A/RES/60/246 4. Notes that consideration of the programme narratives contained in the revised estimates 6 will follow consideration thereof by the Committee for Programme and Coordination no later than September 2006; 5. Endorses, subject to the provisions of the present resolution and without establishing a precedent, the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions concerning posts and non-post resources as contained in chapter II of its first report on the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006–2007, 7 and the resource recommendations contained in its reports on revised estimates, including those on the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 8 and on statements of programme budget implications relating to decisions taken by the Main Committees of the General Assembly; Decides that the staffing table for the biennium 2006–2007 shall be as set 6. out in the annex to the present resolution; 7. Also decides to extend for the biennium 2006–2007 the experiment approved under paragraph 14 of General Assembly resolution 58/270, and requests the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of the experiment; Requests the Secretary-General to utilize the arrangements referred to in 8. paragraph 7 above to identify available posts to provide for the new post requests referred to in paragraphs IV.2, IV.28 and IV.29 of the first report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006–2007,7 as well as in paragraph 5 of the second report of the Advisory Committee on the proposed programme budget; 9 9. Recalls its decision in paragraph 3 (b) of its resolution 59/313 of 12 September 2005 entitled “A strengthened and revitalized General Assembly”, and endorses the proposals contained in paragraph 3 of the statement of the SecretaryGeneral on the programme budget implications; 10 10. Decides to provide resources at the level sought by the Secretary-General in his statement of programme budget implications arising in respect of the draft resolution relating to Rwanda outreach and the amendment thereto; 11 11. Recognizes the need for limited discretion in budgetary implementation for the Secretary-General within defined parameters to be agreed by the General Assembly along with clear accountability mechanisms to the Assembly for its use, on the basis of recommendations of the Secretary-General to be provided to the Assembly at its resumed sixtieth session; 12. Requests the Secretary-General to achieve further efficiencies in nonpost resources, and therefore decides to adjust non-post provisions covered in paragraph 5 above by a pro rata reduction of 1.75 per cent to be applied to all sections of the programme budget; _______________ 6 A/60/537. Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (A/60/7 and Corr.1). 8 A/60/7/Add.5, 13 and Corr.1 and 2, Add.15, 17–20 and 25–32. 9 A/60/7/Add.1. 10 A/C.5/59/35/Rev.1. 11 A/C.5/60/20. 7 2