injustice was extremely serious, it provoked discord between the Administration and I ... A/C.S/38/SR.45 English Page 4 (Mr. Goguikial"', I..ebanon) staff members, whose morale was undermined, and that in turn had negative repercussions on their quality of work and productivity. 10. Account should be taken of seniority when promoting staff members from one category to another, while those who had satisfactorily completed fixed-term appointments should be offered permanent contracts. Competent staff members would thus be favoured, and the quality of the Secretariat would be improved. 11. Staff members had both obligations and rights. Their obligations should be scrupulously fulfilled and monitored. Particular care should be taken in monitoring performance during the early years of an appointment, after which appropriate action could be taken without regard to political or geographical considerations. It was relatively simple, if a staff member proved unsatisfactory, to replace that person by someone else from the same region. Uniform recruitment and promotion criteria and the encouragement of competent staff members were the key principles on which to base the management of the United Nations Secretariat. 12. Staff members should enjoy equal rights, due account being paid to their administrative responsibilities, grade and duty station. His delegation was particularly concerned about the need to give priority to competent staff members when considering candidates for promotion, to improve the status of language teachers, to increase health insurance premiums and to improve housing conditions for those living in poor apartments in unsafe areas. It would also like to see better management of the assets of the Joint Staff Pension Fund. Staff members, if they were to perform in the way expected of them, should not be preoccupied with problems of that nature. His Government had some reservations with regard to other areas of concern to the staff, who should realize that the improvement of 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the management and administration of the United Nations Secretariat, focusing on the promotion and treatment of staff members. It highlights the importance of competence, fairness, and equality in the recruitment and promotion process, as well as the need to improve working conditions and benefits. The text does not seem to be related to economic development, natural resources, agriculture, industry, transport, international trade, health, culture, or science and technology.

**Category**
Employment, Education