The GC notes the important role of UNV in humanitarian assistance.

The Governing Council welcomes, with due regard to the role of the United Nations Volunteers in development cooperation, its strengthened involvement in the humanitarian relief area and in related fields, ranging from capacity-building in disaster prevention, preparedness and mitigation to rehabilitation and reconstruction activities, working with the relevant United Nations bodies and international organizations.

The document contains a summary of the outcomes of the Third United Nations Volunteers Intergovernmental Meeting; part two contains a summary of the United Nations Volunteers Workshop on technical cooperation among developing countries and non-governmental organization networks. Both events were held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in December 1991.

The Report highlights major initiatives and activities undertaken by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme during the biennium 1990-1991. The main text covers broad policy development and initiatives taken, in response to specific decisions adopted by the Governing Council on the UNV programme at the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth sessions. The annex provides statistical tables on UNV programme financial.

Revised budget estimates for the biennium 1990-1991 - The Governing Council approves the revised budget estimates in respect of the United Nations Volunteers Programme.

Budget estimates for the Biennium 1992-1993 - Requests the Administrator to consider streamlining the administrative functions of the United Nations Volunteers programme, in particular through further decentralization of routine declslon-maklng authority to the field, with a vlew to achieving an overall reduction of administrative staff, particularly support staff, at United Nations Volunteers headquarters.

Revised budget estimates for 1990-1991 - Approves a total field budget for the United Nations Volunteers of $3.1 million for the biennium 1990-1991, including an additional 20 United Nations Volunteers Programme Officers with an equal number of support staff and associated costs, taking into account the need for maximum efficiency and economy in the administration of the programme.

The Governing Council considers that the role of volunteers as development agents should be explicitly recognized in the international development strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade.

Summary description and statistical analysis of UNV programme activities over the biennium 1988-1989.

The Report highlights major initiatives and activities undertaken by the United Nations Volunteers programme during the biennium 1988-1989. The main text covers broad policy developments, several in response to specific decisions taken by the Soverning Council on the United Nations Volunteers programme at the thirty-flfth (1988) and thirty-sixth (1989) sessions. Annex I provides a descriptive review statistical analysis of the current programme, while annex II, with its appended tables, deals with the financial resources of the United Nations Volunteers programme.