Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 1982-1983.

  The General Assembly, I Travel and subsistence costs in respect of members of intergovernmental preparatory bodies for special conferences Decides that, when a commission, committee or other intergovernmental body, the members of which are entitled, under the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, to payment from United Nations funds of any or all travel expenses, subsistence allowance and honorariums in connection with their attendance at sessions of the said body, is designated as the preparatory body for a special conference, the members' entitlement to such payments shall not extend to sessions at which the body in question acts as the preparatory body for the special conference, unless the Assembly decides otherwise; II Travel of representatives from the least developed countries to attend regional preparatory meetings for the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders Authorizes, as an exception to the provisions of paragraph 2 (b) of its resolution 1798 (XVII) of 11 December 1962, the necessary resources for the implementation of paragraph 10 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1982/29 of 4 May 1982; III First-class travel in the United Nations

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on first-class travel in the United Nations and the related oral report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

2. Concurs with the interpretation of paragraph 2 (b) of its resolution 32/198 of 21 December 1977 proposed by the Secretary-General in his report, in respect of the travel of members of organs, subsidiary organs or other bodies established by the General Assembly whose membership consists of persons serving in their individual capacities and chairmen of intergovernmental committees who travel at United Nations expense;

IV Interim arrangements for the International Jute Council Decides that, should the appropriations approved at the current session as an advance to the International Jute Council not be required in 1983 or should it be used only partially, any uncommitted balance remaining at the end of the biennium 1982-1983 should be treated in accordance with the provisions of regulations 5.2 (d), 4.3 and 4.4 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations, and that the provisions of General Assembly resolution 36/116 B of 10 December 1981 should not apply to any such balance; V Communications in the United Nations system Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled "Communications in the United Nations system", of the comments thereon of the Secretary-General and of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, as well as of the related oral report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; VI International Computing Centre Approves the 1983 budget estimates of the International Computing Centre, amounting to $5,580,200, as contained in the report of the Secretary-General; VII Interorganization secretariat services for information systems Approves the proposal made by the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination at its third regular session in 1982 for the continuation in 1983 of interorganization secretariat services in the field of information systems at the same real level as embodied in the budget of the secretariat of the Inter-Organization Board for Information Systems for the biennium 1980-1981; VIII Use of experts and consultants in the United Nations

1. Takes note of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit, the comments thereon of the Secretary-General and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to include in his future reports on experts and consultants detailed information on the employment of former staff members, including the date of separation from service, the period of post-separation employment and the amount paid to the former staff member;

3. Decides that, as an interim measure, no former staff member who is in receipt of a pension benefit from the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund shall receive from United Nations funds, regular budget or extrabudgetary, for work performed by him under contract or a special service agreement, emoluments in a total amount exceeding $12,000 in any one calendar year;

4. Decides further to review the situation at its thirty-ninth session in the light of the additional information to be provided by the Secretary-General in response to the request addressed to him in paragraph 2 above;

IX United Nations accommodation at Nairobi

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations accommodation at Nairobi and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

2. Approves the proposals of the Secretary-General as described in paragraphs 24 and 27 of his report, subject to the conditions specified in paragraph 10 of the report of the Advisory Committee;

X Common services at the United Nations accommodation at Nairobi

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on common services at the United Nations accommodation at Nairobi and of the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

2. Concurs with the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee contained in paragraphs 15 and 16 of its report;

XI Adequacy of the conference facilities of the Economic Commission for Africa at Addis Ababa Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the adequacy of the conference facilities of the Economic Commission for Africa at Addis Ababa and of the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; XII Changes in the top echelon of the Secretariat Approves, with effect from 1 January 1983, the following reclassifications:

(a) To the level of Under-Secretary-General, the posts of:

(i) Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna;

(ii) Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East;

(b) To the level of Assistant Secretary-General, the posts of:

(i) Head of the Centre against Apartheid of the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs;

(ii) Head of the Centre for Human Rights; XIII Job classification and career development of language staff Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the job classification and career development of language staff; XIV Education grant for certain full-time officials other than members of the Secretariat

1. Takes note of the views expressed by Member States on the question of the education grant for certain full-time officials other than members of the Secretariat;

2. Decides to consider this question as part of an overall review of compensation and other conditions of service of the full-time officials other than members of the Secretariat;

3. Further decides that this review shall be carried out at its thirty-eighth session on the basis of a report by the Secretary-General;

XV Contractual status of language teachers

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the contractual status of language teachers at Headquarters, Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi and the headquarters of regional commissions and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

2. Adopts, on an interim basis, the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee in its report;

3. Decides to consider fully the question of the contractual status of language teachers at its thirty-eighth session on the basis of an updated report to be submitted by the Secretary-General.