text: Civil Service but taking them into account in the United Nations system. D..lring the Fifth Committee's discussion of that resolution at the thirty-sixth session, he (Mr. Akwei) had drawn attention to the fact that it would be difficult for the Commission to comply with that paragraph because it was required to study total compensation on the one hand and a limited form of total compensation on the other, which ran coonter to the basic principle of comparing total compensation. The representatives of Barbados and Belgium, who had been among the sponsors, had stipulated at the time that total remuneration should be regarded as excluding expatriate benefits. In considering resolution 36/233 at its fifteenth session, ICSC had concluded that, at least for the time being, the Assembly did not wish it to embark on a study of total compensation involving the expatriate benefits applicable in each civil service. 35. It might be because there was some confusion between the margin and expatriate benefits that some argued that expatriate benefits should be taken into consideration only on the United Nations side when comparing total compensation. In any event, he pointed out that document A,IC.S/331 defined the margin, in paragraph 3, in relation to three factors~ (a) the relatively better position of national, as compared with international services, to guarantee stability and security of employment~ (b) the more limited prospects of promotion to the high~st p::>sts in an international secretariat compared with such prospects in rrust national services) (c) the fact that a large proportion of any international staff was required to incur additional expense and to make certain sacrifices by living away from their own country. ']b be valid, therefore, the comparison of total compensation should apply to a United Nations official (expatriate) and an official I ... J.\IC.5/38/SR.49 English Page 12 (Mr. Akwe i) 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a topic related to the management of the United Nations' civil service, specifically the comparison of total compensation between international and national services. It mentions factors such as stability and security of employment, promotion prospects, and additional expenses incurred by international staff. These factors suggest that the text is related to employment and human resources management.