A/HRC/7/78 page 187 Table 1 Requirements per annum $ Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management (conference servicing) (a) Geneva (b) New York Subtotal, section 2 Section 23, Human Rights (a) Travel of representatives and staff and general operating expenses (b) Regional consultation and consultancy Subtotal, section 23 Section 28 D Office of Central Support Services (conference servicing) Section 28 E, Administration, Geneva (conference servicing) Grand total Requirements per biennium $ 211 700 132 700 344 400 423 400 265 400 688 800 189 700 379 400 104 600 294 300 9 800 209 200 588 600 19 600 7 800 15 600 656 300 1 312 600 39. Resource requirements estimated at $646,900, representing almost half of the total requirements as indicated above, have been provided in the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009, to implement some of the activities called for in the resolution, as follows: Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management Section 23, Human Rights Section 28 E, Administration, Geneva Total $211 700 $427 400 $ 7 800 $646 900 40. The balance of the resource requirements estimated at $665,700 to implement the remaining activities called for in the resolution is as follows: Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management Section 23, Human Rights Section 28 D Office of Central Support Services Section 28 E, Administration, Geneva Total $477 100 $161 200 $ 19 600 $ 7 800 $665 700 41. Although it is anticipated that an additional amount of $665,700 will be required under sections 2, 23, 28 D and 28 E of the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009, a preliminary review leads the Secretariat to assume that some absorption of the estimated