text: proposed programme budget. Thecapacity ofthesetwounitsissufficient tohandle approximately 70percentoftheCommission's needsJfortheremaining 30percent, theCommission resorts toexternal data~processing services (para.12.99ofthe proposed programme budget). 12.19Inparagraph 12.10above,theAdvisory Committee hasrecommended areduction of$12,500. Ittherefore recommends anestimate of$48,993,800 forsection 12. Reduction recommended $ 1 I.Section 12.Economic Commission forLatin America andtheCaribbean -84-12500 i .JI .1.. ...' Section 13.Economic Commission forAfrica hasnotbeen underrental introduction 12.102of ewas Estimate sUbmitted bytheSecretary-General •••••••••••••••$ 51829400 13.2Extrabudgetary resources for1986-1987 areestimated at$20,479,200, comprising ~1,836,500 forservices insupport ofextrabudgetary programmes, $621,900 forsUbstantive activities and$18,020,800 foroperational projects (table13.1(2». 13.4TheSecretarY-Generalis staffing proposals for1986-1987 alsoinclude requests forninereclassifications, fourofwhicharedown-gradings andfive up-gradings. Thefollowing tableshowsthesechanges andthosementioned inthe preceding paragraph:13.1Theestimate of$51,829,400 forsection 13is$5,471,300, or11.8percent, higherthantherevised 1984-1985 appropriations. Resource growthisestimated at $597,900 (atrevised 1985rates), therateofrealgrowthhasbeencalculated at 1.6percent(table13.1)." I , ,~!',I ':;'; I"i I f i,I !~l !It ,: .,,!376194004635810051829400 46312 300.......................... .......................... Actualexpenses 1982-1983 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Revised appropriations 1984-1985 Initial appropriations 1984-1985Estimate recommended bytheAdvisory Committee •••••••••••• 13.3Thenetresource growthof$597,900 (atrevised 1985rates)isprimarily attributable toincreases underestablished andtemporary postsandcommonstaff costs(table13.4). Inthisconnection, theAdvisory Committee notesthatfor 1986-1987 theSecretary-General proposes 626established postsforECA(223inthe Professional category andabove- 1USG,1D-2,18D-l,39P-5,58P-4,76P-3,and 30P-2/1-and403Locallevel), anincrease offourProfessional andfourLocal levelpostsover1984-1985. Ascanbeseenfromtable13.5,thetotalofregular budgettemporary postsremains unchanged atfour(2Professional and2Local level), however, thisexcludes onenon-recurrent P-5postbeingrequested for 1986-1987. TheAdvisory Committee's observations onnon-recurrent temporary posts arecontained inchapterI,paragraphs 44and45above. Thenumberof 51extrabudgetary postsproposed for1986-1987 showsadecrease of27fromthe totalfor1984-1985.$ ,2500yCommittee Iareduction :tion12.ipbetween lanceof iprogramme lara.ll.99 'nera1 .8giving 12ofthe !nttohandle 30percent, 19ofthe -85-/::1- '~_,.I.13.15513.109 13.14913.62 13.913.132 13.141 13.8613.47 13.4913.8 13.29 Paragraph reference inproposed programme budgetParagraph reference inproposed programme budget -86-Newpostsfprogramme Rec1assifications/programme Conference servicesEnvironment Statistics1P-4post Executive direction andmanagement 1P-4toP-31P-4 TranSport, communications andtourism inAfrica 1P-5toP-4 1P-3toP-4 1P-4toP-5Socialdevalopment 1P-4post(women's programme) and1LocallevelMarineaffairs population 1P-4toP-3Development issuesandpolicies 2Locallevel(MULPOCs)Executive direction andmanagement 1temporary non-recurrent P-5post(Senior evaluation officer) International tradeanddevelopment finance 1P-3toP-4Development issuesandpolicies 1P-4toP-5 1P-3toP-4 1P-4toP-31P-5and 1Locallevel , 4-\.einproposed budget 1 inproposed udget13.5Onthebasisofinformation provided toit,theAdvisory Committee recommends acceptance oftheproposed reclassifications. 13.6TheAdviaory Committee notesfrom parag~aph 13.8oftheproposed programme budgetthat,afteratransitional period, theevaluation functions ofthetemporary non-recurrent P-5postwillbecarried outbythestaffofECA.Inconsidering thisrequest, theAdvisory Committee tookinto.account thefunctions ofexisting staffinthePolicyandProgramme Co-ordination OfficeatECA.Onthebasisofthe
analysis: The text appears to be discussing budgetary proposals and recommendations for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLA) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The proposals seem to focus on staffing, resource allocation, and reclassifications within these organizations. There is no specific mention of natural resources, agriculture, health, education, or humanitarian aid, which suggests that these categories are not directly relevant. The text does mention international trade, which could be relevant, but it is not the primary focus.