To take note of the report of the Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development on Its resumed second session. its third session and its re- "umed third session" \ and to endorse the recommendations lontained therein.
To take note of the report of the Secretary-General on the basic study of the efficiency of the United Nations system in the field of science and technology for develop-
ment64 and to request the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation, with the assistance of the Executive Director of the Centre for Science and Technology for Development and the Task Force on Science and Technology for Development of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, to study the proposals contained in paragraphs 218 to 225 of the report and to submit action-oriented recommendations, with estimates of costs, to the Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development at its fourth session, taking into consideration the areas of concentration established by resolution 2 (Ill) of 5 June 1981 of the Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development;!» (c)
To authorize the Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development, as recommended by the Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development in its resolution 3 (Ill) of 5 June 1981,M to constitute a maximum of four ad hoc panels during the next two years, in accordance with the terms of reference of the Advisory Committee, on the understanding that no more than two ad hoc panel meetings should be held each year and that those meetings should be not more than one week in duration, and to request the Advisory Committee to provide the Intergovernmental Committee, at its fourth session, with specific information on the constitution and work of the ad hoc panels;
(d) To request that the updated proposed programme of work for 1982-1983 for the Centre for Science and Technology for Development, taking into account in particular the areas of concentration described in resolution 2 (Ill) of the Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development, be presented to the Intergovernmental Committee at its fourth session.
