External Auditors that [they] would observe UNICEF's regulation and the U.N. rule regarding use of consultants ...". The Applicant was subsequently employed on two short-term appointments under the 300 Series of the Staff Regulations and Rules to work on the History Project. The first appointment was for a period of six months, commencing on 1 February 1986 and ending on 31 July 1986, the second was for a period of four months, commencing on 1 September 1986 and ending on 31 December 1986. The last appointment was not extended and the Applicant separated from the service of UNICEF on 31 December 1986. According to the record of the case, the Applicant was subsequently hired as a consultant, from 15 March 1987 through 31 December 1987, at the wage rate of US$14 per hour, to work in classifying and archiving historical materials for the UNICEF History Project. Funds for this contract were obtained from the Mutual Assistance Fund of the Standing Group of the National- 6 - Committees for UNICEF ("Mutual Assistance Fund"), a group of non-governmental organizations whose objective is to raise funds for UNICEF. In a letter dated 30 April 1987, the Applicant requested the Secretary-General, in accordance with staff rule 111.2(a), to conduct administrative review "of the change in [her] status from short-term staff member under the 300 Series to employee remunerated by UNICEF through the Mutual Assistance Fund". She also requested the Secretary-General to review UNICEF's denial of an extension of her "staff member appointment" which had expired at the end of December 1986. She asked that steps be taken to "regularize" her prior employment (for approximately eight years, both as a staff member and as a consultant/independent contractor) with UNICEF. On 13 July 1987, the Acting Executive Director of UNICEF
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to the employment and hiring practices of UNICEF, a humanitarian organization. The focus is on the status of an individual who worked as a staff member and then as a consultant, and their requests for administrative review and regularization of their employment. The text does not mention specific projects or initiatives related to economic development, natural resources, or other areas, but rather the internal workings of UNICEF.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Employment