E/2002/43/Rev.1 E/CN.19/2002/3/Rev.1 Draft decision II Summary records of public meetings of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues “The Economic and Social Council, bearing in mind the special nature of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the diversity of its participation and the breadth of its mandate, decides exceptionally to authorize the provision of summary records for the public meetings of the Forum.” 12. No provision was made in the programme budget for the biennium 2002-2003 for the provision of summary records to the Forum. Should the Council adopt draft decision II, additional resources estimated at $122,600 would be required. At this stage, it is not possible to anticipate whether that amount could be absorbed from within the resources approved by the General Assembly for the current biennium. It would therefore be necessary that it be provided through an additional appropriation under section 2, General Assembly affairs and conference services, of the programme budget for the biennium 2002-2003. In addition, it is recalled that, in its resolution 49/221, the General Assembly listed the organs entitled to be provided with summary records. The Forum is not among those bodies. Thus, the provision of summary records to the Forum would represent an exception to the provisions of that resolution. Draft decision III Venue and date of the second session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues “The Economic and Social Council decides to hold the second session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in the period April-May 2003 at United Nations Headquarters.” 13. In the programme budget for 2002-2003, it was assumed that the Forum would be meeting in Geneva and an amount of $106,100 was included under section 22, Human rights, for meeting the requirements for travel to and DSA in Geneva of the 16 members of the Forum in 2003. The cost of travel and DSA for the 16 members to attend the 2003 session of the Forum in New York is estimated at $150,800, thus entailing a differential cost of $44,700. Similarly, the holding of the second session of the Forum in New York instead of Geneva would entail a differential cost in the conference services to be provided to the Forum, estimated at $107,300. Should the Council adopt draft decision III, the additional resources which would be needed for holding that session in New York would amount to $107,300 under section 2, General Assembly affairs and conference services, and $44,700 under section 9, Economic and social affairs, of the programme budget for the biennium 2002-2003. 14. At this stage, it is not anticipated that those additional resources could be absorbed from within the resources approved by the General Assembly for the current biennium. It would therefore be necessary that they be provided through additional appropriations under the two sections of the programme budget for the biennium 2002-2003. 28