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the four parts of the appropriation table gives a fair and accurate statement of the allocation of funds for administration and programme purposes respectively45 Wefabstract the following figure for beference purposes:
Part I.-General Policy
Part II.-General Administration
Part III.-Programme Operations
Reconstruction ... Education
...
...
...
...
...
...
268,740
2,019,798
$
420,638
810,165
...
Natural Science
...
679,505
Social Science
...
...
...
...
286,514
Philosophy and Humanistic Studies
...
...
119,399 523,667 1,518,048
4,357,936
1,000,000
:
:
:
133,536
:
$7,780,000
Cultural Activities
Communication
Part IV.-Common Services...
Reserve
Total Appropriations
Analysed to show expenditure under administrative chapters, the figures read as follows:-
Chapter
I.-Conferences and Meetings
Chapter II.-Personnel
...
...
Chapter III.-Other remuneration to personnel Chapter IV.-Travel
...
...
...
Chapter V.-Grants and Contracts Chapter VI.-Contractual Printing Chapter VII.-Common Services Chapter VIII.--Permanent Equipment
Reserve
...
Total Appropriation
...
...
...
...
...
•
...
$
210,780
3,310,369
...
1,294,676
...
736,795
...
670,650
289,350
934,804
199,050
133,526
$7,780,000
The manner in which these funds may be spent or transferred between parts or chapters of the appropriation is laid down in a special Appropriation Resolution.
73. We do not intend to comment in detail upon the Budget. It is sufficient to say that a saving of about $45,000 was made on the estimates for Part I, General Policy, of about $160,000 for Part II, General Adminis- tration, where we felt it was most deserved, and of a further $175,000 on Part III, Programme Operations. Moreover, as the result of the resolution on the administrative organisation to which we have already made reference, we look forward with confidence to further appreciable reductions next year in Part II of the Budget. At the same time we are not unsatisfied with the fact that the proportion of the Budget used for general administration now stands at only a little over a quarter, which does not compare unfavourably with other Specialised Agencies or with the United Nations itself.
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