unsatisfactory. He believed that morale was good for a service of its kind, given the demands on it and the kind of restraints to which it was subjected. The point made in the report was actually related to the question which the representative of the United States had asked about a three-shift system. The Organization had in fact employed such a system for some 30 years, in order to be able to provide 24-hour coverage, seven days a week. The Service was at present experimenting with alternative ways of scheduling in order to find one that would be advantageous to the United Nations in terms of cost and more satisfactory to the men themselves. The Secretariat was studying the arrangements of similar services in Member States in order to be able to draw on the best practice. Nothing better than the current system had been found so far, but the management, working in close collaboration with the staff, was continuing its search for improvements. 33. The question of the representative of Egypt about the garage was covered in detail under income section 3 and could be answered more appropriately when that section was discussed. 34. In reply to the representative of the United States, he said that the reasons which required two official vehicles to be available for the Secretary-General for nine months of the year also required that there should be an additional vehicle for the President of the General Assembly when the Assembly was in session or other circumstances demanded his presence. To his question about cables, he said that the main cause of the increase in the number of telexes sent by DPI was the request by the General Assembly that the Department should advise its information centres more often and more extensively of developments at Headquarters and elsewhere in 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the management and operations of a specific organization, likely the United Nations, and its services, such as scheduling, transportation, and communication. The focus is on the organization's internal processes and procedures, rather than specific issues related to economic development, natural resources, or other external factors.

**Category**
Transport and communication