12.4TheSecretary-General hasalsorequested atemporary P-4postonanon-recurrent basis(seepara.12.7below). TheCommittee's observations onnon-recurrent temporary postsarecontained inchapterI,paragraphs 44and45above. Thenumberof48extrabudgetary postsfor1986-1987 showsadecrease of2Locallevelpostsoverthe1984-1985 level.lnt, ldat :edat ,ised ,ary :he :). It :al Jetary1P-4(Santiago) (development/environmentinterrelationships andissues) International tradeanddevelopment finance 1P-3(PortofSpain)(co-ordinator forintegration ofwomenintodevelopment) andoneLocallevel(research assistant) Natural resources 1P-3(Santiago) (marine resources andLatinAmerican development) Administration andcommonservices dri~er/rnessenger (PortofSpain)12.25 12.39 12.45 12.94 Ilso )-5,12.5TheAdvisory Committee notesthattheP-4postunderEnvironment aswellastheP-3andLocallevelpostsunderInternational tradeanddevelopment financewerepreviously financed fromextrabudgetary resources. Inaccordance withwhatit hasstatedinchapterI,paragraph 46above,andbasedonitsexamination ofthenatureofthefunctions ofeachpost,theAdvisory Committee recommends approval of therequest. 12.6TheCommittee alsorecommends approval oftheP-3postundernaturalresources (para.12.45oftheproposed programme budget). WithregardtotheLocallevelpostforadriver/messenger atthePortofSpainoffice(para.12.94oftheproposed programme budget), theCommittee notesthatthesubvention provided bythehostGovernment tofinance thispostisnolongersufficient. Inresponse toinquiries, representatives oftheSecretary-General explained thatthesubventionwasoriginally intended tocovertwopostsandthatifthedriver/messenger postwereapproved thesubvention wouldbesufficient tocovertheremaining post.TheAdvisory Committee recommends acceptance oftheSecretary-General's reauest. 12.7Asindicated inparagraph 12.4above,theSecretary-General hasalsoreauested atemporary P-4postonanon-recurrent basis. According totheSecretary-General, thispostwill"provide foranevaluation officer intheexpectation thatafteratransitional period,itsfunctions wouldbecarried outby staffofECLAConaself-evaluation basis"(para.12.11oftheproposed programmebUdget). Onthebasisofinformation provided, including details oftheexistingpostsintheProgramme Planning andCo-ordination OfficeofECLACandtheirrelatedfunctions, theAdvisory Committee recommends acceptance oftheSecretary-General'srequest. -81--I .1 ,I ~ ,.,12.10 Noresource growthforconsultants isproposed forsection 12asawhole (table12.4). Nevertheless, theCommittee isuncollvinced oftheneedtoprovide $12,500 forconsultants underExecutive direction andmanagement (table12.7)and therefore recommends thattheestimate bedeleted.12.1 reso corr repr ini and sect meet A1th inst. requ' reSOI POSSl 70pI 12.1 patt the fori~; reI Adm (at co and 12.71 12.7912.38 12.8912.6112.1912.10Paragraph reference inpr,oposed pro­ grammebudget 2P-41P-5,1P-2, 1P-3 1D-l,1P-4, 2P-3,1P-2, 7Locallevel 1P-4 1P-3 1P-51P=4,1P-2postsredeployed ~theprogramme 1P-3 1P-23P-31P-42P-5,2P-4, 1P-21D-l,1P-4 1P-4,1P-2, 7LocallevelPostsredeployed ~oftheprogramme Programme International tradeand developme~t finance Conf~rence servicesTransport, communication andtourismDevelopment issuesand policies Library anddocumentation servicesExecutive direction andmanagement Socialdevelopment and humanitarian affairs12.8Ascanbeseenfromthefollowing table,theSecretary-General alsoproposes toredeploy atotalof22posts(1D-l,2P-5,5P-4,4P-3,3P-2and7Local level)between programmes anddutystations ,"mainly inordertoreflect the priorities identified bytheCommission" (para.12.2oftheproposed programme bUdget). Representatives oftheSecretary-General alsostatedthatseveral redeployments reflect theefforts byECLACmanagement toimprove efficiency. 12.9Inthisconnection, theCommittee recalls thatinitsfirstreportonthe proposed programme budgetfor1984-1985, itnotedthat"thepurpose of redeployments ofpostshasnotalways beenexplained clearly". 21Although an attempt hasbeenmadetojustify eachoftheaboveredep10yments undertheaffected programmes, theCommittee foundtherelated explanations oftentoogeneral and imprecise. Accordingly itreiterates itsviewthatredeployments ofpostsshould always befullyandclearly explained intheproposed programme budget. 21Ibid.,paras. 29and30. -82-proposes ocal e amme 1 y. reference sedpro­ budget .10 ,19 ,38 61 71 79 89 the an affected and should
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the budget and organizational changes within the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The topics covered include the redeployment of posts, the creation of new posts, and the financing of certain activities. While there is no direct mention of economic development, natural resources, or environment, the focus on international trade and development finance suggests that the text is related to economic development.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade