improvements were due to the overall decline in staff numbers rather than to the ~ction programme. She said that it was not inconsistent to maintain freeze conditions, and at the same time, enhance the promotion and mobility of women in the United Nations, since possibilities still existed for promotion and transfers. She proposed that forward targets be set to address the underrepresentation of women at specific levels and that conditions of service and grievance redress system be reviewed. 31. The representative of the Federation of International Civil Servants• Associations said that most of the organizations of the United Nations system would not attain the 30 per cent target by 1990 recommended by the General Assembly and were indeed under the 20 per cent mark as at 1988; most did not have a co-ordinator to improve the status of women in their respective secretariats, nor were there joint staff/management committees to recommend changes and monitor improvements in the status of women. She supported the extension beyond June 1988 of the Office of the Co-ordinator for the Improvement in the Status of Women in the Secretariat of the United Nations. 32. The representative of ILO indicated that the legislative organs of ILO were concerned with the coherence and co-ordination of activities to eliminate discrimination against women and to promote their equality, and presented a report on developments in ILO programmes and plans on questions related to women workers. 33. The observer for the Organization of African Unity stressed the need to recruit more women from Africa to decision-making positions in the United Nations system, noting the near absence of African women in such posts and the need to regularize posts at the African Training and Research Centre for Women. -53-ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION Mandate of the office of the Co-ordinator for the Improvemen~ 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the representation and promotion of women in the United Nations system, specifically in the context of employment and staff numbers. It mentions the need for targets to address underrepresentation, review of conditions of service, and the extension of an office to improve the status of women. The text also touches on the need for more women from Africa to be recruited to decision-making positions. Given the focus on employment and staff numbers, it seems likely that the category would be Employment or Humanitarian aid and relief.

**Category**
Employment, Humanitarian aid and relief