54. The etaff activltles lnvolve too nany people, both fton the staff sndthe Adninistretlon, who devote too rnuch of th€1r rrorklng tlme to problernenot dlrectly related to the proper terns of reference of etaff bodlee, thuelntroduclng e certaln dlaorganlzlng elenent lnto the normal fuoctlont;g of thevhole Secretari.at, and adveraely affectlng lts efficlency. Ilr the In;pectolsiopinlon, these ectlvltles po6e a very serlgqg problern and ehould be anaiyzedIn nore dete 11. 55. There are geveral staff aaaoclatlqna ln the United Natlona Secretariatlrt New York lrlth a €lnllar array of actlvltlea, An analyEla qf the largest,the Staff Unlonr vill aerve aa a generel analysle ot otheie !!/. 56.-^^The Staff Counctl, a leglslative body of the Staff Unloo, la compogedof 120 menbers, It h66 approxlmately Z0 eomnltteee engaglng about ZOb l.:01: 3/. ^ The. Councll holds about 60 meetlngs e yearr or one rneettnS evefy4-) days. Conuritteea alao meet very frequently. Meetlngs are usually held'durlng rorklng hoursr r.Ith more than 8O er-rb.1ecte on th€ vork progranrne io bedlscussed. As for the tlne spent &t the€e meetlngs, the predtdelrt of theSteff Comrnlttee, 28th Staff Council, nade it cles! ln one of hle staternents:ItThe -Staff Councll hae paeeed untold reeolutlon€ on every concelveble subJect... l.le often spend ao huch tlne in neetlng€ dlscue8lng reaolutlon€ that rre havelittIe time and energy Ieft to work on irnpienentatlo' ilth th. Adnlnl.tratlon.rllg/. rt le underatood that the ltnplementatlon of resolutlons take6 addltlonelr.orking tlme both fron the 6taff r€presentatlve and the AdtnlnlBt!6tlon. 27l uN speclal , Jaouary 19g3, p. 1I. !!/ see Annual Report of the st6ff Counctl, 26rh eesston, lggo_19g]. 291 Staff RegulEtlon 8.l(c) stated: "The Staff Councll of Heed_quarters shall be composed of from 39 to 41 representativea ... . Holrevel,this reguletlon was c€ncelled upoo the Secretary-General's recommendetlon. lp/ Annual Report of rhe staff Councll, 28th eeselon, l9g0-19g1, p.2. 57. Another body engaged in staff actlvitles is the Joint Advisory Committee