A/HRC/17/19 X. Financial implications 26. As recalled in paragraph 1 above, the office of the President should be provided with adequate resources drawn from the regular budget, including staff, office space and necessary equipment required for the fulfilment of their tasks. 27. According to the statement of programme budget implications prepared with respect to Human Rights Council decision 9/103 (A/C.3/63/L.77),2 an independent office of the President of the Human Rights Council would require two professional and one General Service posts. These additional resources were estimated at approximately $785,400 for the biennium. The requirements for public information or legal advice functions were not envisaged in the budget implications. 28. In considering the financial implications of the composition of the office of the President, it would be important to bear in mind that, given the different nature of the tasks performed by the Human Rights Council secretariat and by the office of the President, additional resources would be necessary to consolidate the current ad hoc arrangements (two posts) that could not be absorbed within existing regular budget resources. 29. In addition to staffing, the President should continue to be provided with resources for his or her travels, including for the presentation of the annual report of the Human Rights Council to the General Assembly. As far as other expenditures are concerned, the United Nations Office at Geneva has been providing, as a matter of courtesy, the President and the staff supporting him with two offices at the Palais des Nations. The offices are located in proximity to the room in which the sessions of the Human Rights Council are held and are equipped with basic office furniture, computers and other office equipment; office supplies and basic logistical support are also provided. It would be necessary in future for these requirements to be met through resources allocated specifically to the office of the President. 2 The document was withdrawn following the oral revisions made to the original text of a Third Committee decision on the annual report of the Human Rights Council (see paragraph 3). 9