54.TheAdvisory Committee pointsout,however, thattheclassification exercise hasnotyetbeencompleted. TheCommittee recommends thatifthe results oftheclassification exercise arenotimplemented bytheendofthe 1984-1985 biennium, fundsshouldonlybeprovided inthe1986-1987 biennium to coverthefinancial implications oftheexercise from1January 1986onwards.J- Extrabudgetary posts (a)Upgrading fromP-5toD-1ofthepostofChief,Division ofspecialized services intheInternational TradeCentre,78 77 1605 1654 1 ---!. L§!i 1732 2483 Llli8 205 170 1400 Subtotal TotalPrincipal level Otherlevels1986-1987 Support Substantive Grade services activities Total 1984-1985 ASG 3 3 3 D-2 8 9 17 15 D-l 66 12 78 77p-s 108 36 144 139 P-4 179 35 214 202 P-3 226 31 257 273 P-2/l 74 ...ll 86 94 664 135 799 803 General Service: Localandother categories 56.Inaccordance withthetermsofsectionII,paragraph 2,ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/217of17December 1980,theAdvisory Committee, sincesubmitting its Firstreportonthe1984-1985 programme budget, 5/hasconcurred withthefollowing reauests bytheSecretary-General concerning extrabudgetary postsattheD-1level andabove:55.Thenumbers andgradesofstaffanticipated during1986-1987 for extrabudgetary support services isprovided inannexVIII(c)oftheintroduction totheproposed programme budget. TheAdvisory Committee notes,however, that similar information isnotprovided intheannexinrespect ofsubstantive activities. TheCommittee wasinformed thatitwasestimated thatextrabudgetary resources in1986-1987 wouldfinance atotalof2,483postsforsupport services andsubstantive activities (excluding operational projects). Thefollowing table provides abreakdown ofthesepostsbygrade,andcompares theestimated totalfor 1986-1987 withthetotalnumberofthosepostsin1984-1985: ,r ons. ,r he the iurnto ards.ided,iI of u1ts tary-asthe,- .was tsfor wasD-2 D-1 P-5 ,p-4 ,P-3 .p~2 :G-5!ffect 1-16),y~.,Thirty-ninth Session, Supplement No.7(A/39/7 andAdd.1-16). -19- Ii.. (b)Establishment ofa0-3extrabudgetary postforsixmonthsintheOffice forthePreparation oftheFortieth Anniversary oftheUnitedNationsJ (c)Establishment ofapostattheUnder-SecretarY-General levelforan Executive Co-ordinator oftheOfficeforEmergency Operations inAfrica. Temporary assistance andconsultants, 57.AscanbeseenfromannexVItotheintroduction, theexpendit~re sections of theproposed programme budgetinclude atotalof$9.9million forgeneral temporary assistance. Asarule,general temporary assistance, undertheexpenditure sections, isusedforthereplacement ofstaffonprolonged .sickleaveormaternity leaveandforadditional staffduringpeak-load periods. 58.Itcanbesaid,asanorderofmagnitude, thattherequestof$9.9million for general temporary assistance undertheexpenditure sections corresponds toatleast 7Professional leveland175General Service posts,or14Professional work-years and350General Service work-years forthebiennium. 59.Theoverall estimate ofrequirements fortemporary assistance formeetings is $35.9million (annexVItotheintroduction). Thesefundsarerequ~sted for short-term interpreters, translators, typists andotherconference-servicing staff. Whilethisamountis$11.7million lessthantherevised appropriation for 1984-1985, itshouldbenotedthatnoprovision ismadeinConference Services, Headquarters (section 29)fortemporary assistance formeetings otherthanthat required fortheforty-first andforty-second sessions oftheGeneral Assembly. In accordance withestablished procedures, theSecretary-General willindicate his requirements fortemporary assistance formeetings inrevised estimates tobe