Objective 6 provide training to new staff of the Staff Pension Committee secretariat.

(c) Establishment of a military staff committee

(v) United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund Standing Committee

(g) Establishment of the African standby force and the military staff committee

The Chiefs of Staff Committee now reported There remained the prospect of American assistance.

Report of the Standing Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

The Committee notes that other missions also pay mission subsistence allowance to staff officers.

The Advisory Committee notes that these measures, which are aimed mainly at improving job security, allaying staff anxieties and providing opportunities for staff development, include

Special thanks go to the Secretary of the First Committee, Ms. Cheryl Stoute, and her staff, Mr. Sergei Cherniavsky, Ms. Christa Giles, Mr. Tam Chung and other Secretariat staff for their valuable assistance to the Committee.

Size and composition of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and its Standing Committee

Size and composition of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and the Standing Committee

The Chief Executive Officer also serves as Secretary of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, its Standing Committee, the Committee of Actuaries and the United Nations Staff Pension Committee, and is responsible for the organization and servicing of those bodies, as well as the required documentation.

(iii) Members elected by the staff at the duty station at which the Committee is established.

The Advisory Committee trusts that the mission will continue to monitor its civilian staff vacancy rates.

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.

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.

In accordance with regulations adopted by the General Assembly, the Fund is administered by the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, a staff pension committee for each member organization and a secretariat of the Board and of each such committee.

In accordance with the regulations and rules adopted by the Assembly, the Fund is administered by the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, a staff pension committee for each member organization and a secretariat of the Board and each such committee.

Upon enquiry, the Advisory Committee was informed that a reason these international staff were being requested was because the Mission was having difficulty finding bilingual English French local staff.

The Advisory Committee points out that the conditions of service for staff officers stipulate that missions are normally expected to provide acceptable accommodation to staff officers within 12 months.

The members elected by the staff may be recalled by a majority vote of the staff at the duty station at which the Committee is established, taken at the initiative of any staff representative body at that duty station.

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

Requests the Secretary General to reallocate appropriate General Service staff resources for the activities of the Committee

For similar reasons, Article 47 on The Military Staff Committee should be deleted, as should all references to this Committee in Articles 26, 45 and 46.

Requests the Secretary General to re allocate appropriate General Service staff resources for the activities of the Committee

The Mission had experienced high attrition rates and difficulties in attracting staff, and the recruitment of staff on temporary contracts, as recommended by the Advisory Committee, would only exacerbate that situation.

The Staff Union in New York, as well as the Coordinating Committee for International Staff Unions and Associations, and the Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations, are also involved in this review.

178. We request the Security Council to consider the composition, mandate and working methods of the Military Staff Committee.

Substantive servicing of meetings contribution to the activities of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board Standing Committee (2)

The Special Committee notes that there are existing rules that require staff to honour court orders for family support.

The Advisory Committee requested details concerning the number of civilian staff needed to service military aircraft and their functions.

However, the Committee recommends that a leaner administrative and support structure be considered, including maximum use of national staff.

(b) United Nations System for Staff College in Turin, Italy report of the Second Committee (A 60 494 Add.2)

The Committee welcomes this initiative which, as indicated, should provide an effective and harmonized mechanism for staff in all locations.

Upon request the Committee was provided with the distribution of international and national human rights staff across the regional offices.

Stressing the importance of fair representation of participating organizations in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and its Standing Committee,

Stressing the importance of fair representation of participating organizations in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and its Standing Committee,

The Division staff participated in both meetings, as did the Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

The Committee notes that at present, all staff separation related costs and termination indemnities are paid from the last source of funding for the post at the time a staff member separates such indemnities are incurred when a staff member with five or more years of service is terminated.

The Committee had extensive discussions with the representatives of the Secretary General on the necessity of utilizing national staff as a priority whenever possible and establishing a strategy for gradually replacing international staff with national staff as the Operation evolves from the start up phase to an established mission.

In this light, an additional staff report will be presented for consideration by the Development Committee at its 17 April 2005 meeting.

The Advisory Committee was informed, upon enquiry, that recruitment was in progress as at 31 August 2005 in respect of 90 staff.

(i) If referral to the Joint Disciplinary Committee is waived by mutual agreement of the staff member concerned and the Secretary General

The Advisory Committee notes that the reclassification is requested owing to the complexities of responsibilities of the Chief of Staff (see para.

We continue to believe that, at this stage, it would be premature to discuss deleting the articles concerning the Military Staff Committee.