The selection of permanent staff will commence on receipt of the recommendations of the Central Review Board.

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The Section comprised five regular posts, as well as Junior Professional Officers.

The posts of the Executive Director and of the senior officials shall be defined in the Rules of Procedure adopted by the Council of Members.

(b) Four Administrative Assistants, national General Service (new posts)

Some patterns match successful employees in particular jobs others match successful employees in other jobs (you want different traits in an advertising copywriter and in an accountant).

The Advisory Committee welcomed the Force's intention to convert a number of international posts to national posts and to hand over functions from international staff to national staff.

Here, the host Government is asked to cover the wages of two permanent staff members and the assumption is that this includes the director.

(c) Six Drivers Language Assistants, national General Service (new posts).

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.

In 2006 the regular staff will consist of the Director (D 2), the Deputy Director (D 1) and two General Service staff.

The Council has to be expanded with both new permanent and new non permanent members.

Comment by the Administration. Staff members who were initially recruited against general temporary assistance funds are gradually being placed against established posts, wherever possible.

(b) Since not all OHCHR positions are of an ongoing or core nature, OHCHR would continue to employ staff under the 200 series for technical cooperation activities and advisory services.

The Advisory Committee commends UNOCI on the addition of national staff posts in this office and emphasizes the importance of strengthening the capacity and role of national staff.

The current staffing establishment of UNPOS consists of a total of 7 posts, including 5 international posts (1 D 2, 1 P 5, 1 P 4, 2 Field Service) and two local level posts.

The amount of 1,636,500 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for 10 continuing posts.

In a letter to all staff dated 8 March 2006, the High Commissioner announced a policy to ensure that staff members without assignments are offered posts corresponding to their grades and competency profiles.

During the same period (1997 2004), staff resources of the Section increased from 5 to 13 posts, or 160 per cent.

The number of proposed staff for the Section would total 23 20 redeployed and 3 newly proposed posts, as follows

Finland therefore supports an enlargement of the Council in the number of both permanent and non permanent members.

The Project analysts termed this kind of leadership integrative leadership , implying that it was longer term and that it spanned programme and policy and political and career leaders.

With regard to staffing issues, he said that 79.9 per cent of the Department's 1,775 posts worldwide had been filled.

The amount of 1,075,000 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for five continuing posts and one additional post (P 3).

The amount of 895,500 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for three continuing posts and one new post at the P 4 level.

In paragraph 148 of its report, the Board recommended that UNICEF minimize the number of staff members employed at post levels lower than their personal levels.

The staffing table also includes the creation of two National Programme Officer and eight Local level posts in the field offices, one General Service (Other level) for programme support at headquarters, as well as two General Service (Principal level) and seven General Service (Other level) positions under management and administration.

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.

Concerning the Security Council, Kiribati supports the expansion of the permanent and non permanent Council memberships to better reflect the realities of our world today.

They were not a substitute for staff to be recruited against authorized posts for the implementation of mandated programmes and activities and should not be sought for financial reasons.

The amount of 2,088,800 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for seven continuing posts and one additional post at the P 3 level.

The amount of 800,500 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for three continuing posts, including reclassification of the post of Chief of Operations.

In this context, the civilian staff posts included in this commitment authority, with assessment, are all provisional and without prejudice to approval by the Assembly in October 2005.

Dispelling some mythology' about the P 5

Members of the bureau of the Committee of Permanent Representatives

The Security Council must be expanded, in both its permanent and non permanent membership, and offer an opportunity for permanent voices of the developing world to be heard.

Concerning civilian personnel, the average vacancy rate for international staff, national staff and United Nations Volunteers was 32.8, 44.6 and 80.2 per cent, respectively.

There are in fact already too many differences between permanent and non permanent Council membership to further exacerbate that imbalance.

My country continues to call for early action to enlarge the permanent and non permanent membership of the Security Council and to improve its working methods.

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

The programme management cycle initiative will involve strengthening the programme and project management capacity at both headquarters and the field offices in a comprehensive way, both by establishing support functions and by training and retasking existing staff.

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

The main factor contributing to the variance of 3,425,400 under this heading is additional requirements in respect of air and surface freight in connection with the transportation of contingent owned equipment within the theatre of operations.

It has one principal subsidiary organ, namely, the Committee of Permanent Representatives.

Summary of the meetings of the Committee of Permanent Representatives for 2003