The other requirements related to non staff costs.

(c) Staff appointed to posts with special language requirements

Table 1.14 Resource requirements United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

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

The proposed additional requirements provide for 39 additional staff as follows

Prepared job descriptions for staff members in the Section, recruited staff as required and ensured compliance with administrative requirements.

The variance of 3,869,200 under this heading is attributable primarily to increased requirements for Mission subsistence allowance and common staff costs for international staff offset in part by reduced requirements under international salaries.

Staff members have been reminded of the registration requirements for awarding vendors a contract.

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.

(d) 114,400 for travel of staff owing to increased requirements for travel of staff in support of witnesses and other necessary activities under the Registry ( 503,300), partly offset by reduced requirements for travel under the Office of the Prosecutor ( 388,900)

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).

These amendments shall be provisional until the requirements of staff regulations 12.3 and 12.4 have been met.

A circular will be sent to all offices reminding all staff of learning opportunities and reporting requirements.

(c) Additional resource requirements of 324,700 dollars under section 35, Staff assessment, to be offset by an equivalent amount under income section 1, Income from staff assessment

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 reduced requirements resulted principally from delays in the recruitment of staff, as staff from existing peacekeeping operations were not available for deployment to the Mission as expected.

There would also be reductions in helicopter requirements, although 11 additional posts for national staff would be required.

The communication requirements for the additional staff located in the peacekeeping missions will be provided by the missions.

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

The reduced requirements resulted mainly from delays in the recruitment of staff during the short period of time.

No increase is requested in the travel requirements for the Chief Executive Officer or his staff to attend sessions of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and to visit secretaries of local staff pension committees.

5. Requests the Secretary General to have recourse to the employment of retired former staff only if the operational requirements of the Organization cannot be met by existing staff

These savings are offset in part by higher requirements under other staff costs ( 698,100), contractual services ( 1,530,100), improvement of premises ( 299,800), grants and contributions ( 976,000) and staff assessment ( 371,500).

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 remaining portion represents support costs and items budgeted centrally, including working capital and area staff salary increase requirements.

31.7 The estimated requirements reported in table 31.2 above address the current end of service benefit liabilities for retired staff.

He requested the Commission to provide specific requirements to the secretariat regarding the technical preparedness and staff resources so that these requirements could be conveyed to the respective authorities within the United Nations.

The additional requirements of 20,263,800 for national staff are attributed to the revised salary scales which became effective 1 March 2004.

This provision, reflecting no change over the revised 2005 budget requirements, will be needed to train UNIDIR staff on new software.

The variance of 1,712,900 under this heading is attributable primarily to increased salary and common staff cost requirements arising from a higher proportion of staff at the G 3 and higher grade levels.

The requirements for the international staff positions are based on the salaries and staff assessment rates derived from the actual average expenditure by staff category and grade levels in the 2003 04 period as well as the computation of common staff costs at an estimated 59 per cent of net salaries.

The ethics office will monitor compliance with the annual ethics training requirements and notify staff members of their obligations in this regard.

Building the necessary capacity calls for additional specialized staff, and for training that addresses requirements in specific job functions and geographical situations.

The net decrease of 25,200 is attributable mainly to lower requirements in other staff costs based on the current pattern of expenditure.

9. Also requests the Secretary General, in order to reduce the cost of employing General Service staff, to recruit local staff for the Mission against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission

The Committee expects that the increased presence of United Nations Volunteers will be taken into account when estimating future requirements for international staff.

It provided for resource requirements for the maintenance of the Mission and the maximum deployment of 260 military observers, 10,339 military contingents, 150 civilian police, 336 international staff, 556 national staff and 147 United Nations Volunteers.

Requests the Secretary General, in order to reduce the cost of employing General Service staff, to continue efforts to recruit local staff for the Mission against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission

(b) The Investment Management Service therefore requires a dedicated information technology staff specialized in financial applications and communications, with expertise in response time requirements.

These and other temporary requirements are normally met by hiring from the pool of retired former staff members who do not receive international benefits.

14. Requests the Secretary General, in order to reduce the cost of employing General Service staff, to continue efforts to recruit local staff for the Mission against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission

21. Requests the Secretary General, in order to reduce the cost of employing General Service staff, to continue efforts to recruit local staff for the Mission against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission

Further requests the Secretary General, in order to reduce the cost of employing General Service staff, to continue efforts to recruit local staff for the Force against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Force

Also requests the Secretary General, in order to reduce the cost of employing General Service staff, to continue efforts to recruit local staff for the Mission against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission

Further requests the Secretary General, in order to reduce the cost of employing General Service staff, to continue efforts to recruit local staff for the Mission against General Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Mission