35. 除了应对国家一级的需求外，区域办事处还回应纽约发展协调办公室提出的紧急支助请求，而对此类请求难以事先规划。这些请求包括为全球机构间决策和协调机制(例如，区域月度审查以及执行委员会和副主管委员会会议)提供支助。区域办事处应要求提供背景文件、简报、谈话要点、周转时间很短的报告，并为越来越多的优先领域指定区域协调人。区域办事处的一些工作人员认为，回应来自总部的许多紧急请求是一种挑战；一名工作人员说，这种做法不利于工作人员的时间管理和工作与生活平衡，因为这意味着区域小组在一天的任何时候都要接受许多人分配的任务。
35. In addition to responding to demand at the country level, the regional offices also responded to urgent support requests from the Development Coordination Office in New York, which were difficult to plan for. The requests included support on global inter-agency decision-making and coordination mechanisms (e.g. regional monthly reviews and meetings of the Executive Committee and Deputies Committee). The regional offices responded to requests for background papers, briefing notes, talking points, reporting with short turnaround time and the designation of regional focal points for a growing number of priority areas. According to some of the regional office staff, responding to the many urgent requests from Headquarters was challenging; one staff member said that the approach did not work well for staff time management and work-life balance, because it meant that the regional teams were assigned tasks by many people and at all hours of the day.