restricted the right of a member of the Commission to serve as an official or consultant of any organization within its competence during his or her term of office or within three years of ceasing to be a member of the Commission. His delegation held that the restriction was not justified, and intended to submit a draft amendment on the matter. / ... A/C.5/38/SR.41 English Page 16 81. Mr. OKLE~T~K (Czechoslovakia) said that of the recommendations submitted at the current session by the International Civil Service Commission, that relating to the mandatory age of separation from service was very significant. His delegation fully supported the Commission's decision not to recommend raising the mandatory age of separation. ICSC was thus correctly applying General Assembly resolution 33/143, which had emerged from complicated and difficult deliberations in the Fifth Committee in 1978. In part II, paragraph 3, of that resolution, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to apply the regulations regarding the age of retirement and not grant extensions beyond the established age of retirement. The aim of that provision, in common with others contained in the same resolution, was to improve the geographical representation of countries. 82. As was well known, even today there were some Member States which were not represented in the staff of the Secretariat and others, including Czechoslovakia, which were under-represented. It had often been noted in the Committee that one of the obstacles to equitable geographical distribution was the existence of an excessive number of permanent contracts which for many years had blocked posts in the secretariat and made them inaccessible to candidates from under-represented countries. Retirement was one way in which posts in the secretariat became vacant, so that new candidates could occupy them. Any increase in the mandatory retirement age would have the minimum effect of freezing, if not gradually aggravating, 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) and its recommendations on the mandatory age of separation from service, as well as the geographical representation of countries in the United Nations Secretariat. It seems that the text is focused on the administration and management of the UN Secretariat, rather than a specific economic, environmental, or social issue.

**Category**
Employment