the priorities already identified by intergovernmental bodies. 11. The Advisory Committee had commented on the inadequacies of the 1982-1983 resource base: his delegation ascribed them to overestimates of inflation, particularly in the assessment of staffing requirements in duty stations. Some sessions ago his delegation had sponsored a draft decision requesting a study on the methods to be used in calculating inflation for the purposes of the budget. It did not know what guidelines had been set as a result of that study. 12. One of the Secretary-General's objectives in the proposed programme budget was to strengthen the regional economic commissions, the commissions, however, appeared to lack the resources to improve their evaluation systems as a management tool for project implementation, and would accordingly be unable to comply with the rules on programme planning. The ESCAP unit in charge of operations evaluation, for example, had functioned since 1980 without full-time resources. A small programme evaluation capacity needed to be established within the Office of the Executive Secretary. CPC estimated that an additional P-5 post would suffice: his delegation wondered what difference one additional Professional post would make, given the present level of staff devoted to evaluation work. As the Assistant Secretary-General for Programme Planning and Co-ordination had stated, some ; ... A/C.5/38/SR.l4 English Page 5 (Mr. Moreno-Salcedo, Philippines) organizational entities currently had the resources to make improvements in their evaluation capacity while others had not. That inequity was unacceptable to his delegation, which hoped that remedial measures would be forthcoming. It might be possible to fill some of the vacant posts in ESCAP so as to make good the gaps in the evaluation machinery. His delegation hoped there would be agreement in CPC on how to proceed with the question of evaluation. 13. He agreed with the Advisory Committee that new electronic communications 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the priorities and resource allocation for international organizations, specifically the United Nations, and the challenges faced in evaluating the effectiveness of their programs. It mentions the need for strengthening regional economic commissions, establishing a program evaluation capacity, and improving electronic communications. These topics suggest that the text is related to the administrative and organizational aspects of international cooperation, rather than a specific sector or industry.

**Category**
International trade, Employment