A/HRC/9/18 page 8 17. The Durban review process, which includes sessions of the Preparatory Committee, an open-ended intergovernmental working group and five regional conferences, is scheduled to take place in 2008 and 2009. Although mandated by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/220, there has been no budgetary provision approved for the required conference services. The report of the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly (see A/C.5/62/21, para. 15) suggests that the additional requirements represent a charge against the contingency fund and, as such, would require additional appropriations under the proposed programme budget to be still approved by the General Assembly. Although this process can be considered a one-time ad hoc requirement, the resource implications are enormous, and it can be anticipated that similar such ad hoc events will continue to be added to the United Nations Office at Geneva calendar in the future. II. INFORMATION SERVICES A. Press, radio and television requirements 18. The United Nations Information Service provides press, radio, television and photo coverage of United Nations issues and events in Geneva. This involves preparing press releases in English and French of all public meetings of the Human Rights Council, including those of its major subsidiary bodies, producing television news reports and features for distribution to national and international broadcasters and television news agencies, producing radio news reports and programmes for dissemination through United Nations Radio New York, and providing photos for United Nations and media publication. 19. To carry out these duties throughout the year, the Service’s staff is augmented by temporary collaborators and its permanent production capacity is increased through the rental of additional equipment as required. Traditionally, sufficient funding was allocated under relevant budgetary lines to cover human rights meetings, including the six-week session of the then-Commission on Human Rights. 20. With the advent of the Human Rights Council, there was a major increase in the number of regularly scheduled meetings requiring coverage. Existing resources are thus insufficient to recruit temporary English- and French-language press officers; English-, French- and Spanish-language radio producers; English-language television producers; as well as cameramen, radio engineers and photographers to service the additional meetings. 21. In keeping with the Organization’s zero-growth budget policy for the 2008-2009 biennium, the Information Service in Geneva was instructed, along with the Department of Public Information as a whole, to limit its resource request to the same level as in previous bienniums. The additional funding required for the various information coverage aspects of the Human Rights Council, as requested by the Council in its decision 3/104, was included in a separate, comprehensive report to the General Assembly (A/62/125). However, the General Assembly approved no additional budgetary allocation to the Department for this purpose.