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

The other requirements related to non staff costs.

This is in addition to what has been specifically recommended by the Committee on non staff costs.

Common staff costs 804.3

C. Civilian staff costs

The reduction includes the related impact on operational and other non staff costs of the Committee's recommendations on posts.

Non staff costs Consultancies include institutional and individual contracts for services that require specialized expertise not available in the secretariat.

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.

Non post costs

Non investment costs

4. Common staff costs 804 300

(a) 405,800, for non staff compensation under Chambers, owing to higher costs for salaries and pensions of judges (see para. 39 below)

III. Civilian staff and related costs . 25

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

11.23 The resources of 1,330,400, at the maintenance level, provide for the continuation of four existing posts and related non post resources (other staff costs, consultants and experts and travel of staff).

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

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

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.

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 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.

Non investment costs had been higher in the past, although they had not included agency support costs, and he noted that most of those non investment costs had already been approved.

Under non post objects of expenditure, the resources relate to general temporary assistance, overtime, consultants, travel of staff and other operational costs, such as general operating expenses, supplies and equipment.

Staff costs have been shown on a net basis under section 3 above.

(iii) Biennium 2000 2001 charges of 23,137 related to IAEA library staff costs

Under non post objects of expenditure, resources relate to general temporary assistance, overtime, travel of staff and other operational costs, such as general operating expenses, supplies and materials and furniture and equipment.

In the same period, staff related costs of closure amounted to almost 20 million.

Availability, costs and efficacy effectiveness of alternatives, chemical and non chemical

Expenditure (staff costs and field office costs) for the same period amounted to 8.8 million, leading to a surplus of 0.5 million in 2004.

Those costs are related to maintenance expenses and salaries for the local staff and security.

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 338,300 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for two new posts (1 P 5, 1 P 4).

United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board (including United Nations participation in the costs of the secretariat of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund)

At the beginning of 2004, as a precaution against potential shortfalls in the Annual Programme Fund, programme budgets were capped at 95 per cent and non staff administrative costs budgets were at 90 per cent.

But the costs of moving into a non defaulting environment are high.

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.

Staff costs account for 64 per cent of the regular budget, of which 60 per cent represents the cost of area staff and four per cent represents the cost of international staff.

The requirements for national staff costs are based on the established national staff salary scales for national General Service staff and National Officers and include a 25 per cent delayed recruitment factor.