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 3,921,600 provides for general temporary assistance, common staff costs, staff assessment and mission subsistence allowance, when applicable, for the 25 additional positions.

(d) Furniture for the additional staff in New York ( 7,300), Vienna ( 28,700) and Nairobi ( 28,700), based on standard costs.

(c) Office supplies for the additional staff in New York ( 100), Vienna ( 500) and Nairobi ( 500), based on standard costs

The additional requirements were attributable mainly to higher than budgeted actual average payments for salaries and common staff costs to local staff during the 12 month period.

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.

Common staff costs 804.3

C. Civilian staff costs

(b) Rental of office equipment for the additional staff in New York ( 100), Vienna ( 500) and Nairobi ( 500), based on standard costs

CIVILIAN STAFF AND RELATED COSTS

Other staff costs (increase 698,100)

Methodologies used to calculate costs Staff costs Salary and common staff costs The standard costs (in United States dollars) applied in determining staff costs in the proposed budget are based on actual salary costs for the first three months of 2005, and adjusted for step increments in 2006 2007.

a) The regular budget comprises recurrent staff and non staff costs.

4. Common staff costs 804 300

The Mission absorbed additional requirements which arose under common staff costs for departing staff who were either repatriated or reassigned to newly established missions, as well as for the conversion of 16 staff from appointments of limited duration to the 100 Series Staff Rules.

The proposed additional requirements provide for 39 additional staff as follows

III. Civilian staff and related costs . 25

(a) Salaries and related staff costs 649,700.

While most of the costs of the workshops were covered under the project, additional support for travel costs of a few participants as well as for the travel of staff was received from individual donor countries.

Additional costs would be entailed in any event.

57,805,600 under civilian personnel for the deployment of 1,109 international and 1,549 national staff and 543 United Nations Volunteers, including 134 additional international staff and 194 additional national staff and 52 additional United Nations Volunteers

Table 1.2 Standard staff costs (based on United Nations standard salary costs for Geneva)

(c) Report on common staff costs (SPLOS 127)

The other requirements related to non staff costs.

The amount of 5,452,600 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for 23 continuing posts, one additional post at the P 4 level and the reclassification of two posts (P 4 to P 5).

Extrapolated by JIU from UNPD staff costs for its 71 staff members at Headquarters.

Common staff costs were lower than in 2002 for reasons of lower staff turnover.

Salaries and common staff costs of international staff are net of staff assessment and are based on standard costs for United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO) which is applicable to Cyprus.

The higher requirement under common staff costs is attributable to service and family allowances being charged to common staff costs but budgeted under international staff salaries, combined with a higher percentage of international staff holding 100 series appointments.

Iran seeks compensation for expenses incurred in treating these additional cases indirect costs such as transportation costs costs incurred by caregivers opportunity costs and costs of future medical care.

The net reduction of 91,200 reflects additional requirements of 39,700 relating to the travel of representatives, offset by reduced requirements, based on the pattern of expenditure, for other staff costs ( 75,500), travel of staff ( 42,800) and general operating expenses ( 12,600).

Additional support budget allocation for 2005 for increased security costs

Additional support budget allocation for 2005 for increased security costs

Furthermore, the reductions under common staff costs reflect both the realized vacancy rates described above and the lower than budgeted actual rate of common staff costs ( 5,526,400).

These estimated requirements are needed to cover the salaries and related staff costs of UNIDIR regular staff.

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

The underexpenditure in respect of consultants, official travel, facilities and infrastructure and other supplies, services and equipment are offset by additional requirements in respect of international staff costs and general temporary assistance.

The amount of 6,282,800 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for 45 continuing posts.

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

The amount of 16,500 provides for the commercial communications ( 14,300) based on past performance at OIOS and communications equipment ( 2,200) based on standard costs, for additional staff in New York, Nairobi and Vienna.

The additional requirements in respect of international staff costs are attributable mainly to lower than budgeted vacancy rates in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and to an increase in the post adjustment multiplier for staff in New York from 46.3 to 53.9 effective September 2003.

That would not result in any additional costs for the current biennium.

The estimated additional requirements under subprogramme 1 include proposals for 15 additional staff for mediation support, as follows

Additional resources were also needed in the area of staff development.

Additional prosecutors and judges have been appointed to staff those courts.