of posts and other objects of expenditure approved in 1982 and 1983, including resources for the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least Developed Countries and the financing of the multinational programming and operational centres (MULPOC) approved by the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh sessions. Section 14 -Economic Commission for Western Asia 2. Mr. MSELLE (Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions) said that the Advisory Committee had recommended a reduction of $2,504,700 in the Secretary-General's estimate under section 14 of the proposed programme budget. As indicated in paragraphs 14.4-14.6 of the report, the number of vacant posts in the Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA) was large in comparison with the other regional commissions. As at 31 January 1983, nearly 28 per cent of the Professional posts at ECWA and 27 per cent of the General Service posts were vacant, while by 30 April 1983 those figures were 31.7 per cent and 25.2 per cent respectively. Moreover, the Advisory Committee had been informed that in 1982 the percentage of vacant posts in ECWA had averaged 27.8 per cent for Professional posts and 9.9 per cent for General Service posts. Accordingly, the Advisory Committee had recommended a 13 per cent turnover factor and a reduction of $1,215,200 in the Secretary-General's estimate. 3. The second factor justifying the reduction recommended by the Advisory Committee (A/38/7, para. 14.12) should not present any problem to the Commission, since it was simply a matter of correcting an error. Under section 14 of the proposed programme budget, provision had been made for all existing 206 General Service staff at ECWA, as well as for the incumbent of the new local level post requested by the Secretary-General, to receive a non-resident's allowance. 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the budgetary allocation for the Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA), which is a regional organization focused on economic development in the region. The main points of discussion are the vacancy rates in ECWA, the need to correct an error in the budget, and the recommended reduction in the Secretary-General's estimate. This suggests that the category should be related to economic development or international organizations, as ECWA is an organization focused on economic development.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade