text: estimate includes negative resource growthof$147,200 (atrevised 1985rates)J the rateofrealgrowthhasbe~ncalculated atminus0.3percent(table27.1). The estimate coversrequirements fortheDepartment ofPublicInformation (DPI)at HeadQuarters ($48,800,100), theInformation Service inGeneva ($3,473~300), the Information Service inVienna($917,800), andInformation Centres ($23,248,100) (table27.3). 27.2Extrabudgetary resources areestimated at$5,806,000, adecrease of$717,900 fromthelevelestimated for1984-1985. Inthisconnection, theAdvisory Committee wasinformed that,asshownintable27.1,nofurther contributions areforeseen in 1986-1987 forseveral trustfunds. 27.3TheAdvisory Committee notesfromtable27.2thatnon-recurrent items totalling $3,019,300 havebeendeleted fromthe1984-1985 resource base.Thebulk ofthisamountrelates toappropriations forspecial pUblicinformation activities, including thoseforNamibia ($1,664,600), Decolonization ($140,200), andthe Question ofPalestine ($530,300). Because suchactivities areapproved bythe General Assembly foronlyoneyearatatime,representatives oftheSecretary­ General explained thattherelated expenditures havebeentreated as non-recurrent. ReQuirements whichmightarisepursuant toresolutions ofthe General Assembly atitsfortieth andforty-first sessions wouldbesubmitted inthe context ofstatements ofprogramme budgetimplications. 27.5For1986-1987, theSecretarY-General proposes astaffing establishment of752 regular budgetposts,comprising 241intheProfessional category andabove(1USG, 5D-2,20D-l,47P-5,63P-4,67P-3and38P-2/l), 181General Service (including 49atthePrincipal level), and330Locallevel. Nineteen temporary postsarealso reauested undertheregular budget, adecrease oftwoposts(1P-3and1General Service, Principal level)fromthe1984-1985 level. Thetotalof19postsexcludes twopostswhicharerequested onanon-recurrent basis(1P-3and1General /'Service) for12months. Thequestion ofnon-recurrent temporary postsisdiscussed inchapterI,paragraphs 44and45above. Thenumberof57extrabudgetary posts rema~ns unchanged. 27.6Ascanbeseenfromtable27.5,thetotalof752established postsreauested for1986-1987 showsanincrease oftwopostsoverthetotalapproved for1984-1985, duetotheaddition oftwoGeneral Service postsatthePrincipal level. The Advisory Committee notes,however, thatthisisanetincrease andthatthe Secretary-General's proposals entailanumberofstaffing changes asfollows: Organizational Unitproposed changein established postsParagraph/table reference inproposed programme budget -125-27.8Initsfirstreportontheproposed programme budgetfor1984-1985, 19/the 19/Ibid.,para.27.6.27.82 27.9827.17 27.17 27.31 table27.13table27.11 (i)Establish one0-1post andoneGS(Principal level) (i)Reclassify fourP-4 poststotheP-5level(i)Establish one0-2 (ii)Receive fromVisual Services Division 33 Professional posts,10 GSatPrincipal level and18GS(otherlevels)(i)Establish oneGSpost (Principal level) (ii)Abolish one0-1postand oneP-3post (iii)Redeploy toRadio Services Division 33 Professional posts,10 GSatPrincipal level, and18GS(otherlevels) Information Service, Vienna Information CentresVisualServices Division, DPI RadioServices Division, DPI TheAdvisory Committee's observations onthesechanges arecontained inparagraphs 27.18,27.19,27.23,27.52,and27.54below. 27.7TheAdvisory Committee notesthatasintheprogramme budgetfor1984-1985, the1986-1987 proposed activities forsection 27aredescribed inprogramme narratives undertwosUbprogrammes -Coverage andInformation indepth. However, sincethetwosUbprogrammes cutacrosstheorganizational structure ofsection 27, resource requirements continue tobeshownbymainorganizational unit.Inthis connection, theAdvisory Committ~e wasinformed thatalthough agivenprogramme element anditsrelated outputs maybelistedundervarious organizational units, theresource reauirements forthatprogramme element arerequested onlyunderthe organizational unitprimarily responsible foritsimplementation. 2Advisory Committee recommended thatmorecomprehensive information shouldbe provided infuturesubmissions ontheactivities, orientation, andpriorities of
analysis: This text appears to be related to the administrative and budgetary aspects of an international organization, likely the United Nations. The language and structure of the text suggest that it is a budget proposal or report, detailing the resource requirements and staffing needs for various departments and programs. The focus on budgetary and staffing changes suggests that the category should be related to management or administration.