secondment from the Government of the United States of America on 21 April 1980. He was initially offered a three month fixed-term appointment at the P-4, step IV level as a Classification Officer in the then Office of Personnel Services (OPS). The Applicant subsequently served on a series of further fixed-term appointments until 31 March 1988, when he separated from the service of the Organization. From 10 January 1985, the Applicant served as Acting Chief, Classification Section, at the Division for Policy Co-ordination, OPS. On 25 August 1987, the Applicant sought approval, under ST/AI/281, concerning the U.N. External Studies Programme, to attend the International Conference on Public Personnel Administration, in Ottawa, Canada, for a period of four days running from 4 to 8- 3 - Successor of OPS.1October 1987. The Applicant's request was endorsed by the Applicant's supervisor, the Director of the Division for Policy Co-ordination, who noted that the conference would "provide [the Applicant] with information of a number of current developments which may be used by the United Nations in adapting job classification to the needs of the UN and to the technological and organizational changes taking place". The request was also endorsed by the Executive Office of the Department of Administration and Management. On 7 October 1987, the Secretary of the Advisory Panel on External Studies informed the Applicant that the Panel had recommended against the Applicant's request on the ground that "the Panel considered issues to be discussed at the conference not specific to the work of the Classification Section". According to the record of the case, the Panel approved attendance to the same conference for two other staff members of the Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM).1 The Applicant attended the conference at his expense, and although he received no financial assistance from the United
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to the administrative processes within an international organization, specifically the United Nations. The context involves the employment and professional development of a staff member, with a focus on classification and personnel administration. This suggests that the category related to "Employment" is a likely fit.

**Category**
Employment