classified as having adverse health conditions, up to a limit of $150 per staff member within a two-year period. It had also requested its secretariat to obtain for it information on the differences in medical schemes affecting General Service staff in the field. In another area, the Commission had agreed to the reimbursement of pre-departure expenses for staff departing from non-headquarters duty stations where hotels were used up to a specified maximum. Its future work programme on field conditions could be found in chapter VI of its report. 49. Continuing progress in the introduction of job classification standards was reported in chapter VII. In 1983, the Commisson had promulgated standards for civil engineers and for purchasing and contracting specialists. The development of classification standards for the General Service and related categories in New York had been completed when the three standards for various types of manual work had been integrated into one comprehensive "trades and crafts" standard. 50. The classification exercise was now well on its way, and it was hoped that the new system would come into effect in conjunction with the new pay scales that would be established in the forthcoming salary survey in New York in early 1984. With regard to the General Service and related categories in Addis Ababa, for which the United Nations was acting as the lead agency, the Commission hoped to review draft standards at its nineteenth session. 51. Recalling the provisions of paragraph 2 of section IV of resolution 37/126, he stated that the organizations had taken various initiatives to develop an integrated approach to the management of human resources and to develop a common approach to skills inventories on an inter-organizational basis. In addition, the ICSC secretariat had successfully organized an inter-agency symposium in New York 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the internal management and administration of the United Nations, specifically related to staff benefits, job classification, and salary scales. The language used is formal and bureaucratic, suggesting that the topic is of a technical or administrative nature.

**Category**
Employment