(f)Toprovide high-quality verbatim reporting services inthesixofficial languages oftheOrganization fortheSecurity Council, theGeneral Assembly and otherauthorized bodies; (g)Toensurehigh-quality andrapidprocessing ofverbatim records. (b)CourseofactionoftheSecretariat 39.31 Demandforandsupplyofconference services ateachlocation willbe assessed andevaluated foreachbiennium ofthemedium-term planperiod, andthe draftcalendar ofconferences andmeetings oftheUnitedNations foreachbiennium willbedesigned accordingly forconsideration bytheCommittee onConferences. 39.32 Adetailed analysis oftheannual, monthly, weekly anddailymeetings programme willbeundertaken ateachlocation toprovide information onpatterns of actualutilization byuser,whichwouldassistintheidentification and reallocation ofservices foradhocrequests. Eachmeeting willbeanalysed in termsofuniformity inapplication ofstandards inservicing, anditsorganization willbeanalysed inordertoidentify problems andtorecommend andimplement changes asappropriate forfuturemeetings. 39.33Efforts willbedirected towards establishing adatabasemanagement system which, onceestablished, willincrease staff-time available foranalytical tasks. Thesystemwillalsoreducethetimerequired forprocessing thevarious reports prepared underthesubprogramme, thusmaking themavailable forsecretariat and delegation useinamoretimelyfashion. 39.34Statistical andanalytical studies ofconference-servicing resources, services andfacilities andofthepattern ofmeetings ofintergovernmental bodies willbeundertaken andresults willbecommunicated tosubstantive secretariats, as appropriate. 39.35Inordertoensure anappropriate levelofexpertise inthepermanent interpretation staffing establishment, changes intechnical requirements willbe. assessed onacontinuing basisandtraining needswillbedetermined. -11- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library= 39.36Inordertoimprove uniformity andfamiliarity withcurrent multilingual terminology amonginterpreters. electronic linkages toavailable terminology data baseswillbeestablished. Applications ofcomputer technology, suchas teleconferencing, willbeinvestigated andimplemented. asappropriate, inorderto improve response timetochanges inrequirements. 39.37Inordertoensuretheexistence ofapoolofqualified free-lance interpreters, changes inthefree-lance marketwillbecontinuously analysed and rosters ofqualified staffwillbedeveloped, asappropriate. 39.38 Withregardtoverbatim reporting, changes inrequirements willbeassessed andmethodologies developed forensuring thecorresponding levelofexpertise in thepermanent staffing establishment, including familiarity withmultilingual terminology. Changes inthefree-lance marketwillbekeptunderreview and rosters ofqualified staffwillbedeveloped, asappropriate. 39.39Available text-processing equipment andelectronic linkage toother conference-servicing unitswillbeanalysed sothatappropriate changes thatwill reducethetimerequired forprocessing ofverbatim reports maybeformulated and implemented. SUBPROGRAMME 3.TRANSLATION SERVICES (a)Objectives 39.40 Underthegeneral mandates outlined inparagraphs 39.1to39.3above. subprogramme 3dealswiththetranslation intothesixofficial languages ofthe Organization ofparliamentary documentation andothermaterial andwiththe provision forthatpurpose ofreference andterminology services. Inaddition, a morelimited rangeoftranslation andrelated services areprovided inGerman onan extrabudgetary basis.pursuant toGeneral Assembly resolution 3355(XXIX)of 14December 1978. 39.41Itisanticipated thattheproblems tobetackled inthisregardwill continue toinclude thelatesubmission ofdocuments bysubstantive departments, thepoorquality orexcessive lengthofsomedocuments submitted, theunevenness of thetranslation work-load, owingtothebunching ofmeetings, thelimited capacity ofthetranslation services totranslate fromcertain official languages, the increasingly technical natureofthetextssubmitted fortranslation, ashortage of
**Analysis**
This text appears to be related to the administration and logistics of the United Nations, specifically focusing on the provision of conference services, translation services, and verbatim reporting. It seems to be more concerned with the internal operations of the organization rather than external issues like economic development, natural resources, or humanitarian aid.

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Transport and communication, Industry