text: •fiNFEV DOCUMENT A/45/7/Add.l Secondreport Workload standards forvarious categories ofconference-servicing staff,including clerical andtypingstaff, andworkload statistics forthevarious conference services inthe1986-1987 and1988-1989 bienniums [Original: English) [8October 1990) 1.TheAdvisory Committee onAdministrative andBudgetary Questions has considered thereportoftheSecretary-General onworkload standards for various categories ofconference-servicing staff, including clerical and typingstaff,andworkload statistics forthevarious conference services in the1986-1987 and1988-1989 bienniums (A/C.5/45fl). Thereport wasprepared inresponse torecommendations oftheAdvisory Committee initsfirstreport ontheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1988-1989 ~fanditsfirst reportontheproposed programme budget forthebiennium 1990-1991 Z/as endorsed bytheGeneral Assembly insection XVIofitsresolution 44/201 Bof 21December 1989. 2.Section IoftheSecretary-General's reportprovides workload standards forsevencategories ofconference-servicing staff, including clerical and typingstaff,asfollows: intheareaofdocumentation, standards are provided for(a)typing(paras. 7-11), (b)translation (paras. 12-19) and (c)reproduction (paras. 20-24); andintheareaofmeeting services, standards areprovided for(a)interpretation (paras. 25-27), (b)precis-writing (paras. 28-30), (c)verbatim reporting (paras. 31-33) and (d)supporting staff(paras. 34and35).Insection IIofthereport, the Secretary-General provides workload statistics forthevarious conference services inthebienniums 1986-1987 and1988-1989 (paras. 36-43) andalso indicates theimpactofworkload statistics onthelevelofconference resources (paras. 44-52). 3.TheAdvisory Committee notestheSecretary-General's statement (para.8) thattheestablishment ofwordprocessing hassignificantly increased the productivity oftypists. TheAdvisory Committee alsonotesthatthepresent workload standards wereestablished beforetheintroduction ofwordprocessing inthatarea. Asindicated inparagraph 10ofthereport, the Secretary-General hasproposed anetincrease of25percentintheexisting standards. TheAdvisory Committee takesnoteoftheproblems outlined bythe Secretary-General inparagraph 9ofhisreportthatmayaffectincreased productivity. IntheviewoftheCommittee, thosearenotinsurmountable and theCommittee believes that,astheSecretariat gainsmoreexperience inthe useofadvanced technology, theworkload standards proposed bythe Secretary-General couldberevised further. Uponinquiry, theAdvisory Committee wasinformed thatthenewstandards didnotresult fromadetailed scientific examination ofrequirements butaremorearuleofthumb. Consequently, theAdvisory Committee recommends that,forthepresent time, workload standards should beincreased by30percent,from3,300to -10-pe Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library"'?-> 4,290wordsperdayoforiginal language textandfrom1,650to2,145words perdayoffinaltranslated text. 4.TheAdvisory Committee wasinformed that,asaresultoftheintroduction ofword-processors andacommonword-processing software package ona Secretariat-wide basis, authordepartments werecurrently inaposition to submit documents totheDepartment ofConference Services inelectronic form, whichwouldresulteventually ingreater productivity fortheDepartment. However, representatives oftheSecretary-General indicated thatthe introduction ofnewtechnology wouldnotimprove thequality ofthecontents ofdocuments thatweresubmitted totheDepartment. Intheviewofthe Advisory Committee therearetwoareasthatmustbeaddressed. First,the Advisory Committee understands thatinformal guidelines orpresentational standards existregarding thetransmission ofdocuments fromauthor departments totheDepartment ofConference Services. TheAdvisory Committee recommends thatformaltechnical standards shouldbeestablished andthat
analysis: The text appears to be related to the administrative and budgetary aspects of the United Nations, specifically discussing workload standards for conference-servicing staff and workload statistics for various conference services. The text does not seem to be directly related to any specific economic, environmental, or social development issue, but rather focuses on the internal operations and management of the UN.