Headquarters, themajordutystations, [ltH.co-ktHlJpin<;l operaticH1:il and specialized agencies: (ii)Enhancement oftelephone cOlr.znunicatiol'lS toaccorr.modt'lt'" dati."lt.nuutmlss!on. 43.26 Ashiftinthemajoractivities ofthl1J8pplicetlot1§ analystif& andprograrnmors willbegin,centring onconsulting rather thanonsystems maintenance. Systems maintenance will.thus.betransferred touserdepartments. Inthatway.asmaller staffwillbeabletoprovide design andimplementation assistance tomore programmes. Modern development toolsandtechniques. suchascomputer-aideo software engineering (CASE) technology andprototyping. willbeintroduced. Initial stepswillbetakentoexpand accesstodatabase••notonlyworldwide. Tothatend,newdatabasemanagement packages willbeinstalled for administrative-type dataandfortext. Computer security willbeenhanced. SUBPROGRAMME 3.FIELDOPERATIONS SUPPORT (a) Gen~.L(;Il orientation 43.27 Thelegislative authority ofthesubprogramme derives fromSecretary-General Bulletin ST/SGB/Organization, section P(Ill). Itspurpose isthesupport of peace-keeping operations andotherfieldmissions established bytheSecurity Council orbytheSecretary-General. 43.28 Thegeneral aimofthesubprogramme istoprovide managerial. administrative. financial, personnel andlogistics support topeace-keeping operations, special missions. reliefoperations andothermissions asthe Secretary-General maydecide. InthBexecution ofthosefunctions. CID•• co-operation andco-ordination ismaintained withtheOrtic. forSpecial POlitic.! Affairs andthedivisions ofadministration ofoffic@s awayfrom H@adqu~rtur~. -7- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library43.29 P.l!\\peciflc objectiv'e curing theperiod underreviewwillbetorationali2e, regularize aMl!ltre&"nllnlll prOCeC'l,lrefiJ forthe~tan:-up ofnewpeace-kee'ping crp.eraticnfij CL~'l'ti.o'th.e-Tfierld. 'mlg's;,-lon~, while,#,attheeSa3Et.ims le'nhanci.nig the, capacity to~intain a1l1ac:c:eptable levelof activity within tbe inthe and ofallthefieldoperations being ByGeneral JtfH,;olu:tion 41/213, theadtdnistrative functions ofthe forfieldOperational andE::d:ernal Support Activities weretransferred to ofAdrrdnh:tration and Manage;lW~l'lt. and,inthereorganization that waere-e1$tablished alfllCldiviaion withintheOfficeof43.30 Off1c€~ the followed, field 41).31 Intheccn.1rlTleot' the t~t!HHtIJtll;-te~ planperiod, theOffIce ofGeneral Services 51'.1,0,in "itlWFieldOperatiCDt!l Division willpursue measures todevelop aridtl'iaintair, ahighde.gree ofopera:tional readiru!lss andcapability tomount new ing0IHwrationn andotherrnisl!llonn inresponse toresolutions and decit,lol1g airnl'ld 1Y>tpretH;!l'ving andmaintaining peaceandsecurity introubled areas oftheworld. 4,3.32 InordiTlrtowzatifllfy them()reltfiIIM!.diate operational requirements associated WHJ:'ithoefitr'iblil!ll'..ment ofnewl'fiilO'HillOIUiI, theFieldOperations Division will underti!1lke thefollowing I'llctivitielll: (11)ldent! aqualif'ifild poolofspecialized civilian personneL both iYldivid,tu:;lll> 1!\;ndorQ1!(!niz€!!d unit!>,thatmaybec1'lllled uponatshortnoticeto oor@I'>tiJl.ff; (b) l!:!fItabli~h areserve stockofcommonly-used equipment andsupplies and C!t;lVti510p @Ininventory ofresources available atshortnotice fromMemberStates; (c)Revil1lwcurrent arrang€iJment!!l fortheprovision oftechnical and 6(md.rl!strativlEl servicf!illfj with 81viewtoidentifying alternative methods ofproviding [\}uchrHHViclill!l. 4<3.33 Inrel<\pOml6 toth®increasingly complex natureofpeace-keeping operations andth.introduction ofmoresophisticated technologies, theFieldOperations Divi8ion willundertake thefollowing activities: (It)Dllivelop training programmes toenhance theskillsofstaffalready on board, .Bwmlla.fortheorientation ofnewstaff,bothmilitary andcivilian; (b) D.v~lop anexpanded andmoretechnologically-advanced communications c~ptlbility lNupported bymorehighlytrained communications personnel forboth Inter- 21ndintra-mis!3ion communications: (c)PUl:llJue theconcept ofstandardization, withaviewtoensuring optimum