of the policy organs of UNIDO. 55. Mr. GARRIDO (Philippines) welcomed the impending conversion of UNIDO into a specialized agency and asked when the proposed exhaustive study of that question would be made available to the Fifth Committee. He stressed that the SIDFAs should play a greater part in the execution of projects benefiting from UNDP assistance, and wished to know whether UNDP would be able to finance from available ~esources the services of the advisers that it was proposed to include in its budget. In the Second Committee, the Group of 77 would shortly introduce a draft resolution in which it would propose that a number of SIDFA posts should be included in the UNIDO regular budget. His delegation would await with interest the consideration of that draft resolution by the Fifth Committee. 56. Mr. EL-SAFTY (Egypt) reaffirmed the importance that his country attached to the activities of UNIDO and expressed the hope that its conversion into a specialized agency would soon take place. With regard to the services of experts and consultants, his delegation endorsed the recommendation of the Advisory Committee that the estimate for that item should be reduced by $285,800. It pointed out, furthermore, that other than under programme elements 4.1-4.17 the number of work-months per consultant corresponding to the appropriations requested for each programme element was never given in section 17, although the sums involved, in certain cases, were not inconsiderable. At least three delegations had requested that clarifications with regard to the services of consultants should be provided at the thirty-ninth session at the latest, and every effort should be made to limit expenditure on consultants over the next biennium. 57. Mr. MURRAY (United Kingdom) said that his delegation had reservations concerning the proposal to include a number of SIDFA posts previously financed 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the internal workings of a United Nations organization, specifically the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and its relationship with another organization, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The language used is technical and bureaucratic, suggesting that the topic is related to the administration and management of international development projects.

**Category**
Economic development, Industry