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W O R L D H E A L T H ORGANIZATION

ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ

EXECUTIVE BOARD EB23/71

13 January 1959 Twenty-third Session

Provirional agenda item 5.1

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Report by the Dire et or~Gen eral

1. Introduction

1.1 Among the matters further considered during' 1958 by the enlarged Technical

Assistance Committee, consisting of the representatives of 2Д governmsnts, was the

allocation of the administrative a m operational services costs of this Programme

between the Regular and Expanded Programme budgets of the participating organizations.

This question, which the Economic and Social Council has invited ths governir^' bodies • • - •

of ths participating organizations to consider, is pre-snted in Fart II, paragraph 8 •

of this report. The Jirector-Generàl also draws the attention of 'the • Board - especially

to th3 action taken on uses of the forking Capital and Reserve Fund г-eported in Part II，

paragraph 7 .

1.2 Although ths total contributions to the ¿pecial Account in 1953 теге sligîitly

grsater than estimates made at the beginning of the /ear, resulting from an increase

in the contributions of a number of govemments, the 97 per cant ； earraarkirig was

maintained. Uncertainties osrsist in regard to the resources of the programme for

1959 and in planning for I960. The problem for 1959 in part derives from the

creation of the United Nations Special Fund and the fact that some governments,

including several of the large contributors, have announced joint pledges for 1959 to

the Sânded Programme and the ¿pecial Fund and hava not yet indicated the division

between the two. Furthermore, the sffect of the devaluation of certain currencies

may reduce the total resources available to the programme, although this is not certain.

1.3 ^s a direct consequenc3 of the preference showi by a number of requesting

governmsnts under the country programming procedure for assistance in other fields

rather than health, wHO's share in tha 1959 .Category 工 ¿pproved Programme has

decrsased slightly as noted in paragraph 3 below. “ few governmsnts sven failed

to include in their country programme requests ths continuation of assistance in

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1959 in projects for which detailed plans of operation had been agrsed upon for

activities in that year. The total cost cf Ж'з Category I approved Programme for

1959 excluding local costs is only | 6000 less tban tha comparable figure for 1958.

However, the cost of the entire Category I Approved Programme rose by nearly $ 1.3 million

as compared to 1958, and .WHO is ths only participating organization showing a decrease.1

1»4 The following United Nations documents are attached as annexes to this report:

Annex 1 - Report of the Technical Issistance Committee to the Economic and Social Council, 30 July 1958 (3/3175)

Annex 2 一 The programme for 1959 - Recommendations of the Technical Assistance Board, 31 October 1958 (ЕДас/Ь.177)

innex 3 - Report of the Technical Assistance Committee to the Economic and Social Council, 8 December 1958 (E/3191)

PART I - Programme Developments

2. The Technical assistance Programme for 1958

Activities financed from funds of the Expanded Programme in 1958 will be reported

to the World Health assembly in the Annual Report of the Director-General for that

year. Information on developments between the time of the iibcecutive Board and the

Twelfth World Health assembly will also be supplied in a further report to the Health

Assembly. The funds made available to Ш0 in 1958 from the resources of the

Expanded Programme were as follows:

(1) Category I Programme including and operational services costs local costs

(2) Contingency authorizations

(3) Equipment and supplies ordered delivered in 1958

(4) adjustment representing surrender of funds for projects of other participating organizations (19 000)

H» 6 314 798

See -innex 2, Е/ТДСД.177, Дппех 工I

administrative and recoverable

I 5 833 500

42 380

but not ЬЯ1 QTñ

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3 . Ths Programme for 1959

3.1 The Director-General reported to the

of TAB in March 1958 not to renew for 1959

Eleventh world. Health Assembly the action

its earlier provisional decision with regard

to postponing assistance in any new programmes for European countries which had not

hitherto been served. In July 195S the Technical Assistance Cornmittes expressed

ths vieti that "new country programes should be restricted to those countries and

territories whose low level of economic development made their need for technical о

assistance most urgent". Consequently, once again no assistance for new countries •

in Europe is provided for in the 1959 Approved Programme.

3.2 In November 1958 the General Assembly adopted resolution A/ïiES/l255(XIII)i‘ with

ths following operative paragraphs :

»(l) Expresses the hope that the resources prospectively available to thé*l¡xpanded Programme of Tschnical Assistance will parrait a moderately higher level of operations in 1959¿

(2) Invites Governments to continuo to contribute to the Expanded ProgrSimic i】amount8 that will provide for the gradual expansion of the Programme

3.3 ；i second resolution adopted by the GsnsraL Assembly ?.t that time reflected

concern over a decrease in the fellowship facilities provided under this Programme

in 1956 and a ain in 1957• It stressed that because of the limited resources .

available for technical assistance, a considerable proportion should be devoted to

programmes for the training of high level national personnel, emphasized the

Importance of developing national or regional training centres, and. requested "the

various services responsible for the administration of technical assistance

programmes to give due attention to r;:qussts for projects relating to fellowships

and to the establishment or development of such national or regional centres"

(_l/teS/l255(XIII〉2). The Technical Assistance Committee, in reviewing the 1959

programme, expressed satisfaction at the increase of 221 fellowships in the 1959,

as comparad to the 1958, Programme.

1 Off» Rec, Mid Hlth Org. 87, Annex 16

2 See paragraph 15, ^ n œ x 1

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3 # 4 The programme approved by the Technical Assistance Corainittee appears in the

appropriate column of the Director-Generalfs Proposed Programme and Budget Estimates

for I960 (Official Records No. 89)• The percentage share of Ш0 in the 1959

Approved Programme is 17 #61 as compared to 18/72 for the 1958 Approved Programme•

The Approvad Category 工 Programme consists of the following;

(1) Sountry and Regional (inter-country) projects 鉍 4 732 400

(2) Lump sum allocated.- for administrative and

operational services costs 724 000

(3) Hecoverable from local cost assossments 617 200

$ 6 073 600

3.5 Because of the financial position of the programme (see Part II， paragraph 7

below) and considering the revaluation of certain currencies the ¿xecutive Chairman

proposes to earmark 5 28 868 800 of the total amount required for the programme or

¿ 5 041 300 for :Ш0• The amount recoverable from local costs will depend on the

number of man-days project staff actually serve, and the Executive Chairman has made

an initial earmarking of 70 per cent, frora local costs revenues or $ 432 000 for vffiO•

Therefore, it is anticipated that some 备 5 473 300 will be available to wHO in 1959

from the Expanded Programme•

U. Planning for the I960 Technical Assistance Programme

As TAG expressed the v í g w that the difficulties arising in connexion with

financing the 1959 programme should te borne in mind in planning the I960 programme,

the Executive Chairman has s^t the field programme target for I960 at 5 per cent,

below the level of the 1959 «approved Programme, Oonssquently, the pre-planning share

or target for m Ols field prograjnme for I960 is soma $ 4 345 000, $ 3 911 000 for

country projects and $ 434 000 for regional projects, exclusive of the Brazilian

catalogue of services and of the Danish contribution restricted to training facilities•

It is assiimed that the lump sum payment for administrative and operational services

costs will remain at the level of $ 724 000 approved for 1959 •

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5. Country Progrsuming Procedure

TAB is currently undertaking a study of the experience of working under the

country programming procedure in accordance with the request from ТлС, and taking into

account the views expressed by that Co』amitt3e at its summer session xn 1958. It is

to be noted that the Committee was completely in favour of the general system of country

programming and desires no radical changes• The suggestions made by the Director-

General in this connexion are attached as “nnex Д.

6, Continuing Projects •

I l I I I ч I i I П I • I I I

6Д In accordance with the request of the Technical assistance Committee, the

Annual Report for 1957 contained information on continuing projects along the

lines reported to the Eleventh world Health Assembly. "hile that" Report served

to allay the concern of the Technical Assistance Comralttse to some extent, they

again emphasized "the need for constant vigilance to ensure that projects were not

allowed to go on too long" and decided that governments, when submitting their

country programme requests í be asked in agreement with the participating organizations

concerned to specify "the expected duration of the project and an indication of its

expansion or contraction over that period"？ However, in its report to the Economic

and Social Council, the Technical Assistance Committee agreed: "If it is not feasible

to give the expected duration of a project, a date шау be fixed by the government for

review of the project, in consultation with the organization concerned, at which time

an appropriate completion date might be determined".

6,2 As regards »¿HO-assisted projects, a plan of operations is normally agreed upon

for a fixed period, subject to the availability of funds, and the continuation of the

project for a further specified period is negotiated in the light of progress made.

This procedure should greatly facilitate meeting the above requirement as regards

WHO projects in this programme 0

1 See Annex 1，pages 9-11, pargLgraphs 28-32, and Annex 3, pages 7-8,

paragraphs 2 0 - 2 厶

2 Off, Нес, vad Hlth Org. 87, Annex 16

3 See Annex 1, resolution B2(b), page 2 of the лппех . ”

4 See Annex 1， page 11, paragraph 30

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6.3 The Annual Report of TAB to TAG for 1958 on the Expanded Programe will provide

details of projects which have been in operation under this programme for more than

five years•

РАЙТ II - Financial and Administrative Matters

7 . Financial Situation - General

7#1 The Director-General reported to the Eleventh World Health Assembly 1 the

circonstances under which the Technical Assistance Board had decided to increase

the target planning figures for 1959 • The cost of the total Category I prograiwne

submitted to the Technical Assistance Coinmittee by the Technical Assistance Board

is $ 32 978 000 (see Annex 2, paragraph 25) 9 while the estimated resources were only-

some $ 30 ООО 000 (see Annex 3，paragraph 5) • The Executive Chairman of the

Technical Assistance Board therefore suggested to the Technical Assistance Coinmittee

that the Technical Assistance Board be authorized to withdraw up to ^ 1^5 million

from the Working Capital and Reserve Fund to be used in financing the 1959 Prograiame

so that an earmarking of funds could be made to finance 95 per cent t of the Approved

Programme• When the Executive Ghairman consulted the participating organizations on

his proposal to use the Working Capital and Reserve Fund, the Director-General had

urged that authorization be sought only to the extent necessary to make earmarkings

at the level of the 1958 programme and opposed use of the Fund to increase the 1959

programme over that for 1958 • The Director-General also urged that utilization of

the Fund be subject to the provision that restoring it to the level of $ 12 million

should constitute a first charge on any I960 resources above the level finally pledged

for 1959.

7#2 The Technical Assistance Committee authorized "in case of need, the withdrawal

of up to $ 1 500 000 from the working Capital and Reserve Funá which would be at 2

a minum of $ 10 500 000 for the year 1959" • The Technical Assistance Committee

also decided "in principle that this reduction in the forking Capital and Reserve Fund

1 Off, Hec t Wld Hlth Org.经，Annex 16

2 Annex 3 (Annex I， paragraph 5)

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does not prejudge the future level of the Fund and requests the Technical Assistance

Board to make a study of the level xdiich the Fund should reach in the future and

report its conclusions to the Technical Assistance Cornmittee". Tha Director-General

wishes to call to the attention of the Executive Board the concern which he fsels at

this weakening of the financial position of the Expanded Programme.

7.3 In addition to the use of the working Capital and Reserve Fund reported above, 1 “

the General Assembly of the United Nations has authorized "the Secretary-General,

pending receipt of contributions to the United Nations Emergency Force Special

Account, . • . where necessary, to arrange for loans to the Special Account from

appropriate sources, including funds under the control of the Secretary-General,

provided that the repayment of any such advances of loans to the Special Account shall

constitute a first charge against contributions as they are received, and further

provided that such loans shall not affect current operational programmes" • The

General Assembly of the United Nations at its thirteenth session has, on the proposal

of the Secretary-General and the recoramendation of the Advisory Committee on

Administrative and Budgetary Questions, further authorized "the ¿ecretary-General

in the event of urgent need in 1959 . . . to borrow, on payment of normal current

rates of interest, cash from Special Funds and Accounts in his custody, for purposes whicl 2 normally relate to the Working Capital Fund".

7.4 It is understood that the General Assembly in making these authorizations

expected that the Special Account for the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance

particularly would be available for the purpose of financing the United Nations

Emergency Force and the general budget of the United Nations. The Director-General

believes that such uses of the Special Account is a matter of concern to the

Executive Board, in view of the participation of the Organization in the Expanded

Programme.

8. Allocation of Administrative and Operational Services Costs between Regular and Expanded. Programme Funds

8.1 The Director-General reported to the executive Board at its twenty-first session，

on developments in the Technical Assistance Committee concerning the allocation of

1 Resolutions of the General Assembly, Eleventh Session, No. 1090 (XI)

2 United Nations document А/Д070

^ Off . Rec, >ad Hlth Org» 03, Annex 15, page 135

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administrative and operational services costs between Regular and Kxpandsd Programme

Funds and the Executive Board adopted resolution on the subject.

8»2 The Technical Assistance Committee at its meetings in July 1958 considered the

question further，and its decisions are reported in Annex paragraphs 78-91 • The

resolution of the Economic and oocial Council on tha subject appears on pages 5-8 of

the annex to Annex 1. ..

2 8.3 As will be seen, the Economic and oocial Council "Requests the Participating

Organizations to undertake, as soon as possible, whatever steps -will be necessary to

enable (a) the consolidation in the regular budgets of the Participating Organizations

of all administrative and operatia»l services expenses, and (b) the consolidated review

of these expenses by the legislative bodies of the Participating Organizations"•

8«4 Pursuant to resolution ¥Щ4 #5б the proposed programme and budget estimates of

the Organization have for a number of years provided information concerning the

estimates of expenditure of Expanded Programme fundsj the Executive Board and the

World Health Assonbly have reviewed administrative and operational services costs of

ths Expandad Programme at the same time and in the same шу as they reviewed

corresponding estimates under the Regular budget• The "orId Health Organization

has^ therefore, already met the request of the economic and Social Council for

consolidated budget presentation -mâ review•

8#5 The Economic and Social Council also "Invites the governing bodies of the

Participating Organizations (a) to consider the problem of the allocation of the

administrative and operational services costs of technical assistance between the

Regular and Expanded Programme budgetsи and (b) "to advise the Council in due course

of the results of such consideration"• This consideration is expected to include

the questions :

(1) Whether any part of the total administrative and operational

services costs should be financed from the Expanded Programme

Special Account•

1 Off. Rec> Wld Hlth Org, S3, page 22

^ Page 6, annex to Annex 1

3 Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, 4th e d” page 133

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(2) l'Jhether or not the Regular budgets of the participating organizations

should assume all or a specific part of the administrative and operational

： s e r v i c e s costs of the ¿xpaiided Programme of Technical Assistance, including

the question of such assmiption on a progressive basis •

8 , 6 The Board will recollect that in its resolution SB21.R48,

"The Executive Board

II. Having considered the systm of allocating admirustrative and 一 operational services costs between regular and Expanded Programme

funds i； end

Koting that this subject is still under discussion by the

Technical Assistance Committee,

EXPRESSES the belief that, for the present, the most satisfactory method of meeting administrative and operational services costs of the Expanded Programme would Ъе the establishment by the Techracal Assistance Committee of an adequate percentage figure of the total p r o g r a m , perhaps of the order of 12-14 per cent, as recommended by the United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, which would be used in arriving at the amount to be made available to the Expanded Programe for such costs;

8 e 7 The Director-General has been informed of the action of the 歸 Council on the

allocation of administrative and operational services costs between Regular and

Sxpanded Programme Fund^, and the extract from the Council's provisional report is

attached as Annex 5. The General Conference of UNESCO hae dealt with the question,

and its reeolution is attached as Annex 6. The Financial and Administrative Conmittee

0 f the Governing Body of ILO has also considered thô question, and its report on the

subject appears in Annex 7 .

8 , 8 The Board will 近sh to consider the question posed by the economic and Social

Council, with a view to developing a recommandation to the World Health assembly.

9 . Local Costs Arrangements

9 e l on the basis of a report by the Teoimical Assistance Board, the Technical

Assistance Committee at its session in July 1958 considered proposals for a change

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in the arrangements for the assessment and parent of the sums due by recipient

governments in respect of local costs. The Coimaittee had also received the observations

of the «administrative Review Group, to which the question had been referred,

9Ф2 The Committee felt that further exploration of possible solutions5 and their

financial implications for the governments concerned, was needed before any decision

could be reachedê The Committee therefore postponed discussion on the subject

until its next session, and asked the Technical assistance Board meanwhile to explore

the subject further and to clarify its proposals, after consulting the governments

principally concerned, and taking into account the comments made during the discussion

of the matter in the Administrative Review Group and in the Technical Assistance

Committee•

9参3 The calculations upon which the Technical Assistance Board paper was based

relate to the programme for the year 1957 # Further calculations, using the same

basic information, suggest a need for comparable information on the year 1958, to

permit a useful revision of the Board's initial proposals • The Technical Assistance

Board believed therefore that the existing arrangements for the assessment and

payment of local costs might appropriately be continued through the year 1959, and

that, in tha light of new information to be gathered aarly that year and discussions

•with governments, revised recommendations should be presented by the Board to the

Committee at its session in the summer of 1959 •

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UNTEED NATIONS

ECONOMIC АЖ) SOCIAL COUNCIL

ANNEX 1 page 1

Distr, GENERAL

e/3175

30 July 1958

Original: ENGLISH

Twenty-sixth session Item 8 of the agenda

Dual distribution

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Report of the Technical Assistance Committee

1. The Canmittee held 21 meetings at Geneva from 24 June to 30 July 1958

(E/PAC/SR.155-175) under the chairmanship of Mr. Hassan Mohamed Hassan elected at

155th meeting of the Committee and the Vice-Chairman Mr. Surendranath Chopra,

elected at the 157th meeting of the Committee.

2, The Committee had before it the following questions (ЕДАСД.156) S

(i) Election of the Chairman of the Technical Assistance Committee

See: E/TAC/SR.155 and. 157；

( Ü ) Annual Report of the Technical Assistance Board to the Technical

Assistance Committee: E/3080 - ЕААСАЕРД20 and Add.l, E/3077 and Add.l, E/3108 and Add.l, ЕДАС/73, Е/ГАСД.158, L.159 and Rev.l, L.161 and Add.l and AdcL.l/Corr.2, L.163, L.164.

See: ЕДАС/SR.155-158, 16Д and 165.

(The report of the Committee on International Control of Narcotic Drugs (E/3165) was approved by the Council at its 1042nd meeting).

(iii) Report by the Secretary-General on the United Nations Programme of Technical Assistance： e /3081 , е Д А С Д . 1 5 7 .

See: E/TAC/SR,155, 159 and 160.

(iv) Report of the Secretary-General on technical assistance in public

administration: E/3085, See: E/ГАС/SR.161 and 162,

ЕВ23/Г1 Annex 1 page 2

(v) Proposal for the establishment of an international administrative services E/3121, £/3134 and Add.l, ЕДАСДДбО, L.162 and СоггД, L.165 and Rev.l,

See: E/TAC/SR,162-164 and 167.

(The report of the Ccraiittee on the Proposal for an international administrative service (E/3159) Council at its 1036th meeting).

the establishment of was approved by the

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

The Expanded Programme of

Е/ГАС/74. See: E/CAC/feR.173.

Technical assistance on a See: EAAC/SR.166.

Local costs arrangements: See: E/TAC/SR.157.

Teohnical Assistance: A Forward Look:

payment basiss Е/ГАС/75 and Add.l

ЕДАС/77, Е/ГАСД.168.

(x)

Allocation of administrative and operational services costs between Regular and Expanded Programme budgets: A/3832, Е/ГАС/76 and Add.l, E/TAC/L,166 and L.168 and Add.l, L,l69, L.170.

See: E/TAC/SR.157, 170 and 171.

Other matters The Committee also considered the following question which was

referred to it by the Council at its 1038th meeting, on 18 «July 1958: Questions concerning changes in the present legislation and procedures of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance: E/3098, paragraphs D25 to 29. See: EAAC/SR,172 and 173.


II

M F J A L REPORT OF THE TECKNICAL ASSISTANCE BOARD

TO THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE

Form and Contents of the Report

3. The Executive Chairman of the Technical Assistance Board presented to the

Committee the Annual Report of the Board for 1957 and related statistical data

(E/3080 and Add.l). The Committee expressed satisfaction with the form an4

substance of the report, as well as with its early distribution which had permitted

its consideration and endorsement Ъу the Administrative Committee for Co-ordination

before its submission to TAC. Members of the Committee stressed the usefulness

of the Project Handbook, and the Committee noted that the first revision is to be

issued shortly. It was suggested that in the light of further experience the

Handbook might be discussed by the Committee next зиж,гегв

General Review of the 1957 Activities

4. The Committee noted with satisfaction that the steady growth in programme

activities noted last year was conttoued, and that in 1957 the programme reached

its highest level зАлсе 1950 in terns both of financial contributions from

Governments and of programme expenses. The Committee considered that this was

a n indication of the value vhich countries attached to technical assistance under

United Nations auspices. As stated by the Executive Chainnan, the scope of the

Programme can be seen in three different sets of figures: in terms of geographical

distribution 132 countries and territories received assistance in some form; in

financial terms the Programme reached $31.5 million, or one million more than ever

before; In terms of assistance provided; 2,513 experts were at work, 2,061

fellowsMps awarded, and $2.5 million of equipment and supplies furnished. The

Committee also noted that for the first time the Board has been able to start the

year by ear-marking nearly all the funds needed for the full implementation of

the approved programme and that, but for the decision taken by the Board in

October 1957 to curtail expenses in order to conserve resources for 1958, the

total obligations for 1957 would have been even higher.


5. Members of the Committee expressed concern at the deterioration mentioned in

the report in the rate of payment of contributions in 1957. The Executive Chairman

indicated, however, that by the end of May the situation had improved regarding

payments of 1957 contributions and that the rate of payment of 1958 contributions

was at this date somewhat better than last year. The Committee emphasized the

importance for the good functioning of the Programme of payment early in the year

of the contributions pledged by Governments,

Experts

6. The Committee noted the increase in the number of experts requested under the

Expanded Programme. The importance of prompt provision by recipient countries of

local facilities for EPTA experts was stressed. The Committee noted with

satisfaction that in 1957 the experts саше from 67 countries and territories.

However, some members considered that the desired geographical distribution had

still not been attained in the hiring of experts. Some members felt that an

insufficient number of experts were being used in the industrial field; other

members stressed that this was determined by requests from governments. The

preference of many countries for longer-t>ei*m expert s was noted and endorsed on the

understanding that every effort would continue to be made to transfer projects to

recipient governments as soon as practicable. The Committee noted that it had

been possible, through programme appointments, to retain a limited number of highly

qualified experts on a continuing basis. It approved the continuance of such

appointments, subject to the existing limitation of 5 per cent on their number in

relation to the total number of experts,.

7. Reference was made to the statement in the Introduction to the Report that,

in the view of several Participating Organizations, the salaries paid to experts

serving under the Expanded Programme were no longer sufficiently attractive,

especially in relation to those offered by other technical assistance programmes.

The Committee did not favour a general increase in ЕРГА salaries at this timej

it.was， however, recognized that there should be sane flexibility as regards the

salaries offered to certain types of expert. /see also para. 51 below7


Fellowships

8 M e t e r s of the Comittee expressed gratification with the results of the

^ X o w s h i p p r o g n e , evidenced by the fact that 93 per cent of the ^ ^ A l l o w s

s t u d i e d 让 the evaluation exercise were 画 Positions wbere t.exr traxnxng

could be put tc effective use. Concern was registered regarding the d e c i d e xn

t h e 讓 _ ОГ F e n o W s , i p s awarded ^ the l a n d e d P r o . ^ e , 働一：了二

f e l t that it M g h t represent only a te.pora^ tendency. It was reco 6n 1 2ed that thxs

d e c l i n e reflected the revests of governments 让 the light of the l ^ t e d -sources

a v a l l a b l e for all fonns of assistance. S e e — e r a felt, however, that there was

a tendency to postpone awarding Fellowships 她 ü late in the year, at „ 施

f o n d a i stringency might result 让 economies at the expense of the Fellowshxp

I t was pointed out t,at, when trained, Fellows could citen Ьессе the best c o ^ .

part or substitutes for international experts, and the. suggestion was raade that.TAB

s h 0 U l d provide recipient g o v e ^ e n t s with 膚 e i n f l a t i o n on Fellowship Programes

w i t h a view to ensuring their № e r Mple.entation, The need for care 边 s e l e c t ^

l i n e e s for Fellowships was again e^hasized, and in this connexion it was stated

t h a t experience in host countries showed that the 鹏 i . s u c c e s s ^ F e l l c s had been

those n o v a t e d ЪУ goverênts on the recoêndation of technical assistance

experts serving 1л the county concerned. M e ^ e . s of the C ^ i t t e e expressed their

s u p p o r t for the Board.s suggestion that periodic studies of the Fellowship P - g r a ^ e

, i g h t usefully be undertaken in co-operation with the goverments of the fonner

Fellows and their supervisors. Appreciation was also expressed for the effort

m a d e by 露 of the Participating Organizations to evaluate their Fellowship

Programme •

9 . At its 164th meeting, the Corîttee received a draft resolution submitted by

B ; a Z i l , France, Sudan and Yugoslavia (EAAC/L.161) according to which the Councxl

^ t e r alia considering that-Fellowships represent one of the most effective long-

^ ¡ ¡ T s of speeding up the development of the recipient countries, taking note

w i t h appreciation of the fact that the preparation and i^plenentation of Fellow Shxp

Programes and their integration ^ national development projects are progressing

steadily and encouraglBg^, noting however with concern a certain decrease in the

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Fellowships activities in 1956 and again in 1957, would draw the attention of

governments to the advantage they could obtain by making wider use of the Fellowship

facilities afforded them under the United Nations Technical Assistance programmes,

10. The sponsors of the draft resolution accepted an amendment by Chile, Costa

Rica and Mexico (EДАС/L.I6L/Add.l/Corr.2, English only) under which the Council

would invite the Participating Organizations to make available to governments the

information necessaiy to enable them to estimate whether Fellowship programmes,

requested by them and approved, are likely to be carried out in good time or notj

they also accepted a verbal amendment by the Netherlands, under which the information

would be provided by the Organizations "at the request" of the governments.

11. Most manbers supported the draft resolution as amended. Some felt, however,

that it was not necessary to single out Fellowships from other technical assistance

activities and did not view "with concern" a decline in Fellowships, the

significance of which was difficult to evaluate.

12. At its 165th meeting, the Committee rejected by thirteen votes to ten a

proposal Ъу the United Kingdom delegation to delete the words "with concern" in

the third preambular paragraph and adopted unanimously the resolution reproduced,

in Annex 1.

Regional distribution of technical assistance

13. The Committee noted with satisfaction the appreciable increase which had

taken place in 1957 in the proportion of total technical assistance provided in

Africa, and the view was expressed that the establishment of the Economic Commission

for Africa might be expected to provide a further stimulus to requests for such

assistance. One delegation expressed the view that the decisions taken at the

Accra Conference might also provide such a stimulus.

14-. The members of the Committee generally agreed that technical assistance

should be directed to those countries and territories where the needs were greatest,

and note was taken of the criteria used by TAB in establishing country targets as

outlined- in paragraph 2 of the Annual Report.

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15. The Ccwimittee noted that the Technical Assistance Board had decided not to

renew for 1959 its earlier provisional decision with respect to new countzy programmes

or the substantial increase of existing ones in 1958. It also noted that the

Board had emphasized, that it would be unrealistic to give requesting governments

the impression that significant amounts could be provided for technical assistance

for countries where no programmes had hitherto existed and that only a small ntuhber

of such requests could be met, for example, in cases where particular urgency could

be shown. The Committee was of the view that new country programmes in 1959 should 'Г ' . . . . 5

therefore be restricted to those countries and territories whose low level of

economic development made their need for technical assistance most urgent.

Evaluation

16. The Committee expressed particular satisfaction with the chapter of the Annual

Report dealing with evaluation, providing as it did a balanced and realistic

assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the Programme. It was noted that,

compared with the previous year, the evaluation exercise had been extended in scope

and depth and covered certain aspects of the Programme, such as regional and inter-

regional projects, on which the Committee had expressed special interest,

17. The approach adopted by the Board, namely "not so much to evaluate the actual

results of individual projects as to evaluate how favourable or otherwise have been

the conditions for the Expanded Programme to produce good results", was generally-

recognized as the most practicable one in assessing a programme containing so many-

pro j sets' and covering so many countries and fields of activity. Some members

expressed the hope that, in future reports) the Board might find it possible to

include some more intensive evaluation of selected projects} at the same tjune,

it was appreciated that this would raise problems both as to selection of projects

and in regard to the fact that the efforts of experts, while significant, cannot

usually be judged in isolation from the much larger efforts of the governments

themselves,

18. Several members suggested that the next evaluation exercise might give greater

attention to the extent to which experts' recommendátions had been implemented. - a

subject touched on in paragraph 470 of the Annual Report. The valve of the presence


of the expert, when practicable, during the implementation of his recoianendations,

was pointed outj it was noted, however, that in many cases, for financial or

administrative reasons, it was not possible for governments to act on experts1

recommendations until some considerable time after their submission. Several

members requested that more information be provided on projects taken over by

governments. The suggestion was nade that the Board should try to appraise the

contribution of technical assistance against the background of the general economic

development of the сomitries concerned.

19. The Committee took special note of the Board's conclusions as to the most

favourable conditions for the effective operation of the country programming system,

as sumraarized in the Introduction to the Annual Report:

"Past experience has already shown that the best results under the сountry-prograinining procedure are achieved when there is an effective co-ordination unit set up by the Government to examine and approve the requests for assistance coming from various departmentsj when there is competent economic advice available to help the Government in working out the best priorities; where a comprehensive national development plan has already been established) so that individual requests for assistance can be integrally related to the plan and meet high priority needsj and. where a competent resident representative is available to help in co-ordinating activities". ‘

20. Members of the Committee expressed satisfaction with the progress reported in

all these respects, in particular as regards co-ordination both within governments

and with other programmes of technical assistance. They recognized, nevertheless,

that in many countries much remained to be done, especially in the formulation of

comprehensive and well-thought-out plans for economic and social development.

The value of TAB field offices, staffed by competent resident representatives, was

again emphasized.

21. Members of the Committee expressed satisfaction with the reported steps taken

by recipient governments and Participating Organizations to develop further

"built-in" methods of evaluating technical assistance activities on a continuing

basis.


22,. The importance of the provision by recipient governments of competent counter-

part personnel to the effective execution of technical assistance projects was

generally emphasized and the attention of recipient governments was invited to this

matter.

23. The value of contingency allocations, in providing a necessaiy element of

flexibility in the execution of the Programme, was stressed, and appreciation was

expressed for the manner in which the Executive Chairman had exercised his authority

to make such allocations.

Regional and Inter-regional Projects

24. The Committee noted that 130 countries and territories participated in regional

and inter-regional projects and that the expenditure for such projects amounted, to

XI p e r cent of the Field Programme. It was noted that Latin-America accounted for

almost half of this expenditure, and the hope was expressed that the decltoe in the

proportion of regional projects in Africa (one per cent) would be reversed in the

near future in view of the importance of technical assistance for countries and

territories of this continent. Several members drew attention to the value of

the regional economic commissions co-operattog in regional projects wherever

appropriate.

25. The Committee noted the views of recipient governments on ways of enhancing

the usefulness of regional and inter-regional projects (para. 541 of the Annual

Report), and the hope was expressed that the Participating Organizations would give

serious consideration to them.

26. The Committee noted that some of the Organizations favoured an increase in the

resources allotted to such projects, but it was generally felt that the present

arrangement was satisfactory, nmelj, the limitation of resources for such projects

to 10 per cent of the total resources in the Category I Field Programme subject to

a further 2 per cent to perait some flexibility. The Committee therefore decided

to renew, for the planning of the I960 Programme, the decision it had taken last

year for the 1959 programme (Е/Э041, paragraph 55).


Continuing Projects

27. It was generally felt that the more detailed information presented in the

Report on the continuing projects in the Programme served to allay the concern

expressed by the Committee at previous sessions lest some projects were being

continued without adequate justification. The Committee noted that TAB was

satisfied that the relatively long iiuration of certain projects was fully justified

by their character. The need for constant vigilance to ensure that projects were

not allowed to go on too long was, however, recognized, and in this connexion the

Committee endorsed the view of the Board that governments,, when preparing their

annual programme-requests, should be asked to establish tentative completion dates

for projects in agreement with the Partieipating Organizations concerned. (See

paras. 28-32 below on country programming procedure), It was suggested that, in

the next Annual Report, details might be given of those projects which had been in

operation for more than five years and that future editions of the Project Handbook

include, whenever possible, tentative indications of the duration of projects.

Country programming procedure

28. The Committee noted that the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination had

requested TAB to undertake a study of the countiy progranmiing procedure and

understood that ацу suggestions which it might make for changes in the present

system would be brought in due time to the attention of TAC. The members of the

Committee felt that, in general, countiy programming had proved its worth and that

no radical change was desirable. In the course of the debate some members suggested

specific points for consideration by TAB including (a) greater freedom for the

Participating Organizations to transfer funds among countries up to a limit of,

say, 5 per cent of the Organization's total allocations approved by TAC;

(b) the requirement that governments, in requesting projects, specify the objectives

of the project, its relation to any long-term development plan, its expected duration,

and its relation to assistance under other programmes; (c) the provision by the

Participating Organizations, in adequate time before programming, of information


on regional projects, on country targets under their Regular Programmes, and on

costing procedures; (d) greater flexibility in the establishment of countiy

programmes through increased freedom for countries to transfer allocations between

Participating Organizations. Several members were of the view that these suggestions

should not prejudge consideration of the matter by TAB. Sane members stressed

that improvements in the country programming procedure should further ensure that

the urgency of the need is the only criteria to decide in what field assistance .

is to be provided and therefore to distribute projects between the Participating

Organizations • The attention of recipient governments was drawn to the importance

of co-ordinating adequately their technical assistance requests and of presenting

them in order of priority. It was also suggested in this connexion that the

position of the TAB Resident Representatives should be strengthened and that they

should be given greater negotiating powers on behalf of the Organizations.

29• At its 164th meeting the Committee received a draft resolution sutaiitted. by

Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United States of America, which was later

revised to take into account verbal changes by members of the Committee» Under

this text (E/ГАС/L.159/ftev.1) the Council, considering inter alia that the experience

gained under the covin try programing procedure suggests steps for improving its

effectiveness would (1) Request the Technical Assistance Board to remind requesting

governments of their responsibilities under Annex I of resolution 222 (IX),

including "continuing support and progressive assijmption of financial responsibility

for the administration of projects initiated at their request under international

auspices"; (2) Request governments, in submitting their co-untry prograjnmes, to

make clear as far as feasible to the Technical Assistance Board and the Participating

Organizations, in the case of each projects (a) its relationship to any general

development plan or programme, (b) the expected duration of the project and an

indication of its expansion or contraction over that period, (c) the objectives

expected to be achieved from its implementation, and (d) wherever appropriate, its

relationship to any other similar or complementaiy project undertaken or requested

under another existing technical assistance prograinmej (3) Request the


Technical Assistance Board to make a study of the experience in wording under the

country programming procedures, including the exploration of possible means of

permitting a further degree of flexibility in the execution of the Programme, taking

into account the views expressed and suggestion made at the summer session in 1958

of the Technical Assistance Committee, and to report on these matters to the Technical

Assistance Committee, for consideration at its summer session in 1959.

30. .The members of the Committee generally supported the draft resolution as the

sponsors explained that its object was to avoid duplication in the interest of the

recipient countries themselves and in no way to prejudice their requests for

assistance under any programme. They also stressed that there was no intention to

make the provision of assistance subject to the existence of development plans or

programmes and. agreed that, under paragraph 2 (b), if it is not feasible to give

the expected duration of a project, a date may be fixed by the Government for review

of the project, in consultation with the Organization concerned, at which tine an

appropriate completion date might be determined.

31. The members also emphasized that the Board's Secretariat should, in the study

requested from it, take into account all the views expressed during the discussion

(see E/TAC/SR.16A-165 and paragraph 28 above) and that the text of the resolution

in no way prejudged the conclusion to be reached by TAB,

32. At its 165th meeting the Conmittee adopted unanimously the resolution

reproduced in Annex I to this report.

International Atomic Energy Agency

33. The members of the Committee welcomed the recommendation of the Board of

Governors of the IAEA to the Second General Conference of the IAÉA that the Agency

participate in the Expanded Programme. . The Committee noted with satisfaction

that as reported by the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination (Е/ЗЮ8,

paragraph 7) steps had been taken by TAB to enable the Agency to participate in the

1959 programme, in the event that the Agency's General Conference endorses the

recommendation of the Board of Governors and necessary action is taken by the

United Nations.


Standard agreements

34. The Committee noted with satisfaction that forty-one recipient governments had

signed the Revised Standard Agreement governing the provision of technical assistance

by all the Participating Organizations, and the attention of governments which have

not yet signed the Revised Agreement was invited to the desirability of doing so.

Public information

35. It was suggested that the next Annual Report might include more detailed

description of public infomation activities relating to the Expanded Programme,

taking into account the need for co-ordination of such activities.

Draft resolution submitted to the Council on the tenth Annual Report of TAB

36. At its 158th meeting on 27 June 1958 the Committee decided to recommend to the

Council for adoption the draft resolution contained in the Annex to this report.

E B 0 / 7 1 Annex 1 page 1Д

III

REPORT BY THE SSCR¿TARY-G3i'lSRAL ON THE

UNITED NATIONS PROGRAIÎES OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

37. The Director-General of the Technical Assistance Administration in presenting

the report of the Secretary-General on United Nations technical assistance activities

in 1957 (E/3081) pointed out that it covered the work of the Organization both

under the Expanded Programme and under the Regular Programmes established by the

General Assembly in specific fields, namely, economic development, public

administration, social welfare and human rights. All this work was administered by

UNTAA as a single operation, in accordance with the procedures and principles

applied to the Expanded. Programme of Technical Assistance. EPTA projects and the

Hegular Programmes were complementaiy to each other, the regular programmes providing

also a certain flexibility in the planning and carrying out of the activities to

meet urgent requests which could not bs accommodated within the TAA share in the

Expanded Programme. In addition, it was possible, in the case of public administretior

to undertake a limited but extremely useful amount of substantive or research work

at Headquarters in support of the technical assistance projects (еДАСД.157).

38. As he had anticipated last year, it was not possible in 1957 to maintain the

ratio of administrative costs to projects costs at the same low level as was reached

in 1956. This however was due to a number of factors most of which were outside

the control of the Administrât ion, such as statutoiy increases, rising staff costs

at Headquarters, as well as the reduction in the resources actually made available

to carry out the EPTA projects approved for TAA for 1957.

39. He noted steady improvements had been noted in the quality of requests

received, from governments by the Administration over the last few years and this

made it all the more regrettable that financial resources remained quite inadequate

to meet many clearly expressed needs.

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40. He drew attention to the fact that the report of the Secretary-General contained

this year a special section on trends of the Programme in accordance with the wishes

expressed last year by members of the Committee. It was necessary however to bear

in mind that valid conclusions could be derived from such an analysis only over a

period of years and that the primary factor in the distribution of activities between

the various fields remained the decision of the governments themselves in applying

for technical assistance, and setting up priorities in their annual programme requests

41. At the request of some members of the Committee, the Director-General of the

Technical Assistance Administration commented also on the development of proposals

he had mentioned at the 24th session of the Council in 1957, namely, a plan for

securing high level short-tern experts on a cost basis and an experiment for providing

more effective supervision of fellowship programmes. Progress had been made in

both respects and it was hoped that action to implement these proposals would be

taken as. from 1 January 1959. He further infomed the Committee of the TAA's

experience of the use of consultant firmsj this experience was extremely limited.

and the Administration would continue to use such firms only in exceptional cases,

in accordance with the wish expressed in the Committee,

Form and Content of the Report

42. Members of the Committee commented favourably on the present form of the

report and requested the Secretariat to continue to include in future reports a

section along the lines of Chapter II concerning programme developments so as to be

able each year to review the main trends of the activities.

ДЗ. The suggestion was made that statistical data should Include information on

fellowships awarded in the previous year as well as in the year under review,

classified by nationality of fellows, as this would provide useful indication on

shifts of emphasis from year to year between experts and fellowship projects in the

various countiy programmes.

44. It was pointed out that the TAA activities were also reviewed in part under a

nraiber of items on the Council's agenda, particularly with regard to such questions


as social welfare, water resources, industrialization, and human rights. It was

further noted that this year following the Committee's request^ public administration

was discussed as a separate item of its agenda; the results of this discussion are

recorded in paragraphs 54-61 of the present report â

Programme Developments and Trends

45. Members of the Committee observed that

was helping countries in a great variety of

the Technical Assistance Administrât ion

important fields of economic and social

development; it was to be hoped therefore that the slight decrease of resources

assigned to its work in 1957 would not be continued in future years.

Д6. The Committee noted with satisfaction the increase in expenditure to assist

governments in economic surveys and in the assessment of natural resources including

power # This was particularly significant in view of the proposed creation of the

Special Fund. Some members, while recognizing the importance of this work，

stressed the desirability for the United Nations to concentrate further on activities

in the field of industrial development and planning, Ott^r members pointed out

however that the matter depended primarily upon the judgement and requests of the

governments themselves and that in a number of countries at a relatively low stage

of development more urgent and basic problems had to be solve…and this explained

to a certain extent the slight decrease of expenditure in other fields In 1957•

47. The majority of the Committee noted with concern the decrease in the number

of fellowship awards in 1957 as compared to 1956. This trend which applied to

the Expanded Programme activities as a whole was also discussed under the report

of TAB to TAC and the decision taken in this respect can be found in paragraph ...

of the present report.

Л8. Several delegations noted with satisfaction the improvement in the quality

of requests received from governments as well as the progress made in the

co-ordination of technical assistance programmes at the national level and their

integration in national development plans. Satisfaction was expressed with

regard to the increased activities in the important field of housing. Comments


were also made on the importance of UNTAA assistance in social welfare. In

particular, the achievements under the European exchange programme of TAA were

also commended.

Д9. The Committee noted with interest that the TAA was taking steps to improve

further the detailed preparation of programmes including job descriptions for

experts and nominations of fellows. Emphasis was laid on the importance of thorough

briefing of experts to which more time ought to be given if possible.

Administrative Matters

50. Members of the Committee expressed regret at the fact that the ratio of

administrative costs to programme costs in 1957 had risen as compared to 1956.

The Committee, having noted the reasons given by the Director-General for this

increase, was gratified to learn that efforts were being made to keep the ratio of

these costs during the .current year below the level reached in 1957 and. expressed

the hope that such an improvement would be achieved in respect of 1958 and

subsequerrt years,

51. With regard to the difficulties encounter3d in the recruitment of certain

experts in highly specialized fields because of limitations imposed on the United

Nations concerning salary levels for technical assistance personnel, the Committee

was of the opinion that these difficulties should be obviated on a case by case

basis rather than through a revision at this stage of the salary system; it was

noted that, where appropriate, exceptions could be made in the application of the

present rules.

52. Reference was made to the experimental decentralization of technical assistance

personnel through the posting of its Latin American programme officers in Chile

and in Mexico in order to benefit, inter alia, from close and frequent contact with

the ECLA secretariat, and to the desirability or otherwise of confirming these

arrangements on a more permanent basis. The Director-General mentioned the

substantive advantages and the administrative drawbacks of this experiment and

indicated that it would be reviewed during the course of the forthcoming General

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Assembly, at which time the Secretary-General would report on the experience to date.

Some members were of the opinion that these arrangements should, for the time being,

remain experimental.

53. Following the discussion under this item, the Committee, at its 160th meeting,

unanimously adopted a resolution which is contained in the Annex to this report.

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Ш PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

T h e Committee considered at its 161st and 162nd meetings, this matter on the

basis of a special report submitted by the Secretary-General in document E/3085 in

pursuance of the Committee's request at the 24th Session of the Council that this

subject be discussed under a separate item of its agenda. The report was presented

by the Director-General of the Technical Assistance Administration.

55. Several members of the Committee stressed the importance of a sound and

efficient public administration as a prerequisite for the preparation and

implementation of economic and social development programmes. Some members, in

particular, expressed their agreement with the statement contained in the report of

the Secretary-General concerning the need for assistance in this field and the

request was made that it be included in this report. The statement reads as follows:

" T h e technological and scientific progress of the last hundred years,

the changes introduced by ào unprecedented growth of population, the widespread

acceptance of the concept of the welfare state, the phenomenal increase in

the speed, frequency and variety of contacts between peoples and nations, the

spread of knowledge, and the now almost universal demand for political

independence and economic security, have all been reflected in the multiplication

of demands on national and local Governments. InevitabOy, Governments have

been required to undertake new and increasingly complex services for their

peoples. The administrative difficulties that have attended this broadening

of the tasks of Government has placed an unprecedented strain on the public

ЕБ23/Д Annex 1 page 19

services of even the most advanced and experienced states• In the less-

developed areas of the world, these difficulties have been proportionately

emphasized. In simpler days, good administration was important; today it

is essential

56• It was noted that the report was the first comprehensive one submitted on

public administration. The Committee expressed its appreciation for the information

given in this report with regard to the history of the action taken by the United

Nations in this field, the recent and current activities under this programme^ and

for the suggestions made for future developments in the latter part of the report#

These suggestions were commended and approved by several members oí the Coinmittee,

The request was made that similar reports on technical assistance in public

administration be presented each year by the Secretary-General at the summer sessions

of the Council, It was also suggested that future reports should contain：

- m o r e detailed information on United Nations assisted institutes and training

centres in public administration;

-comparative figures of the assistance rendered in recent years in the various

fields of public administration;

- a n indication of the funds expended in the main fields described in Section IV

of the present report (E/3085); and

- t o the extent possible， an evaluation of some of the projects undertaken,

57, The Ccirrraittee emphasized the importance of assistance to training schenss in

public administration, whether national or regional, as the best method to help

less-developed countries in this field, and noted with satisfaction the results

already obtained by the TAA, Within available resources and. subject to the requests

received from Governments^ this part of the programme could be further expanded

and the possibility might be explored for the Special Fund to help in this work

when it is established,

58* Several delegations pointed out that special attention should be given to the

necessity of adapting modern techniques of public administration to the differing

conditions prevailing in the various countries assisted, A flexible and practical

approach to the problems was therefore desirable#


59. The suggestion was also made that in view of the comprehensive character of

public administration which applied to all aspects of governments1 activities^ the

necessity for co-ordination with the work undertaken by the Specialized AgenGies in

certain aspects of administration should be borne in mind»

60. Some delegations stressed that assistance in public administration should not

be expanded at the expense of other important activities under the technical

assistance programmes and that public administration projects should be concentrated

on the training of national personnelt

61. After further discussion the Committee adopted unanimously, at its 161st meeting,

a resolution as contained in the Annex to the present report,

V

PROPOSAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ШГЕШАТЮМЪ ADMHISTRATIVE SERVICE

62. The report of the Committee on the establishment of an international

administrative service (E/3159) was adopted by the Council at its 1039th meeting.

VI

EXPAND (3) PROGRAMME OF TSCHNICAL ASSISTAMCEs A FORWARD LOOK

63# The Committee had before it the commçnts and suggestions submitted brjr Governments

and by the Technical Assistance Board (ЕДАС/74) in response to Council resolution

659 В (XXIV)，as well as a draft resolution on this matter submitted by the

Netherlands, the United States and Yugoslavia (E/TACД#173)> subsequently also

co-sponsored by Brazil, Indonesia and Venezuela,

64. During the debate, it was emphasized that the Expanded Programme had already

yielded very positive results but that the need for technical assistance far out-

reached its present resources. Several members of the Committee emphasized that

the establishment of the Special Fund should not adversely affect the financial

position of the Expanded Programme• There waç a general consensus that some of

ЕБ23/Г1 Annex 1 page 21

the projects enumerated in Chapter III of the "Forward Look" Report (E/2885) might

appropriately be undertaken by the Special Fund and that this would, release resources

for other projects. Some members felt that activities under the Expanded

Programme could be extended, even within the present limits of its funds, provided

that headquarters costs were curtailed. It was, however, generally agreed that

increased financial provision should be made for the gradual and steady growth of

the Programme,

65, Several members suggested in the debate that TAB might examine in due course

whether new funds might be forthcoming from non-governmental and other sources as

had already been recommended in the case of the Special Fund, and the Committee

noted in this connexion the statement nade by the representative of the World

Veterans Federation, It was stated that it would be of interest to concentrate

on such fields as industrial and agricultural development, utilization of natxaral

resources, national planning and training of national personnel. The opinion has

also been expressed that the utilization of present means of the Programme may still

be made more effective. Some members felt that, while the Programme has a

co-operative character, its universality was stdll incomplete, as contributions

offered by some non-members has so far not been accepted. The Technical Assistance

Board was asked to keep in mind the various suggestions contained in the discussion

and in the replies of Governments as sumraarized in the Report (ЕДАС/74).

66. Under the draft resolution before the Committee ( Е Д А С Д Д 7 3 ) the Council,

Agreeing with the statement of the Technical Assistance Board concerning the

desirability of the Council's giving some guidance to governments on the financial

requirements of both the Expanded. Programme of Technical Assistance and the proposed

Special Fund in the years immediately ahead, Noting that the General Assembly has

recognized that the Expanded Programme is of proven effectiveness in promoting

the economic development of the less-developed countries, Believing that, in the

light of the results so far achieved under the Expanded Programme, a continued

gradual expansion in its activities and financial resources is desirable, Recognizing

that the hopes reflected in the report of the Technical Assistance Board "A Forward

Look", can now be realized provided that (a) contributions to the Expanded Programme

Annex I page 22

are not reduced because of the creation of the Special Fund, but are maintained so

as to permit the desirable expansion of the resources of the Programme, and that

(b) the Special Fund is successfully initiated and that its resources are such as

will enable it to assist in carrying out proposals along the lines of those suggested

in the "Forward Look", 1, Expresses the hope that the Expanded Programme for 1959

will be executed at a moderately higher level than that of 195^/ and 2。Requests

the General Assembly to encourage governments to continue to contribute to the

Expanded Programme in amounts that will provide for the gradual expansion of the

Programme.

67• The sponsors of the draft resolution emphasized tnat the text corresponded to

the main ideas se1> forth in the debate and that it included therefore a clause

providing that the General Assembly should encourage Governments to continue to

contribute to the Expanded Programme in amounts which will provide for its gradual

expansionл The view was however expressed by one member that no appreciable

progress could be achieved through voluntary contributions and the suggestion was

made that obligatory minimum assessments based on soms specific criteria be established

for various countries,

68 # While there was general support for the draft resolution (ЕДАС/LД73) before

the Committee^ verbal amendments were proposed which were later taken Into account

in the revised text of the resolution submitted by the sponsors (E/TAC/L»173/^v,1),

Some members stressed that while their governments would continue to give their

wholehearted support to the Expanded Programme they were not voting for the

resolution committing their governments with regard to future contributions。

69. At its 173rd meeting， the Committee adopted unanimously the draft resolution

reproduced in the Annex,

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON A PAYMSMT B A S I S

70» The Corranitteë had before it the report of the Technical Assistance Board on

technical assistance on a payment basis (Е/ГАС/75 and Add 9l) which described the


method followed by Participating Organizations to provide this assistance, the

activities carried out under the Fund-in-Trust scheme and views of governments on

this type of assistance. In presenting the report the Executive Chairman indicated

that the level of the assistance has now reached ^1.2 million, and stated that in the

Board1 s opinion on Technical Assistance on a payment basis this represents a useful

device, through which governments can secure assistance which oould not be financed

from Regular or Expanded funds. The Committee noted that in providing this

assistance the Organizations observed all applicable principles and criteria of the

Expanded Programme and that they were satisfied that current arrangements ensured

integration of these activities within their overall programmes,

71s Members felt that technical assistance on a payment basis represented a useful

adjunct to the Regular and Expanded technical assistance activities of the

Organizations since it gave to governments the opportunity of obtaining additional

assistance under the aegis of the United Nations if they so wished. It was stressed,

however, that such assistance should not interfere with, replace, or in any way-

impede the operation of the Expanded Programme、which should have priority over

these activities. It was also stressed that this assistance is to be provided

only at the request of the government concerned and should constitute merely a

supplement to the assistance they receive from other s our ces # In this connexion

the Executive Chairman assured the Committee that in no case the provision of this

assistance is allowed to affect adversely the amounts of technical assistance received

under the Expanded and Regular progammes.

72, Referring to service fees charged by some of the Organizations, several members

stated that while they had no basic objection to the charging of a small service

fee, they considered that it should be kept to a minimum and cover only the

additional expenses directly related to the provision of this assistance» The

suggestion was made that the TAB’ might consider this matter further*

73» The Committee noted that in their written comments most governments had

indicated either that they favoured ari extension of this additional means of

obtaining assistance or that they recognized its usefulness in certain cases書


Members of the Committee felt that such assistance was open to further expansion

but stressed that it was for recipient governments themselves to decide the extent

to vrtiioh they wished to avail themselves of the facilities offered under the Pund-

ln-Trust scheme. It was stated, however, that because of the financial difficulties

of a number of countries requiring technical assistance, fund-in-trust schemes would

continue to have a limited application, and the suggestion was made that Agencies

should consider sympathetically offers of payment in local currencies.

74. The Committee noted that the Board considered that a substantial expansion in

size and зеоре of technical assistance to be delivered on a payment basis may

require a review of the present administrative arrangements. It was suggested in

this connexion that closer co-ordination between the Organizations for the rendering

of this assistance oould be further studied by the Board, should this form of

assistance expand in the future. Members noted also that under present arrange-

ments the organizations have accounted directly to governments for funds given in

trust and the suggestion was made that the Board report to the Coirenittee on the

advantages and disadvantages of centralization of the funds.

75. In concluding its discussion, the Committee expressed satisfaction with the

system of providing technical assistance on a payment basis which continued to be

of use to the countries which wished to take advantage of it. It requested the

Board to report on any substantial change in present arrangements for the provision

of such assistance and endorsed the Board's proposal that the Committee be informed

regularly in the Annual Report of the Scope and nature of projects conducted on a

payment basis.

VIII

LOCftL COST ARRANGEMENTS

76. The Committee considered the proposals submitted by the Technical Assistance

Board in its report Е/ГАС/77 for a change in the arrangements for the assessment

and payment of the sums due by recipient governments in respect of local costs, in


the light of the observations of the Administrative Review Group to which the

question had been referred.

77. Some members of the Committee having indicated that they felt that the Board's

proposals required further consideration,, the Committee took the following decision

based on the conclusion contained in the report of the Administrative Review Group

(Е/ГАСД.168),«

"While the Committee was appreciative of the Board's effort to find a more satisfactory alternative to the present arrangements, it felt that further exploration of possible solutions and their financial implications for the governments concerned was needed before any decision could be reached. The Committee therefore postponed discussion on this subject until its next session Meanwhile, the Board was asked to explore the subject further and to clarify its proposals after consulting the Governments principally concerned, taking into account the comments made during the discussion of the matter in the Administrative Review Group and in the Technical Assistance Committee (E/TAC/SR.17l).n

IX

ALLOCATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AMD OPERATIONAL SERVICES "costTBKPA'ben REGULAR AND EXPANDED PROGRAMME BUDGETS

78. The Committee considered the question of the allocation of administrative

and operational services costs between Regular and Expanded Programme Budgets on

the basis of the report of the Technical Assistance Board (E/TAC.76 and Add.l)

which set forth the views or recommendations of the Governing Bodies of Partici-

pating Organizations on this matter, the report of the Advisory Committee on

Administrative and Budgetary Questions to the General Assembly (A/58)2) which con-

tained the Committee's observations on the various problems involved and suggestions

towards the solution of some of them, and the report of the Administrative Review

Group to which the itera had been referred for consideration and report (ЕДАС/Ь.1б8

and Add.l).

E 8 S 3 / n Annex 1 page 26

79. The Committee noted that it had not been poesible for the Group to reach

unanimity on a draft resolution for adoption by TAC and the Council and that the

Group had decided therefore to present to the Committee the texts of a draft

resolution and amendments thereto.

80. The members of the Committee noted that general agreement had been reached

in the Group on a number of measures, suggested by the Advisory Committee, whieh

could be implemented beginning with the 1959 Prograjroe. The difficulties faced

by the Group related to the long-term question of the eventual disposition of these

costs and to the formulation of requests for various actions to the Governing

Bodies of the Participating Organizations, the Advisory Committee and TAB.

81. General support was expressed in the Committee for the approach followed by

the Group as well as for the principles underlying the proposals. In particular,

members of the Committee stressed that the Group had rightly emphasized that AOS

expenses of the Expanded Programme should be kept as low as possible in order to

maximise the amounts of the resources available for project implementation. At

the same time, it was recognized that, because of the increasing integration of the

Expanded Programme in the regular activities of the Organizations, the identifi-

cation of these costs relating to the Expanded Programme became increasingly

difficult and time-consuming, and that the present procedure for reviewing, con-

trolling and allocating appropriate sums to each Organization should be simplified.

General endorsement was, therefore, given to the following considerations and

recommendations contained in the part of the draft resolution, which had already

received unanimous support in the Administrative Review Group. Under the

proposed text the Council would:

"Recognizing the desirability of keeping as low as possible the administrative and operational services costs of the Expanded Programme in order to maximise the amount of such resources available for project implementation,

Recalling the recommendation contained in resolution 222 (IX), Annex I, of 15 August 1949, which called upon the Participating Organizations to ensure that the fullest use be made of any existing facilities in implemen-ting the Expanded Programme,

Евгз/71 Annex 1 page 27

Recalling also General Assembly resolution 1037 (XI) of 26 February 1957 which authorized the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to render such advice to the Technical Assistance Committee as may be requested by the Committee in the review of the administrative and operational services oosts of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance,

Bearing In mind the following conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions；

1^

(a) That the difficulties in the present situation can be overcome, to a large extent, (i) by consolidating, in the regular budget of an organization, the presentation of all its administrative and operational services costsj (ii) by relying on a consolidated review of the total administrative and operational services costs by the legislative bodies of the organization; and (iii) by taking an appropriate lump-sum credit from the Expanded Programme Special Account, if that Account must bear part of the total administrative and operational services costs.

(b) That, for 1959, allocations from the Expanded Programme Special . Account for Administrative and operational services costs of the Participating Organizations should be met in the form of lump-sum amounts which, barring any major change in programmes, should not exceed the corresponding 1958 allocations.

(c) That there is scope in the Participating Organizations for further efforts towards a gradual reduction of the total costs of administering their Regular and Expanded Programme activities.

(d) That the Advisory Committee will keep under review the problem whether any part of the total administrative and operational services costs should be financed from the Expanded Programme Special Account, and, if so, how this part can be determined, as a lump sum, on the basis of a simple formula; and that the long-term need for such a formula as well as its character will depend on whether or not the entire administrative and operational services costs are to be borne on the regular budgets of the Participating Organizations, a problem whioh requires further study in the face of the wide divergence of views held on this point by the several organizations•

1. Requests the Participating Organizations to take, as soon as possible, whatever steps will be necessary to enable (a) the consolidation in the regular budgets of the Participating Organizations of all administrative and operational services expenses, and (b) the consolidated review of these expenses by the legislative bodies of the Participating Organizations.

1) A/5852

w y f r a Airnox 1 page 28

2. Requests the Technical Assistance Board to prepare and present to the Technical Assistance Committee for approval， at its session in November 1958, lump-sum amounts for allocation to the Participating Organizations in 1959> which amounts shall not exceed and shall preferably be less than the amounts allocated for 1958 toward meeting the Expanded Programme's administrative and operational services costs.

5 . Further requests the Technical Assistance Board, in preparing estimates for the approval of the Technical Assistance Committee, not to exceed the 1959 ceilings for lump-sum payments in subsequent years unless the allocation for project costs proposed for any Participating Organization shall vary by more than 10 per cent, from the allocation for the same purpose for the year 1959, in which case the Technical Assistance Board should present appropriately adjusted amounts for the consideration of the Technical Assistance Committee.

4. Decides that the estimates for lump-sum payments prepared by the Technical Assistance Board would be appropriately reconsidared in the event that (a) a new formular is devised for determining that part of the total administrative and operational services costs to be financed from the Expanded Programme Special Account; or (b) a decision is reached with respect to eventual assumption of the Expanded Programme's administrative and operational services costs in the regular budgets of —he Participating Organizations.

5. Recognizes the need for some measure of flexibility in the application of paragraphs 2 and J> to the smaller agencies (ICAO, WMO and ITU) and authorizes the Technical Assistance Board, in preparing estimates for the Technical Assistance Committee, to take this factor into account.

6. Requests that relevant reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and of the respective external auditors, on administrative and operational services expenses of the technical assistance programmes of the Participating Organizations, be provided to the Technical Assistance Committee for its information when it is considering allocations."

82. In the course of the discussion the Executive Chairman explained that the

TAB had considered the Advisory Committee's suggestions, now included in the text

quoted above. With regard to the recommendation that the presentation of AOS

expenses of the Participating Organizations for their Regular and Expanded

Programme activities be consolidated in their regular budget and that the review,

appropriation and control of the detailed credit for these expenses be concentrated

in the legislative bodies of each Organization, the Board f.It that such action

ЕВ25/П Annex 1 page 29

•would constitute a basic clarification in the responsibility for budgetary review

and control of these costs of the Expanded Programme. The Committee noted,

however, that because of the budgetary period and the timing of the budgetary

cycle of some of the Organizations it would be impossible for some of the

Organizations to achieve for 1959 the complete consolidation in the sense

plated by the Advisory Committee.

83. With regard to the Advisory Committee's suggestion, endorsed by the

Administrative Review Group, that for 1959 allocations of AOS expenses of

Expanded Programme be made on the basis of an appropriate lump-sum credit

Organization, and that the amount should not exceed the 1958 allocations,

Executive Chairman recalled the proposal of the Board submitted to the

Administrative Review Group whereby the limitation to 1958 allocations should be

applied to all items except staff costs. With regard to staff costs, the Board

had proposed that the number of posts would not have exceeded that approved for

1958 but provision would have been made to meet possible additional expenses

arising out of the application of the approved scheme of salary and allowances.

84. The Committee noted that the Administrative Review Group, while not

following the Board's suggestion, had provided th t for smaller agencies (ICAO,

WMO, and ITU) the limitation to 1958 allocations should apply with "some

flexibility". In this connexion, the Executive Chairman drew the Committee's

attention to difficulties which the strict application of the 1958 limitation would

present for such other agencies as FAO and WHO, the regular budgets of which have

already been approved, and the representative of the ILO indicated problems which

his Organization would face in the forthcoming year (Е/ТАСД.169 and L.170),

should the Committee adopt the proposal before it.

85. Differences of opinion which h d obtained in the Group in connexion with the

further steps to be taken toward the solution of the "long term" aspects of the

question of the allocation of AOS costs between Regular and Expanded Prograinmes

contem

the

to each

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were further discussed in the Committee.

EB25/TÍ Annex 1 page 30

86• A first point of view was set out in the following paragraph of the draft

resolution со-drafted by the delegations of Brazil, the Netherlands and the United

States. Under this text the Council would：

f,7. Requests the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary

Questions to provide to the Technical Assistance Committee its recommendations as to whether or not the regul r budgets of the participating Organizations should assume all or a specific p rt of the administrative and operational services costs of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, including the question of such assumption on a progressive basis.

8. Further requests the Technical Assistance Board to develop a formula for the consideration of the Technical Assistance Committee in consultation with the Advisory Committee, and for the governing bodies of the Participating Organizations, which would provide for the progressive assumption in the Participating Organizations* regular budgets of the Expanded Programme 1s administrative and operational services costs and which might be utilized in the event a decision is reached to proceed with such a progressive assumption.

9- Invites the governing bodies of the Participating Organizations, as soon as feasible (a) to consider formally the question of the assumption within the regular budgets of these Organizations of administrative and operational services costs of the Expanded Programme, perhaps on a progressive basis, and (b) to advise the Council of the results of such considerations•“

87. Another view was expressed in the following text, introduced by the United

Kingdom delegation as an amendment to the resolution. Under the text the Council

would:

”7• Requests the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to keep under review the problem whether any part of the total administrative and operational services costs should be financed from the Expanded Programme Special Account, and, if so, how this part can be determined as a lump sum, on the basis of a simple formula, and to make appropriate recommendations•

8. Requests the Technical Assistance Board to study further the technical questions which are involved in the development of such a formula^

9- Invites the governing bodies of the Participating Organizations to keep under review the question of the allocation of the administrative and operational services costs of technical assistance between Regular and Expanded Programme budgets.


88. Members of the Committee supporting the original draft resolution stated

that paragraphe 7, 8 and 9 included all possible alternatives without anticipating

in that or other paragraphs the final solution of the question .of the eventual

disposition of the costs and they believed that the draft resolution gave

appropriate guidance regarding the questions which were to be studied and actions

to be taken by other bodies primarily concerned, in order that TAC might advance

towards the final resolution of this problem. Other members of the Committee who

supported the amendment felt that the wording of the draft resolution placed too

great an emphasis on one only of the possible solutions, namely the gradual

assumption of administrative and operational services costs in the regular budgets

of the Participating Organizations, and did not take into account another possi-

bility envisaged by the Advisory Committee, i.e. the development of a single

lump-sum formula for the allocation of these costs. The view was put forward by

one member that it was all the more important to avoid leaving the impression

that the Committee favoured the assumption of the administrative and operational

services costs in the Regular Programmes of the Organizations, since such a

solution would have serious financial implications for some governments.

89. still other members felt that the two texts before the. Committee contained

alternatives which should be combined in order to take into account all possible

solutions of the problem and the delegation of Sweden proposed the following

amendment, under which the Council wouldt

"7. Request the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (a) to keep under review the problem whether any part of the total

administrative and operational servioes costs should be financed from the Expanded Programme Special Account, and, if so, how this part can be determined as a lump sum, on the basis of a simple formula；

to consider whether or not the regular budgets of the Participating Orgariizations should assume all or a specific p rt of the administra-

:tive and operational services costs of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, including the question of such assumption on a progressive basis； to make appropriate recommendations to the Technical Assistance Committee•

Request the Technical Assistance Board to study further the tegtinical questions which are involved in the development of the typeôf fbrmula referred to in operative paragraph 7(a) above； to study the technical questions involved and develop any formula which would provide for the progressive assumption in the Participating Organizations 1 regular budgets of the Expanded Prograjnmefs administra-tive and operational services costs as referred to in operative paragraph 7(b) above； to report the result of these studies to the Technical Assistance Committee.

Invites the governing bodies of the Participating Organizations 、 to consider formally the question of the allocation of the administrative and operational services costs of technical assistance between the Regular and Expanded Prograjnme budgets, including the total or partial assumption of these costs within the regular budgets of the Participating Organizations or any other suitable alternative solution, taking into account such recommendations as the Advisory Committee may make prior to such formal consideration, in accordance with operative paragraph 7 above, and any reports which TAB may make in accordance with operative paragraph 8 above.

to advise the Council in due course of the results of such consideration.

90. After an exchange of views on this new proposal, the sponsor agreed to

changes, in particular with regard to paragraph 9, in order to take into account

the question of timing for the formal consideration by the Organizations of the

problem of the allocation of costs• The revised text of the amendment met with

the general support, of the members of the Committee and at its 171st meeting the

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91• The Committee decided also to continue its Administrative Review Group for

a further year, and adopted unanimously the following resolution, which set

forth the terras of reference of the Groups

"The Technical Assistance Committee,

Recalling the valuable work done by the Administrative Review Group established by the Technical Assistance Committee to review the administrative and operational services costs of the programme for

1957 and 1958,

Reaffirming the continuing need for inter-governmental review of these

costs,

Noting with appreciation resolution 1037 (XI) of the General Assembly authorizing the AdÎiory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions upon request of the Technical Assistance Committee to co-operate with the TAC and any administrative review group which may be established by it in the review of administrative and operational services costs of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance,

1. Decides to continue for a further year the Administrative Review Group, for the purpose of receiving and reviewing prior to the November 195» session of TAC the estimates of the administrative and operational services oosts of the TAB Secretariat for the year 1959 together with the comments of the Advisory Committee thereon; 2. Requests the TAB Secretariat to prepare, for review by the Admini-strative Review Group and TAG, estimates of 1959 administrative and operational services costs in the light of the comments of TAC and the Administrative Review Group made in connexion with their review of the

1958 estimates of such costs； and 3 Requests the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions t'ô"assist ths Administrative Review Group and the Technical Assistance Committee in reviewing these costs by making available to the Administrative Review Group and TAC its comments and observations on the estimates of the TAB Secretariat of administrative and operational services costs for 1959, and on any related matters."

Annex .1 page

X

RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EXPANDED PROGHAMME OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND THE SPECIAL FUND

92, Pursuant to the decision taken by the Council at its 1039th meeting to refer

to TAC Part D of the Report of the Preparatory Committee of the Special Fund

(E/3098) on "questions concerning changes in the present legislation and procedures

of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance", the Committee considered questions

relating to the future relations between the Special Fund and the Expanded Programme.

The Committee had also before it for its consideration of this matter a draft

resolution submitted by Mexico, the Netherlands^ the United States of America and

Yugoslavia, and later 00-sponsored by Canada and the United Kingdom (E/TAC/L.172).

The draft resolution read in part： "The Technical Assistance Committee, Welcoming

the proposal for the establishment of the Special Fund, as an important new

effort by the United Nations to assist the economically less developed countries,

Believing that it is of particular importanoe that the highest degree of

co-operation be maintained between the operations of the Special Fund and those of

the Expanded Programme of Teohnical Assistance, so as to allow both schemes to

yield the fullest possible benefit, (1) Notes that the Preparatory Committee

recommended that the Economic and Social Council establish a Committee of the

Council to assist in the examination of the reports submitted to the Council

concerning the Special Fund and the Expanded Prograjnme of Technical Assistance,

and of such questions relating to their operations as the Council may refer to

it; (2) Notes further the recommendation of the Preparatory Committee that the

Executive Chairman of the Technical Assistance Board should be a member of the

proposed Consultative Board of the Special Fund; (3) Authorizes the Executive

Chairman of the Technical Assistance Board to enter into an agreement with the

Managing Director of the Special Fund concerning the role of the Resident Representa-

tives of the Technical Assistance Board in the work of the Special Fund;

(4) Invites the Participating Organizations to ensure the support of their field

representatives of the activities of the Special Fund; (5) Further authorizes

the Executive Chai шал and the Technical Assistance Board to keep under review

the question as to what changes in both the legislation and procedures of the

Expanded Programme may be required as arrangements for co-operation between the

two programmes are further developed; and invites them to make to the Technical

Assistance Committee whatever recommendations may seem desirable; (6) Reoommends

to the Economic and Social Council the adoption of the following .'resolution:

Annex 1 page 35

The Eoonoml'c and Social Council, Considering that it is important that the fullest

degree of co-ordination should be maintained between the operations of the Special

Fund and those of the Expanded Prcgrammeocf Technical Assistance, Resolves that,

subject to the decision by the General Assembly to establish the Special Fund,

the Managing Director of the Special Pur^d or his representative shall be entitled

to attend the meetings of the Technical Assistance Eoard and to participate

without vote in the Board's deliberations»"

95. Most members of the Committee felt that since the Economic Committee of the

Council was to consider the other aspects of the establishment of the Special Fund,

the TAC comments should be focussed on specific points of the future relations

between the Expanded Programme and the Special Fund - a consideration which had

guided the sponsors of the resolution in the preparation of their text,.

9斗， Some members not represented on the Council felt that they should explain

more fully the position of their governments on wider aspects of the relationship

between the Expanded Programme and the Special Fund, It is in this connexion

that the view was held by one meraber that it woull be very difficult to draw a

sharp line between the resources and activities of the Expanded Programme and those

of the Special Fund; indeed, as far as the forms of assistance were concerned,

they were basically the same and the Special Fund could not^ "therefore, be

expected to develop in the foreseeable future into an investment fund; it was

stated that while the greatest possible co-ordination was to be achieved there was

no need to create new administrative and operational machinery for the Special

Fund but to adapt those existing for the Expanded Programme. With regard to the

co-ordination at the inter一governmental level, the view was expressed that no new

committee was necessary to review and co-ordinate the activities carried out under

the Fund and the Programme since TAC, in its present enlarged form, had the

necessary knowledge and experience to play this role. Another member believed

that the activities to be undertaken by the Special Fund, though basically an

expansion of Technical Assistance, would go a step further t," ward s facilitating

capital investment and that, in order to co-ordinate closely the two programmes,

the terms of reference of TAC should be revised to enable it, as a council committee

Annex 1 page 56

on Technical Assistance and economic development, to examine at the same time the

activities carried out under the Special Fund and under the Expanded Programme

as well as their inter-relationship. Still another member, not represented on

the Council, expressed the view that the Special Fund was an entity clearly-

separate from the Expanded Programme and that it should develop into a capital

investment fund.

95. Several members of the Committee stated that it was unnecessary for their

delegations to express their views on the future relationship between th笱 Special

Fund and the Expan6ed Programme, since they were in complete agreement with the

recommendations of the Preparatory Committee on this point. Several Members of

the Committee expressed the view that the Expanded Programme and the Special Fund

were separate, though at the same time complementary, and that close eo-ordination

between their activities would be necessary. Members emphasized the distinctive

funetions of the Expanded Programme and ef the Fund, which in their view were two

different components of the UN assistance machinery for the economic development

of under-developed countries. They considered, therefore, that it was essential

to co-ordinate their work without implying any amalgamation or subordination.

As the question of the possible overlapping of the functions of TAC and the new

Council committee which oould be set up to review both programmes had been

mentioned, several members stated that it was a matter for the oompetence of the

General Assembly and the Council.

96» As general support was expressed for the resolution before the Committee

(E/tl?AC/L. 1 7 2 t h e discussion centred on verbal amendments and suggestions which

would make the text meet vfith the approval of all members of the Qommittee.

97- In the course of the discussion the Executive Chairman explained that the

provision in the resolution regarding possible changes in the legislation and

procedure of the Expanded Programme was desirable as the need might arise for such

action as a result of further developnents in the relations of the two programmes.

98. The co-sponsors of the resolution having agreed to take into account most of

the changes proposed during the debate, they submitted, with the French delegation,

Annex 1 page 37

a revised text of their res^lutian ( E/TAC/L.172/kev,l), which met with the support

o f the members of the Committee. Doubts were expressed, however, by some members

regarding the desirability of the Committee noting recommendations of the

preparatory Committee, and the view was expressed that support for the resolution

a s a whole did not imply an endorsement of the preparatory committee's

re cMimendations •

9 9 , At its 175rd meeting the Committee took separate votes, at the request of

t h e delegation of Czechoslovakia, on the 4th and 5th preambular paragraphs of the

revised resolution, which were adopted by 18 votes to none with 5 abstentions, and

the Committee adopted unanimously the following resolution： The Technical

Assistance Committee Having examined Part D of the Report and Recommendations of

the Preparatory Committee for the Special Fund submitted in accordance with

General Assembly Resolution 1219 (XII), which has been referred to the Committee

b y the Economic and Social Council, Welopming the proposal for the establishment

o f the Special Fund as an important new effort by the United Nations to assist the

economically less developed countries, Believing that it is of particular

s o r t a n c e that the fullest possible degree of co-ordination be established and

.namtained between the operations of the Special Fund and those of the ^cpanded

Programme of Technical Assistance, so as to allow both schemes to yield the

f u l l e s t possible benefit, Noting that the êparatory Committee recommended that

t h e ЕсопошЮ and Social Council establish a Conunittee of the Council to assist in

the examination of the reports submitted to the Council concerning the Special

and the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, and of such Questions

.elating to their aerations as the Council may refer to it, Noting further the

reeommerdati.n of the Preparatory Committee that the Executive Chairman of the

Technical Assistance Board should be a member of the proposed Consultative Board

o f the SpeoiaX Authorizes the Exe^tive Chairman of the Technical Assistant

Board to make appropriate arrangements with the Managing Director C f the Special

Fund concerning the use of the services cf the Resident Representatives of the

Technical Aseistance Board in the work of the Special Fund, Invites the

Participating Organizations to ensure the support of their field representatives

кт/71 Annex 1 page 38

for the activities of the Special Fund, Further authorizes the Executive Chairman

and the Technical Assistance Board to keep under review the question as to what

changes in both the legislation and procedures of the Expanded Iôgramme may be

required as arrangements for co-operation between the two programmes are further

developed； and invites them to make to the Technical Assistance Committee

whatever recommendations may seem desirable, Recommends to the Economic and Social

Council the adoption of the following resolution： "The Economic and Social Council.

Considering that it is important that the fullest possible degree of co-ordination

should be established and maintained between the operations of the Special Fund

and those of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, Resolves' that,

subject to the decision by the General Assembly to establish the Special Fund,

the Managing Director of the Special Fund or his representative shall be entitled

a t t e n d t h e raeîngs of the Technical Assistance Board and to participate without

vote in the Board's deliberations."

Евгз/ri AnfoèXvl page 59

(E/3175 ANNEX)

EXPANDED PROGRAMME OP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

A

Annual Report of the Technical Assistance Board to the Technical •丨

1 " Assistance Committee

The Eoonemlc and Social Council,

I

Takes note with appreciation of the tenth report submitted by the Technical

Assistance Board 1 to the Technical Assistance Committee；

工工

Considering that, of the various forms of assistance provided for under the

United Nations technical assistance programmes for oountries in process of

development, the award of fellowships represents one of the most effective long-

terra means of speeding up their development, by enabling them to train national

personnel and to extend and develop in a lasting manner the work accomplished by

the experts placed at their disposal,

Taking note with appreciation of the fact that the preparation and

implementation of fellowship programmes and their integration in national

development projects are progressing steadily and encouragingly,

Noting, however, with regret that the T chnical Assistance Board Report аз

Well I T ^ T Secretary-General's Report 3 show a certain decrease in the fellowship

activities ln 1956 and again in 1957,

1. Draws the attention of governments benefitins by the United Nations Technical

Assistance Programmes to the advantages they could obtain by making wider изе of

the fellowship facilities afforded them under those programmes；

~ 1 Oficial Records of the E c o ^ , — S H f , 0 U ^ ^ f H f 1 卿终把

SupplemiHTIfo： 5 (e/^QBo) and doJument E/TAC/KKF/120, Е/̂ОЬО яаа.х аш

Ё/ГАС /REP/120/Add. 1

2 Ibid

5 E/^08l

EB23/71 Annex 1 WiÉlljl i page 4o

2- Invites the participating organizations to make available to governments at

their request the information necessary (to enable them to estimate whether

fellowship programmesJ requested by them and approved, are likely to be carried

out In good time or not.)

В “ ： . .

Country programming procedures

The Economic and Social Council.

Recalling resolution 222 (IX) of 14 August 1949, which established the basic

principles guiding the extension of technical assistance under the Expanded

Programme of Technical Assistance, including those concerning the participation of

requesting governments,

Recalling also resolution 5^2 В (XVIII of 29 July 1 9 5 4 w h i c h modified the

earlier system cf allocation of funds under the Expanded Programme, and established

the basis for the present country programming procedures,

Considering that the country programming procedures have provided a satisfactory

framework for extending technical assistance to requesting governments, and that

these procedures have, on the wholeл been fulfilling the basic purposes that the

Council had in view in passing resolution 5^2 В (XVIII),

Considering, further, that the experience gained thus far in the operation

of the country programming procedures suggests that steps may be taken to make

them even more effective, including a clarification of certain responsibilities

cf requesting governments and the introduction of some further degree of

flexibility in the execution of the Programme,

1. Requests the Technical Assistance Board to remind requesting governments of

their responsibilities under Annex I of resolution 222 (IX), including "conti»uing

support and progressive assumption of financial responsibility for the

administration of projects initiated at their request under international auspices"；

ЕВ25Д1 Датех 1 page kl

2 . Requests governments, in submitting their country programmes, to make clear

as far as feasible to the Technical Assistance Board and the Participating

Organizations, in the case of each project:

(a) its relationship to any general development plan or programme,

(b) the expected duration of the project and an indication of its

expansion OP contraction over that period,

( c ) the objectives expected to be achieved from its implementation, and

(d) wherever appropriate, its relationship to any other similar or

complementary project undertaken or: requested under another

existing technical assistance programme;

Requests the Technical Assistance Board to make a study of the experience

in working under the country programming procedures, including the exploration

of possible means of permitting a further degree of flexibility in the execution

of the Prograjrane， taking into account the views expressed and suggestions made

at the svmimer session in 1958 of the Technical Assistance Committee, and to

report on these matters to the Technical Assistance Committee, for consideration

at its summer session in 1959•

REPORT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMMES OP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

The Economic and Social Council

1. Takes note with appreciation of the report by the Secretary-General on the ‘ 4

United Nations programmes of technical assistance;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to extend the services of the

Technical Assistance Administration to requesting governments along the lines

indicated in the Report.

4 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Twenty-Sixth Session,

Annexes, Agenda Item 8, document E/308l.

Евг>Д1 Antrax 1 page k2

REPORT BY THE SECRETARÏ-GENERAL ON UNITED NATIONS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Ш PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The Economic and Social Council

1. Takes note with appreciation of the report by the Secretary-General cai

United Nations technical assistance in public administration;^

2. Requests the Secretary-General to subnit regularly to the Council at its

summer sessions a report on United Nations technical assistance activities in

this field.

THE EXPANDED PROGRAMME OP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: ”A FORWARD LOOK"

The Economic and Social Council^

Agreeing with the statement of the Technical Assistance Board concerning the

desirability of the Council's giving some guidance to governments on the financial

requirements of both the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and the

proposed Special Fund, in the years immediately ahead,

Noting that the General Assembly has recognized that the Expanded Programme

is of proven effectiveness in promoting the economic development of the less-

developed countries,

Believing that, in the light of the results so far achieved under the Expanded

Programme, a continued gradual expansion in its activities and financial

resources is desirable,

Recognizing that the hopes reflected in the report of the Technical

Assistance Board "A Forward L o o k " , o a n be realized to a significant extent

provided that.

5 E/3085 .

6 Official doeument of the Economic and Social CounojLl, Twenty.second session』 Annexes^ item 9 of the agenda, document K/Pññ4.

ЕВ25Д1 Annex 1 page

(a) the continued gradual expansion of the Expanded Programme of technical

assistance is not adversely affected by the establishment of the

Special Fund, and

(b) the Special Fund is successfully initiated and that its resources are

such as will enable it to assist in carrying out proposals along the

lines of those suggested in the "Forward Look",

1. Expresses the hope that the Expanded Programme for 1959 will be executed

at a moderately higher level than that of 1958, and

2. Requests the General Assembly to encourage governments to continue to

contribute to the Expanded Progranime in amounts that will provide for the

gradual expansion of the Programme.

ALLOCATION OP ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL SERVICES COSTS BETWEEN REGULAR AND EXPANDED PROGRAMME BUDGETS

The Economic and Social Council,

Recognizing the desirability of keeping as low as possible the administrative

and operational services costs of the Expanded Programme in order to maximise the

amount of such resources available for project Implementation,

Recalling the recommendation contained in resolution 222 (IX), Annex I, of

15 August 1949， which called upon the Participating Organizations to ensure that

the fullest use be made of any existing facilities in implementing the Expanded

Programme,

Recalling also General Assembly resolution 1037 (XI) of 26 February 1957V

which authorized the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

to render suoh advice to the Technical Assistance Committee as may be requested by

the Committee in the review of the administrative and operational servioes costs

of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance,

Bearing in mind the following conclusions and re с cranendat i ons of the Advisory

Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions:

7 A/3832

EB25M. Апггах 1 p^ge 4.4

(a) That the difficulties in the present situation can be overcome, to a

large extent,

(i) by consolidating, in the regular budget of an organization, the

presentation of all its administrative and operational services costs;

(ii) by relying on a consolidated review of the total administrative

and operational services costs by the legislative bodies of the

organization; and

(iii) by taking an appropriate lump-sum credit from the Expanded

Programe Special Account., if that Account must bear part of the total

administrative and operational services costs• #

(b) That, for 1959Í allocations from the Expanded Programme Special Account

for administrative and operational services costs of the Participating

Organizations should be met in the form cf lump-sum amounts which, barring any

major change in programmes^ should not exceed the corresponding 1958 allocations.

(c) That there is scope in the Participating Organizations for further

efforts towards a gradual reduction of the total costs of administering their

Regular and Expanded Programme activities.

(d) That the Advisory Committee will keep under review the problem whether

any part of the total administrative and operational services costs should be

financed from the Expanded Programme Special Account, and, if so, how this part

can be determined^ as a lump sum^ on the basis of a simple formula; and that the

long-term need for such a formula as well as its character will depend on whether

or not the entire administrative and operational services costs are to be borne

on the regular budgets of the Participating Organizations, a problem which requires

further study in the face of the wide divergence of views held on this point by

the several organizations. •

ЕВ25Д1 Anne». I page 45

A

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1. Requests the Participating Organization to take, as soon as possible, • t - , • ‘.

whatever steps will be necessary to enable

(a) the consolidation in the regular budgets of the Participating

Organizations of all administrative and operational services expenses, and

(b) the consolidated review of these expenses by the legislative bodies of • . .-»

the Participating Organizations.

2. Requests the Technical Assistance Board to prepare and present to the

Technical Assistance Committee for approval, at its session in November 1958,

lump-sum amounts for allocation to the Participating Organizations in 1959, which

amounts shall not exceed and shall preferably be less than the amounts allooated

for. 1958 toward meeting the Expanded Programmef s administrative and operational

services costs.

3. Further requests the Technical Assistance Board, in preparing estimates

for the approval of the Technical Assistance Committee, not to exceed the 1959

ceilings for lump-sum payments in subsequent years unless the allocation for

project costs proposed for any Participating Organizatioia shall vary by more than

10 per cent, from the allocation for the same purpose for the year 1959л in vrtiich

case the Technical Assistance Board should present appropriately adjusted amounts

for the ccnsideration of the Technical Assistance Committee.

4. Decides that the estimates for lump-sum payments prepared by the

Technical Assistance Board would be appropriately reconsidered in the event that

(a) a new formula is devised for determining that part of the total

administrative and operational services costs to be financed from the

Expanded Programme Special Account; or

(b) a decision is reached with respect to eventual assumption of the

Expanded Programme's administrative and operational services costs in the

regular budgets of the Participating Organizations,

ЕВ23/Д Annex X f:.:: page 46

5* Recognizes the need for some measure of flexibility in the application

of paragraphs 2 and to agencies with more limited budgets like ICAO, WMO and

ITU and authorizes the Teohnical Assistance Board, in preparing estimates for

the Technical Assistance Committee, to take this factor into account.

6. Requests that relevant reports of the Advisory Committee on

Administrative and Budgetary Questions and of the respective external auditors^

on administrative and operational services expenses of the technical assistance

programmes of the Participating Organizations, be provided to the Technical

Assistance Ccramittee for its information when it is considering allocations•

В

1. Requests the Advisory Ccanmittee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

(a) to keep under review the problem whether any part of the total

administrative and operational services costs should be financed from

the Expanded Programme Special Account, and, if so, how this part can

be determined as a lump sum, on the basis of a simple formula;

(b) to consider whether or not the regular budgets of the Participating

Organizations should assume all or a specific part of the administrative

and operational services costs of the Expanded Programme of Technical

Assistance, including the question of such assumption on a progressive

basis;

(c) to make appropriate recommendations to the Technical Assistance

Committee,

2. Requests the Technical Assistance Board,

(a) to study further the technical questions which are involved in the

development of the type of formula referred to in operative

paragraph 1 ( a ) of Section B;

EB23/T1 Agrien 1 page 47

(b) to study the technical questions whioh are involved in the development

of any formula which would provide fpr the progressive assumption in

the Participating Organizations* regular budgets of the Expanded

Programmef s administrative and operational services costs as referred

to in operative paragraph 1 (b) of Section B;

(o) to report the result of these studies to the Technical Assistance

Committee.

Invites the governing bodies of the Participating Organizations,

(a) to consider formally the problem of the allocation of the administrative

and operational services costs of technical assistance between the

Regular and Expanded PrograjnmQ budgets, including the questions

referred to in operative paragraphs 1 and 2 of Section B;

(b) to advise the Council in due course of the results of suoh consideration,

RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EXPANDED PROGRAMMING OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND THE SPECIAL FUND

The EcOñomio ànd Sooial Council,

Considering that it is important that the fullest possible degree

of co-ordination should be established and maintained between the

operations of the Special Fund and those of the Expanded Programme of

Technical Assistance,

Resolves that, subject to the decision by the General Assembly to

establish the Special Fund, the Managing Director of the Special Fund

or his representative shall be entitled to attend the meetings of the

Technical Assistance Board and to participate without vote in the

Board's deliberations.

EB2J/71

ANNEX 2

page 1

United Nations

ECONOMIC АШ? SOCIAL COUNCIL

Distr. LIMITED

E/TAC/L.177 51 October 1958

ORIGINAL： ENGLISH

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE

THE EXPANDED EROGEAMME OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

The Programme for 1959

EECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BOAED

CONTENTS

Paragraphs

ESTIMATED BESOUBCES 2 - 8

PROGBAMME HECOMMENBED FOE APPROVAL 9 - 1 5

ANALYSIS OF THE HECOMMENBED CATEGOEY I

PROGRAMME - 2h

BEEAKDCWN OF PROGBAMME COSTS 25

ALLOCATION OF FUNDS 26 - 28

DBAFT BESOLUTIONS 29

ANNEXES

I ESTIMAIED EESOUECES FOE 1959 WIIB C0MPABATI7E DATA

FOE 1958 AND 1957

И COST OF CATEGORY I PROGRAMME： FOB 1959 AS ВЕСОММЕЩ® BY TAB, WITB COMPARATIVE FIGUEES FOE 1958

III TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE RECOMMENDED CATEGORY I FIELD PROGBAMME FOB 1959

I\T SHAPES OF PABTICIPATIKG OBGANIZATIOUS IH THE RECOMMENBED CATEGORY 工 PBOGEAMME FOR 1959

EB23/71. Annex 2 page 3

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

• Boerá Technical Assistance Board

Committee Technical Assistance Committee

Council Economic and Social Council

EPTA. Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

IAEA. International Atomic Energy Agency

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

ILO International Labour Organisation

ITU International Télécommunication Union

ТЛВ Technical Assistance Board

TAC Technical Assistance Committee

t^f^BRESCO UnUed Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNTAA United Nations Technical Assistance Administrât ion

WHO Worl<J Health Organization

EB25/T1 Annex 2 page •

EXPANDED EROGEAMME OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

RECOMMENDATIONS OF TAB ON THE PROGRAMME FOB 1959

1, The Technical Assistance Board submits the annua.1 Programme for 1959 under the

Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance to the Technical Assistance Committee for

review and approval* This is the fourth Programme prepared and submitted in

accordance with the procedure laid down by the Economic and Social Council in

Resolution 5^2 В (X7III) and approved by the General Assembly in Resolution 8jl (IX)®

îhe Programme is contained in E / T A C / L . 1 7 5 and E/TAC/L,176； in addition, a descrip-

tive summary of the Category I Programme appears in E/TA.C/L,178.

ESTIMATED RESOURCES

2» The estimate of 1959 resources (other than local cost assessments) as considerei

by the Board consists of the elements shown below:

Table 1

In thouseo^ US $

(a) Estimated balance in the Special Account and in thè hands of the Participating Organizations as of 1 January 1959 1,31^

(b) Estimated contributions . . . . 51,350

(c) Estimated miscellaneous income, savings during the preceding year in liquidating prior years1

obligations, less exchange adjustments . . . .

Estimated total resources 55,115

(d) Lees reimbursement to the WCEF for contingency authorizations 1/500

Estimated resources available for the 1959 Programme 31/613

3, a detailed breakdown of iJie estimated resources for 1959 is shown in Aonet t

t o o t h e r vith the corresponding amounts for the years 1957 anü 1958.

SB25/71 Annex 2 page 5

U, The uncommitted balances as of 1 January 1959 in the Special Account and with

the Participating Organizations, have been estimated at $l ;3l4 ;000 approximately,

including all amounts pledged for 1958 and earlier years, whether or not payment will

have been received by that date. There is no doubt that these balances would have

been substantially smaller but for the fact that the Board, in view of the financial

uncertainty about the future of the Programme, deemed it advisable to pursue a

somewhat conservative policy and decided to implement the 1958 approved Programme on

a 97^ earmarking basis.

5. The voluntary contributions for 1959 bave been taken at the same level as in the

current year, which now amount to I31 ;550,000 approximately. Pledges announced by

governments for 1959 are； as of this date, still short of this amount. The extent

of this shortfall cannot， however ; be accurately assessed at this moment since some

governments have announced Joint pledges far the Expanded Programme and the Special

Fund without specifying the amounts attributable to each programme. There are also

some governments vho have not been able to announce any pledge. In view of the

uncertainties, the possibility should' not be ruled out that the contributions might

lag behind the estimates shown under (b). Indeed, at the time of preparation of this

report, there would appear to be a possibility that contributions in 1959 eould fall

as much as $1,350,000 below the 1958 amount.

6. From the estimated available resources an initial deduction has to be made to

reimburse to the Working Capital and Beserve Fund the amounts advanced for coútingency

authorizations mads by the Executive Chairman of TAB during 1958， under the authority

vested in him by Eesolution 5紅2 В II (XVIII) as revised. The obligations incurred

on projects financed as contingencies this year are at present estimated at

million as against a limit of $1,6 million established by the Committee at its

November 1957 session (E/5055，ANNEX I， section 红）. In the last two months of this

year there are likely to be some fresh authorizations wMch，hovever； should be

partially offset by further savings on projects already authorized. According to

the present indications ; actual obligations incurred on contingency projects should

not exceed the amount of $1,5 million assumed under (d) above.^

1 A separate report is being submitted to the Technical Assistance Committee reviewing the contingency authorizations made in 1958.

E B 2 V 7 1 Annex 2 page б

7. In estimating the resources that would be available for the ne^t year's Programme

it has been assumed that the Working Capital ancl Eeserve Fund will remain unchanged

at its present level of $12 million.

8. Apart from the amount to be reimbursed to the Working Capital and Eeserve Puna o n acc。utit of 1958 contingency authorizations, a further initial deduction has to be

maâe to cover the expenses of TAB Headquarters and field offices, which are estimated a t $1^992,300. The net resources available for tbe 1959 Programme are therefore

estimated at $29,620，700， i.e. total resources amounting to #33,113,000 as shown in

para,2 above, less $1,500,000 as reimbursement on account of contingency projects,

11,992,300 to cover the expenses of TAB Headquarters and the field offices.

EROGEAMME KECOMMENDiED FOB APPROVAL.

A f t e r examining all requests received from Governments for technical assistance

in accordance vith the established procedure and in the light of the financial

estimates for 1959, the Board submits to tbe Technical Assistance Committee the

Programme set forth in E/TAC/L.175 and E/TAC/L.176. The total cost of implementing

this Programme, including thé operational services and administrative costs of the

Participating Organizations, will amount to $30^996,000, To this should be added

轮00,000 allotted to IAEA and Пб2,000 on account of the Brazilian catalogue of services

which, for reasons explained below, could not be included in tHe Programe as submitted

to TAC. With these additions, the 1959 Programme will amount to $31,3^8,000, which

is about 5 per cent, larger than the 1958 approved Programme of $29,925,822. In

preparing a programme on these lines, the Board considered that it was acting in

accordance with the intent of the Economic aud Social Council, which by

Resolution 701 (XXVI) expressed "the hope that the Expanded Programme for 1959 will be

executed at a moderately higher level than that of 1958".

tó' Bggo^cga GftP* Ae the foregoing review w m shovy tbére is á gáp of #1,727,500

b e t W e e n t h e P r o s r a f f l n i e a s recommended for approval and the availability of funds aa estim-

a t e d a t p r e s e n t ' I f t b e .uncertainties concerning contributions should all be resolved

EB23/71 Annex J> page 7

adversely^ this gap could be increased by as much as $1,550,000，to a total of about

$3,0CX);000, This illustrates once again the difficulty inherent in the preparation

of a Programme for which the basic financial assumptions have to be laid down almost

one year ahead of the time when one could expect to make reasonably firm forecasts

about the resources that vould be available for its implementation» Nevertheless^

the Board consiâers that at this stage it would be best not to attempt a curtailment

of the Programme that has been developed through a long and elaborate exercise

covering more than one hundred countries and territories. The fact that even the

present financial forecasts are not free from uncertainty tends to reinforce this

view. In the circumstances the Board feels that the best course would be to resort

to the usual earmarking device in order to adjust the level of the Programme to

vhatever resources may be eventually available*

11* In accordance vith established practices, the Programme is presented in two

categoriesî

Category I# Projects in this category are set forth in E/TAC/l.175 and are

recoiûmended for approval by TAC as the basic operational Programme for 1959•

The preferences expressed by the requesting Governments as veil as the technical

Judgments of the Participating Organizations have been given appropriate weight

in establishing this Programme• The need to ensure operational continuity on

projects already under execution has also been borne in mind. A summary of the

Category I Programme^ by country, territory and region， is given in Annex III

together with corresponding figures for 1958.

Category II» Projects in this category are recommended for approval as a

reserve to be drawn upon as and vhen the need arises, especially in order to

utilize any savings that may occur in the process of implementing projects in

Category I. As past experience has shown, a reserve list of this kind is

particularly useful inasmuch as it introduces an essential element of flexibility

in the Programme as a whole, The Category II projects, which are set forth in

have been requested by Governments and have received the technical

endorsement of the Participating Organizations in the usual way. It may be


observed that qualified projects are being increasingly relegated to Category II

in view of the growing needs of "he recipient countries and the limited resources

of the Expanded Programme resulting in relatively small individual country

programmes.

Details of the cost estimates for the recommended Category I Programme are shown

in Annex II together with corresponding information for 1958.


12« The final decision about IAEA's participation in the Expanded Programme vas

taken only a few weeks ago, and consequently^ it has not been possible for this Agency

to prepare a programme for 1959- In anticipation of this decision^ however, a

special reserve of $200;000 had been set aside at the planning stage for the 1959

Category 工 field programme of this Agency. As IAEA would take some time to evolve

concrete proposals, on the basis of government requests^ for its 1959 programme^ the

Board recoimnends that the Committee approve a lump sum allocation of $200^000 to IAEA

and authorize the Executive Chairman to approve individual projects at the appropriate

time after their prior circulation to the Participating Organizations,

Contributions in Services

13# Programmes providing for full utilization of the Danish contribution in 1959,

estimated at an amount equivalent to $290^000, have already been prepared and incor-

porated in the Category I Programme submitted to the Committee. As for the Brazilian

services, the Catalogue has not yet been received from the Government of Brazil so

that it has not been possible to include in the recommended Programme projects to be

financed from this source. Steps are, hovever, being taken by the Participating

Organizations to draw up suitable programmes as soon as the Catalogue has been

communicated to them. Meanwhile the Board requests that the Executive Chairman be

authorized to allocate the Brazilian resources to the Participating Organizations

on the basis of their submissions as and when these are received.

ЕВЙЗ/71 Annex 2 page 9

Beaional and Inter-Bep;ional Projects

The Committee vill recall that, at its July 1957 session, it authorized the

Board to set aside, at the planning stage, 10 per cent, of the total resources

(excluding contributions in services) estimated to be available for the Category I

Field Programe, and a further amount, not exceeding 2 per cent, of such resources,

to meet the need for additional projects considered to be especially promising by the

Governments concerned provided that the amount for regional and. inter-regional projects

did not exceed 12 per cent, of the Category I Field Programme of any Participating

Organization para. 55). Once again the Participating Organizations have

exercised restraint in making use of Ше additional 2 per cent, for regional projects

in order not to cut too deeply into country programmes. The cost of the regional

a n a mter-regional projects recommended by the Board for approval amounts to

$3,0^9,567, or 11Л per cent, of the total Category I Programme.. This, hovever,

incluais the Danish contribution to the extent of $22、000. If this amount is

excluded in accordance vith the НАС decision referred to above, the total for

regional and inter-regional projects vould stand at |2,825，5б7 which represents 10.6

per cent, of the recommended Field Programme for 1959.

Summarv nf Eeoueets

The Board requests the Technical Assistance Committee：

( a ) to approve the Category I programme, as set forth in S/TAC/L.175, as the

basic operational programme for 1959;

( b ) to approve a lump s m allocation of $200,000 to IAEA and to authorize the

Executive Chairman to approve individual projects submitted by the Agency vithin

this amount；

( c ) to authorize the Executive Chairman of TAB to make allocations from the

Brazilian Catalogue of Services to the Participating Organizations on the basis

of their submissions up to a total of ^162,-OCO; axi.d

(d) to approve the Category 工工 p r o g r _ e , as set forth in E / T A C / L , 1 T 6 ; as a

reserve list of projects to be used for purposes of substitution.


COMMENTS ON THE KECOMMEKDED CATEGORY I PBOGEAMME

16. In the past some members of the Committee expressed the dos ire for more

analytical and interpretative data on the annual Programme. The limited time

available between the review of the draft annual Programme by the Board and its

submission to TAC makes it difficult to undertake a comprehensive review. Besides,

as the Committee is avare, a critical analysis of the programme activities covering

all its aspects is submitted to TAC in the annual report which is discussed by the

Committee at its Geneva session. It is also hoped that the descriptive summary of

the recommended Programme^ as presented in E /T A C /L . 178, will facilitate A better

understanding of the recommended Category I Programme. Mention may also be made of

the four-volume Project Handbook which now attempts to supply complete information,

statistical and otherwise, on all projects covered by the Expanded Programme.

17. Nevertheless, the Board appreciates that the submission of the annual Programme

to TAC for review and approval is an appropriate occasion for indicating its salient

features along with any noteworthy trends. Accordingly^ brief comments on the

recommended Category I Programme are offered in paragraphs 18 - 25 with comparative

figures for previous years where appropriate.

Begional Distribution

18. The regional distribution of the recommended Category 工 Field Programme for

1959 is shown in Table 2 below ; both by value and percentage, together vith corres-

ponding percentages for the approved Programme of 1958 and the implemented Programmes

of the two previous years. It will be noticed that the share of the African

regional programme again shows a rise) from 12.9 per cent, in 1958 to 14.6 per cent,

in 1959 while there are small decreases in the shares of other regions.


Table 2

BEGIONAL MSTRIBUTIOn OF FIELD HROGBAMME COSTS (Amounts in thousand US $)

Sefiion

Africa

Asia and the Far East

Europe

Latin America

Middle East

Inter-Eegional

Total

Types of Assistance

Country Programme

3,516

8,080

1 , 5 7 5

5 , 7 2 7

h,6k2

Eegional Programme

356

Slk

kk

1,132

522

3 2 3

Total 1

Programme

3 , 8 7 1

8,75^

1 , 6 1 9

6 , 8 5 9

5,163

3 2 3

Percentage shares

1 9 5 6 1 9 5 7 1 9 ^ 8 1 9 5 9

8.9

3 2 . 5

6.8

28.8

19.6

ЗЛ

1 1 . 3

52.6

7.2

28.0

1 9 . 2

1 . 7

1 2 . 9

55-2

6 . 5

2 6 . 5

20.1

0.8

lh.6

3 2 . 9

6.1

2 5 . 8

1 9 Л

1.2 23,5^0 3.050 5 26,590 100,0 100.0 100.0 100.0

19. The relative importance of the three types of assistance to be provided under

the recommended Programme is shown in Table 3 below^ together with corresponding

figures for 1958 and actual figures for earlier years s

Year No, of Experts (i.e. Assignments)

1 9 5红 1 , 6 5 2 _

1955 2，108

1 9 5 6 2， 5 0 5

1 9 5 7 2， 6 0 3

1 9 5 8 2 , 7 1 7

1 9 5 9 2 , 5 8 6

Table 3

No. of Fellows

1,524

2 ^ 3 1

2,128 2,06l

2 , 0 3 2

2 , 2 5 3

Value of Equipment (in thousand US $)

1 , 3 7 7

2 , 3 9 0

3 , 3 0 2

2,551

1 , 0 6 9

819

1 Includes Danish contribution In educational facilities; excludes Brazilian

Catalogue of Services and IAEA Programe. 2

Percentages relate to the recoagnended Programme for 1959/ approved Programme for 1958 and deliverea Programmes for the previous two years.

3 Includes Danish contribution in services to the extent of |22紅，000,

EB23/71 Annex g page 12

20. The reconuaended Programme shows a small decrease in the number of experts

compared with the approved Programme for 1958; a slight decline is also anticipated

in the value of equipment to be supplied under the Programme, On the other hanü，

the number of fellowships is expected to go up by 221 to 2,255.

21. The total number of man-months to be served by the 2,586 experts works out at

21,883, which gives an "average" of about eight months and two weeks per expert. It

need hardly be emphasized that this average is not a particularly meaningful figure,

since what it shows is only the average length of service per expert which is

expected in 1959, It by no means represents the actual average of the duration of

the experts' services, many of whom have been serving prior to 1 January 1959 just

as a good many of them will continue to serve after 51 December 1959.

22. The 2,253 fellowships are expected to have an average duration of four months

and three days. Here, again) too much importance should not be attached to this

apparently low average which is largely due to the fact tht the word "fellowship"

used in this context includes not only study grants and worker trainees, but also very

short-term grants given to people to enable them to attend regional seminars. It is

interesting to note that the average duration under country programmes is about six

months while under regional programmes it is only one month and three weeks.

Fields of Activity

23. Table U compares the recommended Programme for 1959 with the 1958 approved

Programme and the actual programmes for the two previous years in respect of the

proportion of expenditure in each major field of activity. The classification of

activities follows the same general lines as in previous years but, as emphasized on

past occasions, there are marginal cases where an element of individual discretion

cannot be altogether ruled out. That this in turn may) to some extent, affect the

classification, should be borne in mind in interpreting these data.

2b. In a Programme ttiat shows very small variations from one year to another, it

is only natural that the percentage shares of expenditure in different fields should

also remain more or less stable. This is clearly reflected in the statistical data

given in the attached table: the largest increase between the approved 1958 and the

recommended 1959 Programme is one of 1.6 per cent, occurring under the first of the

nine categories； the largest reductions are of 0.9 per cent, noticeable in two cases

development of public utilities and community development respectively； the other six

fields shov plus апЗ minus variations of 0.1 to ОЛ per cent.

ТАВШ 4

D i s t r i b u t i o n of Category I Field Programme Costs by Major Fields of Activity

(Costs are shown in thousand U.S. dollars) —

Field of Activity actual 1957 actual 1958 a jDroved 1959 recommended

—

Field of Activity Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount %

I. Assisting Gevernraents with the formulation and implementation •

of development plans - Basic surveys of resources and building

14.0 2,626 10.4 3, 198 12.0 up of administrative services 5，511 14.0 3,601 14.0 2,626 10.4 3, 198 12.0

II. Development of public utilities-2,269 8.8 :2,385 2, 269

О tr power transport and consnunicaticsns l,9H 7.7 2,269 8.8 :2,385 2, 269 8.5

III. Industrial production 2,659 10.5 2,)99 9-3 2,185 8.6 2, 8.8

IV. Agricultural production 6Д77 24.5 6,185 23.9 5,7^9 22.7 6J Д55 23.I

V. Auxiliary services to industry 8.7 2,776 2 ,897 10.9 and agriculture 2,215 : 8.8 2,254 8.7 2,776 11.0 2 ,897 10.9

VI. Health services 4,588 1J.4 4,568 16.9 、539 I7.9 4,666 17.6

VII. Education 1,875 7.4 2,0)1 7.8 2Д75 8.6 2,2：59 8Л

VIII. Community Development 1,725 6.8 1,791 7.0 1,965 7-8 1 ,845 6.9

IX. Other social services 738 2.9 914 5.6 91З 3.6 997 5.8

TOTAL 25,23o1 100.0 25,792 100.0 25,311 100.0 26,5902 100.0

1 Excluding $92,889 for translatlc«i servioes and other miscellaneous costs of UNTAA rot allocated

to specific projects.

2 includes Danish contributien in e¿ucational facilities; excludes Brazilian Catalogue of

Services and $200,000 earmarked for IAEA.

Annex 2

wage 1)

E B 2 V 7 1 Annex 2 page ЗЛ

II BREAKDOWN OF PROGRAMME COSŒS

25. The cost of implementing the recommended Category I Programme Is shown in

Annex II with necessary breakdown. The major cost components are summed up in

Table 5 below.

Table 5

工. Operational Cos ts In thousand USji $

Direct Project Costs:

(a) Country Pfogrames 2),5虹0 (b) Begional Projects 3,050

Total 26,590

II* Administrative and Operational

Services goata 红,396

' Total 50,986

III» tftB Costs

Headquarters Secretariat 531 Field Offices . 1 /U6l

Grand Total 32,978

ALLOCATION OF COSTS

26. Under sub-paragraph II l.(b)(v) of Council Besolution 5紅2 В (X\TIII>, the

Technical Assistance Committee is require^ to authorize, subject to the confirmation

by the General Assembly, the allocation of funds to each of the Participating

Organizations in proportion to its share in the approved Programme. 15ie proportionate

shares of the Organizations, exclusive of local costs assessments, are shown in Table 6

below <vtde Annex IV for details)?

丄

Annex 2 page 15

Table б

(in thousand US dollars)

Participating Organization

Country and Eegional Projects

Amount i

Administrative and Operational Services Costs

Amount lo

Total Category I

Programme Costs

Amount io

UNTAA

ILO

FAO

UNESCO

ICAO

WHO

ITU

WMO

Total

IAEA

5,886.6

2,抖 0.8

6,9^1.0

^228., 9

1，1V7.6

Ч752Л

299.7

3^7.0

26,590,0

200.0

22. 1,100,0 25» 02

11. об 500,3 11. 58

26.15 1,278л 29. 08

16.15 ГЮ5«. 8 il. 51

200.0 � 55

17.80 721+.0 16S Л7

1.30 зб.о • ,82

1.13 51。5 1 т-тК ,17

100,0 U. 396.O 100 ‘ ,0

6,986.6 22. 55

5,胁1.1 11. 10

225А 26, 55

M 钟 . 7 15. Л.7

丸 б 紅. .35

17. ,61

335.7 1. .08

398.5' 1, .29

30^986.0 100.0

200,0 -

So far as IAEA is concerned. only- a lump sum allocation of $200,00 is requested at

present for its 1959 Programme^ exclusive of its administrative and operational

services costs for viiich the Agency may subait a supplementary request at a later

date (vide para.12).

Allocation of Local Costs

21. In approving the 1958 Programm.e, the С o m i t tee decided that "receipts from the

local costs scheme Ъе applied tovard project expenses without attribution to specific

entitlements or to particular e x p e r t s o n tiie understanding ttiat "local costs receipts

vould be distinguished from voluntary contributions in financial reports 011 the

Special Account" (E/3055, para.26), Tlas local costs assessments for 1959 attri-

butable to the projects pertaining to each Participating Organization^, are ahovn in

Table 7 below in terms of US dollars :

Annex 2 paga 1б

Table 7

Agency Breakdown of Estimated Local Costs 一- 1959 (in thousand US dollars)

ШТАА 565.2

ITU 2k.9

WM0 ‘

31Л

ILO 254.5

FAO 70Ó.0

UNESCO 3^5.8

ICA0 155.5

WHO 6X7.2

Total： 2,698.5

28. As the table In Annex IV shovs， the requirement under Besolution В (ХУ111)

sub-paragraph B.II vi whereby "the amount allocated to each of the Participating

Organizations for the coming year shall not be less than 85 per cent, ôf the amount

allocated to them under the current year 1 s Programme" has been fully met.

29. The Technical Assistance Board recoimaerids the following draft resolution for

the consideration of the Technical Assistance Committee:

I3RAFT EESOLÜTION

The Technical Assistance Committee

Having reviewed the reoommendations of the Technical Assistance Board on the

Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance for the year 1959 (E/TAC/L.177)；

Noting that the Board estimates that the gross financial resources to be

available in 1959^ exclusive of local costs assessments^ will amount to $31^613^000

and that, after setting aside $1,992^300 to cover the estimated expenses of the TAB

Secretariat^ the net financial resources will amount to $29^620^700 and that revenue

from local costs assessments， the collection of vhich was authorized by the Committee

under paragraph 26 of Е/з〇55, is estimated at $2,698,500;

ЕВ23/Г1. Annex 2 page 17

K¿tin« further that the Working Capital and Reserve Fund vith the reimbursement

mentioned above vill stand at the level of $

1. Authorizes the re-allocation to any Participating Organization in 1959 of that

part of‘its allocation for the year 1958 which vill remain unspent on December 1958

aud which the Organization will require to meet contractual comniianents for which

obligations will have been recorded on or before 30 November 195в;

2. Approves the Technical Assistance Programme for the year 1959 as submitted by

the Technical Assistance Board in documents E/TAC/L.175 and E/TAC/L.176, provided that

actual obligations shall be restricted to the available resources througb usual

earmarkings of funds；

3. Approves the recommendation of the Administrative Review Group 011 the adminis-

trative and operational services costs for 1959 (E/TAC/ ) and authorizes

expenditure of not more -йшп %1,ЭЭ2,Ъ00 for the TAB Secretariat and fieia offices in

1959;

Establishes the limit of authorizations for urgent needs, under the provisions of

sub-paragraph 1 (b) (vii) of Council Eesolution 5紅2 В II (3C7III) as revised, at

5. Decides to maintain the Working Capital and Reserve Fund at the level of

$ for the year 1959;

6. Authorizes the allocation of funds to each of the Participating Organizations as

shovn below j


Participating Organizations

Allocation (Equivalent of US dollars)

Prom Contributions Prom Local and General Resources Costs Assessments Total

UNTAA 6,986,600 563,200 7,5^,800

IL0 3,441,100 254,500 3,695,600

FAO 8,225,400 706}€00 8,931,400

UNESCO 3 ^ , 8 0 0 5,140,500

ICA0 1,347,600 155,500 1,503,100

WHO 5,456,400 617,200 6,073,600

ITU 335,700 24,900 360,600

mo 398,500 31,400 429,900

50,986,000 2,698,500 35,684,500

If Authorizes the Board (i) to allocate to the International Atomic

Energy Agency ал amount of $200,000 "to cover the cost of programmes to be

administered by that Agency, and (ii) to allocate to all Participating

Organizations an undistributed amount of $162,1в2, neither of these sums

being included in the amount of $30,986,000 shown above;

8. Authorizes the Board further to make changes in these allocations as may

be necessary to provide as far as possible for the full utilization of

contributions to the Expanded Programme, provided that such changes shall

not in the aggregate exceed 3 per cent, of the total amount allocated; and

requests the Board to report any such change to the Canmittee at the next

session after they are made;

9. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the General Assembly

the following draft resolution:

CONFIRMATION OF THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE EXPANDED PROGRAMME

OP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Ш 1959

The General Assembly,

Noting that the Technical Assistance Committee has reviewed and

approved the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance for the year 1959,


1. Confirms the allocation of funds authorised by the Technical

Assistance Committee to each of the Organizations participating in the

Expanded Prngranime of Technical Assistance as follows;


From Contributions and General Resources


Prom local costs assessments

UNTAA 6,936^600 56^,200

ILO 441,100 25^,500

PAO 8,225,400 706-000

UNESCO 4,794,700 545,800

ICAO 1,3^,600 155,500

WHO 5,456,400 617^200

ITU 335,700 24,900

WMO 398,500 31,400

30,986,000 2^698^500

Total

7,5^,800

3 , 6 9 5 , 5 0 0

8,931/400

5 , 1 4 0 , 5 0 0

1,503,100

6,073,600

360,600 4 2 9， 9 0 0

33,684,500

2e Concurs in the Committee^ authorizations to the Technical Assistance

Board to allocate an amount of $200,000 to cover the cost of programmes

to be administered by the International Atomic Energy Agency plus the amount

that may be required by that Organization in connexion with its

administrative and operational service costs for 1959> 8 X 1 ( 1 t o further

allocate to the Participating Organizations an undistributed amount of

$1б2,1б2, neither of which sums has been Included in the amount of

$50,986,000 shown above, and to make changes In these allocations as may

be necessary to provide as far as possible for the fullûtilization of

contributions to the Expanded Programme, provided that such changes shall

not in the aggregate exceed 5 per cent, of the total amount allocated to

the Organizations participating in the Expanded Programme•


(ЕДАСД.177 ANNEX I)

ESTIMATED RESOURCES Pf̂ R (in thousand $ U.S.)

1952

Uncommitted balance in the Special Account and in hands of Participating Organizations as of 1 January

Contributions

Interest and miscellaneous income, Special Aeoount

Miscellaneous income of the Organizations in preceding year

Savings in preceding year in liquidating prior year's Obligations

GROSS TOTAL Less exchange adjustments

Special Account (current year)

Agencies (prior year)

Available resources

Less reimbursement Working Capital and Reserve Fund: for oontingency authorizations ~

Resources available for Programme expenses

1957 Actual

1958 Estimated

1959 Estimated

9 4 2 1 , 9 7 5 1 , 3 1 4

3 0 , 8 6 2 3 1 , 5 5 0 3 1 , 3 5 0

) 4 2 34a

1 2 2 1 6 6 166

7 4 3 869 8 6 9

3 3 , 0 1 1 )斗 , 7 0 2 3 4 , 0 4 1

970 1 , 0 0 0 8 5 0

27 7 8 7 8

3 2 , 0 1 4 3 3 , 6 2 4

Z__

一邓

1 , 5 0 0

3 2 , 0 1 4 3 2 , 3 2 1 3 1 , 6 1 3

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(ЕД AC Д . 1 7 7

ANNEX II)

COST OF CATEGORY I PROGRAIIME FOR 1959 AS ИЕСОММЕЖЕР BY THE TAB WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR 1958

(in thousand U.S. dollars)

Items of Cost TOTAL UNTAA ILO FAO UNESCO ICAO WHO ITU WMO

Items of Cost 1958 1959 1958 1959 1958 1959 I958 1959 I958 1959 1958 1959 1958 1959 1958 1959 1958 1959

1. Field Programme 26,590 5,383 5,887 2,726 2,9^1 6,807 6,9^7 刃99) 4,289 1,075 1,147 4,738 299 500 290 УМ

2. Administrative and Operational Services 4 >396 1Л47 b l O O 500 500 l，S7S 1,278 559 50б 165 200 724 724 25 36 55 52

3 . TOTAL COSTS OF THE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS 29,744 30J986 6,530 6,987 3，226 3，44l 8,085 8,225 斗，532 4 , 7 9 5 1»2斗0 Ю 4 7 5Л62 5 ^ 5 6 324 刃 6 345 3 9 9

4 . TAB Costs：

(a) Headquarters Secretariat 531 5)1

(b) Field Offices 1 , 4 3 6 l , 4 6 l

5. TOTAL TAB COSTS (a) (b) 1 , 9 6 7 1,992

6. GRAND TOTAL ⑶ （ 5 ) ；丄 1 32^978

N.B. - All figures for 1958 relate to the Programme as approved by TAC in Deoember 1957.

The Programme for 1959， as shown above, does not include an amount of $162,000 being the approximate value of the Brazilian Catalogue of services

2 ) 7 , 7 9 5

211,000 6,500

15,000

15,000 7 0 0 , 6 0 3

A»

569Д45 2 4 , 9 5 0

22,753 9,000

508,830 526,500 58,000 5 , 1 5 0

10,500 793Л20 301,^93

4 4 9 , 0 6 0

3 8 3 , 顿

181,500 412,540 142,8^5 58,000 2 0 , 9 5 0

66,189 4 0 5 , 4 0 0

1 5 3 , 9 0 5

4 1 2 , 0 0 0

2 0 0 , 1 9 6

5,000 1 9 , 伪

25,680 664,778

4 , 0 0 0

4 1 4 , 0 4 0

22,650 23,700

5 1 4 , 4 6 0

566,887 9 5 ,

от 3,000

8 1 1 , 0 4 8

Aden Afghanistan Algeria Argentina Basutoland ！Bechuanaland Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi Bolivia Brazil British East Africa British Guiana British Honduras Burma Cambodia Cameroon Ceylon Chile . China (Taiwan) Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Cyprus . Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Ethiopia Pede rat ion of Malaya FinlancL French Antilles and French Guiana French Equatorial Africa Gambia

Ghana

Згеесе luatemala iaiti -londuras îong Kong Iceland

ЕВ23/Д Annex X f:.:: page 2

(ЕДАСД.17Т ANNEX III)

TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTION OP THE RECOMMENDED CATEGORY I FIELD PROGRAMME FOR 1959

With Corresponding Figures for the 1958 Programme as Approved by TAC

Country, Region or Territory 1 9 5 8 ? 1 9 5 9

1 3 , 6 4 5

153,320 2 4 0 , 1 0 0

2 4 0 , 1 2 0

345,645 1 7 , 5 0 0

433,755 3 8 8 , 0 6 9

1 5 7 , 9 ^ 0

4 1 0 , 6 0 0

1 4 4 , 9 8 0

4 5 , 1 0 0

2 2 , 7 5 0

8 7 , 4 7 0

415,360 128,780 4 2 8 , 0 0 0

236,090 峰

8,500 4 4 , 8 0 0

8,000 278,94。 2 5 3 , 3 0 0

2 1 5 , 5 1 5

210,200 199,000 12,200 1 4 , 4 0 0


Country, Region or Territory 1 9 5 8 1 9 5 9

1 , 8 8 5 , 6 7 0 1 , 9 5 8 , 1 8 0

9 4 2 , 9 1 0 9 6 6 , 2 5 7

9 2 2 , 0 0 0 丨 9 1 5 , 3 0 3

4 8 4 , 2 0 7 ！鄉 , 3 7 8

3 7 0 , 0 0 0 , 3 7 8 , 4 0 0

83,960 1 0 0 , 5 4 0

380,200 3 7 2 , 4 7 6

4 0 , 0 0 0

7 6 , 0 0 0 1 4 6 , 1 9 4

207,836 2 3 3 , 7 3 4

2 3 3 , 9 7 9 2 4 ^ , 6 4 7

2 0 8 , 5 2 3 2 1 3 , 9 6 4

7 2 9 , 0 ^ 6 7 7 , 5 5 8

5 , 2 0 0 5 , 2 0 0

6 0 , 0 4 0 6 ^ 2 0 0

7 0 , 5 0 0 7 5 , 0 0 0

3 6 0 , 9 1 0 4 0 6 , 7 0 0

2 6 3 , 1 0 0 303,602 2X2,707 2 1 8 , 6 7 9

1 6 0 , 9 8 5 1 4 1 , 0 9 0

1 7 , 5 1 ? 9 , 9 0 0

61,026 108,380 2 2 , 2 4 5 3 9 , 0 5 3

99?,Обо 9 8 2 , 1 9 0

130,000 1 3 7 , 7 4 0

2 9 7 , 0 6 1 352,082 520,650 3 8 3 , 5 0 0

4 0 8 , 1 9 6 ^ 0 9 , 5 0 0

6,500 4,280 - 11,700

3,000 •

42,515 •

25,718 20,983 礼 360* 63,400 93,178 106,296 22,000 18,800 58,690 41,729 61,699 58,400 31,044 22,720 55,000 ； 118,700 3i,ooo ！ 4 1 , 5 0 0

3 2 4 , 3 8 8 ； 381,141

India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kenya

Korea, Republic of Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Maldive Islands Malta Mauritius Mexico Morocco Nepal Nicaragua Netherlands Antilles and Surinam Nigeria North Borneo Pakistan ；?ananja

Paraguay »eru Philippines tortuguese Territories: Guinea

India Puerto Rico Reunion Island Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Ped# of Sarawak Saudi Arabia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore 3omaliland (British) Somaliland (Italian) Spain Sudan

* Exclusive of $18,822 for Sauôi Arabia

ЁВ23Д1 Annex 2 page 25

355,694 673,885

1 , 1 3 1 , 7 2 9

521,5)2 323,227

10 лею 118,060 581,967 56,500 2 0 , 5 1斗

321,636 591, 1 5 , 5斗。

833,460 5 2 5 ^ 0 0 13,000 189,800 212,300 277,967 141,550 92,9^0

6 4 6 , 0 0 0

4 3 , 6 0 1

2,601,5^

25,310,9^5

3 , 0 4 9 , 5 6 7

22,709,^05

¡Swaziland 丨Tanganyika (U.K.) 丨Thailand ‘ 丨Togoland, Republic of ¡Tonga ! Tunisia jTurkey ¡Uganda United Arab Republic (Egyptian Region) United Arab Republic (Syrian Region) United States Territories Uruguay Venezuela Viet-Nam The West Indies Yemen Yugoslavia ¡Zanzibar

丨Total Programme for Countries j and Territories

！

Regional Programmes for: « ： , • . . • • ‘Africa ；“ ！ Asia and： the Par East . ••

. . . . . . 1 Europe

Latin America : Middle East

iInter-Regional Programme i « / ' I ‘ . • jTotal Regional Programmes

! •:： GRAND TOTAL

Country, Region or Territory 1958 1 9 5 9

mm

159^80 582,000 20,352 17Д56 251,000 569,508 5 4 , 0 0 0

812,580 515,265 20,000

187,000 2 2 7 ,杯 7 0

288,580 116,570 85,720

6 9 2 , 5 ^ 42,584

1 4 5 , 7 0 5

621,616 18,000

126,562 明 0 , 6 5 7

209,000

SHARES OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE RECOMMENDED CATEGORY I PROGRAMME FOR I959 AS COMPARED WITH 85 PER CENT OP THEIR ALLOCATIONS IN 1958 “‘

(expressed in US dollars)

Participating 1 ___ 0 P E R A T I N G C O S T S Total

85多 of 1958 alloca-

Organizations ! Regional and Total Administrative Total tions including

Organizations Country inter-regional 1 project and operational Allocations contingency projects projects projects costs services financed from the

^— ；！

Working Capital and Reserve Fund

UNTAA 5,293,6)9 593,000 j 5,886,639 1,100,000 6,986,639 5,9)3,022 ГШ 284,7)7 15,000 299,737 36,000 335,757 294,899 WMO 314.620 32.500 347.020 51,500 398,520 304,270 Sub-total 5,892,896 640,5处 6,5^,596 1,187,500 7,720,896 6,5)2,191

ILO 2,583,122 丨 357,700 2,940,822 500,300 3,441,122 2,894,560 FAO 6,045,490 901,500 6,9^,990 1,278,吣。 8,225,390 7,226,605 UNESCO 5,865,874 I 423,000 4,288,874 505,800 4,794,674 4,056,168 ICAO

i 1,013,674 \ 1)5,900 1,147,574 ！ 200,000 1,3^7,574 1,122,850

WHO M 3 9 , 3 7 7 ； ^92,967 4,732,344 j 724,000 5,456,344 ^677,496 TOTAL \ 23,5^,4 刃 ‘ 5,049,567 26,590,000 j 4,396,000 30,986,000 - -.• 26,509,870

N.B. All figures for 1958 relate to the Programme as approved by TAC in December 1 9 5 7 .

T 2 n o v P 2 Í e t l T t S - f ? r 1 9 5 9 d ° n 0 t toclude $ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 f o r t h e international AComic Agency and the Brazilian total of services amounting to $162,000.

Contingency projects are as per authorizations issued at 1 November 1958.

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ANNEX 3 page 1

UNITED NATIONS ЕСОЖШС AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Distr. GE№RAL

E/5191 8 December 1958

ORIGINAL; ENGLISH

EXPANDED PROGRAMME OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Report of the Technioal Assistance Committee

1. The Committee held six meetings at Headquarters from 24 November to 4 December

1958 (E/TAC/SR.176-181) under the chairmanship of Mr Eurico Penteado (Brazil), First

Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council, who was elected Acting Chairman in

the absence of Mr H. M. Hassan (Sudan), Chairman of the Committee.

2. The Committee had before it the following questions relating to the Expanded

Programme of Technical Assistance (E/тле/Б.174/Rev.1):

(i) Programme for 1959

Documents： E/TAC/L.175, 176, 177, 1?8, 183, 184 (see paras, below)

(ii) Report of the Executive Chairman of the Technical Assistance Board

on transfers of allocations during 1958

Documents E/TAC/81 (see para. 3杯 below)

(iii) Review of contingency authorizations made in 1958

Documents E/TAC/L.179 (see paras. 35-38 below)

(iv) Administrative and operational services costs for 1959

Documents i E/TAC/79, 80, 82, E/IAC/L.l80, L.182, A/5996 (see para. 39

and annex II below)

(V) Local costs arrangements

Document！ E/TAC/L.181 (see para. 40 below)

3. Pursuant to Council resolution 5斗2 В II (XVIII), as approved by the General

Assembly in resolution 831 В (IX), the Committee reviewed and approved the Expanded

Programme of Technical Assistance for 1959 and, subject to confirmation by the

General Assembly, authorized the allocation of funds to the participating organizations

In proportion to thfeir shares in the over-all 1959 Programme.

ЕВ&5Л1 Annex 3 page 2

I. RRVIEW OF THE 1959 PROGRAMME

斗. The Programme for 1959, as recommended by the Technical Assistance Board

(E/TAC/L. 175-178), was presented to the Committee by the Executive Chairman of the

Board (E/TAC/L.I83). He emphasized the role that had been played by hundreds of

government officials whose active oo-operation with the representatives of the

participating organizations and the field officers of TAB had made it possible to

prepare the Programme within the tight time schedule. As for the main features of

the Programme, he drew attention to a small increase of about 5 per cent, in its size

as compared with the approved Programme for 1958； the continued expansion of Africa's

share in the annual programme； and an appreciable rise in the number of fellowships,

accompanied by a decline in the number of experts and a slight drop in the quantity

of equipment to be supplied. With regard to regional and inter-regional projects,

he stated that the participating organizations had kept the expenditure well below

the permissible limit of 12 per cent, in order to make more resources available for

country programmes. He emphasized the value of the authority conferred on him by

the Committee to make allocations to meet urgent demands and explained how such

allocations had made a significant contribution to the effectiveness of programme

operations. He welcomed the International

membership of the Board.

5. Turning to the financial prospects for

that full implementation of the reoomraended

contributions of $ million, or about $ J>

Atomic Energy Agenoy on its accession to

1959» the Executive Chairman pointed out

Programme would call for voluntary

million more than the contributions as

estimated at present on the basis of firm pledges. He drew the attention of the

Committee to the fact that, in preparing and presenting the Programme at this level,

the Board was reflecting the wish expressed in the Economic and Social Council "that

the Expanded Programme for 1959 will be executed at a moderately higher level than

that of 1958", which had also been endorsed by the General Assembly. He emphasized

that, In the opinion of the Board members, to reduce the size of the Programme by

10 per cent, through "earraarking" would not be desirable, nor would it be feasible to

recast the Programme at this late stage without causing serious dislocation. To tide

over the present cJAfficulty, the Executive Chairman proposed that the Committee might


wish to consider authorizing the use of the Working Capital and Reserve F m d . up to

an amount of $ 1.5 million by way of underwriting the Implementation of the recommended

Prograrmne with an earmarking of 95 per cent.

The recommended Programme for 1959

6. The Committee noted that as far as the size of the recommended Programme was

concerned, the Board had acted correctly and in conformity with the hope expressed by

the Economic and Social Council (resolution 701 (XXVI)) and by the General Assembly

(resolution 1255 (XIII〉） in respect of the Expanded Programme for 1959.

7. Satisfaction was expressed over the action taken by the Board to implement

certain recommendations made Ъу the Committee at its last session, notably in regard

to the fixing of tentative completion dates for a go广d many projects included in the

reoommended Programme. It was hoped that, in the i960 Programme# such tentative

completion dates would be provided for the majority of projects•

8. The increase of 221 in the number of fellowships was particularly welcomed by

several members# in view of the concern that had been voiced by the Committee at

its last session regarding the declining number of fellowships awarded. It was noted

that the average duration of "fellowships" was not particularly meaningful since this

term covered not only study grants and worker-trainees but also very short-term grants

for attendance at regional seminars. It was therefore suggested that in future an

attempt might be made to classify fellowships in a few reasonable homogeneous categories

and show the duration for each such category• A similar approach might also be

adopted in giving a statistical analysis of expert assignments.

Contributions in services

9. In answer to a question whether difficulties were experienced in utilizing the

contributions made in the form of services, it was noted that full utilization of the

Danish contribution was expected in lQ59t but that the Brazilian catalogue of servioee

being moro， diversified in character, presented certain practical difficulties, and

it was hard to judge at this stage the extent to which it would be utilized in the

coming year.


Distribution of the Programme

10, The steady increase in the share of Africa in the total Programme, more

especially of countries which had recently obtained their independence, received

appreciative comments from the Coiranittee. The fact that the countries with the

lowest per capita mational income were receiving an increasing share of the Programme

was also welcomed. At the same time it was recognized that there must be a limit

to such redistribution so long as the over-all resources available to the Programme

remained unchanged. Meanwhile the Committee noted with appreciation the understanding

attitude shown by the countries with somewhat reduced programmes in order to permit

increases in the shares of the neediest countries. Some members expressed the hope

that a restoration of these outs might take place as the total si2e of the Programme

increases.

11. Regret was expressed by some members at the reductions in the programmes of

Afghanistan and Libya to the special needs of which the General Assembly had drawn

attention. However, it was noted that Afghanistan was expected to receive

supplementary assistance in connexion with its campaign to eliminate the production

and use of opium, and that Libya, in view of

towards it, would always receive sympathetic

requests which it might find it necessary to

Regional and inter^reRional requests

the United Nations special responsibilities

attention in regard to any contingency

submit.

12. The attempt made by the participating organizations to keep well within the

ceiling of 12 per cent, laid down for regional projects was welcomed. It was

suggested by some members that any curtailment of the total Programme by earmarkings

should apply, as far as possible, to regional as well as country projects.

Continuing projects

Attention was again drawn to the apparently high proportion of continuing projects

in the recommended Programme. In some cases, the titles of projects se'imed to

indicate that these had been in existence since 1953, or even earlier. It was

explained to the Committee by the Executive Chairman as well as by the representatives

of the participating organizations, that project titles could and often were,

EB23/71 Annex Z page 5

misleading since it was the practice of some participating organizations to retain

the same broad title for a project although the content inight change considerably

from year to year. In other cases, the very nature of a project might be such that

its execution would require a number of years. Some members held the view that

continuing projects were Justifiable on the ground that some projects could lead to

the need for further assistance.

14, The Committee recalled that, at its 1958 Geneva session, It had felt that the

detailed information on continuing projects presented in the Board's annual report

"served to allay the concern expressed by the Committee at previous sessions lest

some projects were being continued without adequate justification" (E/^175, para, 27)

It was generally felt that while this conclusion still held, this particular subject

called for continued vigilance from all concerned. It was noted that the anomal

report of the Board for 1958 was expected to contain information about projects which

had been in operation for more than five years,


15, The representative of IAEA made A statement (see E/TAC/SR.177) in which he

stressed that the regular budget resources of the Agency could not be used for

technical assistance and that, consequently, it would have to rely on the Expanded

Programme and special contributions from its members. In outlining the technical

assistance activities proposed by the Agency, he pointed out that fellowships formed

the main part of its programme for 1959, although there had also been some requests

for experts. In reply to a query, he explained that the duration of fellowships

to be granted by the Agency was likely to vary from case to case in accordance with

the training requirements of the fellows. The representative of the Agency also

explained that the IAEA programme for 1959 was the first of its kind, and had had

to be prepared within the very short time available for the purpose, but that it was

the intention of the Agency to integrate its technical assistance activities fully

into the country programming procedure of the Expanded Programme.

16, In reply to a question, the representative of the Agency (see E/TAC/SR.179)

pointed out that the secretariat of IAEA would submit to the Board of Governors, at

its session in January 1959, suggestions on means for implementing the resolution

EBèVri Annex 3 page б

adopted by the second General Conference concerning a survey of the needs of the

less developed countries in the matter of nuclear power generation plants and a

continuing study of the development of the technology and economics of small and

medium scale nuclear power reactors. He also mentioned that the Agency is planning

to have a panel in 1959 and a special scientific conference in i960 to study this

question,

17. Members of the Committee, in extending a welcome to IAEA on its accession to TAB,

expressed their satisfaction regarding the planned integration of this Agency's

activities within the Expanded Programme. Some of them also expressed the hope that,

if a sufficient number of sound projects were forthcoming, additional resources, i.e.

over and above the amount of $ 200 000 proposed by the Board, might be made available

•to the Agency, particularly under the Executive Chairman's contingency authority.

It was suggested that the next annual report of TAB should contain a description of

the technical assistance operations of IAEA.

18. The Committee noted that the recommended lump sum allocation of $ 200 000 to

IAEA did not include the administrative and operational services costs of the Agency

for its Expanded Programme activities in 1959, and that IAEA may submit to the Committee

at its next session a request for an additional allocation towards such costs. The

Committee decided to include in its resolution on the 1959 Programme, a provision

to that effect (see Annex I, para. 9)； it also agreed to specify in the resolution

submitted to the General Assembly, that the additional allocation would be subject

to approval by TAC.

Documentation and organization of work

19. While satisfaction was expressed regarding the quality of the documents submitted

to the Committee, several members expressed regret that it had not been possible to

produce and circulate them earlier. The Committee appreciated the dilemma facing

the TAB secretariat which was called upon to produce a substantial volume of

documentation within the short time available between the Pledging Conference held

in October every year and the November session of the Committee. It was felt that

some improvement might result if it proved feasible to advance the date of the

Pledging Conference even by a week. S?he Committee, however, noted that, even with

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s u c h a change, the schedule for preparing the documents would remain tight and that

i t would not allow enough time to undertake anything like an intensive analysis of

the recommended annual Programme. It was therefore generally agreed that a

comprehensive programme analysis could be more appropriately undertaken for the

Committee's sutler session and submitted through the annual report of the Board, as

had indeed been the practice in the past years. On this occasion the view was

expressed that the present organization of the Committee's work was not entirely

satisfactory. The difficulties referred to above in respect of documentation were

merely the consequence of this more general problem and an attempt should be made

to put it right in spite of the difficulties inherent in any change of procedure.

It was suggested that TAB should study the question and report on it to the Committee

at its next session.

Country programming; procedures

20. The Committee noted with general satisfaction that the recipient Governments

are making more effective use of the country programming procedure and that, as

a result, the Programme increasingly reflected their ovm priority needs.

2X. Some discussion took place on the respective role of the specialized agency

representatives and TAB resident representatives in the programming process, and

more particularly as to how the requests for assistance made by the recipient

Governments and the advice given by the participating organizations were in Poetice

harmonized. Statements were made by the representatives of the participating

organizations to clarify the issues, which once again underlined the fact that the

advice offered by the organizations to Governments was, above all, of a technical

character, e.g. costing of projects, availability of experts, clarification of Job

descriptions, selection and best placement of fellows, adequate provision in the

programme requests to cover continuing commitments on projects, and co-ordination

with regular programmes as well as with technical assistance received from other

sources. It was noted that sometimes it might be necessary to recommend adjustments

i n project requests in view of the available financial resources； in other oases, it

might well be desirable to advise Governments not to spread their requests for

assistance too thinly or to dissuade them from terminating promising Projects P-maturely

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22. Some concern was expressed lest undue influence be exercised by participating

organizations in advising on Government requests, thereby modifying the substance

of such requests to an unwarranted extent. The need for guarding against such

a danger was recognized； however, it was pointed out that, by and large,

consultation between the participating organizations and recipient Governments

was a continuing process which should, if anything, prevent a distortion of the

expressed views of Governments. In general, there were reassuring signs to

indicate close co-operation between the recipient Governments, the TAB resident

representatives and the representatives of the participating organizations during

the formulation of the Programme.

23. Attention was drawn to the savings which sometimes occur in the execution of

Category I programmes, and a suggestion was made that additional flexibility might

be introduced in the programming procedure so that such savings might be utilized

for the implementation of projects in their Category II programmes. It was

explained that the usual practice was to try to implement Category II projects with.

operational savings in the same country and under the same agency although, in

exceptional cases, such savings could be applied to any country where the need

appeared to be particularly pressing.

24. It was also suggested that the practice of breaking down country targets into

agency sub-totals might be abandoned. The Executive Chairman explained that

agency sub-totals were a legislative requirement of the Programme. He also recalled

that the Board had the whole question of country programming under study, in ,

accordance with the wishes expressed by the Committee, and that a report would be

submitted to it for consideration at its next session. The views that Governments

might wish to communicate on any aspect of this important question would be particularly

helpful in preparing this study.

Financial aspects of the Programme

25. The Committee devoted particular attention to the existing gap between the

Programme for 1959 as recommended by the Board and the resources expected to be

available for its implementation. The members noted that while at present the

Annex ^ page 9

gap was expected to be in the order of $ 3 million, no precise figure could be given

as several large contributors had not yet announced the division of their pledges

between the Expanded Programme and the Special Fund； a few Governments have not yet

made a pledge for 1959, and Governments in response to the appeal made by the General

Assembly in its resolution on technical assistance, may find it possible to increase

their support to the Programme. At the same time, the Committee appreciated that

on the basis of present estimated resources, should the Programme be implemented at

only 90 per cent., the cut would require at this late stage a recast of programmes by-

recipient Governments and might create serious disruption In the activities carried out

under the Expanded Programme.

26. The Committee considered, therefore, the suggestion of the Executive Chairman to

use some of the resources of the Working Capital and Reserve Fund for the implementation

of the 1959 Programme. At the request of the Committee, he indicated (E/TAC/L.184)

the usage made of the Fund last year and it was noted that while the level of the

Fund was set at $ 12 million its resources had been "drawn upon" to the extent of

about $ 8.5 million in 1957. The Committee appreciated, however, that as the main

usage of the Fund was to make advances to the participating organizations against

firm pledges of contributions by Governments, the use of the Fund may vary

significantly from year to year and the amounts withdrawn depend upon the promptness

with which Sovemments pay their contributions. In the light of the expected gap

between the recommended Programme and the financial resources, the Committee felt that

part of the funds available in the Working Capital and Reserve Fund could, be used

in 1959 to bridge at least part of that gap in order to ensure the implementation of

a Prograimie for 1959 at an adequate level.

27. The Committee's discussion centred, therefore, on the amount which the feoard.

should be authorized to withdraw from the Fund in 1959 as well as on the question of

the level of the Fund in future years.

28. Some members considered that on the basis of past experience the level of the

Fund was too high, that an amount up to $ 2 million could well be withdrawn in order

to ensure the implementation of the 1959 Programme and that there was no need to bring

it back to $ 12 million in future years. Other members were of the opinion that the

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resources of the Fund should be used only to a limited extent for the 1959 Рговтиию,

i.e. a maximum of $ X million, and that the repayment of any withdrawal should be a

first charge against future years丨 resourcesj they generally considered that using

the resources of the Working Capital and Reserve Fund to finance the operation of the

Programme in 1959 amounted to postponing present financial difficulties to the next

year when the situation might be even more serious. Still artother opinion was that

should it be decided to decrease the level of the Fund, this should be done

progressively over several years in order to avoid inflating the Programme during the

years when withdrawals were made.

29. Noting the difficulties thus arising in connexion with the financing of the

1959 Programme, the Committee expressed the view that they should be borne in mind

in the planning of the i960 Programme.

30. A number of members felt that an amount up to $ 1.5 million could be withdrawn

from the fund for the implementation of the I959 Programme. However, while some

considered that the amount thus withdrawn should be reimbursed the next year, others

believed that in the light of the past utilization of the Working Capital and Reserve

Fund, its level could be set ^t r figure of about $ 10 or $ 10.5 million.

51. After an exchange of views on these alternatives, the Committee agreed to

authorize the Executive Chairman to withdraw, if necessary, up to $ 1.5 million from

the Working Capital and Reserve Fund in 1959. The level of the Fund would therefore

be set for 1959 at a minimum of $ 10.5 million. The Committee decided to postpone

to next year, until after receiving the report of the Technical Assistance Board,

consideration of the question of the level at which the Fund should be maintained, in

1960 and in future years inelùding, therefore, the question of the repayment to the

Fund of the sums withdrawn from it in 1959.

52. At the conclusion of its debate, the Committee decided to replace paragraph 5

of the draft resolution on the 1959 Programme contained in the report of the Board

(E/TAC/L.17T) by the following provision, proposed by the representative of

Switzerland and as amended by the representatives of Pranoe and Mexico:

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page 11

"Authorizes, in case of need, the withdrawal of up to $ 1,500,000 from the Working

Capital and Reserve Fund which would be set at a minimum of $ 10,500,000 for the

y e a r 1959". it also agreed to add in its resolution the following provision

proposed by the representative of Mexico S "Deçid^, in principle, that this

reduction of the Working Capital and Reserve Fund does not prejudge the future level

of the Fund and requests the Technical Assistance Board to make a study of the level

which the Fund should reach in the future and report its conclusions to the Teclmical

Assistance Committee".

The Committee further agreed to drafting changes suggested by the Executive

Chlirman as regards the second preambular paragraph of the draft resolution contained

i n the report of the Board (E/TAC/L.177) and, in view of its decision on the Working

Capital and Reserve Fund, to the deletion of the third preambular paragraph of the

text presented by the Board.

II. TRANSFER OP ALLOCATIONS 195B

The Committee noted the changes reported by the Executive Chairman (E/TAC/81)

in.the 1958 allocations to the participating organizations, which had been made in

accordance with the authorization given by the Committee when it approved the

Programme for that year. Under this authorization "such change shall not in the

a g s r e s a t e exceed 3 per cent, of the total amount allocated" and the Board, is requested

"to report any such change to the Committee'' •

III. CONTINGENCY ALLOCATIONS IN 1958

35 m considering the Board's report on contingency authorizations in 1958

(E/TAC/L.179), the Committee generally expressed satisfaction with the Judicious

a n d constructive manner in which the Executive Chairman had exercised his contingency

authority.

3 6 A member of the Committee inquired if it 丽 M be possible eventually to eliminate

contingencv allocations in respect of (i) supplementary assistance to going projects,

a n d (ii) continuing commitments on existing projects. It was noted that the first

c a t e g o r y of allocations served to meet unforeseen developments and, in the absence of

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such allocations, there might be adverse effects on going projects out of all

proportion to the cost involved. While it was necessary to guard against the use

of contingency finance for projects that might be deliberately under-budgeted, it

was not desirable to deny supplementary assistance to going projects in all cases.

As regards the second category, these consisted entirely of continuing commitments in

respect of contingency projects initiated late in 1957, i.e. after the resources

available for the 1958 Programme had been fully committed. Contingencies of this

nature were likely to arise also in the future.

37. With reference to the criteria established by the Board for contingency

authorizations (E/TAC/L.179* Annex I), it was suggested that, in the light of experience

there might be some justification for reconsidering the existing rule under which

contingency allocations are granted for fellowships only in oases of exceptional

urgency. In practice, there had been a number of allocations for fellowships,

especially when these formed an essential part of larger projects. TAB was requested

to re-examine the relevant criterion and report to the Committee at its next session.

38. The Committee took note of the report and decided, to set the limit for

contingency authorizations in 1959 at US $ 1.6 million, or slightly less than

5 per cent, of the total cost of the Category 工 Programme for 1959 (see Annex I,

resolution).

IV. ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL SERVICES COSTS FOR 1959

39. The Committee approved the report of its Administrative Review Group on the

administrative and operational services costs for 1959 (see Annex II).

V . LOCAL COSTS ARRANGEMENTS

^0. The Committee took note of the report of the Executive Chairman (E/TAC/L.l8l) on

the study which is being made by TAB on possible changes in the arrangements for the

assessment of recipient Governments in respect of local costs. The hope was

,expressed that the Committee will have all necessary information to take action on this

question at its summer session in 1959.

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APPROVAL OP THE 1959 PROGRAMME AND AUTHORIZATION OP ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

Т/о Committee accorded its approval to the Programme for 1959, Category I and

Category II, as contained in documents E/TAC/lД75-177,

斗2. It was noted that the allocations proposed for the participating organizations

were in conformity with their respective shares in the total Category 工 Programme

approved by the Committee. The resulting allocation for eaoh participating

organization was in excess of 85 per cent, of its allocation for the current year,

in accordance with resolution 5斗2 В 工工（XVIII) of the Economic and Social Council.

斗5。 The Committee agreed to continue in 1959 the authorization to TAB to make

changes in allocations as might be necessary to provide as far as possible for the

utilization of contributions, provided that the aggregate changes should not exceed

；5 per cent, of the total amount allocated from contributions and general resources.

The Comittee authorized the allocation of funds to the participating

organizations by unanimously adopting, at its 179th meeting on 28 November 1958,

the resolution which is appended as Anne:': I.

EB23/71 Annex 3 page 1杯

(E/3191 ANNEX I)

APPROVAL OP THE 1959 PROGRAMME AND AUTHORIZATION OF ALLOCATION OP FUNDS

(Resolution of the Technical Assistance Committee adopted at the 179th meeting on 28 November I958)

The Technical Assistance Committee,

Having reviewed the recommendations of the Technical Assistance Board on the

Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance for the year 1959 (E/TAC/L.177);

Noting that the Board estimates that the gross financial resources to be made

available in 1959 exclusive of looal cost assessments, will amount to $ 双11，,000 and

that after setting aside (i) $ 1,500,000 as reimbursement of the Working Capital and

Reserve Fund for contingency authorizations made in 1958, and (ii) $ 1,992,300 to

cover the estimated expenses of the TAB secretariat, the net financial resources

will amount to $ 29,620,700 and that revenue from local costs assessments, the

collection of which was authorized by the Committee under paragraph 26 of E/3055, is

estimated at $ 2,698,500；

1. Authorizes the reallocation to any participating organization in 1959 of

that part of its allocation for the year 1958 which will remain unspent on 31 December

1958 and which the organization will require to meet contractual commitments for

which obligations will have been recorded on or before November 1958；

2. Approves the Technical Assistance Programme for the year 1959 as submitted

by the Technical Assistance Board in documents E/TAC/L.175 and E/TAC/L.176, provided

that actual obligations shall be restricted to the available resources through usual

earraarkings of funds；

Approves the recommendation of the Administrative Review Group on the

administrative and operational services costs for 1959 (E/TAC/82) and authorizes

expenditure of not more than $ 1,992 ̂ 0 0 for the TAB secretariat and fi»ld offices

in 1959;


4, Establishes the limit of authorizations for urgent needs, under the

provisions of sub-paragraph 1 (b) (vii) of Council resolution 542 В II (XVIII) as

revised, at $ 1,600,000;

, 5c Authorizes, in case of need, the withdrawal of up to $ 1.500,000 from the

Working Capital and Reserve Fund which would be set at a minimum of $ 10,500,000

for the year 1959;

6. Decides^ in principle, that this reduction of the V rk.ing Capital and

Reserve Fund does not prejudge the future level of the Fund and requests the

Technical Assistance Board to make a study of the level which the Fund should reach

in the future and report its conclusions to the Technical Assistance Committee；

7, Authorises the allocation of funds to each of the participating

organisations as shown below;

Participating Organjzations

Allocation (Equivalent of US doliarsi

From Contributions and neral Resources

Prom Local Costs Assessments Total

UNTAA 6,986,600 Г53. ,200 7,5^9,800

IL0 ДОО ,500 3^695,600

FA0 8,225. ,^00 706. г000 8,9)1,400

UNESCO 4,79?b ,700 ,800 5,140,500

工CAO ,600 155. ，500 1,503,100

WHO . 5 力 56: 617, ,200 6,075,600

ITU ,700 >900 560,600

WHO 598；；500 31. ,400 4 取 900

ЗЭ.98бгООО f-/693,500

8, Authorizes the Board (i) to allocate to the International Atomic Energy

Agency an amount of $ 200,000 to cover the cost of programmes to be administered by

tbvt Agency, and (ii) to allocate to all participating organizations an undistributed

amount of $ 162,162, neither of these sums being included in the amount of $ J>0,986,000

shown above；

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9* Notes that the IAEA may submit to the Committee at its next session a

request for an additional allocation towards its administrative and operational

services costs for Expanded Programme activities in 1959;

10# Authorizes the Board further to make changes in these allocations as may

be necessary to provide as far as possible for the full utilization of contributions

to the Expanded Programme, provided that such changes shall not in the aggregate

exceed 5 per cent, of the total amount allocated； and requests the Board to

report any such change to the Committee at the next session after they are made;

11. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the General Assembly the

following draft resolution:

CONFIRMATION OP THE ALLOCATION OP FUNDS FOR THE EXPANDED PROGRAMME OP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN 1959

The General Assembly^

Noting that the Technical Assistance Committee has reviewed and approved

the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance for the year 1959,

1 # Confirms the allocation of funds authorized by the Technical Assistance

Committee to each of the organizations participating in the Expanded Programme of

Technical Assistance as follows：



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Prom Contributions and General Resources

Prom Local Costs Assessments Total

UNTAA 6,986,600 563,200 7,549,800

ILO 3,441,100 254,500 3,695,600

РАО 8,225,400 706,000 8,951,400

UNESCO 4,7钭,700 345,800 5,1^0,500

ICAO 1,3^7,600 155,500 1,503,100

WHO 5,456,400 6П, 200 6,075,600

ITU 555,700 24,900 5бО,бОО

WMO 398,500 51,400 429,900

27698,500 •rrita-w. — ir» i»

33,684,500 i—", 1 , 1 • iiasaai


authorizations to the Technical Assistance

,000 to cover the cost of programmes to be

2 9 Concurs in the Committee's

Board to allocate an amount of $ 200

administered by the International Atomic

approved by TAC for that organization in

operational servioes costs for 1959; to

organizations an undistributed amount of

Energy Agency plus the amount that may be

connexion with its administrative and

further allocate to the participating

$ 162,162, neither of which sums has been

included in the amount of $ 50,986,000 shown above； and to make changes in these

allocations as may be necessary to provide as far as possible for the full

utilization of contributions to the Expanded Programme, provided that such changes

shall not in the aggregate exceed 3 per cent, of the total amount allocated to the

organizations participating in the Expanded Programme.

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REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW GROUP

1. The Administrative Review Group of the Technical Assistance Committee held

two meetings, on 20 November and 26 November 1958 respectively, under the chair-

manship of Mr E. Penteado, first Vice-President of the Economic and Social

Council, who was elected Acting Chairman in the absence of Mr H. M. Hassan,

Chairman of the Committee, The Group is composed of the representatives of

Brazil, France, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Sudan, the Union of the Soviet Socialist

Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United

States of America and Yugoslavia. The Executive Chairman of the Technical

Assistance Board, and the representative of the International Civil Aviation

Organization participated in the meeting. Also present were the representatives

of the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration and the Food and

Agriculture Organization•

2. At its July 1958 meeting the Technical Assistance Committee decided to

continue the Administrative Review Group for a further year to receive and review,

in advance of the November 1958 session of TAC, the estimates of the administrative

and operational services costs of the Technical Assistance Board secretariat for

the year 1959, together with the comments of the General Assembly's Advisory

Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.

The Group also considered the requests for lump sum allocations towards the

administrative and operational services costs of the participating organizations

for 1959, especially as regards the International Civil Aviation Organization

and the International Telecommunication Union which had requested amounts in

excess of their 1958 allocations, under the provision of Council

resolution 702 (XXVI) which specified that the 1958 ceiling for su-,h costs should

apply with some "measure of flexibility" to the smaller agencies.

4. The following documentation was before the Groups Budget estimates for the

secretariat of the Technical Assistance Board for the year 1959 (Е/ГAC/79);

Estimates of administrative and operational services costs of the participating

191 i應

organizations for the year 1959 (2/ГАС/80); Summary statement of the 1959 budget


estimates and budgetary position at 30 September 1958 (E/TAC/L.182); Report of the

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to the General Assembly

on the administrative and operational services costs of the Technical Assistance

Board secretariat for the year 1959 (A/5996). In addition, document E/TAC/L. l8o

listed reports of the Advisory Committee and of the respective external auditors

relating to Expanded Programme activities of the United Nations and the specialized

agencies.

5. The Administrative Review Group examined the questions before it as follows :

A. Budget estimates for the TAB secretariat for the year 1959

6. The budget estimates for the TAB secretariat for the year 1959 (Е/ГАС/79)

were presented, to the Group by the Executive Chairman of TAB. The estimates

amounted to $ 1,992,300 (net), representing approximately 5.7 per cent, of the

estimated cost of the Programme planned for 1959• The Group observed that the

1959 estimates for the Headquarters Secretariat (parts I and II of the estimates)

were at the same amount as in 1958, i.e. $ 000, following the action taken by

the Executive Chairman to limit such costs to the 1958 level in the light of the

decisions of the Technical Assistance Committee concerning administrative and

operational services oosts of the participating organizations.

7• The estimates for the field offices (part III of the estimates) represented

a net increase of $ 25,700 (1.8 per cent.) over the same part of the estimates for

1958. The increase was ascribed largely to higher costs under such items as post

adjustments, local salaries and normal salary increments, although some economies

had been achieved by a reduction of 2J> posts among the general service and casual

labour staff. A number of field offices which were established in 1958, m d

therefore incurred oosts for only a part of the year, will be chargeable for the

whole year 1959.

8. The Group noted that the saving of $ 50,000 which the Executive Chairman had

undertaken to achieve in the two-year period 1957-1953 had in fact been effected

by the end of 1957-

9- The Group encouraged the Executive Chairman to continue exploration of the

possibilities of securing improvement in the contributions of host Governments

towards the cost of field offices•


10. The Group considered the expenditures relating to certain itemsi the number

of new posts at Headquarters related to the maintenance of the project handbook,

and the provision for travel. In this ocxinexicn, some concern was expressed at

the possible implications for i960 and the following years of additional posts,

the cost of which could be offset in 1959 by decreases under other items of the

Headquarters budget. The Group accepted the Executive Chairman's assurance that

for the year 1959 the additional posts were necessary, and his undertaking to

keep the situation under review in 1959, and to see whether staff requirements

might not be reduced in later years. The Group asked the Executive Chairman also

to maintain a continuous review of travel costs through 1959, and. to achieve

whatever savings might be possible in the course of the administration of the

Programme.

B. Estimates of administrative and, operational services costs of the participating organizations for the year 1959 — — — — —

11. The Graup rioted that the participating organizations, in accordance with

Council resolution 702 (XXVI), had submitted requests for lump sum amounts for

allocation by TAC towards their administrative and operational services costs for

1959 and that, with the exception of ICAO and ITU, the amounts were not more than

the corresponding sums allocated for 1958 (ЕДАС/80). The Group noted with

appreciation that the amounts requested by UNTAA, UNESCO and WMO were less than

the 1958 authorizations.

12. The Group considered the estimates in excess of the 1958 amounts presented

by ICAO and ITU under the permissive clause of Council resolution 702 (XXVI).

The information contained in Е/ГАС/80 regarding these estimates was supplemented

by the explanations given by the representative of ICAO and by written comments

of ITU.

1). As regards the estimates of ICAO, the members of the Group noted that most

of the increase over last year's allocation was requested by the Organizaticm to

strengthen the service of inspection and supervision of its training centres by

the provision of a supervisor and a technical assistant. In this cainexion, the

ICAO representative explained that experience had proved that such supervisory

and co-ordinating work was necessary in order to ensure a uniform and high

standard in the training of local personnel in the various ground services of


civil aviation and that the work of the supervisor and his technical assistant

would constitute an operational service cost relating exclusively to Expanded

Programme activities. Some members of the Committee felt that the additional

budgetary provision for such items as salary increments and communications could

perhaps be assumed by the budget of the Organization in future years,

！4. The Group noted that the estimates for administrative and operational services

costs of ICAO for 1959 would represent;14.8 per cent, of the recommended allocation

for technical assistance activities in 1959 and would also cover its overhead

expenses for projects approved under th& Executive Chairman's contingency

authority as well as for funds-in-trust activities. This percentage, it was

noted, was similar to that of other participating organizations.

1 5 . As regards the estimates of the ITU, the view was expressed that the

Committee should agree to the submission as the increase related principally to

travel costs in connexion with a regional project and that such expense was not

necessarily to be renewed in the following years.

16. In recommending to the TAC the approval of the allocations for administrative

and operational services costs in 1959 requested by ICAO and ITU, the Group

expressed the hope that, in future years, increases such as those requested for

1959 by the two organizations be financed from savings in other items or assumed

by the regular budgets of the organizations.

C. Conclusions and r&commendations

1 7 . The Group recommends that the estimates of the TAB secretariat for 1959

(Е/ГАС/79) be approved in the amount of $ 1,992,300 (net), and that this amount

be allocated toward administrative and operational services costs of the TAB

secretariat•

18. The Group recommends that, in administering the approved budget, the

Executive Chairman should be authorized to transfer funds between items, and

posts between organizational units, within the Headquarters establishment

(parts I and II) and should have the same authorization for transfer within the

field establishment (part III), provided that the total funds and total number

of international posts approved either for the Headquarters establishment or for


the field offices would not be increased without the prior concurrence of TAB.

Such adjustments should be reported for the information of TAC at a subsequent

session春

19. The Group recommends to the Committee to approve and allocate to the

participating organizations towards their administrative and operational services

costs for 1959 lump sum amounts as follows:

Administrative and operational services costs

1959 Estimates

UNTAA. 1,100,000

ILO 500,300

PAO 1,278,400

UNESCO 505,800

ICAO 200,000

WHO 724,000

ITU 36,000

WMO 51,500

^,396,000

20. In making these recommendations, the Group drew attention to the increases

referred to in paragraphs 7 and 1) abpve and restated the necessity for the TAB

secretariat and the participating organizations to keep to a minimum their

expenditures for administrative and operational services costs so that the

maximum amount of resources can be available for project implement at i on.

EB23/71

ANNEX 4 page 1

COUNTRY PROGRAMMING PROCEDURE

(Suggestions made by the Director-General to TAB).

In order to simplify and improve the, country programming procedure, WHO

would propose two changes in the present procedure, one dealing with obligations

for supplies and equipment, the other with continuing projects.

1. Obligations for applies and equipment

Under the regular programme, the Director-General is authorized to charge

as an obligation against the current year's appropriation the costs, including

transportation, of operational supplies and equipment for which contracts have

been entered into prior to 51 December of that year. This authorization is

given annually in the appropriation resolution, the provision in the resolution

for the financial year 1959 reading as follows «

"Notwithstanding the provisions of the Financial Regulations, the Director-General is authorized to charge as an obligation against the 1959 appropriation the costs, including transportation, of operational supplies and equipment for which contracts have been entered into prior to 31 December 1959.n

Under the procedures established by TAB for the Expanded Programme,

Participating Organizations submit to the Board a statement of supplies and

equipment ordered on or before 50 November but not delivered as at 31 December

of that year. The Executive Chairman then reallocates the funds to the

organizations concerned to enable them to meet the commitments in respect of such

supplies and equipment. Any orders placed after 30 November must be charged to

the funds of the next year. This procedure is not only unnecessarily cumbersome

and time-consuming but seems to be incompatible with the concept of country

programming and annual budgeting. Furthermore, while the procedure which has

been established by TAB for obligating the fellowship components of projects takes

full account of these necessities, the procedure presently followed for

obligating supplies and equipment orders does not and .this inconsistency creates

some difficulties.

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For the above reasons, WHO proposes that TAB revise Its procedures to

authorize Participating Organisations to charge as an obligation to the current

year's funds the costs, including transportation, of project supplies and

equipment for which contracts have been entered into prior to 51 December of that

year.

2. Continuing Projейts

For many types of projects assisted by WHO, unless the project can be

carried out to its planned completion, it would be better not to start the work,

since its interruption prior to the planned completion date would involve not

only the Organization but the government concerned in the substantial loss of

funds already invested in such projects. So important is this consideration

that provision is made in project agreements executed between the government and

that priority will be given by the government to continuing the project in

succeeding years, until the planned completion date.

The country programming procedure would be considerably Improved by a

provision that projects the planned duration of which is longer than a single

year shall be approved by the government co-ordinating machinery for the full

duration of the projects. The cost of the project in the first year of operation

would appear in the country programme request for that year. Thereafter, the

costs of succeeding years' operations would be set aside at the time country

target figures are developed, by the Participating Organization concerned, within

its "share" of the planning target. The amounts so set aside, and the projects

involved, could be notified to the country concerned at the time they are informed

of the country target figures.

This procedure would have the advantage of calling clearly to the attention

of the government co-ordinating.machinery the planned duration of any project

under consideration, before the project is started. Thereafter, the

continuation of the project for the planned duration would be safeguarded.

Provision could be made for the exceptional oase in which the Participating

Organization and the government ministry conca^ned could, for teohnioal or other


valid reasons, agree to interrupt the project before the planned termination date.

Provision could also be made for continuation of an individual project beyond the

originally planned termination date, but such continuation would be subject to the

same sort of action by the government co-ordinating machinery as is required In

the case of a new project•

WHO believes that the procedure suggested above would considerably improve

the country programming procedure, and should result in a much more orderly

implementation of projects. TAC has suggested as a specific point for

consideration by TAB wthe requirement that governments, in requesting projects,

specify the objectives of the project, its relation to any long-term development

plan, its expected duration, and its relation to assistance under other programmes11

and the procedure suggested would seem to follow logically after such a

requirement#

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ACTION OF THE 彻 COUNCIL

10. Action by Ш on financing; of Headquarters costs (ETAP)

194. The Council examined a report by the' Director-General (CL 29/27) on the

action by the Economic and Social Council and the Technical Assistance Committee on

the financing of the administrative and operational services costs under the

Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, together with the report of the Finance

Committee (CL 29/17) and the Programme OoM.ùttoe (CL 29/22). It agreed with the

principle of a lump-sum allocation from Technical Assistance Funds to cover these

c o s t s . The Council noted the invitation of the Economic and Social Council to the

governing bodies of the organizations participating in ETAP to consider the

allocation of the administrative and operational services costs between the

programmes, including the question of whether those costs should continue to be

financed by ETAP or whether the Regular Progrа;ше budget should assume all or a

specific part of them.

1 9 5 . On this point the Council concurred with the view of the Finance Committee,

namely, that:

( a ) it is feasible to consolidate the Expanded Programe of Technical

Assistance with the Regular Programe budget in so far as the administrative

and operational services costs are concerned provided that it involves no more

than a provisional projection of the current level of the Expanded Technical

Assistance Programme work into the ensuing biennium. However, suoh a

consolidation must be on the understanding that there will be an adjustment

w h e n the level of the Expanded Technical Assistance Programme is known for

that period, i.e., at dates subsequent to the date of approval of the regular

FAO budget. Any system which did not provide this element of flexibility

would, in the Committee's view, be inappropriate and impractical¿

( b ) if the administrative and operational services costs of the Expanded

Programme of Technical Assistance were to be provided for in the regular

programme budget, all Member Nations of FAO would be required to contribute to


such costs whereas contributions to Technical Assistance are voluntary.

Furthermore, not all the Member Nations of FAO are contributors to the

Technical Assistance Programme - yet they would be required to contribute to

Headquarters costs of that programme^

(c) the difference between the method used in the Expanded Programme of

Technical Assistance and that used in PAO in determining the relative contri-

bution from Member Nations would result in a shift in the proportionate

financial burden assumed by nations as regards that part of the Expanded

Programme of Technical Assistance costs which would be financed as a part of

the Regular Pregramme of FAO;

(d) the Technical Assistance contributions are on a year-to-year basis and

can, and do, fluctuate. In general^ the pledges are paid in the currency of

the pledging country. On the other hand, the Regular Progranme contributions

are on an assessment basis, creating a fixed obligation, and are payable in

convertible currency.

I9Ó, The Council, therefore, considered that the principle should continue that

the administrative and operational services costs are borne on Expanded Technical

Assistance Programme funds as hitherto and instructed the Director-General to

transmit these views to the Economic and Social Council.

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ACTION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OP UNESCO

Having examine^ the request of the Economic and Social Council in its

resolution 702 (XXVI) requesting the governing bodies of the participating

organizations to consider the problem of the allocation of the Administrative

and Operational Servioes Costs of Teohnical Assistanoe between the Regular and

Expanded Prograrome budgets,

Approves the inclusion of the Headquarters costs of UNESCO Teohnical Assistance

Programme to be allocated by the Technical Assistance Committee of the Economic

and Social Council in lump sum payment, in UNESCO appropriation for 1959-19^°>

and of such further lump sums as may be allocated by the Committee for future

financial periods,

Authorizes the Director-General to express to the Economic and Social Council

the willingness of the Organization gradually to assume the Administrativo and

Operational Services Costs of the Technical Assistance Programme in UNESCO's

Regular budget as and when requested by the Council, and

Requests the Director-General to consolidate, in his future programme and

budget proposals, the Administrative and Operational Services Costs of the

Technical Assistance Programme with the Regular programme and budget.

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ALLOCATION OF iffiMINISTEATIVE AND OPERATIONAL SERVICES COSTS BETWEEN THE EE GULAS. AND EXPANEED PROGRAMME BUDGETS

(Report of the Financial and Administrative Committee of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation)

D . Economic and Social Council Request for Consideration of the Problem of g ^ g p ^ ^ g Ê i r q l I â F f e l ^ c i m i r à s t r a t i v e and Operational Services Costs b ë t ^ ^ R e R Û l a r âTd'ÈêHded Programm?_Budgets

60. The Committee had before it a paper submitting for its consideration the

request from the Economic and Social Co^cil for ILO views on the question whether

or not the regular budget of the ILO should assume all or a specific part of the

administrative and operational services ccsts of EPTA which are at present charged to

to the Special Account of ЕРГА» The wording of the Economic and Social CounciUs

request, contained in resolution 702 (XZVI) was as follows！

«3. invites the governing bodies of the participating organizations

(a) to consider formally the problem of the allocation of the administrative and operational services costs of technical assistance between the Regular and Expanded Programe budgets, including the questions referred to in operative paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 工工； .. '

(b) to advise the Council :\n due course of the results of such consideration."

61• The Comnittee recalled that, in accordance with the Economic and Social

Council's directives and guiding principles contained in its resolution 222 К (A),

paragraph 8, annex I to that resolution and resolution 2 of the Technical Assistance

Committee, every effort had been made by the ILO to use to the fullest possible

extent the facilities available under the regular budget of the Organization and to

charge EPTA funds with only those operational and administrative costs which were

directly identifiable and which it was not possible to absorb within the regular

budget credits。

62. In considering the question of principle as to whether the ILO would

favour the elimination, either at once or progressively, of the lump sum payment to

be received from EPTA funds and the corresponding assumption of additional charges

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on regular budget funds, the Ccanmittee noted the arguments that had been put forward

both for and against such elimination. It was noted that the ACABQ had stated:

"At the present stage and in the case of most of the organizations, the Expanded Programme is very similar to, and often an extension of the programme undertaken within the regular budget, resulting in a growing integration of the two programmes … Even where the two programmes appear to be different in nature, they constitute mutually complementary elements of a total programme which, to be effective, needs to be closely integrated." (United Nations document A/3832, paragraph 5)•

Complete elimination of the lump-sum payments would have the technical advantage

Of dispensing with the need to maintain separate records of EPTA administrative

and operational services costs in order to determine the extent to which they were

being covered by the lump-sum payments. It had also been suggested that it was

right and appropriate that the regular budget of an international organization

should provide it with the necessary resources to administer all tjês of work,

including technical assistance, arising in its own special field of competence.

63. Among the arguments against the elimination of the lump-sum payment, the

Committee noted the established financial convention that the overhead costs of any

particular programme shouXd be chsrgscible to the s.ccouii'bs of that programme and

identifiable therein. It was also noted that the financing of EPTA headquarters

costs by the regular budgets of the participating organizations would have the

effect of transferring the administrative costs from one set of contributors to

another. In addition, it was noted that the contributions to EPTA were pledged

and paid voluntarily, whereas those to the regular budget of the ILO were assessed

cm Members and payment thereof was one of the constitutional obligations of

membership.

64» The Committee noted that consideration would also need to be given to the

effect of the elimination of the lump-sum payments on the over-all financing of

the regular budget and the EPTA programme »

65. The representative of the Director-General summarised the action that had

been taken by the other organizations on the long-term issue as to whether or not

•the lump-sum allocations from the Special Account to the participating organizations


should be eliminated or progressively reduced, or, alternatively, replaced by an

entirely different kind of formula. The United Nations had not taken any legis-

！ative decision, but discussion of the proposal had been initiated and it was

understood that the Secretary-General supported the progressive elimination of the

credit. UNESCO»s Executive Board had already decided to reduce the lump-

sum allocation to be taken from the Special Account to an amount below the maximum

set at the 1958 level by the Econome and Social Council^ decision, and they had

also decided that the lump-sum allocation should be further reduced progressively

over a period of years. Nothing was known so far of the attitude of the WHO,

B.th FAO and ICAO had expressed their opposition to the proposal that the l u m p -纖

allocation should be either eliminated or progressively reduced. They favoured

covering the costs of headquarters staff for EPTA in the existing manner.

66. A Government member considered the progressive reduction or elimination

. f the lump-sum allocation to be wrong in principle. Adoption of this proposal

would mean that the ILO W O U l d eventually be asked to carry over $ 500 000 more on

its own budget than it was doing at present. He believed in the principle that

the EPTA should carry its own administrative expenses. The proposal was also

v r m g because there was no guarantee that the Ц 500 000 which would be released

for technical assistance work (in respect of the ILO) would be allocated to the

ILO for work in the technical assistance field. It might well be that this sum

W O a l d be allocated to other orgaBizations. F u r t h e r s , the EPTA Fund was made

u p of voluntary contributions from States, whereas adoption of the proposal would

呼an that the administrative expenses would have to be borne on a compulsory basis

b y a n the members of the participating organizations. He also presumed that

whatever was done in regard to the present Technical Assistance Fund would also be

done for the new Special Fund which had recently been set up by the United Nations

and in which the ILO would have its part to play. This should ^Lso be Ъогпе in

înd by the Cemndttee. He proposed that the Committee should express the strongest

opposition to any proposal which would have the effect of dimtoishing the amount ef

contribution which the ЕРГА Special Fund would make to the ILO below the actual

amount spent by the ILO on EPTA administrative and operational services costs.

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67, A Workers * member said that the Workers f members shared the opinion that

the ILO should strongly oppose any suggestion that it should take over the whole

administrativo costs of the EPTA^

68 • Another Government member, on the other hand} said that the arguments

that had been put forward in favour of complete integration of EPTA administrative

and operational services costs into the budgets of the participating organizations

had been verj strongs He drew the Committee's attention to the statement of

ACABQ quoted in paragraph 62 above• He thought that under the new arrangements ‘

the Director-General and the Committee would have to ensure that the ILO^s interests

were properly represented in the United Nations and was confident that this would

continue to be the*case«

69 • An'Employersf member thought it better to defer the consideration cf what

should be done in this respect in future years until a later session of the •

Financial and Administrative Committee » He wished, however, to draw the attention

qf the Qpmmittee to the arguments set forth in paragraphs 7 and 8 of document

70» A Workers ! meraber suggested that if further consideration of this matter f

were to bo deferred until March 1959, some advantage was to be gained by the ILO

making its views known before the other organizations had deterridnad their attitude »

If it were agreed to defer the question^ he suggested that the Director-General

should be authorised to prepare a document setting out the advantages and dis-

advantages of the Economic and Social Councilfs proposai» A Government member

asked that in preparing such document the Director-General should take into account

the views of all members of the Committer

71• It was agreed to defer further consideration of this question； the Director

General undertook to put a further paper before the Committee at its next session；

and the Committee was assured that the Director-General would take ,into account all

the differing views that had been expressed and the suggestions that had been made

in the Financial and Administrative Conmittee when following up the matter in dis-

cussions with the other parties concerned and when preparing his paper for the next

session，