The subsequent special service and other similar agreements from 6 April 1981 to 31 December 1985, with short intermittent breaks between them, and her later appointments as a staff member on short-term contracts from 1 February to 31 July 1986 and from 1 September to 31 December 1986, were for purposes no longer connected to the International Year of the Child, but to special projects such as the Kampuchea Operation and the History Project. These appointments covered a period of almost five years.- 11 - IV.In order to determine whether the functions performed by the Applicant were functions identical with, or similar to those performed by staff members, the Tribunal requested the Respondent to describe the Applicant's functions when she was employed under special service agreements. In his reply to the questions put by the Tribunal, the Respondent stated that: "... the work [the] Applicant performed during her consultancies was of a temporary, specific nature, related to the temporary projects ... [(a) the finalization of the International Year of the Child report; the Kampuchea emergency operations; (c) the newly created History Project which was a specific organizational activity intended to record UNICEF's 40-year history] and for which the necessary expertise was not readily available within UNICEF". V.In the light of the views expressed by the Tribunal on the appropriateness of using special service agreements, it would seem that the period immediately following the expiration of the Applicant's original contract of employment, namely from 29 October 1980 until 31 March 1981, was in essence an extension of the original appointment. The Applicant continued to perform the same functions but was denied the status of a staff member and was given special service agreements instead. However, it is clear that the various subsequent functions performed by the Applicant, not related
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to the activities of UNICEF, a United Nations agency focused on improving the lives of children and mothers. The mention of specific projects such as the Kampuchea Operation and the History Project, as well as the International Year of the Child, suggests a focus on humanitarian aid and relief, as well as education and culture.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education, Culture