text: basis;technical co-operation project personnel; staffofthesecretariats ofthe UnitedNations organs withspecial statusinmatters ofappointment; statfwhohave permanent resident statusin,butnotthenationality of,thecountry oftheirduty station; andstaffintheGeneral Service andrelated categories. 5.Therearealsoapproximately 40postsintheDepartment ofPublicInformation (DPI)that,although currently subject togeographical distribution, could, because ofthelinguistic abilities required, beconsidered language posts. Staffinthese posts(Writer/Producers (RadioandTelevision) andEditor/writers (PUblications)) arerecruited toworkinspecific languages andcanbeselected onlyfromamongthe nationals ofcountries wherethelanguages reauired arespoken. Theirsituation is verysimilar tothatofstaffinpostswithspecial language requirements -suchas editors, interpreters andtranSlators -thatareexcluded fromgeographical distribution. Thepossibility ofconsidering theseDPIpostslanguage postsinthe futureisunderstudy. 6.Therepresentation ofMemberStates inpostsSUbject togeographical distribution intheSecretariat isassessed bycomparison withthedesirable ranges calculated foreachState, whichareshowninstatistical table9contained inthe annextothisreport. According tothiscriterion, MemberStatesfallintothe following categories: unrepresented (whennoneoftheirnationals servesinapost subject togeographical distribution); underrepresented (whenthenumberoftheir nationals inthesepostsislowerthanthelowerlimitoftheirdesirable ranges); within range(whenthenumberoftheirnationals iswithinthelimitsoftheir ranges); andover-represented (whenthenumberoftheirnationals exceeds theupper limitoftheirranges). 7.TableAshowsthenumberofstafffromeachregioninpostsSUbject to geographical distribution andthenumberofMemberStatesineachregionthatare unrepresented, underrepresented, withintheirdesirable range,orover-represented asat30June1985,ascompared withthesituation inprevious years. 8.Inresolutions 33/143 and35/210, theGeneral Assembly calledforanincrease inthenumberofwomeninpostssubject togeographical distribution to25percent ofthetotalinaccordance withtheprinciple ofeauitable geographical distribution. 9.Inresolution 37/235, theGeneral Assembly requested theSecretary-General to intensify hisefforts toimplement fullytherelevant sections ofresolutions 33/143 and35/210, keeping inmindthatthe25percenttargetsetshouldnotbe viewedasalimitonthenumberofwomenemployed andpayingparticular attention tothoseareasoftheUnitedNations wherecompliance withtheresolution has laggedbehind. 10.Inresolution 38/231, theGeneral Assembly requested theSecretary-General to makespecial efforts tomeetthegoalsandobjectives established Withrespect to therecruitment, careerdevelopment andpromotion ofwomen. /...A/40/652 English Page4 TableA NumberofstaffandMemberStates, byregion anddegreeof representation intheSecretariat, asat30June1981, 1982,1983,1984and1985 under- Over- Member Unrepre- repre- Within repre- Region YearStaff States sented sented range sented Africa 1981 400 51 6 7 28 10 1982 439 51 5 6 31 9 1983 481 51 4 5 30 12 1984 495 51 4 5 30 12 1985 489 51 4 3 31 13 Asiaand the 1981 456 25 6 1 11 7 Pacific 1982 494 26 6 2 11 7 1983 506 26 5 3 10 8 1984 503 26 5 3 10 8 1985 508 27 5 4 11 7 Europe (Eastern) 1981 296 11 1 5 5 0 1982 312 11 1 4 6 0 1983 319 11 1 4 5 1
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the representation of staff from different regions and countries in the United Nations Secretariat, particularly in posts subject to geographical distribution. It also mentions the goal of increasing the representation of women in these posts. The text seems to be focused on administrative and organizational aspects of the UN, rather than specific policy areas or issues.