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VIII, Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fifth Committee 197 2. The income from staff assessment shall be credited to the Tax Equalization Fund in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955; 3. Direct expenses of the United Nations Postal Administration, services to visitors, catering and related services, television services and the sale of publications, not provided for under the budget appropriations, shall be charged against the income derived from those activities. 32/203. Use of experts and consultants in the United Nations The General Assembly, Recalling its decision of 18 December 197 4, 55 taken at its twenty-ninth session, by which it outlined prin- ciples and guidelines for the use of experts and con- sultants in the United Nations, and its decision of 17 December 197 5, 56 taken at its thirtieth session, in which it reaffirmed the aforesaid principles and guide- lines, which should be implemented promptly, fully and effectively, Recalling further its resolution 31 /205 of 22 De- cember 1976, in which it. reaffirmed the decision taken at its twenty-ninth and thirtieth sessions and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assem- bly at its thirty-second session, through the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Ques- tions, a report on the implementation of the afore- mentioned decisions, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,57 Expressing the view that the above-mentioned report does not adequately respond to the requirements of the relevant decisions of the General Assembly and still reflects deficiencies in the implementation of the prin- ciples and guidelines on the use of experts and con- sultants, Taking note of the assurances of the Secretary- General that future reports will fully and adequately reflect the existing practice in the use of experts and consultants in the United Nations, l. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session a full and comprehensive report, showing his efforts to eliminate existing deficiencies in the implementation of prin- ciples and guidelines on the use of experts and con- sultants in the United Nations; 2. Requests further that such a report should con- tain detailed comparative data as well as a statement evaluating the status of implementation of the prin- ciples and guidelines set by the General Assembly. 110th plenary meeting 21 December 1977 32/204. Organizational nomenclature in the Secretariat The General Assembly, Emphasizing the need for logical and coherent or- ganizational nomenclature in the Secretariat in the in- 55 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 31 (A/9631), pp. 136 and 137, item 73. 56 fbid., Thirtieth Session, Supplement No. 34 (A/10034), p. 145, item 96, para. (t). 57 A/C.5/3217. 110th plenary meeting 21 December 1977 terest of a more rational and functional hierarchical structure, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary-General58 and of the Advisory Com- mittee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions59 on the question of organizational nomenclature in the Secretariat; 2. Endorses the general direction of reform in nomenclature proposed by the Secretary-General in his report and encourages him to proceed expeditiously with the application of the measures envisaged, taking into account the observations made by the Advisory Committee and the views expressed in the Fifth Com- mittee; 3. Welcomes the intention of the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session on the application of the measures proposed in his report; 4. Decides to consider this question at its thirty- third session on the basis of the report to be submitted by the Secretary-General; 5. Urges intergovernmental bodies to avoid recom- mendations giving particular designations to organiza- tional units or their heads which may not be in con- formity with the nomenclature proposed by the Secretary-General. 110th plenary meeting 21 December 1977 32/205. Arabic language services in the United Nations The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 31/159 of 21 December 1976, in paragraph 18 of which it decided to include Arabic among the official and working languages of the machinery of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, particularly all sessions of the Conference, the Trade and Development Board and its main committees, Noting that the rules of procedure of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,60 the Trade and Development Board61 and some of its main committees have already been amended accordingly, Recalling that, in section VIII of its resolution 31 /208 of 22 December 1976. it approved the organi- zational arrangements proposed by the Secretary-Gen- eral in his report to the General Assembly at its thirty- first session62 with a view to providing an initial target level of Arabic language services to the United Nations 5 8 A/C.5/32/17. 50 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 8A (A/32/8/ Add.1-30). document A/32/8/ Add.5. 60 TD/63/Rev.1 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.68.I.17) and Amend.I and 2. 0 1 TD/B/16/Rev.2 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.73.II.D.11 and Corr.I and 2) and Amend.!. 62 A/C.5/31/60 and Corr.I. 198 General Assembly-Thirty-second Session Conference on Trade and Development while simul- taneously alleviating some of the chronic problems facing the provision of such services to the Assembly and its Main Committees, Noting, however, that, as far as Arabic translation services are concerned, the Secretary-General in his progress report63 makes it clear that those organiza- tional arrangements have not sufficiently achieved their purported objectives with regard to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and to the General Assembly and its Main Committees, while ad- mitting the uncertain nature of their future prospects, Recognizing the great importance which the Arab States Members of the United Nations attach to the work of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development as well as their expressed need for having its documentation issued in Arabic in time to enable their delegations to participate constructively in its deliberations and activities, Convinced that an efficient, timely and less costly provision of Arabic translation services to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development can be achieved only by the installation of an adequately staffed service at its headquarters, Bearing in mind the magnitude and urgency of the efforts needed to enable such a service to meet ade- quately the Arabic translation requirements of the fifth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. to be held in 1979, 1. Takes note of the progress report of the Sec- retary-General63 concerning Arabic language services in the United Nations; 2. Requests the Secretary-General, while continu- ing the speedy implementation of the organizational arrangements contained in paragraphs 15 to 21 of his report, 62 to replace the present arrangement set out in paragraph 25 of his report by establishing, as from 1 January 1978, on a permanent basis, an Arabic Translation Section in the United Nations Office at Geneva primarily to serve the bodies of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and, as an initial step, to provide the staff requirements for the biennium 197 8-1979 for this Section by transfer- ring to it the posts already established under section VIII of General Assembly resolution 31 /208, with the addition of a post of Chief of Section; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, in close consultation and co-operation with the Secretary- General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, proposals aimed at the full im- plementation of Conference resolution 86 (IV) of 28 May 1976,64 endorsed by the General Assembly in paragraph 18 of its resolution 31 / 159, and to submit those proposals to the Assembly at its thirty-fourth session; 4. Further requests the Secretary-General to con- tinue his search for and to apply adequate methods, including advance translation of appropriate documen- tation and provision of temporary assistance when necessary, to ensure the timely provision of Arabic 63 A/C.5/32/9. 64 See Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Fourth Session, vol. I, Report and Annexes (United Nations publica,tion, Sales No. E.76.II.D.10 and corrigendum), part one, sect. A. translation services to the General Assembly and its Main Committees, and to report on the results to the Assembly as appropriate. J 10th plenary meeting 2 I December 1977 32/206. Recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination The General Assembly, Recalling that the Economic and Social Council, in the annex to its resolution 2008 (LX) of 14 May 1976, set out the terms of reference of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination, in paragraph 2 (a) (ii) of which it is stated that the Committee shall recommend an order of priorities among United Na- tions programmes as defined in the medium-term plan, Recalling also paragraph 10 of General Assembly resolution 31 /93 of 14 December 1976 on the medium- term plan, Noting Economic and Social Council resolution 2098 (LXIII) of 3 August 1977 ·dealing with the recom- mendations of the Committee for Programme and Co- ordination at its seventeenth session, 611 Ta king note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implications of the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination66 and the relevant comments of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,67 I l. Confirms that the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination, by virtue of its review of both the medium-term plan and the programme aspects of the programme budget, is the main subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council and the General Assem- bly for planning, programming and co-ordination with the perspective necessary to make recommendations on the relative priorities of United Nations programmes; 2. Urges subsidiary bodies to refrain from making recommendations on the relative priority of the major programmes, as outlined in the medium-term plan; 3. Requests such bodies to propose, through the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination, relative priorities to be accorded to the various subprogrammes within their respective fields of competence; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to give all as- sistance to the Committee for Programme and Co- ordination in its work, inter alia in connexion with the recommendation in paragraph 2 of the report of the Committee on its seventeenth session, 65 in particular to enable the Committee to assess the implications of its recommendations; II 1. Notes the methodology described by the Com- mittee for Programme and Co-ordination in paragraph 3 of the report on its seventeenth session611 for improv- ing its determination of relative growth rates; 65 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty- second Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/32/38). 66 A/C.5/32/26 and Corr.I. 67 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty- second Session, Supplement No. 8A (A/32/8/Add.1-30), document A/32/8/ Add.14.

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