text: providing substantive services tothesessions oftheCommission. Another additional postattheP-3levelisrequested inconnection withtheimplementation ofprogramme element 1.3(Assistance programmes tovictims ofApartheid). The Department forTechnical Co-operation forDevelopment hashitherto assisted the Centreinimplementing ascholarship programme undertheUnitedNations Education andTraining Programme forSouthern Africa, withinitsavailable resources. In 1989,attherequest oftheAdvisory Committee fortheUnitedNations Education and Training Programme forSouthern Africa, anindependent evaluation oftheprogramme wascarried out.Thatevaluation, interalia,pointed totheneedformore effective administration, including theneedformorerelated staffatthe Department ofTechnical Co-operation forDevelopment. Itisinthatcontext that itisproposed toprovide additional administrative support staffthrough the establishment ofoneP-3posttobeassigned tothatDepartment. Thefunctions attached tothepostwouldinclude evaluating applications forscholarships; submitting recommendations cotheSelection Panel3ndparticipating inallaspects /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library-~------------- AlC.5/45/2 English Page24 oftheadministration oftheprogramme. Theestablishment ofoneGeneral Service (otherlevel)postisalsoproposed forassignment totheDepartment ofTechnical Co-operation forDevelopment forrelated clerical andadministrative support. 73.Thereclassification totheP-4levelofaP-3postinthePublicity, Assistance andPromotion ofInternational Action Branchisproposed tore~ldct additional responsibilities inconnection withtheincreased emphasis onthe mobilization ofinternational action through lectures, information briefings and otherpromotional activities. 74.Itisfurther proposed toupgrade thepostofSpecial Assistant tothe Assistant-Secretary-General oftheCentre against Apartheid fromtheP-4totheP-S levelasthefunctions relating totheposthaveevolved significantly inrelation totheincreased demands placed ontheCentre bytheGeneral Assembly. Theduties haveexpanded, inparticular, intheareasofmanagerial co-ordination andliaison atthegovernmental andintergovernmental level. 75.Lastly,itisproposed toupgrade fromtheP-4totheP-5levelapostof Economic Affairs Officer intheCommittee Services andResearch Branch toreflect theincreased volume andcomplexity ofeconomic research, inconnection, interalia, withthepreparation ofcomparative studies onthemethodology andtechniques of economic planning andma~agement inapost-apartheid SouthAfrica. B.Contractual services 76.SouthAfricaisnowinatransitional period during whichnegotiations are expected toincrease andbring aneedforanalyses ofthelegalstructure of apartheid asitmaystandin1990-1991 andforareview ofthemonitoring ofthe sanctions, including theoilembargo against SouthAfrica. Inthatrespect, the Centreagainst Apartheid iscurrently utilizing theservices ofanindividual contractor withstatistical andcomputer background toprovide support tothe Intergovernmental GrouptoMonitor theSupply andShipping ofOilandPetroleum Products toSouthAfrica. Theresources approved forthe1990-1991 biennium ($47,200) fortheCentre coverapproximately eightwork-months ofcontractual services underthisarrangement. Additional resources intheamount of$40,000 are requested tocoversevenadditional work-months needed for.thecompletion ofthe establishment ofthenewmonitoring system requested bytheIntergovernmental Group. C.kQpsultant services 77.Additional requirements foroutside expertise inspecialized skills not available within theexisting staffoftheCentre haveariseninconnection with theincrease inthenumber ofspecialized studies mandated bytheGeneral Assembly. Theadditional resources requested inthisrespect amount to$15,000, against an existing appropriation of$74,600. /...
analysis: This text appears to be related to international development and cooperation, specifically in the context of the United Nations. The language used is formal and bureaucratic, suggesting that it is a proposal or report from an international organization. The content focuses on the allocation of resources and personnel within the organization, with a specific emphasis on the implementation of programs and services related to apartheid and its aftermath.