Item 1: Draft agenda of the seventy-ninth meeting of the Bureau. Item 2: Draft minutes of the seventy-eighth meeting of the Bureau, 10 July 1989. Minutes record the oral report by Clive Purkiss, Director, on the position of the 1990 budget (p.1), the reports on group meetings on the 1990 work programme (p.2) and the discussion on the role of the Committee of Experts, in which all parties express their worries on how the experts are appointed (p.5). 8pp. Item 3: Annex to the draft programme of work for 1990 showing the financial estimates of individual projects within the programme. 'In the following pages are presented the costs of the draft programme of work presented to the Bureau ... Projects with an * are those which can only be implemented if finance can be found in addition to the budget 1990.' 10pp. Item 4: Oral report on the position of the 1990 budget. No document. Item 5: B/75/5-Draft agenda of the thirty-ninth meeting of the Administrative Board, 23-24 November 1989.

B/75/5a-Discussion documents on the role of the Committee of Experts. Covering note states that 'At its last meeting the Bureau requested the Director to prepare a discussion paper on the Committee of Experts ... A draft is attached.' Draft discussion paper details the role of the Committee and the membership of the Committee. 1p. Included also are the reflections of Gilbert Cornu, Chairperson of the Committee, on the role of the Committee of Experts. 13pp. Item 6: Suggested schedule of meetings of the Administrative Board, Groups and the Bureau for 1990. Item 7: Twelve copies of signed approvals of study contracts. Item 8: Item 9: Item 10: Other: Notes:

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