Secretariat". This appointment was extended first, for a further fixed-term period until 30 June 1980 and then, until 30 September 1980, as an External Relations Officer at the Office of the UNICEF Executive Board and Liaison with Non-Governmental Organizations. The Applicant was subsequently employed by UNICEF as a consultant. She was offered a series of special service agreements, with intermittent, short breaks in service between them, commencing on 29 October 1980 and ending on 31 December 1985. Her assignments were related to the International Year of the Child, the Kampuchea emergency operation and a History Project, all specific UNICEF projects. According to the record of the case, during the course of her employment on special service agreements, an extensive exchange of correspondence ensued between the Administration, the Applicant and- 4 - lastly, the Applicant's father, then Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations and the Executive Director of UNICEF, concerning the modalities of the Applicant's employment, her career prospects with UNICEF and the Applicant's activities in the Staff Union. The Applicant was anxious to regularize her contractual situation and to obtain an appointment as a staff member. In a note for the file dated 4 February 1983, a Policy Officer at the Division of Personnel (DOP) acknowledged that "by keeping Ms. Lopez-Lising on SSAs [Special Service Agreements] for more than two years, we are breaching the requirements of A.I.[Administrative Instruction] 318, which sets 126 working days in any period of 12 months as the normal duration for which a consultant may be employed". In a memorandum dated 4 February 1983, the Deputy Executive Director discussed the Applicant's career prospects with UNICEF. She pointed out that although the Applicant had "performed a very useful role in a number of capacities ... these [had] been of a temporary and short-term nature". The
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to the employment and career development of an individual, specifically a woman named Ms. Lopez-Lising, who worked on various special service agreements with UNICEF. The text mentions her work on specific projects, her exchanges with UNICEF officials, and her desire to regularize her employment situation. This suggests that the text is primarily focused on the administrative and professional aspects of her employment, rather than any specific field or sector.

**Category**
Employment, Humanitarian aid and relief