Implementation is ongoing as part of the recruitment process and whenever vacancies arise.

These temporary redeployments have been made possible by the availability of vacant posts for periods during the course of the biennium pending completion of the full recruitment and placement process.

General Service posts have become vacant through the movement of staff to other offices, as well as through the scheduled retirement and separation of staff members.

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With the suspension of recruitment for posts in the General Service and related categories, the filling of vacant posts has occurred through the placement or promotion of existing staff members, generally with the effect of creating other vacancies.

Decides that generic vacancy announcements posted in Galaxy should be accompanied by information on the location of current specific vacancies and that this would apply to all international vacancies in peacekeeping missions

A number of seats for women councilors in these areas therefore remained vacant.

The computation of national staff costs is based on the G 3 step IV and NOA I of the national salary scale in effect from 1 May 2004 for national General Service staff and national officers, respectively, reflecting the actual pattern of expenditures during the 2004 05 period and distribution of national staff by grade level.

The job had become available because John Timpson was going to retire at the end of 1986.

Thus, paragraph 5 referred to the temporary redeployment of 12 vacant posts pending the completion of recruitment and placement.

The Advisory Committee has previously pointed out that the provision of support account posts does not entail permanence all support account posts are of a temporary nature and, as such, need to be reviewed in terms of evolving requirements.

There were 156 vacancies, a rate of 15 per cent, during the period under review.

At the time of the preparation of the present report, a total of 37 posts (33 Professional and 4 General Service) remained unencumbered, reflecting actual vacancy rates of 17.2 per cent and 8.3 per cent for Professional and General Service posts respectively.

As mentioned in paragraph 14 above, in order to reduce costs, the capital master plan staff was trimmed down from 17 (including Security Service) in 2004 to 14 in March 2005, of which 7 positions remained unfilled as at April 2005.

1 D 2, 2 D 1, 8 P 5,

Comment by the Administration. The Commission has filled every post vacant during the 2002 2003 biennium.

The fact that only five posts had been identified for redeployment in the previous 15 months raised serious questions about the feasibility of the exercise.

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The request to convert 6 temporary posts to established posts would be done at no cost.

a Eight posts are transfers from the core programme and are, therefore, budget neutral.

The proliferation of activities should not systematically imply the creation of new posts.

c Includes 120 vacant electoral posts, pending a decision on the elections of October 2005.

Other career

1 Security Officer (FS)

1 D 1, 1 P 5, 12 P 4 (1 P 4b),

(326 posts)

1 D 2, 1 P 4, 1 GS,

1 P 5, 4 P 4, 14 P 3, 3 P 2,

1 ASG, 1 P 5, 2 P 4, 2 GS, 2 NS

1 D 1, 1 P 5, 2 P 4, 3 P 3, 1 FS, 1 GS,

1 D 1, 1 P 5, 1 P 3,

1 P 5, 1 P 4, 1 P 3, 1 GS,

1 ASG, 1 P 5, 2 P 4, 2 GS, 2 NS

3 Air Support Units

C. Military component

Kisangani

5 FS (4 FSc),

Submission of reports by States parties

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(e) Three plumbers, national General Service (new posts).

Often, eligible candidates who apply for a vacant post in one office are selected by another office before the selection process is completed.

The Office had intended to fill the post when it became vacant in January 2005, but the candidate selected withdrew.

a National General Service staff.

10 posts for Resident Auditors, including 3 new P 5, 3 new P 4 and 4 new P 3 posts (ibid., paras. 232 and 233)