before and included a summary of the main recommendations and decisions, as well as the relevant financial implications. Nevertheless, the report exceeded the 32-page limit set by the General Assembly. The Fifth Cornmittee, which had recommended that limit, ought not to accept such excessive length; on the contrary, it must set an example for the other United Nations bodies. It would be easy to shorten the document: for example, the views of the so-called staff associations, which appeared in other documents, could be eliminated. 66. Similarly, care should be taken to see that the report gave a clearer reflection of the questions which had been considered. In order not to lose the trust of the Member States, ICSC must pay more attention to the importance which Members attached to improving the effectiveness and reducing the expenses of the international organizations, to increasing staff productivity and to improving methods of administration and management. 67. Miss ZONICLE (Bahamas) stressed once more the importance attached by her delegation to an independent, efficient, competent and responsible civil service, and said that she was confident that the time would come when Bahamian nationals would serve in it on an equal footing with nationals of all other States Members of the United Nations and of the organizations in the common system. 68. The conditions of service of the various categories of staff of the United Nations system forllled one of the Ifldin topics of the ICSC report (A/3c!/3U). In that connection she sctid that, in order to detonnim~ whether the ICSC' s recol!ano::ndatiOii:S I ... A/C.S/38/SR. 41 English Page 14 (Miss Zonicle, Bahamas) contributed to the attainment of the aims in view and helped the organizations in the common system to obtain from the 70 per cent of their budgets that went on 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the administration and management of international organizations, specifically the United Nations, and its staff. It touches on the importance of efficiency, productivity, and cost reduction, as well as the need for an independent and responsible civil service. These themes suggest that the text may be related to employment or administrative management.

**Category**
Employment, Administration