .:/",000 100 300 ,balance 00)and for ·1985of ·General .onare :ethey ;e(at L984-1985 ;sembly ~e,of \dvisory1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.~:expenses for supervisory and administrative staff!/ Subtotal Saleofpublications48758.2 9536.81298.0 40153.6 8402.9(1298.0) 8604.6 1133.9 ~Relates todirectcostsoftheCommercial Management Service oftheOfficeofGeneral Services. IS3.6ForthesaleofunitedNations postage stamps, theleading revenue-producingactivity, theSecretary-General estimates grossrevenue for1986-1987 intheamountof$25,332,000. Thisis$9,619,700 lessthantheapproved estimate of$34,951,700for1984-1985 (tableIS3.2). Reasons fortheexpected decline inrevenue areprovided inparagraph IS3.l0oftheproposed programme budget.3dthe lditure 1 natesfor ent.For 3ssment.