families. The Nordic delegations agreed with the Secretary-General's statement in I ... A/C.S/38/SR.SO English Page 16 (Mrs. Mustonen, Finland) his report that it did not seem possible at present to go beyond those specific guidelines, and that attention should be focused on their prompt application by all concerned. The Nordic delegations were therefore ready to support the practical measures proposed by the Secretary-General in his report (A/C.S/38/17, para. 18). 66. Mr. TOMMO MONTHE (United Republic of cameroon) said that since Member States continued to call upon the Secretariat to undertake an increasing variety of tasks, the Secretary-General should make an analysis of those tasks, assess the capacity of the Secretariat to perform them and then recommend measures to adapt the organization and composition of the Secretariat and the quality and conditions of service of its staff more fully to the expectations of Member States. Such an exercise could be carried out at specific intervals, for example when preparing the international development strategy for a decade or the medium-term plan in order to give Member States an opportunity of agreeing on the broad administrative measures necessary to support the activities to be undertaken. It was significant that most of the reforms introduced in the last few years had been given only a lukewarm welcome by Member States, and that those States had not made any in-depth study of the measures set out in the section on administration and management in the medium-term plan, even though those measures fell far short of what was required to sustain the proposed activities. Therefore, any reorganization of the Secretariat should be synchronized with major programming cycles and with the objectives by Member States. 67. With regard to the composition of the Secretariat, the recruitment plan designed to bring all unrepresented and under-represented States to the midpoint of 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the internal workings and management of the United Nations Secretariat, specifically the composition and capacity of the organization, as well as the recruitment and organization of its staff. The language used is formal and bureaucratic, indicating a focus on administrative and organizational matters rather than specific policy areas.

**Category**
International relations, Employment