concerning theSecretary-General'S request toreclassify fourProfessional posts fromP-2toP-3underthreeprogrammes ofactivity inUNCTADZIandtherelated recommandation oftheAdvisory Committee onAdministrative andBudgetary Questions thatit"isunabletoentertain thisproposal sinceSecretariat procedures established fordetermining theproperclassification levelsofthesepostsand theireligibility forinclusion intheproposed programme budgethavenotbeen observed" •.3.1 2.TheSecretariat hassincesubmitted anotetotheAdvisory Committee onthe subject. Inthatnoteandasadditional information wasbeingprovided orallyby representatives oftheSecretary-Genera~, regret wasexpressed atthefailure to followestablished procedures fortheinclusion ofpostreclassification requests intheproposed programme budget. Representatives oftheSecretary-General assured theCommittee thattheprocedural difficulties werecorrected expostfacto;they further assured theCommittee thatthecauseofthedifficulty wasbeingaddressed withaviewtoassuring thatthissituation wouldnotrecur. 3.Inthecircumstances, theAdvisory Committee hasreconsidered the recommendation containe~ initsfirstreportontheproposed programme budgetfor thebiennium 1990-1991 •.3.1Accordingly, theCommittee nowrecommends, onan exceptional basis,acceptance oftheSecretary-General's request toreclassify four PrOfessional postsfromP-2toP-3underthreeprogrammes ofactivity in UNCTAD. ZIAtthesametime,theCommittee wishestostressthatitwillcontinue inthefuturenottoentertain anyrequests forreclassification ofpoststhathave notbeensubmitted inaccordance withestablished Secretariat procedures. 4.TheAdvisory Committee hasrecommended appropriation ofanamountof $78,384,000 forsection 15oftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1990-1991. 11Accordingly, theAdvisory Committee recommends thatthe Secretary-General's estimate of$120,800 inadditional salary andcommonstaff costsforthebiennium 1990-1991 arising fromtheproposed reclassification of thesefourProfessional postsbeabsorbed undersection 15. -9-Not•• 11Offi9i.l 'Ioord. ofthlOlnlr.l A,slmbly. Forty-fourth Sls.ion, 'QipllmlPt No.0(A/44/0/Rev.l), vols.Iand11. ~I!bid.,vol.11,paras.15.26,15.39and15.54. 11!bid., Supplement No.7andcorrigenda (A/44/7 an-'Corr.land2), para.15.8. jl!bid.,para.15.15. -10-DOCUMENT A/44/7/Add.4 Fifthreport Conference ,ervice, atVienna [Originall English) [21November 1989] 1.TheAdvisory Committee onAdministrative andBudgetary Questions has considered thereportoftheSecretary-General onconference services atVienna (A/C.5/44/24). TheSecretary-General's reporthasbeensubmitted pursuant toa numberofrecommendations andrequests contained inparagraphs 29.1to29.35ofthe Advisory Committee's firstreportontheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1990-1991. 1/ 2.Thepresent reportoftheAdvisory Committee isdivided intotwoparts. Partoneaddresses thequestion ofunified conference services atVienna. Parttwo dealswiththeSecretary-General's request forreinstatement infullofanamount of$1.5million intemporary assistance formeetings resources. TheCommittee had recommended theprovisional reduction ofthisamountinparagraph 29.28ofits firstreportontheproposed programme bUdgetforthebiennium 1990-1991. 1/ PARTONE 3.Inparagraphs 4to11and16ofhisreport(A/C.5/44/24), the Secretary-General provides ahistorical perspective astowhyefforts toestablish unified conference services atViennahavenotbeensuccessful sofar,aswellas information onthecurrent statusofthealternative organizational arrangements thatweremadeljointUnitedNations Industrial Development Organi~ation (UNIDO)/United Nations meetings andinterpretation service operated bytheUnited Nations andjointUNIDO/United Nations language (i.e.,translation) anddocuments service operated byUNIDO. Theneedforanin-depth reviewofsuchservices during thecomingbiennium, takingintoaccount operating experience gainedsince1986,is referred toinparagraph 23ofthereport. TheSecretary-General states, in paragraph 24,thathe"remains convinced that,asproposed in1985,asingle conference-servicing facility attheViennaInternational Centrewouldrepresent theidealsolution fromthestandpoint ofcostefficiency andthat,inviewofits mandate toprovide afullrangeofservicing operations foritsdeliberative
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing administrative and budgetary matters related to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The report is concerned with the reclassification of professional posts and the allocation of funds for conference services at Vienna. Given the focus on UN organizations and budgetary matters, it seems likely that the text is related to international cooperation and economic development.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development