TOtalIandII 25'l'emporary postsabolished ...:,(...2)<-- ""'(6....)_c...I.--I(..1...) .-...(6..)......c/<--__ (o.;;;3....) .....(~1~2):...-_ Subtotal II __1 ...:.(:;,1)r..- 8=-- -...:.(2;:,,)r...- -:;..9 ..:.;(3~):...-_ (7)II.'l'e.POrary postsJ'fI~; ,f1P;__.....=~,c,c.= .' I I siIncludes Advisory COllllllittee recollllllendation todiscontinue fourProtessional anafiveGeneral Serviceexisting temporary posts. /!IIncludes Advisory committee recommendatl0n forabolition ofsixSecurity Officer postsunaerIncomesection 3(revenue-proCiucing activities). ~Represents Advisory ComIllittee recommendation for:approval ofoneoutot threenewtemporary postsrequesteaJ theaddition oftwopostsinsteadofgeneral te.porary assistanceJ andtwopoststobeontemporary insteaaofestablished basls. -14- /47.Th thePro'i e's n-J 43.Forthereasons statedinchapter IIbelow,andascanbeseenfromthetable above,theAdvisory Committee recommends thattheGeneral Assembly shouldapprove a nettotalof·10additional established posts(consisting of15Professional offset byadecrease of5General Service andrelated categories) compared withthenet totalof34reQuested bytheSecretary-General. Ascompared withthe Secretary-General's netreQuest forninenewtemporary posts,theAdvisory Committee's recommendations wouldresultinanetreduction ofthreefromthe approved 1984-1985 level. 44.TheAdvisory Committee pointsoutthatneither thestaffing tablesproposed in thebudgetnorthetablesinparagraphs 40and41aboveinclude 44temporary posts described bytheSecretarY-General asnon-recurrent. Inthisconnection, the Advisory Committee recalls thatrecurrent temporary postshavebeenusedformore thanadecade, whilenon-recurrent temporary postshavebeenintroduced inthelast twobienniums forthestaffing oftemporary conference secretariats. Inthese lattercases,adefinite termination dateisshownwheresuchpostsareproposed, whileintheformercasesthespecific termination datesarenotshown,butitis atleastanticipated thatsuchpostswillnotberequired indefinitely. 45.TheAdvisory Committee understands thatthereasonnon-recurrent temporary postsarenotshowninthestaffing tablesisthattheyarereQuested forperiods ranging from6to24months. Itcouldtherefore bearguedthattheirinclusion woulddistort thetotalstaffing picture forthebiennium. Ofthe23non-recurrent temporary pOstsattheProfessional levelandabove,twoarereQuested for1986 onlyandfivearerequested forsixwork-months in1986.ForGeneral Service and relatedlevels, twoarereQuested for1986onlyandoneisrequested forsix work-months in1986.Thespecific comments andrecommendations oftheAdvisory Committee withregardtoindividual reQuests fornon-recurrent temporary postsare contained inchapter 11below. 46.Onanetbasis,theSecretary-General's proposals involve thetransfer ofonly onepostfromextrabudgetary funding totheregular budget. Nevertheless, and despite thestatement inparagraph 28(c)oftheintroduction totheproposed programme budgetthattheSecretarY-General hasavoided, "asamatterofcourse, proposals forthetransfer ofextrabudgetary poststofinancing bytheregular budget", theAdvisory Committee pointsoutthatseveral ofthereQuests fornew posts,whilenotdescribed astr~nsfers, areessentially aresultofadecline in extrabudgetary funding. Theseinclude onepostundersection 11(ESCAP), three postsundersection 12(ECLAC) andfivepostsundersection 13(ECA). Thespecific recommendations oftheAdvisory Committee arecontained inchapterIIbelow. The Committee believes thatthereshouldbenopresumption thatareduction inthe financing ofcertain extrabudgetary activities shouldautomatically beoffsetbya corresponding increase inregular budgetfinancing ofsuchactivities. Accordingly, theAdvisory Committee's recommendation ineachcaseisbasedsolely onitsexamination ofthenatureofthefunctions ofeachpost. 47.TheSecretary-General proposes 69upwardand19downward reclassifications in theProfessional category andabove,asfollows: -15-~ IFrom UpgradingsToNumberofproposed reclassifications ~I49. cat wit , i I·I- 'c0-2 0-1 P-5 P-4 P-4 P-3 P-3 P-2 P-2 Downgradings P-5 P-5 P-4 P-3P-2ASG 0-2 D-l 0-1 P-5 P-5 P-4P-4 P-3 P-4
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to the management and staffing of a United Nations organization, specifically discussing the abolition, creation, and reclassification of temporary posts. It also touches on budgetary and financial aspects, such as the transfer of posts from extrabudgetary funding to the regular budget. These themes suggest that the category should be related to the administration and management of an organization, rather than a specific field like health or education.

**Category**
International organizations, Employment