the Headquarters of United Nations or at any of its offices to which you may be assigned.- 15 - You will normally be appointed initially at a P-2 level and will normally be promoted to the P-3 level after completing two years of satisfactory service. 4.Prior to appointment by the United Nations, you will not have the status of a staff member of the United Nations, and your rights, benefits, and entitlements will be strictly limited to those specified herein. (Signature) Head, Beijing Institute To the Head, Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages I hereby accept the above offer and solemnly undertake to fulfil the conditions set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above. (Signed) Yao/Trainee" VII.In 1984, after passing the examination, the three Applicants applied for jobs as verbatim reporters. The Department of Conference Services (DCS) requested the Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM) to offer them posts as verbatim reporters for a fixed-term of five years. The letters of appointment accepted by the Applicants Qiu and Yao specified that the appointments would be from 16 September 1984 and would expire on 15 September 1989; the Applicant Zhou's appointment would be from 21 September 1984 and would expire on 20 September 1989. In the "Special Conditions" section of each contract it is noted: "On secondment from the Government of China". The Tribunal notes that no details concerning the nature and conditions of the employment with the Chinese Government from which the Applicants were seconded are given in the letters of appointment or in other documents submitted by the Administration. VIII.Neither has the Administration produced any agreement concluded with the Chinese Government, such as envisaged in the Tribunal's case-law referred to below, concerning the secondment of- 16 - the Applicants nor any document in which the competent authorities define the Applicants' situation in writing and specify the
**Analysis**
This text appears to be related to the employment and work arrangements of individuals with the United Nations, specifically regarding their appointment, promotion, and secondment from the Government of China. The text also mentions the Department of Conference Services and the Office of Human Resources Management, which suggests that the text is related to administrative or bureaucratic processes within the United Nations.

**Category**
Employment