text: Unfortunately, in most organizations, including the United Nations Secretariat, those ideas remained difficult to put into practice. There was a natural tendency to be wary of innovations, and people were apt to pay too much attention to detail and disregard long-term strategy. The Co-ordinating Committee therefore urged the Fifth Committee to direct the Administration to give utmost priority to human resources planning and the preparation of a unified career development plan. 29. On the subject of internal recourse procedures, it was unreasonable to expect staff members to wait two years for an appeal to be heard and then to find that a · unanimous recommendation of the Joint Appeals Board had been rejected or ignored by the administration. Over 200 cases were pending. What was needed was a system combining counselling and mediation to prevent litigation, coupled with a swift and decisive administration of justice. The Co-ordinating Committee urged the institution in the United Nations Secretariat of an ombudsman, and the introduction of an arbitration system to settle disputes efficiently. 30. There were still serious shortcomings in the action taken to stop discrimination against women in the United Nations. The time had come to hold organizations accoutable for their failure to implement the General Assembly's recommendations. Nowhere was discrimination against women more apparent than in the General Service category. Movement into the Professional category grew smaller each year. The Co-ordinating Committee urged the Fifth Committee to replace the current ceiling on movement from the General Service to the Professional category by setting a target figure of 1 per cent of established General Service posts for a given year to be made available for the competitive examination. 31. The contractual status of language teachers, an occupational group largely made up of women, remained unresolved. The teachers should be given job security, 
analysis: The text appears to focus on issues related to the internal workings of the United Nations Secretariat, specifically regarding human resources, employment, and equal opportunities. It addresses specific concerns such as the lack of a unified career development plan, unfair treatment of staff members, and discrimination against women. These issues are more relevant to the internal functioning of an organization rather than broader economic or environmental concerns.