E. Field operations

Some partners procured goods without proper competitive bidding, others could not provide documentation to support the actual cost of the goods procured although substantial amounts were charged to UNHCR.

Synthesize research and field experience, and develop practical tools to improve democratic processes.

In establishing and maintaining field operations, the Court has encountered a number of challenges.

Operations and global priorities

I know from my experience in humanitarian field operations how important it is to have this Optional Protocol in place.

It was equally important to make progress in the management of United Nations field operations.

Desktop delivery of all essential information will facilitate the effective decision making process in field operations.

The number of United Nations military observers may be adjusted among Headquarters and field stations in accordance with operational requirements.

(i) The Operations, Programmes and Research Division would comprise the Research and Right to Development Branch and the Capacity Building and Field Operations Branch.

The management of assets continued to be a problem area in many field operations.

Field operating costs have been reduced by 1,147,800 and the new staffing structure resulted in lower staff costs.

23.58 This subprogramme is under the responsibility of the Capacity Building and Field Operations Branch of the Operations, Programmes and Research Division.

(d) To study seismic processes in the depths of the Sun by observing global oscillations.

Include a gender component in all field operations with adequate resources and standard guidance on roles and functions to ensure effective implementation of their mandates.

As a follow up, it had produced and widely distributed a manual for working with women, the priority now being to ensure that its conclusions were effectively integrated into field operations.

In the field, the Registry both provides administrative support to the Court's field operations and pursues its specific mandate in the areas of victims, witnesses, defence and outreach.

Field operations also present challenges in terms of establishing reliable and secure logistics, transportation and communication in three different situations.

Recalling General Conference resolutions GC.10 Res.2 encouraging the Director General to carry forward the process of decentralization to the field and further strengthen and rationalize the field operations of the Organization, and GC.10 Res.10 to present additional recommendations on decentralization following the review of the field operations,

A comprehensive policy on joint operations and joint mission analysis centres was being developed in conjunction with the new Department of Safety and Security, building on best field practices.

This has significant implications for UNCTAD, which has no field offices, and for its role in operations such as the Integrated Framework, which are country intensive.

(c) The Division for Operations, whose field based technical cooperation programmes and projects aim to enhance the capacity of countries to prevent and counter illicit drugs, crime and terrorism

ARC has continued to engage partner agencies, Government counterparts and refugees in identifying and addressing child protection issues in field operations.

The Office is in the process of establishing appropriate guidelines to build the capacity of national NGOs to respond effectively to protection and assistance needs in field operations.

His delegation welcomed the forthcoming publication of the Department's gender resource package for peacekeeping operations and other field operations.

In order to achieve the projected objectives over the next biennium, UNODC will require substantial funding and continued focus to strengthen field operations and project delivery capacity.

For inflation, previous assumptions are updated on the basis of actual monthly consumer price indices prevailing in the country of operation and any adjustments indicated by the respective field offices.

Third, predictable rights of access and guaranteed security were required for United Nations humanitarian workers and operations in the field.

Even if sophisticated data is not available, most field operations professionals will spend energy trying to reduce randomness in their contacts in order to optimize their use of time and resources.

These field operations are joint initiatives of the Office of the Prosecutor and the Registry and carry out the functions described in the sections below on the activities of each organ.

OIOS conducted a comparative review of the desk function the key organizational structure in UNHCR ensuring liaison between field operations and headquarters. The desk is involved in most of UNHCR's internal mechanisms and processes.

The Managing Director is responsible for preparing the GM program of work and budget, and otherwise overseeing the administrative operations of the GM.

The Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan are closely integrated at the operational level, with al Qaeda members embedded in most important Taliban field operations.

The previous year had been particularly challenging for the Department, which had been called upon to provide security support to numerous field operations and to the largest gathering of world leaders in history.

The Court and the United Nations, in particular through its operations in the field, must continue to strengthen their partnership on the basis of the Relationship Agreement adopted one year ago, as well as on the basis of specific agreements.

This will allow field and Headquarters staff to hold close consultations on pertinent substantive issues in their countries of coverage and to exchange experiences on field level operations.

At the country level, although there is no systematic follow up to the implementation of the Committee's concluding observations and recommendations in the 130 UNHCR field operations, these are regularly included in activities designed to mainstream human rights in their programmes.

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Throughout the reporting period, United Nations personnel deployed globally in a broad range of field operations continued to be subjected to threats such as hostage taking, physical assault, robbery, theft, harassment and detention.

The replenishment process is a complex mechanism, which includes a full review of the policies pursued by the Fund, including the performance based allocation system for its resources and an assessment of the results and impact of field operations.

Reform of the field service

Field Service

a Represents estimated deployment by 30 June 2005.

UNHCR, UNICEF and WHO, noted that the recommendations of treaty bodies were becoming increasingly specific and therefore more useful for their field offices.

Reaffirming the fundamental requirement that appropriate modalities for the safety and security of humanitarian and United Nations and its associated personnel be incorporated into all new and ongoing United Nations field operations,