I First Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
II Work-Load Standards for Various Categories of Conference-Servicing Staff, Including Clerical and Typing Staff, and Work-Load Statistics for the Various Conference Services in the 1986-1987 and 1988-1989 Bienniums
1
Takes note of the Secretary-General’s revised work-load standards, as modified by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;
2
Notes that the revised work-load standards reflect a further step towards enhanced productivity of conference-servicing staff, including improvements achieved through the application of new technologies;
3
Urges the Secretary-General and the Advisory Committee to keep these standards under review in order further to enhance economy and efficiency in conference-servicing activities;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to pursue through the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination the elaboration of unified work-load standards for conference-servicing staff within the United Nations common system and to report thereon, through the Advisory Committee, to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session;
5
Requests the Advisory Committee to review with the organizations of the United Nations system during this time the efforts being undertaken to achieve the harmonization of work-load standards in conferenceservicing of all organizations of the United Nations system;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session, through the Advisory Committee, on progress relating to the further development of work-load standards in conference-servicing for all United Nations conference facilities, including those of the regional commissions;
III International Computing Centre: 1991 Budget Estimates
IV Recommendation of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
V African Institute for Economic Development and Planning
1
Requests the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme to urge the Administrator of the Programme to implement fully Economic and Social Council resolution 1990/72 of 27 July 1990, as follows:
a
To give its full backing to the short-term training programme and the research and advisory activities of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning;
b
To continue its support for the activities of the Institute;
2
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session on the implementation of its request to the Governing Council;
VI Comprehensive Review of the After-Service Health Insurance Programme
VII Functioning and Administrative Support of the Departments Having Mandates Related to Global Social Development Issues
VIII Conference Services and Division of Administrative and Common Services at Vienna
1
Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General67 and the related comments of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization;68
2
Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in paragraphs 11, 25, 27 and 28 of its report;69
IX Integrated Management Information System Project
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the integrated management information system project;70
2
Reiterates its request that the Secretary-General report to the General Assembly on the cost benefits of the project;
X Construction of Additional Conference Facilities at Addis Ababa and Bangkok
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the construction of additional conference facilities at Addis Ababa and Bangkok;71
2
Requests the Secretary-General to proceed with the projects in accordance with the revised timetables;
XI Functioning of the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres of the Economic Commission for Africa
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;72
2
Endorses the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;73
XII United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
XIII Standards of Accommodation for Air Travel
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;74
2
Reaffirms its resolutions 41/213 of 19 December 1986 and 42/214 of 21 December 1987;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to review the existing arrangements in regard to payment of subsistence allowance and standards of air travel by representatives of Member States in their official capacity to attend meetings of various intergovernmental bodies and for other United Nations official work and to submit concrete proposals to the General Assembly at its fortysixth session, through the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, with a view to ensuring consistency of travel arrangements within the United Nations;
4
Also requests the Secretary-General to examine how the discounts and other incentives offered by various airlines could be utilized to provide savings to the United Nations and upgraded travel arrangements to representatives of Member States, experts attending meetings of subsidiary bodies and the Secretariat staff without incurring any additional expenditure and to include his recommendations in this regard in his report to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session;
5
Further requests the Secretary-General, in the interim, to continue to exercise his discretion in respect of business class travel for United Nations official work, taking into account the status of the traveller and in the light of the views expressed by Member States at the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly;75
6
Requests the Secretary-General to include in his report to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session information on the meetings attended by eminent persons for whom exceptions have been made for first class travel;
7
Decides to review at its forty-sixth session the arrangements regarding the payment of subsistence allowance and accommodation for air travel on the basis of the report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session;
XIV Optical Disk Storage and Retrieval System
1
Decides to defer until its forty-sixth session consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the optical disk storage and retrieval system;76
2
Requests the Secretariat to carry out consultations with the permanent missions in order to determine the appropriateness of making the system compatible with those of permanent missions and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session;
3
Empowers the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to authorize the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for additional requirements necessary for 1991, on the understanding that such appropriations as may be necessary for 1991 would have first call on the contingency fund of the programme budget for the biennium 1990-1991 at the forty-sixth session;
XV Contingency Fund
I Revised Estimates Under Sections 3, 13, 27, 31 And Income Section 1 Section 3c. Namibia
II Review of Translation and Interpretation Services for All Official Languages in the Economic Commission for Africa
III Electoral Assistance to Haiti
IV International Action to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
VI Procedures for Administrative and Budgetary Matters
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