the 32 work months of consultants' services requested in paragraph SA.l3 of the proposed programme budget, and CPC had been assured that consultants would be engaged on an ad hoc basis, only as need arose. On substantive issues, doubts had been expressed about the correctness of the Office of the Director-General engaging in the promotion of progress in economic negotiations. Those various considerations provided the essential background to the revisions to the propos~ programme budget recommended in paragraph 620 of the CPC report. 25. Mr. ABRASZEWSKI (Poland) emphasized the importance of the role of the Office of the Director-General in system-wide co-ordination. Since paragraph 618 of the CPC report noted the need to strengthen the Office, his delegation would like more information on the ways and means contemplated to do that, apart from the proposed reclassification of the D-2 post. 26. Mr. MILLER (United States of America) said that his delegation would like an explanation of the increase in the representation allowance of $4,800 in connection with the upgrading of a D-2 post to the level of Assistant Secretary-General. 27. Mr. ANNAN (Director, Budget Division) said that the increase reflected the fact that an official at the D-2 level had an allowance of $1,200 compared with $6,000 for an Assistant Secretary-General. 28. Mr. DEVREUX (Belgium) said that although progress had been made in programme presentation under section SA, there was still room for improvement. In paragraph 619 of its report, CPC had reiterated its recommendation that the Secretary-General's bulletin and the section of the organizational manual devoted to the Office of the Director-General should be issued urgently. Its delegation wished to know why there had been a delay and when the documents would be issued. ; ... A/C.5/40/SR.31 Enqlish Paqe 7 29. Mr. GOMEZ (Assistant Secretary-General for Proqramme Planning and Co-ordination) said that the relevant section of the orqanizational manual had been 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the budget and organizational structure of an international organization, specifically the Office of the Director-General. The language used is formal and bureaucratic, and the topics covered are related to the management and coordination of the organization's activities. While there is no direct mention of specific economic or environmental issues, the text does mention the promotion of progress in economic negotiations, which suggests that economic development may be a related field.

**Category**
International trade, Administration