introducing the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recqmmendations of the Joint Inspection Unit (A/C.5/38/8), said that the document had been prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolution 2924 B (XXVII), in which the Assembly had requested the Secretary-General to report on the major recommendations of the Joint Inspecton Unit affecting the United Nations which had not been implemented, together with the reasons therefor. At its thirty-second session, in resolution 32/199, the General Assembly had decided that the future reports of the Secretary-General on the subject should provide concise information only with regard to those reports that had been indicated by the Unit to be of interest to the General Assembly, one of its Main Committees or its other subsidiary organs. That was why document A/C.5/38/8 concerned the status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the nine reports listed in paragraph 2 of that document. 54. In its report on the control and limitation of documentation in the United Nations (A/36/167), the Joint Inspection Unit had proposed (recommendation 11) that United Nations organizations should consider introducing a documents quota system as appropriate. The Secretary-General had indicated in his comments on that report that a quota system for documents would be unworkable in a situation where the nature and volume of documentation were determined largely by the Member States themselves. Moreover, the main purpo'e of a quota system, namely, to limit the volume of documen,tation originating i~ the Secretariat, was achieved by means of a rule applicable to individual documents, the details of which had been communicated to staff members in administrative instruction ST/AI/189/Add.20/Rev.l. 55. The Committee had examined two reports on the subject of the application of the principle of equitable geographical distribution of the staff of the Secretariat (A/36/407 and A/36/378). Of the 10 recommendations of JIU, 7 had 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the implementation of recommendations made by the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) regarding the United Nations' internal processes and procedures. The specific topics mentioned include control and limitation of documentation, staff distribution, and the nature of documentation. These topics seem to be related to the administrative and organizational aspects of the United Nations, rather than specific policy areas.

**Category**
Administration, International Relations