A/49/677 English Page 27 and interested in human rights problems and having experience of them, also bilingual, with excellent French and good English; as well as a bilingual secretary. These requirements, and the resources needed to carry out his missions in the field, were very clearly indicated in the financial implications prepared for the programme budget when the Commission adopted the abovementioned resolution and when it was subsequently approved by the Economic and Social Council. 132. The secretariat assisting the Special Rapporteur in implementing resolution 1993/20 will have to discharge the following duties: centralization of data and analysis thereof; study of communications; regular contacts with the permanent missions, the specialized agencies, non-governmental organizations, individuals and all other sources of information, and preparation of seminars and missions. 133. At the time of drafting this interim report, working conditions are clearly quite inadequate and highly precarious. No amount of good will on the part of the programme manager can offset the lack of human and financial resources; without at least a permanent secretary and some support staff, it is impossible to manage the general programme for the Decade and three thematic mandates. The Special Rapporteur has had to devote virtually all his time to his mandate, at the risk of neglecting his public and academic duties. 134. These matters, which in fact generally affect all special rapporteurs, were among those examined at the meeting of special rapporteurs, representatives, experts and chairpersons of working groups of the special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights and of the advisory services programme which was held at Geneva from 30 May to 1 June 1994: "... It was noted that the number of such procedures, which was 4 in 1980, 13 in 1990 and now stands at 26, has not been followed by a commensurate increase in human and other resources. Moreover, the workload within such mandates has also been growing rapidly ... Consequently, participants were unanimous in their view that the human and material resources available to them for the fulfilment of their mandates are wholly inadequate owing to the simple paucity of budgetary allocations to the Centre for Human Rights in general and in particular for their specific mandates. In the light of chronic under-funding, participants voiced their concern that the integrity of the procedures could be in jeopardy with negative consequences for the system as a whole and especially for individual victims." (E/CN.4/1995/5, para. 22) 135. There have been commitments to improving and strengthening all aspects of the rapporteurs’ work, but these promises have so far failed to yield concrete results. 136. The Special Rapporteur would like to insist that substantial human and financial resources be made available for a mandate which has aroused much interest and high hopes, failing which the fulfilment of the mandate seems very much in jeopardy. He would therefore like to suggest that consideration be given to (a) a scheme of the associate expert type and (b) the establishment of a funds-in-trust arrangement as part of the Trust Fund for the Programme for the Decade, but with voluntary contributions earmarked specially for the mandate on /...