51. ft Ehould be enphaalzed that to great extent, all these demands arebelng cultivated by bhe staff repreBentatlves who thus apread false expectatlonganong the staff and affect theln Eora]e and ultloately the efflclency of lheSecretariat, However, 1n thelr statenents before ACC. fCSC and the FlfthComnltiee, the staff nepresentatlveE apared no elforta to convloce neEbers anddelegates of theae bodles to adopt the above neasures, At the same tlme theyargue that the ataff'a morale la very low and that dlscontent ia lncreaslngLyturn:ng to nllLtancy. They also claln that fefusal of Member States to heedto their deDands ia the nain reason for the S€cretarLat,s lnefflclency. In hisaddress before the Flfth Cornittee one of staff repreeentatlver put lt egfollorra: "Yes, it (Ehe Secretarla!) Ls 1nefftc1eni... t coul<l fiLl hours andhours of exaoplea of inefflclency, and costly tnefflciency ... To a large extentthe inefflclency of the Secretanlat la caused by the decLslons you (|,!enter Stabes ) have taken'r. J4l 6?: On the other hand, tbe staff representatlve! bry to Eake an impreaaion thatall lheir acttvltLea are alned at iEprovenent ol the Secretarlat efflciency,that tbey rrcan make a valuable contrlbutlonfl to tt but provLd€d that they aregiven rrfreedon of actlon" and that there wlr1 be no r'lnterferencen both 'fron the organizatlonl and froE rrthe Member States". ft ia worth EentlonLng thatduring the period covered by the above report, the stall councll dlscusBed nore ,2/ Alc.5l38t29, paras. t8-AO. J1/ T:ne article reads: nln the exerciae of lts functlon, the Comlsalonshall be-guided by the princlple set ouL in the agreenent between the Unlt€dNatlons and other organ.lzations whiqh alns at the developnent of a slngle unifledinternatlonal civir servlce, through the appllcatlon of coDeon personnil, standarda,methods and arrangenents. I J4l statenent made at the 26th neeting on 4 November 1982. - 19 - than 80 subjecLs' adopted 51 resoluti.ons and istued nearly 50 bulleLln8 but 1n none of !he; lhe questlon ol effLciency of the staff or the way of contribullng to lt has been raised. 6r. It should be emphasized that staff nembers Join the international clvll s;rvlce wlth full knowledge of their present and future condltions of set'vlce' However, Hlth the ltne they' or rathei staff iepresentatives, eome ouL t{lth ihe above and other denands uhich are inconsistent wlih the General Assembly resoLutlone. Il they are met, there would be a risk of Eransformlng the lnternatlonalclvllservlcelntoaomeklndofaclosedsyEteEwhlchwould
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the efficiency of the Secretariat, a governing body, and the demands made by staff representatives. It mentions the staff's morale, dissatisfaction, and demands for change, which suggests that the topic is related to the functioning and management of the organization. The text also references international agreements and resolutions, indicating an international context.

**Category**
International trade, Employment