A/RES/53/3 Page 2 Having considered also the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Emphasizing the need to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in particular, in priority areas, 1. Endorses the proposals of the Secretary-General, contained in his report,1 on the understanding that the amount to be utilized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development should not exceed 5,526,600 United States dollars; 2. Agrees to the use of the amount of 1,088,000 dollars for the expenses of experts attending, in their personal capacity, expert meetings convened by the commissions of the Trade and Development Board in accordance with paragraph 114 of the document entitled "A Partnership for Growth and Development",3 on the understanding that: (a) It would only involve a one-time expenditure within the framework of the biennium 1998–1999, made possible because of extra resources that have been allocated as a result of underspending; (b) The financing of the expenses of the experts should not set a precedent regarding the financing from the regular budget of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development of expenses of experts attending, in their personal capacity, expert meetings convened by the commissions of the Board, in accordance with paragraph 114 of the document entitled "A Partnership for Growth and Development"; (c) Special consideration would be given to the needs of developing countries, in particular, the least developed countries; 3. Invites the Trade and Development Board to take a final decision, at its forty-fifth session from 12 to 23 October 1998, on the question of the selection, nomination and appointment of experts to participate in the expert meetings of its commissions, so as to enable the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to carry out the activities foreseen without further delay; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session a report on the implementation by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development of the activities financed from the unspent balance referred to in paragraph 1 above, and on how the accomplishments had contributed to strengthening the capacity of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in particular, in priority areas; 5. Considers that significant savings have been achieved by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development as a direct result of decisions of the ninth session of the Conference, including the restructuring of the intergovernmental machinery and the reform of the secretariat; 2 A/53/7/Add.2. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 7. 3 See A/51/308. /...