Additional information on incumbency levels was provided to the Advisory Committee on request.

If incumbency were a permanent advantage, Goldman Sachs global headquarters would be in Babylon.

This would allow a better understanding of the dynamics of the incumbency situations of offices and programmes.

Upon request, the Advisory Committee was provided with incumbency information for the Division as at 28 February 2005, as follows

A summary of posts, incumbency levels and vacancy rates as at 30 September 2005 is provided in the table below.

The total turnout rose to 70.5 from 67.9 in the previous election and corruption scandals also resulted in an anti incumbency vote.

The Congress party was expected to come to power in Punjab, where chronic anti incumbency has traditionally precluded the re election of any state government.

India s national elections are really an aggregate of thirty different state elections, each influenced by its own local considerations, regional political currents, and different patterns of political incumbency.

The Advisory Committee was informed that, as at 28 February 2005, the incumbency for MONUC for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 was as follows

The fact that Maliki, despite his incumbency, has been unable to secure a second term seven months after the elections attests to the widespread opposition to his continued rule among Iraq s political class.

Information on the projected reduced requirements of 151.0 million in post incumbency and other changes is provided in paragraphs 26 to 49 and schedules 1, 2, 3, 6 and 8 of the performance report.

Furthermore, no specific information is given on current incumbency or capacity in the various organizational units of the Mission, nor is there any clear indication where staff are (or are to be) assigned physically within the Mission area.

The net saving of 317,900 was attributable primarily to higher than budgeted vacancy rates and the incumbency of posts at lower than budgeted levels in the Office of Human Resources Management and the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts.

The information to be provided covers the following (a) expenditure for the current period (b) current incumbency (c) status of reimbursement for troop formed police unit costs, contingent owned equipment and death and disability (d) cash position of the missions and (e) status of contributions.

The information to be provided covers the following (a) expenditure for the current period (b) current incumbency (c) status of reimbursement for troop formed police costs, contingent owned equipment and death and disability (d) cash position of the missions and (e) status of contributions.

However, it would welcome an assurance that the adjustments already made to the estimated requirements in order to reflect actual deployment and incumbency rates would not adversely affect the Mission's ability to discharge its mandate, especially in the light of the increase in the Mission's military strength authorized by the Security Council in its resolution 1635 (2005).