July19855.Asinthepast,provision ismadeincertain sections oftheproposedprogramme budgetfor1986-1987 forexpenditures towhichsomeMemberStateshaveobjections inprinciple. SomemembersoftheCommittee haverepeated thoseobjections andstatedtheirreasons therefore Atthesametime,theCommitteeconsidered thatthecontroversy concerning suchitemsdoesnotfallwithintheprovince oftheAdvisory Committee, whichunderrule157oftherulesofprocedureis"responsible forexpertexamination ofthebudgetoftheUnitedNations". I "'"1.1 :~ ','J CHAPTER I PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FORTHEB!ENNIUM 1986-1987 GENERAL 1.Forthebiennium 1986-1987, theSecretary-General proposes aprogramme budget1/intheamountof$1,742,784,500 fortheexpenditure sections and $327,133,000 fortheincomesections. Onanetbasis,theestimates for1986-1987 amount, therefore, to$1,415,651,500. Inthefollowing tabletheestimates for 1986-1987 arecompared withtherevised appropriations for1984-1985, asapproved bytheGeneral Assembly inresolution 39/237, andwiththeactualexpenditure and incomeinthebiennium 1982-1983. (Inthousands ofUnitedStatesdollars) IIncrease Increase 1986-1987 Actual 1986-1987 ~ expenditure 2lli.~Revised 1984-1985 ~ 1982-1983 ~ Estimates appropriaHon Col. Col. income Col. Col. 1986-1987 1984-1985 (1)-(2) (3)/(2i 1982-1983 (1)-(5) (6)/(5)I(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) ~. % %, Expend- f\fiture1742784.51611551.2131233.3 8.11462414.2280370.3 19.2 ~ Income 327133.0 301439.1 25693.9 8.5 255078.7 72054.3 28.2 Net1415651.51310112.1105539.4 8.11207335.5208316.0 17.3- === - •2.TheSecretary-Genera1's programme budgetproposals for1986-1987 coverthe regular, assessed budgetoftheOrganization. Theestim~tes ofextrabudgetary resources whicharelikelytobeavailable totheUnitedNations inthecoming biennium aregiveninthedocument forpurposes ofinformation. Theytotal $2,249,656,700, comprising $189,920,400 forsupport services, $40,008,900 for substantive activities and$2,019,727,400 foroperational projects. Thegrand total,including thenetestimate fortheregular budget,istherefore $3,665,308,200. Theestimates exclude thecostsofpeace-keeping operations which areassessed separately (UNDOFandUNIFIL) orwhicharefundedonavoluntary basis (UNFICYP), whether ornotsuchcostsarisein1986-1987 willdependondecisions to betakenbytheSecurity Council. MemberStateswillalsobecalledupon t~ !IOfficial Records oftheGeneral Assembly, Fortieth Session, Supplement ~(A/40/6). -1-, I, ,., f~~.,Thirty-eighth Session, Supplement No.7(A/38/7), chap.I,para.4.contribute in1986-1987 tothebudgets oftheotherorganizations intheunitedNations systemtowhichtheybelong. TheAdvisory Committee willsubmittotheGen~ral Assembly atitsfortieth session aseparate reportontheadministrativebudgets ofthoseorganizations. 38.T 1986-1 previo Introd 0.7pe noted, initia Assemb initiaJ became bythe respec thisr arein7. amount $1,611 repres 9per estima lastt Adviso andpr budget oflow __..r.'.;-2- /4.Theformatoftheproposed programme budgetshowsfewchanges, ascomparedwiththatoftheprogramme budgetfor1984-1985. Twoannexes, onecontaining a cross-section reviewofmajorprogrammes andtheotherasummary ofapportionedcdsts,havebeeneliminated fromtheIntroduction. Withregardtoapportionedcosts,theCommittee wasinformed thatareviewofthemethodology usedforcalculating thesecostsindicated theneedforcertain changes andrefinements.TheSecretary-General therefore feltitbesttodispense withtheapportionmentexercise inthe1986-1987 programme budgetpreparation process, hewilldeviseamoresatisfactory methodinthefuture.3.TheAdvisory Committee notedsignificant improvement inthetimingofthesUbmission oftheSecretarY-GeneralIs programme budgetproposals for1986-1987compared tothesituation twovearsago,2/thisfacilitated theworkoftheCommittee. TheCommittee truststhatstrIctadherence tosimilar schedules inpreparing futurebudgets willbecomestandard practice.