informed Members of the Board that there was one "definite" and three "possible" professional posts available in the Finance field for promotion of successful candidates. On 10 July 1984, the Chairman of the Specialized Board of Examiners for Finance (the Specialized Board), who conducted the examinations for the specialized occupational group of Finance, informed the President of the CEB that the Board had completed marking the written portion of the examination and "understood that the exact number of candidates to be convoked for the oral examination [would] be decided by the Central Examination Board in the light of the number of posts available". The Specialized Board subsequently convoked 13 candidates for the oral portion of the examination, to be held from 10 to 12 September 1984. The Applicant was among these 13 candidates. In a memorandum dated 1 October 1984, the Chairman of the Specialized Board informed the President of the CEB of the results of the examination. The Board recommended six out of the thirteen candidates as eligible for promotion to the Professional category. The Chairman noted that "the list of posts in the finance field was still not available and the candidates had therefore not yet been- 4 - given an opportunity to indicate their preference in accordance with the procedures laid down in ST/AI/313 ...". In view of the "highly satisfactory results" achieved that year, the Chairman of the Specialized Board urged that "every effort [be] made to obtain the necessary posts and suggest[ed] that possible alternative methods [be] explored so that all six of the successful candidates can be promoted to the Professional category as soon as possible." In two memoranda dated 2 October 1984 and 16 October 1984, the Assistant Secretary-General, OPS, communicated to the President of the CEB the number of professional posts available to promote
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to the internal workings of an organization, specifically the promotion of employees to a higher category within the finance field. The language used is formal and professional, indicating a bureaucratic context. The discussion revolves around the availability of professional posts, the results of an examination, and the recommendation of candidates for promotion. This suggests that the text is related to employment and human resources management.

**Category**
Employment