text: the membership of the Commission on the Status of Women, the additie>nal resources that might be required under section 4 of the programme budget would amount to $22,000 for 1989. -129-DRAFT DECISION II. THE MANDATE OF THE OFFICE OF THE CO-ORDINATOR FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SECRETARIAT A. Requests contained in draft decision II 38. In the draft decision, the Economic and Social Council, reaffirming the importance of the Secretary-General's continuing efforts.to improve the status of women in the Secretariat, as related in his report on the improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat (A/C.5/42/24), would decide, in accordance with the review process established in General Assembly resolution 42/220 C, to request the Secretary-General to extend the mandate of the office of the Co-ordinator for the Improvement of the Status of Women in the Secretariat for the biennium 1988-1989, to review the situation at the end of that period, and to continue taking the necessary ~easures in order to ensure the continued implementation of the action programme for the improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat. B. Relationship of request to the programme of work for the biennium 1988-1989 39. The functions being undertaken by the Co-ordinator form part of the functions of the Office of Human Resources Management as indicated, inter alia, in paragraph 28C.2 of document A/42/6 (sect. 28C). In a related programme budget implications statement (A/C.3/42/L.39) submitted to the General Assembly at its forty-second session, it was indicated that, although progress made thus far in implementing the 1985 action programme had led to a stage where most of the original work plans had been carried out, the need for further work had become evident through the work of the Co-ordinator. It was felt, however, that an 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the improvement of the status of women in the United Nations Secretariat, including the resources required to support this effort. The language used is focused on the organizational and administrative aspects of this issue, rather than specific economic or environmental concerns.