Theobjective istocreate alSliafeands@cureenvinmment inwhich th~Organhiation cancarryoutitlilworkeffflJctively. Tothat<line\.p!!!riodic inl1lp~ctionl!l ofoffio~~ awayfromHeadquarters willbeundertaken inorderto€HlSUnilth,1Luuifol'lTI procedures arein~ffect. Training prograttm~0s forsecurity officers atthol1l® offices willbainitiated Bndrotation of.ecurity Ifltaffbetw.en stations willbR encouraged, whenrequired. (b)CourseofactionoftheSecretati~ 43.19 Thesubprogramme iscarried outbytheSecurity andSafety Service ofthe Office ofGeneral Services atHeadquarters, corresponding unitsinthedivisions of administration atlocations awayfromHeadquarters andComrnonServices, Nairobi. 43.20 Inthecourseofthemedium-term planperiod, inaddition tocontinuing activities, thefollowing improvement programmes willtakeplace: (a)Mandatory training courses willbeorganized intheareasof investigation, patrolling andfirst-aid andintherelated fields ofsafety, such asfireemergencies andelectronic security systems, including closedcircult television alarms; (b)Physical training facilities forsecurity andsafetyservice. willbe improved; (c)Theinfrastructure forsecurity services willberationalized and modernized withaviewtoachieving savings inmanpower andimprovements in efficiency; (d)AtHeadquarters, acomplex-wlda Bcce.1control .yst••viIIb.inltall.d. following afeasibility studyontheextent ofitfil uuefulru~sl1j iilnd1t5l.v'l1.1ptabiHty tothespecific needsoftheOrganization. Bxperience inth.incr••••dnl.af Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Libraryace,EHIS control systen", byhospitals, largecorporations andbusiness entities indicates that.itnotonlyprovides ahigher l,evelofaccess control withits po~;itive ~ecurityar.d t>afety implications butalsohasf·eatures thathaveproven., e"trenr~ly U:!l·eful torsanagert,ent; (e)Thepa5~andidentification systelms 100'111beupgraded; tt/Further expanll!ion oftheclosedcircuit T;systemwillcontinue during tr~planperiodatHeadquartert>. Mobile Ca!1Ti€raS willbeequipped ",,1L":!time record,iiH'!!\ tofacilitat,e thetaskofsurveillance. 43.21 :theleghtlative ~l1thori tyforthesubprograr..mtie derives fromGeneral Assembly relJioll1tion 2611(XXIV)of16DeCBl'!!lber 1969andSecretary-General Bulletin ST/SGB/Orqanization P(VI),datedMarch1976. 43.22 Theactiviti(1llit l1mafilrthe5ubprograrl%.'l'.e willaimatproviding efficient, rl3l1itwlEJ liitndcOliilt-eftoctivli: l\!H~infraree computer operations toalloffices inthe OrQf3;tlizati.on whOfi:~workprogra\1if"''''lJte n,quire!> computer support, assisting progranllne offic!!d' int11.lJdevelopltumt ofelectronic applications necessary tofulfiltheir pt'ogral'i'l!r,e ofactivit18!1>, providing anefficient andreliable electronic COfM,utll,cation!Ji t'l€ltwC)JrK globally, riOtonlyfortheUnited Nations butalsoforthe !3!i'l>ecialiudl I!lg~nCitH~, particip&t:ing ininter-agency programJl1es relating to 1ll1~ctronic IHH:vice~, lEiucn 1UtheAdvifilOry Cort'.lllittee forCo-ordination of InformatioD By.tern.andtheInternational Computing Centre, andexploring new t(c!chnologifHJ andtheirapplicability totheworkoftheOrganization. 43.23 Th.office automation programrl'le, whichhasbeendeveloped atHeadquarters overt.hspast d.(t~cade, hasnotprogressed atthesamepaceatotherdutystations. ~rrBng.ments willhavetob.madetoprovide thoseoffices withfacilities and CHf,pabLl.itifil[; lilimilar tothoseavailable atHeadquarters andareplacement programme forofficD automation willDeedtobedeveloped andimplemented atthose loca.tionlil, Compl1tibility ofhardware andsoftware willneedtobeensured. ItltortI'!CI!H. bli.l\:wel6tJn computer configurations atdifferent dutystations should allow direct inputtothefacsimile andtelexswitches. 43.24 IIItheimplementation ofGeneral Assembly resolution 41/213, theactivities ofthe6ubprogramme, whichwerepreviOUSly underthedirect responsibility ofthe Under-Se;cretar'y-General forAdministration andManagement, havebeentransferred to theOffice ofGeneral Services. 43.25 Inthecourseofthemedium-term planperiod, thefollowing activities will becarried outbytheOffice ofGeneral Services andinparticular itsElectronic