expire on 20 September 1989 and that, in view of his satisfactory performance, DCS, recommended that his appointment be converted to probationary. Subsequently, in July 1989, the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Finance informed OHRM that the Applicant Zhou was encumbering a core post. Nevertheless, the Administration did not submit the three recommendations for a probationary appointment to the appropriate appointment and promotion bodies. In a handwritten note inserted on the 1 May 1989 memorandum from DCS to OHRM, the Personnel Officer wrote: "DCS has informed me on 10.8.89 [10 August 1989] to request from the Government of China an extension of appointment for two years." In three notes verbales dated 11 August 1989, addressed to the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China (the Chinese Mission), the Secretary-General asked the Chinese Government to extend the Applicant Qiu's and the Applicant Yao's secondment until 15 September 1991 and the Applicant Zhou's secondment until 20 September 1991. In three separate replies dated 23 August 1989,- 5 - the Chinese Mission informed the Secretariat that the Chinese Government had consented to the extension of the three Applicants' secondment until 31 December 1989 only. Each of the three letters stated: "[A] recommendation from the Chinese Government for his successor will be communicated to the Secretariat in a separate note". In a letter dated 1 October 1989, the Applicant Qiu requested the Assistant Secretary-General, OHRM, to grant him a career appointment in accordance with paragraph 5 of Section IV of General Assembly resolution 37/126, which provides that "staff members on fixed-term appointments upon completion of five years of continuing good service shall be given every reasonable consideration for a career appointment", and with paragraph 5 of section VI of General Assembly resolution 38/232, in which the Assembly "recommends that the organizations normally dispense with the requirement for a
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the secondment of individuals from the Chinese Government to the United Nations, with details about the terms of their appointments and extensions. It seems to be related to the management of human resources within the UN organization. The text does not mention specific projects, programs, or initiatives related to any of the categories listed, but rather focuses on the administrative aspects of staff appointments and extensions.

**Category**
Employment