text: sect.SPQRCDT/OCN of24February 1989). Theactivities oftheDepartment are covered inprogrammes 1,2and4ofchapter 4andprogramme 2ofchapter 2ofthe medium-term planfortheperiod 1984-1989, asrevised. Resources approved forthe 1990-1991 biennium tocarryouttheseactivities aredistributed asfollows: $ Executive direction andmanagement Programmes ofactivities Political affairs Trusteeship anddecolonization Programme support services1126900 1963300 2798800 1494500 7383500 I... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library-------- AlC.5/45/2 English Page20 Staffresources approved bytheGeneral Assembly fortheDepartment forthe 1990-1991 biennium total53posts(28Professional and25General Service). 66.Theaccession ofNamibia toindependence hashadnoimpact onthework programme oftheintergovernmental organs namely, theTrusteeship Council andthe Special Committee onthesituation withRegard totheImplementation ofthe Declaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples, serviced bytheDepartment. Thevolume ofassistance provided bytheDepartment to thosebodiesintermsofmeetings andmissions servicing, preparation ofworking papers, reports andotherdocuments, hasremained atthesamelevel. Inrespect of theactivities carried outundersubprogramme 2,Special programmes ofeconomic assistance, recent developments inAfrica overthepastyearshaveplaced anadded burden ontheDepartment asthenumber ofcountries requiring assistance has increased. Civilwars,drought andwar-related famine haveledtoincreasing calls upontheSecretary-General forthemobilization andprovision ofinternational assistance. Thoseactivities co-ordinated bytheUnitforSpecial Emergency Programmes intheDepartment havecaused amarked increase initswork-load. Accordingly, activities undersubprogramme 2(Special programmes ofeconomic assistance) ofProgramme 2(Special political questions) involving mission assignments inthefield,related preparation ofreports andappeal documents at Headquarters, contacts withUnited Nations specialized agencies anddonor Governments andorganization ofdonorconferences andadhocmeetings, have increased significantly. 67.TheUnithaduntilrecently beenassisted through thesecondment ofastaff member fromtheOffice oftheUnited Nations HighCommissioner forRefugees (UNHCR), butthissupport hasbeenwithdrawn. Itistherefore proposed thatan established Professional postattheP-4levelandanestablished General Service (otherlevel)post,whichhaveheretofore provided administrative support tothe United Nations Council forNamibia andtheOfficeoftheUnited Nations Commissioner forNamibia, beredeployed fromcommon support services totheUnit forSpecial Emergency Programmes undertheprogramme "Political affairs". In addition, inviewalsoofthereduced work-load ofthecommon support services arising fromthephasing outoftheactivities relating toNamibia, itisproposed toabolish oneestablished General Service (otherlevel)post. 68.Theneteffectoftheaboveproposals wouldbetoreduce thenumber ofGeneral Service postsintheDepartment byonepost. Ontheotherhandeightposts(three Professionals andfiveGeneral Service) forthenewTransitional UnitforNamibia wouldbeshownundersection 3B(seepara.57above). Therevised estimates under section 38canbesummarized asfollows asshownintables 38.1and38.2below. /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryAlC.5/45/2 English Page21 Table3B.1. Postreguirements Organizational unit: Department forSpecial Political Questions, Regional Co-operation, Decolonization andTrusteeship Initial 1990-1991 Proposed Revised asof Category level adjustment 1January 1991 Professional category andabove USG 1 1 D-2 2 2
analysis: The text appears to be a report from the Department for Special Political Questions, Regional Co-operation, Decolonization and Trusteeship, discussing the activities and resources needed for the 1990-1991 biennium. The focus is on international assistance, Trusteeship Council, and Special Committee on the situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The report also mentions the accession of Namibia to independence and the impact on the work program of the intergovernmental organs.