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VIII, Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fifth Committee 199 2. Requests the Secretary-General to implement, in the light of the relevant recommendations and com- ments of the Committee for Programme and Co-or- dination and in the most appropriate manner, the rela- tive growth rates accepted by the General Assembly as the framework of programme priorities; 3. Considers that the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination, while proposing priorities in its programme review, should continue to limit its recom- mendations to ranges of growth; 4. Invites the Committee for Programme and Co- ordination, in its review of the medium-term plan at its eighteenth session, to take into account the above- mentioned consideration; 111 l. Authorizes the Secretary-General, in consulta- tion with the executive secretaries of the regional com- missions concerned, to submit to the General Assem- bly at its thirty-third session through the Economic and Social Council, in the light of the recommenda- tions of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordina- tion and of paragraph 16 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Ques- tions,67 programme proposals for increased activity in the transport programmes of the Economic Commis- sion for Africa, the Economic Commission for Latin America, the Economic Commission for Western Asia and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and revised estimates to that end; 2. Decides, in the light of additional information provided to the General Assembly and of subsequent developments, to defer until its thirty-third session consideration of the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination dealing with pro- gramme transfers and reductions. 110th plenary meeting 2 1 December 1977 32/207. Technolo:z;ical innovations in the pro- duction of the puhlicationri and docu- mentation of the United Nations The General Assembly, Concerned about significant costs accruing to all Member States, including direct costs to themselves as well as charges to the United Nations, which result from current methods of producing and distributing the publications and documentation of the United Nations, 1. Commends the Secretary-General for his efforts and initiatives to improve documentation and publica- tions services; 2. Concurs with the recommendations of the Ad- visory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in its report68 to pursue measures proposed by the Secretary-General with regard to tech- nological innovations in the production of the publica- tions and documentation of the United Nations; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to explore and recommend additional measures to improve and ex- pedite the production and distribution of publications es lbid., document A/32/8/ Add.12. and documentation, using a cautious, step-by-step ap- proach, and in particular requests him to study: (a) The mcans to ensure publication of the full official rccords of sessions of the General Assembly; ( b) lncreascd revenue from the sale of publica- tions and documcntation in recognition of the improved scrvice; (e) Further limitations on free distribution of pub- lications and documents; ( d) Installation of modern facilities to improve the in-session availability of important documents; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session on the progress achieved in the implementation of approved measures, on thc results of further studies and on rec- ommendations for additional measures to improve doc- umcntation and publications services. 110th plenary meeting 21 December 1977 32/208. United Nations accommodation al Nairohi The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3004 (XXVII) of 15 De- cember 1972, in which it decided to !acate the secre- tariat of the United Nations Environment Programme in a developing country and further decided to locate it at Nairobi, l. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral on United Nations accommodation at Nairobi0n and of the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;70 2. A ccepts with appreciation the gcnerous grant by the Government of Kenya of the site at Gigiri, Nairobi, upan which to construct the project, subject to a suitable agreement betwecn the Secrctary-General and the Government; 3. Concurs in the observations and recommenda- tions of the Advisory Committee;71 4. A pproves, in principie, the construction of per- manent headquarters facilities for the United Nations Environment Programme and accommodation for the o!hcr l '.nited Nations offices at Nairobi; 5. Authorizes the Secretary-General, bearing in mind the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee, to proceed in accordancc with the recommendations contained in his report;72 6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly annually on the status of the project. 110th plenary meeting 2 I December 1977 32/209. Expenditure with respect to experts and consultants in the United Nations The General Assembly, Recalling that its decision of 18 December 197 4, 73 taken at its twenty-ninth session, by which it outlined 69A/C.5/32/19 and Add.l. 70 Ofjicial Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 8A (A/32/8/Add.l-30), document A/32/8/ Add.10. 71 Jbid., paras. 10-29. 12 A/C.5/32/ 19, para. 32. 73 Ofjicial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 31 (A/9631), pp. 136 and 137, item 73.

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