Annex VI REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF THE MEETING TIME OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 14 OF A/59/44 PROGRAMME BUDGET IMPLICATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 25 OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE 1. The Committee against Torture requests the General Assembly to authorize the Committee to meet for an additional week per year as of its thirty-seventh session (November 2006). 2. The activities to be carried out relate to: programme 24 Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and conference services; subprogramme 2. 3. Provisions have been made in the 2004-2005 programme budget for travel and per diem costs of the 10 members of the Committee to attend its two annual regular sessions in Geneva one of 15 working days the second of 10 working days, with each preceded by a five-day pre-session working group meeting, as well as for conference services to the Committee and the pre-session working group. 4. Should the General Assembly approve the Committee’s request provisions for a total of 10 additional meetings (from 2006) would be required. The additional meetings of the Committee would require interpretation services in the six official languages. Summary records would be provided for the 10 additional meetings of the Committee. The proposed one-week extension would require an additional 50 pages of in-session and 30 pages of post-session documentation in the six languages. 5. Should the General Assembly accept the request made by the Committee against Torture, additional resources estimated at US$ 25,000 for per diem costs for the members of the Committee in relation to the extension of its November session from 2006 would be required under section 24 of the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007. Furthermore, additional conference-servicing costs are estimated at US$ 697,486 from 2006 under section 2; and US$ 2,520 from 2006 under section 29 E. 6. The above requirements relating to the additional meetings of the Committee and the pre-sessional working group are enumerated in the table below: Requirements relating to additional meetings of the Committee and the pre-sessional working group. I. II. III. 92 Section 24. Section 2. Human rights: travel, per diem and terminal expenses General Assembly affairs and conference services: meeting servicing, interpretation and documentation Section 29E. Office of Common Support Services: support services Total 2006 $ 25 000 697 486 2 520 725 000