1.th~ informed theFifthCommittee thathehad~repared arevised text oftbeproposal whichtheCommittee w~stosubmittotheGeneral Assembly concerninq theproqramme budgetimplications ofthedraftdecision inparaqraph 55 oftheraportofthePreparatory Committee fortheUnitedNations Conference on Environme'lt andDevelopment (A/44/48). Sincesomedeleqations stillwishedtomake proposals concerning thattext,hesuggested thatinformal talksshouldbeheld withaviewtoproducing atextonwhichdelegations couldreachaconsensus. 2.MI~~ (Japan), supported byMissSHItAKHA (Kenya), saidthatthetext drafted bytheChairman wa~basedoncontacts withalimited numborofde1eqations, notwithalldelegations. Alldelegations shouldbegivenanopportunity to discuss thefinaltextofthedraftdecision tobesubmitted totheGeneral Assembly. 3.~ suggested thatthemeeting shouldbesuspended sothatinformal talkscouldbeheldtoenablealldelegations toparticipate indrafting thefinal textoftheproposal tobesubmitted totheGeneral Assembly concerning the programme budgetimplications ofholding theUnitedNations Conference on Environment andDevelopment. 4. ~ruL-~tlAUtMAH ~aidthathehadprepared arevised textofthedraftdecision to besubmitted bytheFifthCommittee totheGeneral Assembly. Hefeltthatthenew taxtcouldreceive thesupport ofalldelegations, butthatitwouldbeadvisable toholraninformal meeting oftheFifthCommittge, sincethatwouldmakeiteasier tor'esolve anydifficulties thatmightariseinconnection withthattext. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library